‘Executions’ are the most difficult murders for police to solve as the perpetrators often cover their tracks so well that investigators have little chance of finding them. The most the police can do is hope that an eyewitness will come forward and provide them with vital information.
Last year, for example, charges were only forthcoming in one out of 15 execution-style killings recorded. At least two more have been added to the pile of unsolved murders this year,