Anthony John Allen

Anthony John Allen (born Anthony John Angel on 11 June 1934 in Torbay, Devon) is a British man who, in a widely reported case, was convicted in 2002 of having murdered his wife and children in 1975.cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20021217/ai_n12656256 |title=Bigamist sentenced to life for murdering wife and children who | date=17 December 2002 | author=Jason Bennetto |work=The Independent |accessdate=2008-08-08]

Anthony John Allen had previously faked his own suicide in 1966 by “drowning” near Beachy Head, a popular spot for suicides in Britain. He was about to be prosecuted for a string of thefts and thought this would solve the problem. Instead of drowning, he swam around the coast and picked up some dry clothes he had stashed away earlier. He assumed a new identity, but this one wasn’t any more law-abiding than the first identity – he continued stealing, plus racked up more charges for bigamy and the murder of his wife and kids.cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20021217/ai_n12656256 |title=Bigamist sentenced to life for murdering wife and children who | date=17 December 2002 | author=Jason Bennetto |work=The Independent |accessdate=2008-08-08]

IN 1992, Eunice Chapman Yabley, who had had an affair with Allen, published an autobiographical book, "Presumed Dead" focusing on her relationship with Allen and the unsolved mystery. This led the case to be reopened eight years later in 2000.

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* [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1402562002 Summary of the case] in "The Scotsman"
*cite news |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14893428_ITM |title=Television drama based on mystery murder case | date= 15 April 2006 |work=Europe Intelligence Wire |accessdate=2008-08-08