If the boys knew Field prior to Boxing Day night when they disappeared, that’s why nobody’s hears anybody shout or scream. ibid.
We could be uncovering one of the worst serial killers of children this country has ever known. ibid.
Fulham, West London: Suzy Lamplugh was only 25 when she went missing. She is described as bright and bubbly, funny, ambitious, popular, and hugely adept at her job … And here suddenly she goes missing off the streets of Fulham, and nobody can work out what on earth has happened to her … One of the largest police investigations of its day. In the Footsteps of Killers s1e2: Suzy Lamplugh
All of that brings us back to the prime suspect that the Met Police themselves named, which is John Cannan. He is currently in prison for the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks. ibid.
He was driving a black BMW which of course crops up in several of the witness testimonies. ibid.
Rita Ellis: an unsolved murder. 1967, a brutal attack on a cold November night. She was an RAF servicewoman … She is seen walking towards a red car … There were 2,000 people working on the camp … Her body was found in a copse beyond these trees. In the Footsteps of Killers s1e3: Rita Ellis
There were a number of attacks in the weeks and months after Rita was murdered around RAF Halton that have similar characteristics to each other. ibid.
May 31, 2014 Waukesha, Wisconsin: ‘He came across a 12-year-old female: she appears to have been stabbed.’ Beware the Slenderman, rozzers, Sky Atlantic 2017
‘A major search by ground and by air looking for two other girls – Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser are accused of stabbing their friend and leaving her for dead.’ ibid. news report
‘Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser were found walking near the Interstate – they later told police they planned to walk to Slenderman’s mansion.’ ibid.
Morgan Geyser: ‘I didn’t want to do this. Because I was afraid of what would happen if I didn’t.’ ibid. rozzers’ interview
Morgan and Anissa are both charged with attempted first degree murder. ibid. caption
‘We didn’t want to go, we didn’t want to kill them, but its persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time …’ ibid. screen-name Victor Surge posted 10th June 2009
‘Slenderman is the grim reaper but with a heart.’ ibid. folklorist
‘The Slenderman case is a very powerful example of peer to peer horizontal transmission.’ ibid. Richard Dawkins
‘Morgan recalls having hallucinations as early as three.’ ibid. mother
There was no more quintessentially English writer than Agatha Christie. Through her sensational murder mysteries she created a literary universe that captured our national spirit like no-one before or since. The magical worlds where she set her stories are in fact drawn from real places. Agatha Christie’s England, Channel 5 2021
Born 1890 in the Devon town of Torquay. The youngest to three children she lived a charmed life thanks to her American father’s large inheritance. ibid.
She introduced the world to Miss Marple when she published The Murder at the Vicarage. ibid.
In 1920 Agatha published her debut novel: The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The lead character was the now iconic Belgium detective Hercules Poirot. ibid.
‘Agatha absolutely abhorred the loss of empire, the changing attitudes to British dominance over the world. This big change in social values, the class system.’ ibid. J C Bernthal, Agatha Christie scholar
Arguably the biggest writer of the Twentieth Century. ibid.
Went into the store just to get a beer; came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. Menace II Society 1993 starring Tyrin Turner & Jada Pinkett & Larenz Tate & Samuel L Jackson & Glen Plummer & Clifton Powell & Arnold Johnson et al, directors Allen & Albert Hughes
He put me on to something we can bring off beautiful. A synch. The perfect score. It’s a sure thing. Am depending on you. Love Dick. In Cold Blood 1967 starring Robert Blake & Scott Wilson & John Forsythe & Paul Stewart & Gerald S O’Loughlin & Jeff Corey & John Gallaudet & James Flavin & Charles McGraw & Jim Lantz & Will Geer & John McLiam et al, director Richard Brooks, Perry reads letter
It’s the national pastime, baby: stealing and cheating. ibid. Dick to Perry
I’ve just finished ballasting the body. Which means you fill it with things you have. Man Bites Dog 1992 starring Benoit Poelvoorde & Remy Belvaux & Jenny Drye & Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert & Malou Madou & Andre Bonzel et al, directors Remy Belvaux & Andre Bonzel & Benoit Poelvoorde
‘He was such a cheerful little boy.’ ibid. mother
I once buried two Arabs in a wall over there. Facing Mecca of course … ibid.
I believe in sharing, no problem. ibid.
Little guys don’t make waves. If you kill a whale, you get Greenpeace and Jacques Cousteau on your back. But wipe out sardines, and you get a canning subsidy. ibid.
Steven Clark’s case was classified as a missing person investigation for 28 years. And during that time was subjected to numerous reviews by senior police officers, who all classified Steven as missing. But then in 2020 a new police team reviewed the case and classified Steven’s disappearance as murder. Accused of Murdering our Son: The Steven Clark Story, captions, ITV 2021
14 September 2020: Charles and Doris Clark are arrested on suspicion of their son Steven’s murder. ibid.
There were two reported sightings after Steven’s disappearance by people who knew him. ibid.
If Charles and Doris killed Steven, then not only are they the best actors I’ve ever met but they’ve got me beat, because I don’t think they murdered Steven. ibid. investigator
Two people who were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Steven Clark have now been released from the investigation without charge. ibid. caption
This is Kelly. Killed with her two young daughters in March last year. She was 40. This is Ibida, found dead at home in Leeds in September. She was 39. They are just 2 of the 118 women who were killed over the past 18 months where men have been charged or convicted. Then last month another woman was found dead. She was called Sarah. Tonight: what can be done to stop this becoming someone else’s story? Tonight: How Safe Are We? ITV 2021
Women suffering extreme violence at home. Whose side is the law on? The campaign to keep killers locked up for longer. And nowhere else to turn for women who fear for their lives. Tonight: Murdered at Home, ITV 2024
Every week two women are killed by their current or former partner. ibid.
31st March 2001 Roydon, Essex: 05:48 a.m.: ‘A geezer’s drowned in the pool … There’s a party going on and someone’s just gone out and found him … fucking hell. You don’t expect it, do ya?’ Barrymore: The Body in the Pool, Channel 4 2020, 999 call
‘31-year-old Stuart Lubbock was found floating in the swimming pool at Mr Barrymore’s home in Essex; he died soon after.’ ibid. TV news
‘Just another night that went terribly wrong.’ ibid. Barrymore
‘I don’t think we really had him down as being gay.’ ibid. ex-Sun reporter
At 2:47 a party starts at Michael Barrymore’s house: there are nine people present. At 5:08 emergency services are called. ibid. caption
The immediate assumption for everybody was that the victim was gay. Because who the hell would go home with Michael Barrymore and a group of young men? It certainly seemed to be a pretty nasty gay poolside party. ibid. reporter
‘There was no third party involved in the death … This was a case of immersion, as I call it, or drowning … I would describe the injuries to the anus as horrific.’ ibid. pathologist
‘This may not be drowning and you should be aware of that.’ ibid. pathologist #2 to rozzers
The Essex Police investigation into Stuart Lubbock’s death concludes with no criminal charges. A coroner’s inquest is held to determine the cause of death. ibid. captions
‘The entertainer Michael Barrymore has refused to answer questions about alleged drug taking at his home on the night a man was found dead in his swimming pool.’ ibid. BBC news
‘Stuart had been the victim of a serious sexual assault.’ ibid. pathologist
On Monday July 13th [2015: at 8:58 a.m. jailers went to cell 95 and observed Miss Bland hanging from the privacy partition in her cell. Say Her Name: The Life & Death of Sandra Bland ***** HBO/Sky Documentaries 2020
Sandra Bland Rest In Power. Arrested for Traffic Violation: Killed in Police Custody. ibid. protest banner
‘You just slammed me head into the ground. Don’t you even care about that?’ ibid. Bland arrest filmed after rozzers’ assault