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Rachel Nickell's murder retold in Netflix drama The Witness
More than 30 years after a young woman, Rachel Nickell, was murdered while walking with her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in south London, her family are telling their story of what happened through a new drama series and documentary.
In July 1992, 23-year-old Rachel was stabbed 49 times while out walking with the family dog, Molly.
Her two-year-old son Alex was found clutched to her body, the only witness to what had happened.
For Alex, now aged 36, and his father André Hanscombe, revisiting that day has one purpose: to share what they experienced and to spark a wider conversation about the aftermath of the tragedy.
The Devastating True Story Behind 'The Murder of Rachel Nickell' and 'The Witness'
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Almost 35 years after Rachel Nickell was brutally murdered, her story is being shared on screen. The infamous 1992 tragedy which took place in broad daylight—with Nickell's infant son as the only witness—is at the center of a wave of TV retellings, including two Netflix projects. As announced in March 2025, Netflix adapted the crime story into the dramatized series The Witness, and are accompanying the series’ June 4 premiere with a documentary, The Murder of Rachel Nickell. (Prime Video will also be releasing a two-part docuseries on Nickell later this year, titled The Wimbledon Killer.)
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The Witness review – a courageous drama about the murder that rocked Britain
This look at the shocking 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell bravely gives you the unvarnished tale of her familyâs struggles to deal with the tragedy â and the impossibility of coping with a living hell
All murders are shocking, but few unsettle a nation in the way that of Rachel Nickell did in 1992. She was stabbed 49 times while walking on Wimbledon Common during the day with her two-year-old son, Alex. The viciousness of the attack, in a public place and in front of a child, lingered darkly in the minds of the public, especially since Alex being the only witness enabled the killer to remain at large for years.
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