TRIGGER WARNING - Guy murders girlfriend - everyone says what a great guy he was!

People who knew him probably knew him as a great guy. They were probably extremely shocked to find out what he allegedly did. I'm only saying "allegedly" because there needs to be an inquest to establish the facts, because up to now, we don't know

Staffordshire Police are treating her death as a murder. They recently put up a post on their facebook page with a tribute from her family. Some of the comments underneath mention how disgusted her family must be seeing comments on other sites praising Daniel. Might be why the police decided to upload a post just for her.

They’re all lovely, until they aren’t.

Whilst it is completely different, my ex boyfriend from uni, after we split up, started stalking me. It was a terrible time. Everyone I knew would say ‘he’s such a great guy.’ They didn’t know about the stalking, manipulation or aggression. I couldn’t tell people as I felt I wouldn’t be believed. I have such sympathy with these women. They are the ones who see all the true sides to these men.

The initial reports were very sympathetic to both of them so I couldn’t work out if it was a murder/suicide as you would usually assume. The reporting was very odd I thought. Maybe because the man was ‘famous.’

The purpose of an inquest is to determine how a person died, so if the conclusion is suicide, they will be more likely to say he is the perpetrator. If it’s unlawful killing (by a third party) then that changes the picture. But as this is only the opening of the inquest, they haven’t established that yet.

I don’t see anything in that article saying he was great or blaming her. Maybe there are different sources you can share?

Its an awful case but the BBC article seems to state who he was, why the reader might recognise him, say kind things about the victim and set out how the investigation is being treated.

It would be terrible reporting in the way you describe and rightly outrageous. I just don’t see that in the particular article linked.

I imagine they are not saying he did it because its' not their job to make that determination.

It’s all extremely odd to be honest. Initially it was said to be a double murder but the police instantly referred themselves to watchdogs (presumably because there had been disturbance before and they missed opportunities to prevent?). Of course with that information it would be sympathies for both people. It’s still not confirmed if it was a murder/suicide though? Is it because the police and media are trying to downplay another poor woman being a victim of male violence?

Absolutely awful, I hadn’t realised he had killed her

I've read a couple of articles but couldn't see anything about her family blaming her.

It's common to see headlines about what a great guy the perpetrator was. You only see it in DV crimes, never other crimes like stranger assault or murder.

In my opinion there's always a whiff of she drove him to it. Often an excuse used in courts until recently.