In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story A Study in Scarlet, the murdered man found in Lauriston Gardens is Enoch Drebber.
Drebber’s body is discovered in an empty house at 3 Lauriston Gardens, London. The room contains blood but no visible wound on the corpse, and the word “RACHE” is written on the wall. Scotland Yard initially interprets the clue as part of the murderer’s message, while Holmes correctly treats the scene as evidence requiring careful reconstruction.
Drebber is an American from Cleveland, Ohio, traveling in England with his secretary, Joseph Stangerson. Holmes eventually establishes that the killer is Jefferson Hope, whose motive reaches back to events involving Lucy Ferrier in Utah.
A common mix-up is to remember only the surname Drebber or confuse him with Stangerson, who is killed later. Drebber is the first murder victim named in the novel.