source
: Scepticpeg
published : 9th September 2010
In September 1974, a 17 year old boy was found dead inside a chimney in a disused shop in Islington. The circumstances surrounding the death of Michael (or Jarrett as he was known by friends) remains a mystery but his friend, Bill, is convinced it wasn’t an accident.
Jarrett was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 7th October 1956. After Jarrett’s father left his mother, Jarrett and his mother moved to London in 1961 and settled in Islington before then moving to Kings Cross. His mother eventually remarried in 1966 and Jarrett had a younger brother and sister. He was popular with his peers, enjoyed football, school, attending a local disco and eating ice cream.
Jarrett attended Highbury Grove School in Islington and it was during his final year there he began getting in to trouble. A local playground worker has spoken of how Michael would be locked out of his home for returning late and forced to sleep on the street and had also began getting into trouble with the police. He left school in 1972 and would regularly stay with his friends due to him being locked out of home – sometimes for a week at a time.
By 1973 Jarrett’s life had spiralled further downwards and he was placed in to the care of Islington social services. He was arrested in January for burglary and appeared at Old Street Magistrate’s Court where his residential address was given as Highbury Crescent children’s home.
4WardEverUK Archives 
This is an awful case and quite distressing to read. It throws up numerous questions in the minds of a reader and reminds me personally so much of the case of Colin Roach and the mysterious (some might say, obvious) circumstances of his tragic and violent death.
We are grateful to IRR for bringing this case back to the arena of public scrutiny and are hopeful that it reignites interest, but more importantly a robust investigation by the relevant authorities.
No one should meet their death in this way, stuck upside-down in a chimney in a derelict property. This is truly appalling and one of the most distressing cases we have come across in a long time.
No Justice – No Peace