CELAIRE, MARIO: Cold Case Killers TV - Standard online article -
27th October 2001, Granville Gardens: 19-year-old Cassandra McDermott has been found dead at her family home under suspicious circumstances. There is limited forensic evidence found at the crime scene. Cold Case Killers s2e2: The Killing of Cassandra McDermott, Channel 5 2022
‘There was a car parked in the driveway of Granville Gardens that did not belong to Cassandra or any member of her family … It belonged to somebody called Mario Celaire … Cassandra’s former boyfriend.’ ibid. rozzer
‘There had been an abusive relationship between Mario and Cassandra.’ ibid.
Mario Celaire stands trial at the Old Bailey … ‘A travesty of how a trial should take place.’ ibid. rozzer
And the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. My soul died then again. ibid. family
I felt sick I suppose. I was stunned. ibid. rozzer
Walthamstow: ‘An attack on a teenage girl’ … [her] ex-boyfriend was Mario Celaire. ibid.
Old Bailey: After 8 years Celaire finally admitted his part in Cassandra’s death. ibid.
The family of a woman killed by her ex-boyfriend told today of their long fight for justice after he admitted taking the teenager's life, years after being cleared of her murder.
Mario Celaire, 31, became the first person to be convicted of a crime that a jury had already acquitted him of. The former professional footballer admitted beating 19-year-old Cassandra McDermott to death, seven years after he was originally found not guilty. The Standard online article 12th April 2012, ‘Our Long Battle to Bring Cassie’s Killer to Justice’
CESNIK, CATHERINE & JOYCE MALECKI murders: The Keepers 2017 -
Who Killed Sister Cathy? One of Maryland’s coldest murder cases heats up. The Keepers s1e1: The Murder, newspaper article Tom Nugent, Netflix 2017
Sister Catherine Cesnik SSND 1942-1969. ibid. gravestone
Our concern was that she fell into something evil, something bad, and got caught up with it. We are told that the story is not the nun’s killing, the story is the cover-up of the nun’s story. ibid. Abbie Schaub investigates with Gemma Hoskins
Joyce Malecki was a young woman who was abducted three or four days after Sister Cathy was abducted. ibid.
I believe that Cathy Cesnik was murdered by someone she knew … Cathy Cesnik was killed because she was going to talk about what went on at the school. The Keepers s1e2: The School, Jean Wehner aka Jane Doe
You used to see a lot of girls coming in and out of his [Father Joseph Maskell] office which was kind of strange. ibid.
He [Maskell] had a coldness about him. ibid. former alter boy
Pull yourself together and get back to class. ibid. Maskell to young female victim
Maskell would stand by the door while other people were doing things to me. ibid.
I was called to the room. It was after school. And he was frantic … He said, I know where she is … Do you want me to take you to her? … We get in the car … Total shock. What do you mean she’s missing? … I knew it was her … There were maggots in her face … And he came down real close and he said, You see what happens when you say bad things about people? ibid.
This really happened: he took me to the body … The abuse became worse. The Keepers s1e3: The Revelation, victim
If the archdiocese had all these complaints about his behaviour, ethically they should have sent Maskell’s history of his new abuse episodes with him. ibid. Schaub
The archdiocese was not at all helpful. ibid. journalist, re Jane Doe’s disclosure
Deep Throat [police] told us we have to be careful for our safety. ibid. Schaub
The police, the archdiocese, they did nothing. The Keepers s1e4: The Burial, victim
It was determined that we would file suit against Father Maskell, the school sisters of Notre Dame … the archdiocese, and the gynaecologist. ibid. another victim
Journalist Tom Nugent arranges a meeting with the unidentified former Baltimore City Police detective known as Deep Throat. He agrees to attend on the condition that he remains anonymous. ibid. caption
I interviewed over a hundred girls myself [1994]. ibid. Deep Throat
It’s very very hard for an abuse victim to go through those kind of questions … Here I am sitting in a room with a wall of lawyers. ibid. abuse victim faces lawyers
He disappeared; he was taken out of his church. ibid. defence lawyer
We were starting to make assumptions about Edgar Davidson and his family as being involved in Sister Cathy’s murder; a whole new family showed up on our anonymous tip-line: that was the Schmidt family … She felt like her uncle had been involved in Cathy’s murder. The Keepers s1e5: The Suspects, Hoskins
Her skirt was pulled up. The chest was bare. The person had obviously been severely assaulted. Closer examination revealed a big defect in the side of the head. The Keepers s1e6: The Web, Werner Spitz, forensic pathologist
There were virtually no priests in Baltimore that had been found guilty of sex abuse crimes despite the archdiocese list that had about fifty names on it. ibid. Schaub
The Freedom of Information Act requests by Abbie and the Malecki family remain unanswered. The Keepers s1e7: The Conclusion
Over the last 12 years, a bill to extend the civil Statute of Limitations for child sex abuse claims was proposed six times in the Maryland General Assembly. Each time it failed. ibid.
CHADWICK, PETER: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
At 5.31 a.m. on Thursday, October 11th 2012 Peter Chadwick called 9-1-1 … This is the case of the millionaire fugitive. True Crime Recaps: Millionaire Fugitive Kidnaps His Wife? Peter Chadwick Case, Youtube 12.13, 2022
Plates and food were still on the kitchen counter like someone had left in a hurry; the office safe was open and empty; and in the master bathroom the scene turned even more grim: a glass vase was broken on the edge of the tub and on the bathroom wall were very faint drops of blood. ibid.
9-1-1 call: ‘… My wife’s dead … They took her … The guy broke into my house. He drove me here. He had a friend. They’re just gone. They’ve gone in the pickup truck … They killed her yesterday …’ ibid.
His story fell apart pretty fast, especially when they got a look at the scratches and bite-marks on his body. ibid.
CHALLEN, SALLY: The Case of Sally Challen TV -
In 2011 Sally Challen was convicted of murdering her husband Richard. For six years her lawyer has been working to quash her conviction. The Case of Sally Challen, caption, BBC 2019
Such a bizarre act out of the blue. ibid. law dude
Fewer than 10% of those who try to appeal against conviction are successful. ibid. caption
Sally’s defence team claimed she was not guilty of murder, arguing for the lesser charge of manslaughter on the grounds of ‘diminished’ responsibility’. ibid.
There was the issue of the hammer; there was a lot of discussion as to whether Mrs Challen brought the hammer in the house. The offence took place in the kitchen. ibid. legal dude