Arrest Made In Killing of 1993
Mason Grad Margaret Muller

(January 28, 2006)

An arrest has been made in the long-running investigation of the stabbing death of Margaret Muller, a 1993 graduate of George Mason High School, who was brutally attacked nearly three years ago while jogging in east London’s Victoria Park in February, 2003.

As reported in a Reuters story, a police spokesperson said, “We can confirm that yesterday detectives arrested a 21-year-old man from the Hackney area in connection with the murder of Margaret Muller.”

News reports indicated that the arrested man was Christopher Duncan, “an Eminem obsessive who was jailed for life in December after admitting he had battered a student to death with a baseball bat.”

Reuters reported that “there have been a number of arrests as part of the inquiry into the Muller killing, but the suspects have all been released without charge.”

Muller, an artist who had come to Britain in 1998 to study at a leading art school, the Slade School of Fine Art, “was found lying in a pool of blood by passers-by who had heard her screams.” The attack had taken place at 8:30 in the morning, in broad daylight.

Lasso Online first reported on Muller’s death and the subsequent arrest of a suspect on March 12, 2003. That suspect, Colin Cummins, was later released.

Muller was one of Mason’s outstanding artists who was noted for her life-size canvasses. A website, margaretmuller.com, reveals the history of efforts, including reward money, that had been offered over the past few years in attempts to solve her murder. Links at that website will allow readers to view some of Muller’s impressive art works.