Lucy Partington

Who is Lucy Partington?

Lucy Partington was a British murder victim. She was born in St Albans, the third child of Roger and Margaret Partington. On 27 December 1973, during her final year of studying English Literature at Exeter University, she was abducted and murdered by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West. Her remains were discovered in March 1994.

Lucy’s sister, Marian Partington, wrote about the impact of Lucy’s life, disappearance, and death in her memoir, If You Sit Very Still, in May 2012. The book builds on Salvaging the Sacred, an essay written by Marian and published in The Guardian Weekend in May 1996. The essay inspired a play by Bryony Lavery and a feature film by Juliet McKoen, both entitled Frozen.

Lucy was the cousin of novelist Martin Amis. He dedicated his novel The Information to her and writes about her life and death in his memoir Experience.