Man arrested over 1993 unsolved Tooze murders faces no further action
South Wales Police have dropped the investigation into an 87-year-old man previously arrested in connection with the 1993 murders of Harry and Megan Tooze. The case remains one of Wales' most notorious unsolved crimes.
Why it matters
The closure of this specific line of inquiry highlights the ongoing difficulties in resolving cold cases decades after the initial events.
Image source, South Wales Police Image caption, Harry and Megan Tooze were killed at their home in Llanharry on 26 July 1993
A man arrested in connection with one of Wales' most notorious unsolved murders is no longer under investigation, police have said.
Harry and Megan Tooze were found dead with shotgun wounds in a cow shed at their farm in south Wales on 26 July 1993.
South Wales Police said an 87-year-old man who had been arrested in December 2025 as part of a review of evidence was no longer under investigation and had been released with no further action.
Police had made the arrest as part of a forensic review of the cold case in 2023 as they investigated the deaths of Harry, 64, and Megan, 67.
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