The Rolex Watch Murder

Albert Johnson Walker was once Canada's most wanted man and near the top of Interpol's criminal most wanted file. .

He was a white-collar culprit who soon discovered himself wearing whatever collar killers wear, and he very almost escaped from all. When he committed what he believed was the flawless killing, however, he ignored one witness: the victim's brilliant watch. Here's how the notorious Rolex killing went down.

The Criminal

Albert Johnson Walker was a citizen of Hamilton, Ontario, and he looked like to have an excellent life. The marital father of three had started a small bookkeeping company that grew into a large economic company with six branches and more than two dozen laborers. It looks like it wasn't sufficient for ol' Albert, though, because it was soon disclosed that he had been bilking his customers to the tune of $3.2 million. Facing 18 counts of corruption, money laundering, and larceny, Walker escaped to Europe in 1990, bringing his middle daughter with him. 

A New Life in England

Albert Walker paved his way to England and lived in the village of Harrogate under the name David Davis. He showed that his daughter, Sheena, as his spouse, clearly just to make things extra-weird for no explanation. It's worth noticing that in the next few years, Sheena gave birth to two children whose paternity she declines to talk over, so "no reason" is the best-case plan. Walker needed the necessary identification to earn the job, so he jumped at the opportunity to join into a business agreement with a fellow Canadian living in England who he had previously met. His name was Ronald Joseph Platt, and he struggled as a television repairman. Walker used the money he took to launch a TV repair business with Platt.

A Stolen Identity

Ronald Platt frequently talked to Walker about his favorite Canada and expressed a fascination to go to his homeland. Feeling a chance, Walker charitably offered to pay for a one-way ticket so Platt could walk back to Canada---on the requirement that he leave his driver's license, birth certificate, and a stamp of his signature back in England with Walker so he could "proceed their business." Platt was either very innocent or an idiot because he approved Walker's suggestion. Once Platt went back to Canada in 1992, Walker utilized his birth certificate and driver's license to own his identity.

The Killing

Everything went really as schemed until 1995 when Ronald Platt came to England from Canada. Two Ronald Platts developed a problem for Walker, and he could believe of only one treatment. On July 20, 1996, he asked his former business partner to join him on a fishing journey. Out on the ocean, with no one around, Walker smashed Platt lifeless, then tied an anchor to his corpse and threw away him into the sea. He then came home to begin again Ronald Platt's life.

The Unravelling

Walker believed that he had gotten away with the precisely planned murder, and for a minute, it looked like he would escape. By the time Platt's corpse was discovered by fishermen two weeks later, it was poorly decomposed, and any identification he might have had on him was safely in the custody of the other Ronald Platt. What he did have on him, still, was a watch. Not just any watch, it was an expensive Rolex watch.

The Rolex Connection

A high-end watch company with an agreement to personality and buyer service, Rolex protects detailed records of the exchanges and servicing of their watches, and they keep it to last. Even after being drowned in seawater for two weeks, Platt's watch could still give up its mysteries. Its serial number told the authority that the holder was Ronald Joseph Platt, but that was just the opening of the data to be gleaned from the watch.

Rolex watches contain the date, as well as the time, on their tops, and their batteries last about two days when they are dormant. Using the date on the watch and calculating the length of time it was inactive, authority verified the time of the killing almost down to the second.

Walker is Arrested

Police quickly discovered documents showing that Ronald Platt was though living in England, which they discovered very odd since he wasn't breathing at all. Albert Johnson Walker was shortly charged, pleasuring Interpol and the Canadian parliament as well, but their celebration was soon pooped. Since the killing was committed in England, Walker was tried there for the crime and sentenced to life in jail.