When 26-year-old Nicki Collingbourne was discovered inside her apartment dead in a pool of her own blood, the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth witnessed a horrific homicide. Even the most experienced police officers were horrified by the ferocity of the crime, but they soon realized 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 demonstrates how extensive investigation and CCTV evidence identified Yvonne Caylor. Let’s investigate the details of the crime and find out where Yvonne is right now, okay?
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, along with the victim’s family, believe that a fight between the half-sisters turned out to be the reason behind the horrific crime. Despite having the same father, Yvonne and Nicki were raised differently due to their very different ages. Even though Yvonne was born in the UK, she spent most of her adult life there and even welcomed Nicki there. Furthermore, Nicki invited Yvonne to stay with her at her Letchworth apartment in June 2015, approximately a year and a few months before her murder, which ultimately led to a fierce argument.
According to rumors, Nicki and Yvonne were living together when they got into a serious argument that even included the police at Nicki’s Letchworth residence. Yvonne originally accused her half-sister of assaulting her, but Nicki soon found out that her apartment had been broken into and her belongings taken while she was away. She immediately suspected Yvonne of breaking into a home and even filed an official report, which resulted in Yvonne being charged with breaking into a home and engaging in an act intended to obstruct justice. Therefore, it was natural for the older half-sister to harbor a bitter vendetta against Nicki for a long period of time.
On May 23, 2016, Yvonne finally disguised herself as a man and made her way to Nicki’s apartment, where she attacked Nicki with a ceramic chicken pot, killing her. She then staged the event to give the impression that the victim committed suicide in an effort to divert attention from herself. In her underwear, with significant injuries to her wrists, officers found Nicki Collingbourne lying in a pool of her own blood. Authorities ruled the death a homicide despite the difficulty in determining the cause of death. They soon discovered that the killer 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 was committed. Even though the killer appeared to be a man, authorities quickly confirmed that he was actually someone the victim knew. Once the 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 court, she pleaded not guilty and claimed that another man killed Nicki. But in the end, she was found guilty of murder and received a sentence of 20 life sentences in 2016. Yvonne is surely spending her days incarcerated in a UK jail at the time this article was written; she has not yet served the mandatory minimum sentence.