Case of retired couple buried in garden featured on television

The case of an elderly couple who were thought to have retired to Morecambe but were found buried in their garden in Mansfield was featured on television.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th May 2015, 16:00 GMT
BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout file photos issued by Nottinghamshire Police of Christopher Edwards, 57, and Susan Edwards, 56, who have been found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of murdering her parents, whose bodies were found buried in their own back garden 15 years after they disappeared. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday June 20, 2014. See PA story COURTS Bodies. Photo credit should read: Nottinghamshire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout file photos issued by Nottinghamshire Police of Christopher Edwards, 57, and Susan Edwards, 56, who have been found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of murdering her parents, whose bodies were found buried in their own back garden 15 years after they disappeared. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday June 20, 2014. See PA story COURTS Bodies. Photo credit should read: Nottinghamshire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout file photos issued by Nottinghamshire Police of Christopher Edwards, 57, and Susan Edwards, 56, who have been found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of murdering her parents, whose bodies were found buried in their own back garden 15 years after they disappeared. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday June 20, 2014. See PA story COURTS Bodies. Photo credit should read: Nottinghamshire Police/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

William and Patricia Wycherley went missing in 1998, but were found buried under their own lawn 15 years later.

The couple’s daughter Susan Edwards and son-in-law Christopher, murdered them and stole a total of £285,286 from the dead couple.

They were sentenced to life with a minimum term of 25 years.

The case was featured in ‘A Town &Country Murder’ on Crime and Investigation channel on Sunday night.

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