Where is Wendell Lightbourne?

Hi guys,

I’m doing research for my dissertation and I’ve come across ‘The Moon Mad Murderer, who was called Wendell Willis Lightbourne, who was known as a serial killer in Warwick in 1959.

It seems to be the more notorious case for serial killers in Bermuda, but I really don’t see much information on the case online…… and unfortunately it fits in perfectly so I would really like to use it. The only real question I can’t find an answer to is what happened to Mr Lightbourne? The last documented info is that he was awaiting his death sentence when it was overturned and he was given a whole life order, and transferred to the UK to a psychiatric hospital instead. There has been no coverage or info about whether he is still alive, whether he was transferred back to Bermuda, or stayed in the UK, however I don’t believe he can still be incarcerated at least, since he would be the UKs longest serving prisoner, which he’s not publicly known as.

I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to him? There’s an obituary that comes up from 2008 however I do not believe it is the same man!

Thanks!