Charlie takes us back to February 1988, when 22 year old Helen McCourt vanishes without a trace on her way home from work. A local pub landlord immediately draws suspicion, but there is no body to prove she has been murdered. This case is the first in British history (and one of the first in the world), to convict of murder without a body, using DNA evidence.

Sources for this episode are:

When Missing Turns To Murder Helen McCourt - UK Crime Documentary - YouTube

Killer of Helen McCourt, Ian Simms, dies without revealing location of her body | ITV News Granada

Mother of murdered Helen McCourt will fight to attend killer's latest parole hearing | St Helens Star

A matter of facts | The Independent | The Independent

The race against time to stop this callous killer from getting out of jail for good - Manchester Evening News

Woman's murder changed Britain forever after killer's wall of silence - Liverpool Echo

Music by Pawel Fezczuk - Free Music Archive - Paweł Feszczuk