Murder Me on Monday

A lover of Redheads – or the two that got away and the one that came back.

In a cupboard under the stairs, Police found an eight-inch-high gap – and through that gap the body had been pushed so it was directly under the floorboards of her bedroom It was covered in pieces of carpet, but due to the low spring temperatures, there was no decomposition so no odour to alert anyone. 

Within the hour, the suspect was arrested at a pub over 100 miles away in Nottingham.

This week we discuss:  Murder, Unrequited Love, CCTV, Reconstructions.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachel_McLean

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/murderer-who-strangled-oxford-university-13180351

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399549/

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/REDHEAD+NO2+FOR+A+KILLER%3b+Prison+visit+teacher+flies+out+to+job+at...-a060289844

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/parole-denied-convicted-murderer-violently-assaulted-another-female-partner

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/nottingham-forest-fan-who-watched-2000649

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This is part 2 of the Hightower case, go back and listen to part one if you haven't yet!

Sources:
https://truecrimecases.blogspot.com/2012/08/christopher-hightower.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-10-mn-1885-story.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/08/Hightower-sentenced-to-life-for-RI-family-slayings/8486739512000/

https://law.justia.com/cases/rhode-island/supreme-court/1995/661-a-2d-948.html

https://mugshots.com/US-States/Illinois/Unsorted-IL/Christopher-Hightower.4945818.html

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Christopher had a bright future ahead of him. 

He was a well-respected member of the community, he taught Sunday school, counselled troubled teens and was a doctoral candidate in medicine before starting his own firm as a commodities broker.

Problem was – nearly all of it was obtained through theft, deception, lies, fakery and forgery.

This week we discuss:  Murder, Serial Killing, Child Murder, The Stock Market, Sales Tactics, Failing at Life, Theft, Deception, Lies, Fakery, Forgery

Sources:
https://truecrimecases.blogspot.com/2012/08/christopher-hightower.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-10-mn-1885-story.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/08/Hightower-sentenced-to-life-for-RI-family-slayings/8486739512000/

https://law.justia.com/cases/rhode-island/supreme-court/1995/661-a-2d-948.html

https://mugshots.com/US-States/Illinois/Unsorted-IL/Christopher-Hightower.4945818.html

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29th August 2003 at 03:45am the police received a 999 call from an elderly woman saying her husband had been attacked by intruders  and could they please come quickly as she thought he was dead.

Very quickly things began to appear “off” to the Police.  Not least that the victim was 83/85 years old, very poor health, almost bedbound and the victims wife, being 81 – both of which would be able to put up little resistance. So why did the victim appear to have been stabbed so violently and why did the TOD appear to be MUCH earlier than the 999 call?

This week we discuss:  Murder, Elder Abuse, Lenient Sentencing

Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9219631/Detective-reveals-wife-81-meticulously-plotted-husbands-murder.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3612221.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/mar/26/penal.comment

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEPT+1%3A+WIDOW+AUDREY+HINGSTON+Two+men+ruined+my+life..+my+husband...-a0108624569

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3503712.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/mar/13/2

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/08/rebeccaallison

http://www.hingstonspasties.co.uk/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/murder-at-my-door/videos

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-2348524/Video-Murdering-grandmother-begs-public-information-husbands-death.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hingston-audrey.htm

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April 10th 2009 - The police cadaver dog indicated to a spot in the garden of the property in Amelia County, Louisiana that the police had been told to look for the remains of a previous resident, last seen in 1994.

They started digging and soon turned up a striped sheet and wrapped in that sheet was what appeared to be a body.  This was swiftly removed from its unofficial resting place and examined.

The body was missing a lower leg, police expected that as the resident had been registered as a disabled amputee.

What they didn’t expect was that the body was missing its head.

This week we discuss:  Murder, Financial Fraud, Dismemberment, Unlawful Burial

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPOEkAu1YI

https://richmond.com/news/death-of-3rd-person-with-ties-to-louisa-woman-investigated/article_89e4f59f-a0f7-5da0-8a8f-87ae1fad4261.html

https://www.nbc12.com/story/13478107/chavers-pleads-guilty-to-10-charges-in-louisa/

https://oig.ssa.gov/newsroom/video-gallery/video-transcripts/transcript-joint-investigation-northern-virginia-area

Ulisa Chavers convicted of murdering boyfriend, gets 30 years | Latest News | dailyprogress.com

Louisa woman admits to dumping boyfriend's body in well | From the Archives | newsadvance.com

Authorities describe probes of slayings | Local | fredericksburg.com

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On 24th November 2015 Michelle decided to open the package that was wrapped in plastic and stuffed under a wooden planter on the shared patio at her flat complex.

Michelle had been told about the package, which had been put there by her neighbour who had died the previous month.  The neighbour had asked as a dying wish, for this to be put back in the loft, the old medical manekin they had in their posession.

Michelle actually wanted to prank a friend first before carrying out her neighbours wishes, so roped in her other friend Rhian to help.

Michelle and Rhian set to work with ordinary kitchen knives, cutting through 41 layers of plastic wrapping, layers of tin foil, old bags and even roofing material.

The smell that came from the package as the layers of plastic were cut through was the first clue something wasn’t right, then Michelle started to scream.

No, it wasn’t a mannikin.

This week we discuss:  Child Abandonment, Australia, New Zealand, Benefit Fraud, Conspiracy, Murder and a frog.

Sources:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3598804/Wife-smashed-husband-s-skull-stone-frog-mummified-roofing-felt-plastic-bags-body-wearing-M-S-pyjamas-home-died-18-years-later.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/evil-ice-queen-suspected-murdering-7035239

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-perfect-murder-leigh-ann-sabines-daughter-speaks-out-about-her-lost-childhood/GSFYUVG7TCAOHRSLU3W35Q6SDA/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/20/for-years-a-woman-in-wales-said-she-murdered-husband-with-a-stone-garden-frog-no-one-believed-her-until-the-body-turned-up-in-the-garden/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/75319948/leigh-ann-sabine-what-we-know-about-the-accused-murderer-and-runaway-mum

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/712401/resolved_how_was_a_woman_able_to_hide_her/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35097310

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3366447/Haunting-truth-evil-wife-accused-committing-perfect-murder-husband-hiding-body-garden.html

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Mother:
A wealthy farmer is missing for 8 months from Hitchin, Hertfordshire.  His skeletal remains turn up off a river in a small pond off the beaten track, on land owned by his estranged wife.

Was the murderer her, her lover, or someone else?

Cameron:

Bro that wasn’t a river it was a muddy puddle.

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This week we discuss:  Elder Abuse, Financial Abuse, Arson, Conspiracy, Murder.

Sources:
https://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/hertfordshire-news/sky-crime-killer-village-how-4839635

https://www.thecomet.net/news/crime/documentary-on-william-taylor-murder-gosmore-6865104

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7664389/Farmers-wife-Angela-Taylor-lover-jailed-life-landowners-murder.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13606418/whatsapp-texts-mum-lover-faked-ex-husbands-suicide/

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Mother:
Most murders are commited by a family member and this week is no different.  How he thought he could cover it up is still a mystery.

Cameron:
Murder whackamole.  Not the dog AGAIN.
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This week we discuss:  Mathew Cushing, Familicide, Animal Abuse, Arson, Financial Abuse, stepparent. 

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cushing-matthew.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBD0sYPW6T4

https://www.ukessays.com/essays/psychology/psychology-evaluation-of-matthew-cushing.php

https://bangordailynews.com/2009/02/25/news/man-admits-he-killed-family-set-house-afire/

Three Bodies Found in 'Suspicious' Southern Maine Home Fire | MassCops

Cushing Pleads Guilty To Murder And Arson - The Lincoln County News (lcnme.com)

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Mother:

A young woman and her boyfriend are brutally attacked by a group of feral teenagers for no other reason than they could.  

Cameron:

 Why did the magazine have to do her like that? Local scrotes attack a goth woman because she can pull of Dr Martins
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This week we cover: Murder, Assault, Economic and Social Deprivation, Goth culture and just being different.

Sources:
https://www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sophie_Lancaster

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/15/Robert Maltby-maltby-on-the-of-his-girlfriend-sophie-lancaster-the-goth-thing-was-an-oversimplification

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/one-thugs-who-murdered-sophie-17723652

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/sophie-lancaster-murder-ryan-Ryan Herbert-goth-sentence-appeal-bacup-lancashire-a9329151.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-51448940

https://truecrimesociety.com/2019/08/24/sophie-lancaster-murdered-for-being-herself/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weirdo-Mosher-Freak-murder-Lancaster-ebook/dp/B08FBK5Z7X

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424435/Brendan-Brendan Harris-killer-Goth-Sophie-Lancaster-given-extra-sentence-battering-nurse-psychiatric-unit.html

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2008/2501.html

https://www.discoveryplus.co.uk/show/britains-deadliest-kids

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacup

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/mosher

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-34919722

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14076201

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Mother:

Rebekah was looking forward to Halloween with her young son.  Until a person, who had deliberately conned their way into her family circle, decided his need for her outweighed her right to life.

Cameron:

A preacher did something fucky? BRO IM SHOOK.
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This week we cover: Murder, Familial connections, Fraud and Deception

Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.W/w/white-john-douglas.htm

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-white-update-mich-minister-convicted-in-sex-slaying-commits-suicide-in-prison-authorities-say/

https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/08/29/minister-convicted-in-sex-slaying-found-hanged-in-cell/

https://steemit.com/story/@claudia/the-world-of-crime-john-white-the-pastor-from-hell

https://www.isabellacounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pa_pr_03292013.pdf

https://medium.com/memoirsfromhistory/he-murdered-his-fianc%C3%A9es-daughter-on-halloween-6958f347e392

https://medium.com/memoirsfromhistory/he-murdered-his-fianc%C3%A9es-daughter-on-halloween-6958f347e392

http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/11/john-douglas-white-michigan-pastor-who.html

https://www.isabellacounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MediaRelease_11012012.pdf

https://www.publicpolicerecord.com/michigan/doc-prisoner/WHITE_JOHN/167505

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