STEWART, IAN: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
A £1.5 million luxury home in Hertfordshire and a visit from the major crime unit. They have a warrant and a body camera. The murder victim: one of Britain’s best loved and widely read authors Helen Bailey. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e6: Ian Stewart, Discovery 2017
An extraordinary story of deception, greed and murder. ibid.
‘Hello there, my partner has been missing since Monday.’ ibid. Ian’s 999 call
‘He’s a cold, disengaged character.’ ibid. profiler
He was trying to cash in on Helen’s estate. ibid.
Two outgoing women, one manipulative man [Ian Stewart]. The visual clues. The verbal slips. And a medical breakthrough that finally trapped the two-time killer. Faking It s6e5: Stewart, Discovery 2021
When Helen Bailey lost her partner of 20 years she sought comfort by sharing her grief with others … ‘Ian Stewart came to meet Helen Bailey because he was also bereaved.’ ibid. Kerry Daynes
Ian Stewart moved in together using her money to buy a £1.2 million home in Hertfordshire. Just four miles from the house where Stewart had killed his wife four years earlier … ‘Then all of a sudden Hell disappears.’ ibid.
‘Eight blinks within a second … Manipulation increasing by playing with the glasses … He’s suffering cognitive load … then gives a head-shake ‘no’ … A single-sided shoulder shrug … Five indicators of deception. ibid. Cliff Lansley
In 2016 Helen Bailey was reported missing from her home in Hertfordshire by her fiancé. 55-year-old Ian Stewart was later seen at a local tip disposing of a duvet. After months of intense searching police discover that the missing author [Helen Bailey] had never even left the house. The writer’s happy ending had turned to tragedy, and her murderous fiancé Ian Stewart was revealed as one of Britain’s most evil killers. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s7e6: Ian Stewart, BBC 2023
Helen wasn’t the first partner of Stewart to meet an early demise. The shocking murder prompted police to re-examine the death of his late wife Diane. ibid.
STEWART, MICHAEL murder: Virginia Law Archives online -
Shortly before 3 a.m. on September 15, 1983, police arrested Michael Stewart in a 14th Street subway station for writing in felt-tip marker on the wall. Within an hour, officers brought him to Bellevue Hospital. Stewart had no pulse or blood pressure. He was revived but remained comatose until his death 13 days later.
Stewart was black. The cops who arrested him were white. Three officers — John Kostick, Henry Boerner, and Anthony Piscola — were charged with criminally negligent homicide, assault, and perjury, and three others — Susan Techky, Henry Hassler, and James Barry — with committing perjury before the investigating grand jury.
Chief Medical Examiner Elliot Gross concluded Stewart died of cardiac arrest and that neither bruising on Stewart’s face nor abrasions on his wrists were contributing injuries. A month later, Gross changed his mind in the final report and cited a spinal cord injury as cause of death. Two years later, Gross changed his mind again, and decided he had no opinion on how Stewart died.
But the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts, who reviewed hospital records and the autopsy report, testified that Michael Stewart died of asphyxia as a result of force applied to his neck. A witness for the prosecution, who was studying at his dormitory window, said he saw an officer use a nightstick to put a chokehold on Stewart. The defense claimed Stewart drunkenly, violently resisted arrest and died of heart failure.
The all-white jury found the officers not guilty after seven days of deliberation. Virginia Law Archives online article, Dengrove Collection Wrightup
STIMPSON, JOSH: Murdered By My Ex: The Killing of Molly McClaren TV - Stalked: Murder in Slow Motion TV - The Murder of Molly McClaren: The Social Media Murders TV -
It’s late morning 29th June 2017: a busy retail park in Kent is filled with families and shoppers. Josh Stimpson, having subjected his ex girlfriend Molly McLaren to a campaign of fear, brutally attacks her. Covered in Molly’s blood, Stimpson calmly gives himself up to the police. Murdered By My Ex s2e2: The Killing of Molly McClaren, Channel 5 2019
The couple have been seeing each other for four months and Molly’s family are starting to notice changes in Josh’s demeanour. With a demanding study schedule, Molly began to feel overwhelmed by the relationship. ibid.
‘He was stalking her on Facebook.’ ibid. Molly’s mom
Having succumbed to seventy-five stab wounds, Molly is pronounced dead. ibid.
On June 29th 2017 Joshua Stimpson arrived at Pure Gym in Chatham, Kent, placing his mat next to his ex-girlfriend, Molly McLaren … Stimpson, a double glazing salesman from Rochester, with a history of unhealthy relationship break-ups that go undetected. The two would meet on the internet: Stimpson would use his online presence to wage a reign of terror. Stalked: Murder in Slow Motion, Channel 5 2019
Molly’s friends are now noticing changes in his behaviour. ibid.
Molly has had enough and decides to end the relationship. But Stimpson won’t accept it and bombards her with a series of messages pleading for them to get back together. ibid.
As soon as they get back together, Stimpson picks up right where he left off. ibid.
He’s been harassing her and she’s reported him to the police, but terrifyingly, over the last 24 hours he followed her to two separate locations. ibid.
Stimpson crosses the car park and jumps into the car. At 11.08 a.m. he viciously attacks Molly McLaren stabbing her 75 times. ibid.
You know that boy that I was speaking to when I was like in a bad way, we carried on speaking and I finally got to meet him … The Murder of Molly McLaren: The Social Media Murders s1e3, Molly to friend, ITV 2021
Joshua Stimpson launched a brutal and frenzied attack on Molly McLaren, stabbing and slashing at her more than fifty times. ibid. TV news
Josh and Molly both matched on Tinder. ibid. friend
They both had some sort of mental health problem. ibid.
STINNEY, GEORGE [viz Miscarriages of Justice: George Stinney]: True Crime Recaps 2021 -
Parts of the Candyman movie are true … One of those is 14-year-old George Stinney, the youngest person ever to get the electric chair. He was so small he had to sit on a book; they used a Bible. True Crime Recaps: True Stories Behind the Candyman Credits, Youtube 23.24, 2021
1944: 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames were out picking wildflowers when they were beaten over the head with an iron railroad spike. ibid.
The prosecution’s case rested only on what they claimed George told the police about the murders. But even that had two versions. ibid.
It was a joke of a trial that lasted all of three hours. ibid.
2014: His conviction was overturned and the judge admitted that a grave injustice had been done. ibid.
STITES, STACEY murder: see Miscarriages of Justice: Reed, Rodney