CRIME GUY

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When is it okay to leave a child unattended? This surprisingly simple question has some complex answers that change with the decades.
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BBC Crimewatch from August 1984, five months after Christopher Laverack disappeared from his half-sister's home in Hull.
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I finally turn to a more detailed investigation of the 1984 murder of 9 year-old Christopher Laverack.
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I got distracted from my Sophie research by Death on the Beach, a brilliant Sky Crime documentary about a series of suspicious deaths on the island of…
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We've had lots of new joiners recently, and Easter is always a good time for a round-up!
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I return to a topic that worries all true crime fans.
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Why do some people (and many tabloid newspapers) continue to link Claudia Lawrence and Christopher Halliwell? The police have repeatedly stated that…
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I have finally finished an initial version of the timeline of the final days of Claudia Lawrence, who disappeared near York in March 2009. She has not…
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When is a missing person considered permanently missing? The lack of a body causes havoc with justice systems everywhere in the world.
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Jill Dando was a famous television presenter and newsreader. On 26th April 1999, she was shot outside her home with a single gunshot. Was her work on…
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The sad case of Emma Caldwell has been the subject of a detailed BBC documentary. After Iain Packer was arrested today, could justice be near?
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Suzy Lamplugh has not been seen since she left her office in Fulham at lunchtime on 28th July 1986. It seems highly unlikely now that she went to meet a…
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