Rachel Nickell was a young mother to her son Alex, and the two were inseparable. So inseparable that when her bloody body was found with 49 stab wounds in Wimbledon Commons, 2-year-old Alex was found clinging to her corpse, covered in Rachel’s blood.
Through interviews with Rachel’s boyfriend and Alex’s father, André, detectives, reporters, psychologists, family, and footage from the family camcorder, we explore both Rachel’s life and death, and the painfully long time it took to find her killer. Over 16-plus years, various agencies, suspects, and trials, André and Alex were dealing with unrelenting media, requests for interviews with Alex to rehash his memories of the tragic day, and inept agents and agencies at the investigation’s helm. While justice was finally found, Rachel’s was not the only life lost to the hands of her killer.
THE MURDER OF RACHEL NICKELL
What’s it rated? TV-MA
When? 2026
Where’s it showing? Netflix
André moved his young son to the countryside of France to escape the media’s prying eyes and has since been a fierce advocate for privacy laws for victims. In the years since, Alex has grown into a young man who in 2017 wrote a book discussing the tragedy, his life since, and how he’s dealt with the trauma and grief. (95 min.) ∆
This article appears in July 16-23, 2026.
