On January 31, 2019, Libby Squire, a 21-year-old university student, disappeared following a night out with friends in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire.  Libby was abducted, raped, and murdered by a sexual predator.  Her killer, Pawel Relowicz, was later convicted of her rape and murder, and was charged with additional voyeurism, outraging public decency and burglary offences. 

Laura is joined by Lisa Squire, Libby’s mother, who bravely shares her family’s story and the devastating impact of her daughter’s murder, and the lifelong trauma families endure when systems fail to prevent violence.

Laura carefully unravels the behavioural patterns and risk factors present in Libby’s case challenging common myths around “random” attacks and highlighting how opportunity, predatory behaviour, and escalation intersect. Laura, Jodie and Lisa dive deep into the red flags and patterns present in the behaviour of these repeat offenders, and what needs to happen next to save women and children’s lives. 

This is an essential listen; it could save a life.

Clips  
https://youtu.be/yacBZbd4E-g?si=9Zmo1sKGFdDa6Bzq

More from Lisa and Jodie:
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The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision. 

Don’t forget to listen to the new episodes with Mandy Matney and creators of the show, starting from Ep 285 and join in for additional episodes and interviews with Mandy Matney and others in the Crime Analyst Squad: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst 

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Laura continues to analyse Alex Murdaugh’s first interview with Special Agent David Owen from SLED and Colleton County Sheriff's Office Detective Laura Rutland on June 7, 2021.

Laura deconstructs Murdaugh’s narrative highlighting indicators of deception, a moment of leakage about the current state of Murdaugh’s relationship with Maggie, and a major hole in Murdaugh’s story. You won’t want to miss this. Listener discretion is advised.

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #MurdaughMurders #AlexMurdaugh #Lowcountry #CoerciveControl #PowerAndContro #MaleViolence #DomesticAbuse #DomesticHomicide #MaleEntitlement #Accountability #WomenMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast  

Clips 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yauxjR377w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ-7jwlxjbg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuZIYcjmLk

Sources 

NewsNation Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hXZkqgl7k

https://www.wjcl.com/article/murdaugh-murders-timeline-evidence/42846491

https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-murders-verdict-timeline-b2293378.html

Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community  

For those interested in learning more, Laura offers Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behaviour, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Training information is available at:  

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  

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On 28 May 2018, Laura Mortimer and her 11-year-old daughter, Ella Dalby were found in a pool of blood at their house in Gloucester. Laura had 18 separate stab wounds, whilst Ella had 24. Laura clearly fought for her life and Ella witnessed some of the attack and bravely came to the help of her mother. Christopher Boon, a man with a history of violence, was arrested for their murders.

In this exclusives episode Laura is joined by Jodie Edith, Laura’s sister and Ella’s aunt, to speak out for the first time about events leading up to the horrific double murders. Together they identify the red flags, early warning signs and how women can be helped by family and friends who know what to look for. 

There are many takeaways in this important conversation. It is not an easy listen, but it could change and save your life.  

Clips  
https://youtu.be/TJnYL_EnNVY?si=3VmUaDK9Md78jud_

https://fb.watch/DJketfUe1s/

More from Lisa and Jodie:
Instagram If you’d like to learn more about the incredible work that Lisa Squire and Jodie Edith are doing, or to book their powerful workshop, May Their Voices Save Lives, you can visit www.nurturefromwithin.co.uk/activism.
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Join Laura’s new 2026 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. More training information is available at:   

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The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision. 

Don’t forget to listen to the new episodes with Mandy Matney and creators of the show, starting from Ep 285 and join in for additional episodes and interviews with Mandy Matney and others in the Crime Analyst Squad: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst 

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Laura analyses Alex Murdaugh’s first interview with Special Agent David Owen from SLED and Colleton County Sheriff's Office Detective Laura Rutland on June 7, 2021.

This interview took place in a car, after Murdaugh claimed he found his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, dead up at the kennels at Moselle. Murdaugh's personal attorney Danny Henderson was also present. Laura highlights several puzzling and bizarre moments and red flags in Murdaugh’s account to law enforcement. You won’t want to miss this. Listener discretion is advised.

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #MurdaughMurders #AlexMurdaugh #Lowcountry #CoerciveControl #PowerAndContro #MaleViolence #DomesticAbuse #DomesticHomicide #MaleEntitlement #Accountability #WomenMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast  

Clips 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuZIYcjmLk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9or_y7PNyKE

Sources 

Newsnation Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hXZkqgl7k

https://www.wjcl.com/article/murdaugh-murders-timeline-evidence/42846491

https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-murders-verdict-timeline-b2293378.html

Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community  

For those interested in learning more, Laura offers Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Training information is available at:  

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  

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In this episode Natalie Queiroz, MBE joins Laura for an important and emotional update.  Natalie shares the latest development in her case - that Raja’s open-prison status has been revoked -for now- and they dive deep into the tireless campaign Laura and Natalie are working on to stop domestic abusers and stalkers from being eligible for early open-prison transfer.

The change in Raja’s status is a critical step forward, but as Natalie and Laura discuss, the relief is short-lived. The system’s lack of clarity, inconsistent assessments, and ongoing failures leave victims trapped in cycles of anxiety, retraumatisation, and fear.

Together, they explore the emotional and psychological toll of a system that overlooks intent to murder, and the continued danger of coercive controllers, why domestic abusers, coercive controllers and stalkers must be exempt from early open-prison transfer, along with the urgent need for specialised training for offender managers and probation officers and  implications for victims’ safety, justice, and reform.

Please take action:
Listen, share, and amplify, and write to Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and call for domestic abusers and stalkers to be excluded from early transfer to open prison. Your voice matters -together, we can drive change and save lives.

Trigger warning: This is a tough listen but an important one. It could save your life.  

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The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision. 

Don’t forget to listen to the new episodes with Mandy Matney and creators of the show, starting from Ep 285 and join in for additional episodes and interviews with Mandy Matney and others in the Crime Analyst Squad: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst 

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Laura shares her analyses about the targeting of Maggie and Paul, the choice of location, the sequence of events and when triangulated, it reveals that this horrific double murder could only have been committed by someone close to them.

Laura dives deeper into the crime scene behaviour including the modus operandi of how Maggie and Paul were killed, the different types of weapons and different types of ammunition being used and how this points to the killer(s) being from outside the home. Laura explains how the evidence fights itself and shares her experience about what this means, as well as spotlighting the puzzling law enforcement response. Listener discretion is advised.

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #MurdaughMurders #AlexMurdaugh #Lowcountry #CoerciveControl #PowerAndContro #MaleViolence #DomesticAbuse #DomesticHomicide #MaleEntitlement #Accountability #WomenMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast  

Clips 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkRNpOQzO0Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhIkjK_6AY&t=1043s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzuZIYcjmLk

Sources 

https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789 

https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYztM8w3XD7mRsAEAAACv 

https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/us/murdaugh-family-connected-deaths/index.html 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-murders-verdict-timeline-b2293378.html 

https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-allegedly-lured-wife-cabin-texted-friend- 

seemed-fishy/ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10050605/Alex-Maggie-Murdaughs-marriage-crisis-family-insider-reveals.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhIkjK_6AY&t=1043s 

https://www.insideedition.com/911-audio-from-the-murdaugh-murders-68596 

Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community  

For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at:  

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  

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In this episode, Laura is joined by Clare Laxton, creator and host of Killer in the Family podcast. Together, they take a deep dive into profiling family annihilators, coercive control, stalking, highlighting the risk factors to look out for, exploring how these crimes are interconnected, and often preceded by clear warning signs that are too frequently missed, and challenge false narratives and defenses killers concoct. 

Laura and Clare reflect on the 10-year anniversary of their work together campaigning for coercive control law reform in England and Wales - landmark change that has saved countless lives and reshaped the criminal justice response to domestic abuse and also discuss the how and why the change was needed. 

This powerful conversation explores both the professional and personal drive behind their advocacy, the systemic challenges that remain, and what must still be done to protect women and children from dangerous offenders hiding in plain sight

Clips  
https://dai.ly/x5xtlsw 

Sources  

Crime Analyst Podcast 

Killer in the Family Podcast on Spotify Killer In The Family | Podcast on Spotify 

More from Clare  

@KillerInTheFamilyPod Instagram 

Killer in the Family Podcast website ART19 

Killer in the Family Podcast on Spotify Killer In The Family | Podcast on Spotify 

Killer in the Family Podcast on Apple Killer In The Family - Podcast - Apple Podcasts 

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For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at:   

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The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision. 

Don’t forget to listen to the new episodes with Mandy Matney and creators of the show, starting from Ep 285 and join in for additional episodes and interviews with Mandy Matney and others in the Crime Analyst Squad: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst 

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In this episode, Laura analyses the 911 call Alex Murdaugh made on June 7, 2021, in which he claimed he had discovered the dead bodies of his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul.

Alex Murdaugh called 911 at 10.07pm and claimed he discovered their bodies at Moselle, the family’s 1770-acre estate in the small town of Islandton, South Carolina. Laura forensically deconstructs the call and identifies numerous red flags. Listener discretion is advised. 

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #MurdaughMurders #AlexMurdaugh #Lowcountry #CoerciveControl #PowerAndContro #MaleViolence #DomesticAbuse #DomesticHomicide #MaleEntitlement #Accountability #WomenMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast  

Clips 

https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR2uEYRsbDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhIkjK_6AY&t=1043s 

Sources 

https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789 

https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYztM8w3XD7mRsAEAAACv 

https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/us/murdaugh-family-connected-deaths/index.html 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-murders-verdict-timeline-b2293378.html 

https://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-allegedly-lured-wife-cabin-texted-friend- 

seemed-fishy/ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10050605/Alex-Maggie-Murdaughs-marriage-crisis-family-insider-reveals.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhIkjK_6AY&t=1043s 

https://www.insideedition.com/911-audio-from-the-murdaugh-murders-68596 

Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community  

For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at:  

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  

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Laura continues her conversation with award-winning investigative journalist Mandy Matney, creator of The Murdaugh Murders podcast and executive producer of Murdaugh: Death in the Family on Hulu, where they dive deeper into Alex Murdaugh’s psychopathy and the spiders web of his coercive control.

Laura and Mandy take a deeper look at the dynamics of the Murdaugh family and those within their inner circle - unpacking family and friend relationships, exploring signs of psychopathy, coercive control, and sexual coercion. Together, they explore the red flags, risk factors, and manipulation tactics that enable predators to operate undetected and the role that charm, influence, and privilege play in fooling those around them, and silencing victims.

This powerful discussion exposes how coercive control manifests behind closed doors and how patterns of power, dominance, and entitlement escalate to murder. 

Listen, learn, and share. Understanding these behavioural patterns is essential to recognising risk and saving lives.

Clips  
https://fb.watch/DruJt5Y0hs/

Sources  

·       Ep 286: The Murdaugh Murders REMASTERED: The Murders of Maggie and Paul, Part 1

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #GloriaSatterfield #StephenSmith #MalloryBeach #VictimsMatter #Accountability #MaleEntitlement #AlexMurdaugh #MaleViolence #Patriarchy #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast #HULU #MandyMatney #Murdaugh #TrueCrimePodcast 

You can find more from Mandy Matney here: 

Mandy IG 
Mandy Website
Murdaugh Murders Podcast  

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For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at:  

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along:  

If you found this episode valuable, please consider leaving a five start review wherever you listen. 

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The Hulu’s series, ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ has generated renewed interest in the case. This special release of the original investigative series Laura shared in April 2023 is in addition to recent interviews about the series. Incensed that Maggie had become a footnote in her own murder, Laura began her deep dive that to fix the narrative and deconstruct and decode Alex Murdaugh’s behaviour with forensic precision.

Don’t forget to listen to the new episodes with Mandy Matney and creators of the show, starting from Ep 285 and join in for additional episodes and interviews with Mandy Matney and others in the Crime Analyst Squad: patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst

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On June 7, 2021, 52-year-old Margaret ‘Maggie’ and her 22-year-old son, Paul, were shot dead at Moselle, the family’s 1770-acre estate in the small town of Islandton, South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh was recently convicted of their murders after a six-week trial. 

In this episode, Laura analyses the victimology, the Murdaugh family and the death of Mallory Beach in 2018, which is connected. Join Laura as she deconstructs the psychology, the behaviour and the power and control dynamics in this case, which is complex and seemingly never ending. Listener discretion is advised.

#MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #MurdaughMurders #AlexMurdaugh #Lowcountry #CoerciveControl #PowerAndContro #MaleViolence #DomesticAbuse #DomesticHomicide #MaleEntitlement #Accountability #WomenMatter #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast 

Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR2uEYRsbDE

https://www.live5news.com/2023/01/16/murdaugh-family-tree-explained/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-update-maggie-autopsy-b2303511.html

Sources

https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789

https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYztM8w3XD7mRsAEAAACv

https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/us/murdaugh-family-connected-deaths/index.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alex-murdaugh-murders-verdict-timeline-b2293378.htmlhttps://people.com/crime/alex-murdaugh-allegedly-lured-wife-cabin-texted-friend-

seemed-fishy/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10050605/Alex-Maggie-Murdaughs-marriage-crisis-family-insider-reveals.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhIkjK_6AY&t=1043s

https://www.insideedition.com/911-audio-from-the-murdaugh-murders-68596

Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community 

For those interested in learning more, Laura offers 2025 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion, DASH, DASH Train the Trainer, coercive control, and stalking. Registration details and more training information are available at: 

The Crime Analyst Squad is a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events. Join the community or follow along: 

If you found this episode valuable, please consider leaving a five start review wherever you listen.

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