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In the early 1990's, Alan Leppard and Brenda Long had just started their new life together in Monkton in Thanet in Kent. They were both divorced from previous partners and knew that they had finally found the right one for them. On Easter Monday 1991, the couple had been having a quiet night in when a surprise knock on the door broke the silence. Alan went down to answer it and Brenda soon found him staggering back into the house. He had been shot on the doorstep. Police searched for any motive for the murder but found none. Just 8 months later Brenda herself would be dead, were these two deaths linked and if so, why?

Important information provided by:
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/tragic-victims-one-kents-most-785586
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-16354385
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/police-make-fresh-appeal-for-inf-a68563/
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-gazette-canterbury-district/20111229/281616712219916
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ - Contemporary news articles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=xs98-_6cFrc&feature=emb_title - Crimewatch reconstruction

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On the 18th of March 2009, 35 year old chef Claudia Lawrence went to work as usual at Goodricke College at the University of York. She had a usual 6am shift and would leave very early for work. At the time Claudia was walking to work while her car was in the garage. She returned home and carried out her usual routine. When she didn't go to work the next day however her friends and family became worried. When her father went into her home with his spare key he found everything as should be with her breakfast plates still in the sink. A huge missing person investigation followed with many concerning aspects some of which have led back to the community in which she lived.

Important information provided by: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/everything-know-disappearance-claudia-lawrence-17946108
https://northyorkshire.police.uk/news/claudia-lawrence-investigation/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9207875/claudia-lawrence-mobile-clue-to-murder/
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2859676/claudia-lawrence-chef-missing-persons-christopher-halliwell/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35759574
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/z3be3y/claudia-lawrence-missing-person-york
https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/claudia-lawrence-investigation-sexism/
http://www.ryedale.co.uk/ryedale/claudia_lawrence_missing_person.htm -Claudia's father's website about her disappearance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-yK5SvGLIs- Crimewatch reconstruction
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/

The families of the missing are constantly trying to find out what happened to their loved ones and need the public's help to find out new information and to get their story out there. In today's
bonus episode we are covering the stories of Leah Croucher and John Tossell who both went missing in 2019. Find all information relevant to their investigations below.
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https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/we-think-police-got-it-wrong-say-parents-missing-milton-keynes-woman-leah-croucher-2505476
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-missing-leah-croucher-says-22520129
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53738122
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-51490582
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8468118/when-did-leah-croucher-go-missing-where-last-seen/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/14/leah-croucher-family-vanished-disappearance-milton-keynes
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/leah-croucher-missing-milton-keynes-17740919
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4575/missing-leah-croucher-20-was-having-affair-with-engaged-man-before-disappearance/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53069725
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/zakynthos-john-tossell-bridgend-reward-18437628
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/daughter-welsh-pensioner-missing-greece-17107568
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48881200
https://au.news.yahoo.com/daughters-devastating-theory-about-dads-mysterious-disappearance-020220981.html
Links to Leah and John's appeals:
https://www.facebook.com/LBTrust/posts/new-appeal-john-tossell-zante-greecewe-are-assisting-south-wales-police-to-help-/2442635936001466/
https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/leah-croucher-19-000836

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On the 4th February 1975, one of Ivy Davies' neighbours entered her home in Holland Road in Westcliff-On-Sea. She had become concerned, along with some of Ivy's employees at the cafe she owned, that she had gone into work that day. As she entered the home her screams could be heard around the street. Ivy lay dead on the living room floor and the scene was bloody and violent. The police discovered that Ivy was a woman that everyone loved and there was not apparent motive for her murder, what exactly had happened?

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https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15169596.i-heard-about-mums-murder-on-the-tv-news-sons-heartbreak-over-42-year-old-unsolved-killing-of-westcliff-cafe-owner-ivy-davies/

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15142531.new-hope-for-cold-case-detectives-probing-42-year-old-murder-of-westcliff-cafe-owner-ivy-davies/

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/admit-that-you-killed-my-mother-207047/

https://www.basildonstandard.co.uk/news/17569461.murder-westcliff-cafe-owner-gone-unsolved-44-years/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/3561416.stm

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2019-06-25/he-should-never-come-out-calls-to-not-release-convicted-killer-up-for-parole

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/15/serial-killer-must-not-released-police-sure-did-not-murder-six/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6907591/UKs-longest-serving-inmate-brutally-murdered-11-people-soon-walk-FREE.html

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/patrick-mackay-heinous-crimes-kents-3513734

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

For all contemporary articles used

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Jaime Cheesman was 16 years old in 1993 when she decided to live her friend and her family in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. Jaime was from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire and travelled regularly between the two places to see her parents who she was close to. Jaime was due to see her parents on Saturday the 5th of November that year and had arranged this with them. Her parents however received a phone call from Jaime's friend to say that she had left the house and they didn't know where she was. Jaime was officially a missing person but where was she and what had happened?
Important information provided by:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35755692
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-38174924
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/im-scared-ill-die-before-734894
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/house-searched-hunt-teenager-who-went-missing-more-20-years-ago-1802412
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5052005/Father-searches-daughter-24-years-vanished.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4846635/heartbroken-dad-still-searches-for-missing-daughter-in-the-street-every-day-24-years-after-she-vanished/
https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/picture-missing-lincolnshire-woman-features-92828
https://www.mirror.co.uk/features/father-missing-jaime-cheesman-spent-11467430
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2016-03-08/fresh-appeal-for-missing-jaime-23-years-on
https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/fresh-appeal-information-surrounding-long-term-disappearance-teenager-who-grew-wellingborough-789684
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-35820509
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-vyUToqkuo
Link to Jaime's Missing People profile: https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/jamie-cheesman-94-000234

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On Wednesday the 11th of July 1917, Eli Glasspool and his daughter Edith retraced the route usually taken by their daughter and sister Vera May Glasspool. She was working at a local estate called Longwood House in Owslebury, near Winchester in Hampshire. She regularly returned home a short distance away on her days off on Sundays and Tuesdays. That previous Tuesday however she did not arrive and her family became worried. Around half way along the route, her father and sister came across her body by the side of the road and it was clear she had been attacked and murdered. What happened in this small village that day?

Important information provided by:

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

All contemporary news articles

https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/15352755.the-unsolved-murder-of-vera-may-glasspool-100-years-ago-next-month/

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/hampshire-life/20191101/283888754840554

https://www.hampshire-life.co.uk/out-about/places/facts-about-owslebury-in-hampshire-1-6409005

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On Wednesday May 21st 1986, 72 year old Georgina, or Jean as she was known to her friends, did not turn up for her shift as a nurse in Broughton in Salford. She had retired 18 months previously but still had patients who she treated and visited regularly. When her boss could not get in touch with her, she went out to her home to find that the pane of her window was broken. The police were quickly called and they discovered Jean's body in the her bedroom. It was initially thought she had died from natural causes however it became apparent that she was the victim of murder. Police discovered a very quiet lady with a very private life and set about trying to find out what happened.

Important information provided by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTpaeZD8od8
- Crimewatch Reconstruction
https://crimewatch-uk.fandom.com/wiki/Georgina_Davies
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
-Contemporary news articles

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On Monday 26th July 1993, Harry and Megan Tooze went about their usual day in the village of Llanharry in South Wales. The couple left their 10 acre farm called Ty Ar y Waun and carried out some errands; visiting the post office to get their pensions and going to the supermarket. Neighbours saw them return at about 11am. That afternoon neighbours heard their phone ringing in the house but nobody answered. This was very unusual and the police were called. The police found the couple's house abandoned in the middle of their dinner and their bodies in the cowshed. They had both been shot. What happened to Harry and Megan?



Important information provided by:

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/shocking-execution-style-shootings-elderly-15513527

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tooze-murders-killer-still-large-5097086

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23459713

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-who-killed-for-inheritance-jailed-for-life-man-given-life-for-murders-at-remote-farm-life-1614522.html

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/murdertown/podcast/the-llanharry-murders

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/wales-on-sunday/20181209/281616716449928

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1421215/Shotgun-clue-to-execution-of-couple.html

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tooze+murder+breakthrough.-a097249762

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXHp6PJnOfA

Crimewatch Reconstruction



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On the 12th November 1989, locals in Rodborough near Stroud in Gloucestershire saw smoke billowing from a neighbouring cottage. They phoned the Fire Brigade who came out to the scene and sadly found the body of a woman in the wreckage. The surprising thing was that she had not died in the fire; she had been murdered before it had been started. What happened to Carmel Gamble and why?

Important information provided by:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/unsolved-crime-murder-carmel-gamble-68566
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/murders-unsolved-shocked-gloucestershire-remain-2204311
https://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/18026646.nostalgia-pretty-walk-sinister-past/
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/HOW+MANY+MORE+DID+HE+KILL%3F-a0117413989
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/axeman-detained-for-killing-parents-1558657.html
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11966191.search-for-murder-weapon/
http://cyberspaceandtime.com/PrIhY7icSec.video+related
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
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Elizabeth Sutherland lived and grew up in the small Highland village of Culbokie in Scotland. She lived with her husband and two children just yards away from her childhood home and her parents. In 1984, she took her daughter to school and got on with some errands. When her daughter returned from school she found her mother on the floor of her bedroom. She had been stabbed multiple times. Elizabeth's murder caused fear and horror in the small community of 300 people and made people wonder who could have done such a thing?



Important information provided by:

https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/man-cleared-murder-after-18-years-prison-2513558

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039045.killer-to-appeal-after-key-witness-alters-testimony/

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7152085.man-jailed-1985-murder-cleared-last/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4331220.stm

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1436401/Man-jailed-for-murder-freed-after-18-years.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzrWuLlJUE

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/

- All contemporary articles



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