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When Ellie Baxter’s mum and dad wanted help setting up their new business, they called in a young local said to be a whizz with computers.

Ten years later they were found dead - and Ellie was accused of her parents’ murder…

Now, with the real culprit behind bars, she tells a story with more plot twists than any TV drama…

In this episode, Ellie exclusively tells Katie Knight about the moment that she discovered her parents’ bodies, at home in Mersea over Easter Weekend in 2023, and about her subsequent arrest on suspicion of their murders. 

Host: Katie Knight 

Producers: Bella Soames and Òsk Petursdottir 

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini 

Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm

Executive Producer: Jamie East 

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For early ad-free access to every episode of On The Case as well as all our other incredible true crime shows, subscribe to The Crime Desk now. Visit thecrimedesk.com to become a member.

When Ellie Baxter’s mum and dad wanted help setting up their new business, they called in a young local said to be a whizz with computers.

Ten years later they were found dead - and Ellie was accused of her parents’ murder…

Now, with the real culprit behind bars, she tells a story with more plot twists than any TV drama…

In this episode, Ellie exclusively tells Katie Knight how her parents’ killer Luke D’Witt, who they treated like a son, wove an extraordinary web of lies and deceit so that he could control and ultimately take their lives by secretly overdosing them on the prescription medicine promethazine. 

Host: Katie Knight 

Producers: Bella Soames and Òsk Petursdottir 

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini 

Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm

Executive Producer: Jamie East 

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As a single father, the situation becomes too much for Marlon and he asks for Scarlett to be taken into care as he believes this is the only way to keep her safe. During her stay in some of the care homes, Scarlett encounters more predators and when she tries to report them, she isn’t believed. 

Now aged 19, Scarlett is finally free of her groomers and her father Marlon is calling for a national enquiry into the grooming gangs that are terrorising the UK.

Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull

Producer: Osk Petursdottir

Sound Design: John Scott

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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As Scarlett gets drawn deeper and deeper into her groomers clutches, she begins to go missing for weeks at a time.  Her dad Marlon, in desperation, spends his nights searching for his daughter.  He reports her missing to the police over 50 times in the space of a year but the police do nothing.  And when the police finally do get involved, she’s arrested and strip-searched when she’s only 14 years old. 

Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull

Producer: Osk Petursdottir

Sound Design: John Scott

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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When Scarlett West was 13 years old, she was a normal, horse-mad girl doing well at school with dreams of becoming a police officer until an incident that happened on Halloween where she was viciously attacked and set on fire changed everything. This event was the catalyst that saw her gradually drawn into the murky world of grooming gangs and the beginning of a nightmare for both her and her father Marlon.

Hosts: James Tozer and Liz Hull

Producer: Osk Petursdottir

Sound Design: John Scott

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Bella Soames

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Welcome to On The Case. 

From the team that brought you the chart-topping, award-winning series The Trial, On The Case is the home for the Daily Mail’s stellar crime reporting beyond the courtroom… now in audio for the very first time.  

Each series, a Daily Mail journalist takes us to the heart of a story they’ve been covering, featuring new details, exclusive interviews and behind the scenes insights from the biggest crime stories making headlines around the world. 

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