To ask if you’ve ever become obsessed with a murder case?

I think the police know what happened and who is responsible- they just don't have enough evidence to prosecute. They sent a file to the CPS and that was the outcome. They need someone to speak up but for whatever reason, no one will.

The new podcast series about the case is interesting. It raises questions not explored before.

I’m pretty sure one of my former (very short term) colleagues was murdered, several years ago - I saw a very familiar looking woman’s face on the news, and nothing was ever mentioned again, even by other colleagues who might have seen the story. I’m just hoping that meant it wasn’t her, but who knows?

West Memphis 3. I’d like to believe they were all innocent but lately I’ve been starting think otherwise for at least 2 out of 3. Someone out there knows what happened to those poor boys.

The only thing I agree they do right in the US is the Amber alert system they have over there. It has been spoken about before.

This wasn't a murder but Charlotte Jones her mum abandoned her in some woods in Warrington. Then reported her missing. The police had a whip round to buy her a Teletubby. Was in 98 I remember as I was pregnant with DS. I just think WTF goes through some parents heads. Often wonder what happened to her.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/may/22/helencarter

I’ve often thought what a difference mobile phones would have made. People who stopped them would have been more likely to ask what’s his mum’s number I’ll call her, or even think I’m calling the police this looks off. With smart phones and the internet it might already have been on newsfeeds and sm that James was missing.

Oh yes me too. I switch between the family members on who killed her. No one really believes it was anyone outside the family. A very odd case-that ransom note!

Ian Bailey, I suppose?

Sophie Toscan du Plantier. Read every iota of evidence, and am convinced I
figured it out. Really feel for her poor parents.

I have always read up on Jon Bennet Ramsay.

Can this be moved to the True Crime board?

The murders of Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch & Michael Moore in West Memphis, Arkansas. The discourse between both sides (did the West Memphis 3 do it or was it someone else) is fascinating but the most awful thing was the botched investigation by the state. Then, when it became clear that the WM3 would get a new trial, they arranged legal matters so that no-one else can ever be tried for the crimes. Meaning this case really won't ever be solved.

I also find both the Chris Watts and Scott Peterson cases interesting. They are both so similar to me, outwardly mild mannered, almost taciturn. But capable of such brutal violence. And similar behaviour afterwards too, devoid of feelings of grief and guilt.

I can't bear that Watts one. What a monster. Why does anyone talk to him? Family must be as mad as he is.
Listening to the Kristen Smart podcast Your Own Backyard was good.
Hadn't heard they caught the Delphi guy. Good.

Yes I recall this . It stuck in my mind probably for the Same reasons as you. Just vert random,normal guy etc. I'm sure I have seen a podcast about this though which uncovered a sinister side to him? Could be Emma Kenny podcast maybe. I'll try and find it.. *edited- yes it was Emma Kenny on YouTube. Have a look, I think you will find it interesting.

It was a C5 ‘documentary’ but yes, agree with it was all a farce.

I know detectives who worked on the original case and they are hardworking decent people. He is guilty as sin and a lot of the case never made it into the public domain.

Bless her heart ... she'd be 24 now.

The unsolved murder of British woman Yvonne O'Brien in Majorca.

She was left murdered, mutilated, hanging from a wire and the words "love, peace and sex" were written on the nearby wall in her blood.

Really sad.

Several people have mentioned it, but the Claudia Lawrence case still sticks in my mind.
I moved to York 12 years ago, three years after she went missing, and there was still a 'Missing Person' poster of her in Waitrose at the time.
I didn't realise for a while, but l didn't live far from her home, my local post office was the one she was seen at on CCTV the day before she disappeared, posting a letter. Also l used to drive past her house to go to and from work, but that didn't register with me until much later on.
That's a busy road, and often l'd be in traffic and my eye was always drawn by the green door. It was a bit of a shock when l realised why. I actually lived very close to the route she took to and from the college.
Unfortunately l don't think we'll ever find out what happened to her. I'm pretty sure some people (and the police) know, but the evidence isn't there, and supposedly there was a 'wall of silence' in the area. One tv journalist said he was 'warned off' in her local pub.

Definitely not an obsession but the Lucy Letby case makes me shiver yet I take it all in. If there is even a slight chance she is innocent as many professionals have stated, it would be an absolute abomination of our justice system.

I wouldn’t say obsessed but I’m certainly interested in what humans are capable of.

one I’m keeping tabs on and reading about is the murder of Christina Parcell in the US. A Juilliard-trained concert pianist was arrested and at first unclear why, he did not seem a likely killer. The stuff that’s come out since has been completely left field. There had been an ongoing custody battle with the father of her child with him at one point kidnapping the child, but it’s since come out that Christina and her boyfriend were likely involved in making child sex abuse and bestiality videos.

The accused killer seems to have been friendly with Christina’s ex (child’s father) and I can only think that the concerns of abuse are linked to her death somehow. It will be an interesting trial for the lawyers.

This is the one that gets to me too. It's like they just evaporated into thin air, so bizarre.

That Mitchell documentary is a load of biased, baseless tripe, paid for by his own family, and features a pair of former police officers who were booted out of the force for taking bribes and planting fabricated evidence, and yet portrays them as "experts" and says nothing about their histories.

Mitchell and his mother always had an extremely "odd" relationship, and he's as guilty as sin.

Yes I often think of that little boy. He's had nowhere near as much media attention as Ben Needham Charlise Lee or Madeline McCann.

Sophie Hook kidnapped out of a tent. There was a girl called Caroline as well raped and murdered in a french youth hostel.

Not obsessed as such but I've always wondered about Ames Glover the 5 month old baby boy that went missing when his Father, Paul Glover left him in the car to go to the cashpoint
Southall
About 35 years ago
He's never been heard of since