Jo and Michael Richardson died 49 years ago this August. But their demise has never been explained
At the time there were contradicting report of the couple dying following an accident at sea in a small boat, other reports note they fell from cliffs during a walk. But no one was reporting what was being said inside ATV at the time – a mugging and a double murder.
40-year-old Jo had worked on Crossroads for a decade when she died in August 1976. It made front page headlines as well as news coverage locally and nationally on TV.
Looking back at the incident in the Seychelles we have put together a page with details from Jo’s daughter Jane along with some memories of the time from Jane Rossington and Elisabeth Croft.