When 26-year-old Nicki Collingbourne was discovered dead in her flat in a pool of her own blood, the village of Letchworth in Hertfordshire, UK, witnessed a horrific homicide. Even the most seasoned police officers were horrified by the ferocity of the crime, but it didn’t take long for them to realize that the victim knew the killer well. The horrific incident is detailed in the Investigation Discovery documentary “Deadly Women: Hot Tempers, Cold Hearts”, which also shows how a thorough investigation and CCTV evidence identified Yvonne Caylor. Let’s investigate the details of the crime and find out where Yvonne is right now, shall we?
Nicki Collingbourne
Who is Yvonne Caylor?
Yvonne Caylor, a 53-year-old resident of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, was responsible for the murder. She was curiously the half-sister of Nicki Collingbourne, and the police, as well as the victim’s family, believe that a quarrel between the half-sisters turned out to be the reason for the horrific crime. Although they have the same father, Yvonne and Nicki were raised differently due to their very different ages. Despite the fact that Yvonne was born in the UK, she has spent most of her adult life there and even hosted Nicki there. Additionally, Nicki invited Yvonne to stay with her at her Letchworth flat in June 2015, about a year and a few months before the murder, which ultimately culminated in a vicious argument.
Nicki and Yvonne were rumored to be residing together when they had a serious argument and even involved the police at Nicki’s residence in Letchworth. Yvonne initially accused her stepsister of assault, but Nicki soon learned that her apartment had been broken into and her belongings had been confiscated while she was away. She immediately suspected Yvonne of breaking into a house and even filed an official report, which resulted in Yvonne being charged with breaking and entering a house and engaging in an act intended to obstruct justice. So, it was natural for the older half-sister to harbor bitter revenge against Nicki for a long time.
On May 23, 2016, Yvonne finally put on a male disguise and went to Nicki’s apartment where she attacked Nicki with a chicken-shaped ceramic pot and killed her. She then staged the event to make it look like the victim committed suicide in an effort to distract from herself. In her underwear, with significant wrist injuries, Nicki Collingbourne was found by officials lying in a pool of her own blood. Authorities determined the death was a homicide despite the difficulty in determining the cause of death. They soon discovered that the murderer had used the chicken-shaped pot to beat the victim to death.
Where is Yvonne Caylor today?
Although there were no witnesses to the murder, a CCTV camera managed to capture a person in a jacket walking to the victim’s door just before the crime took place. Despite the fact that the killer appeared to be a man, authorities quickly confirmed that it was in fact someone the victim knew. Once officers connected the dots and learned of the fight between Nicki and Yvonne, they were certain that Yvonne was responsible for the murder. As a result, the police immediately arrested Yvonne and charged her with murder.
When Yvonne was brought to trial, she pleaded not guilty and said another man had killed Nicki. But in the end, she was convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison in 2016. Yvonne is surely spending her days incarcerated in a prison in the UK at the time this article was written; she has not yet served the mandatory minimum sentence.
