Buck Ruxton

Buck Ruxton murdered his common-in-law wife Isabella Van Ess 34 and Mary Rogerson 20 by strangling them at 2 Dalton Square, Lancaster on 15 September 1935.

Buck Ruxton was a doctor and suspected that his wife was having an affair although there was no evidence for that and became jealous of Isabella's popularity. They had rows over it and on 15 September he exploded into a rage and strangled Isabella Van Ess with his bare hands and then he suffocated his housemaid Mary Rogerson to prevent her from finding out.