Trevor Joseph Hardy was born on June 11, 1945, in Newton Heath, Manchester, England.

Trevor Joseph Hardy murdered three teenage girls in the Manchester area between December 1974 and March 1976. The first victim was Janet Lesley Stewart, 15, who was stabbed on New Year's Eve in 1974. Her body was found buried in a shallow grave in Newton Heath.

The second victim was Wanda Skala, 17, who was killed on July 19, 1975. She was walking home from work when she was hit over the head with a brick. After being robbed and sexually assaulted, her body was discovered partially buried on a construction site.

The third victim was Sharon Mosoph, 17. She was attacked in March 1976 after leaving a staff party. He stabbed and strangled her with a pair of tights before dumping her body in the Rochdale Canal in Failsworth. Both Skala's and Mosoph's bodies were found stripped and mutilated.

Hardy was eventually arrested in August 1976. He confessed to the murders of Skala and Mosoph, as well as the earlier killing of Stewart. At his trial, he was found guilty of three counts of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He served more than 30 years in prison before he died on September 25, 2012.