Margaret Fleming- missing for 17 years?!

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A woman with learning disabilities was reported missing 6 weeks ago, apparently after the DWP knocked on her door.

She lived with 2 carers and was reported to be a recluse.

But now it is being reported that no one else has seen her since 1999 and the police are digging up the garden.

I know mn has rules about not speculating but

Some parents should never have been parents in the first place.

Long car journeys abroad, a diver, that river, They may never have any answers.

Oh I hope not. She deserves to be found.

Absolutely. The only hope is that the carers (of involved) seem to not be too bright based on how quickly they reported her 'missing'. It's suggests panic and a lack of a proper plan. If that's the case then there is a chance one or both of them will break and confess to what has happened. If they're involved.

Poor love.
I find it scary how stuff like this goes on without people noticing.

I wonder what happened to eddie's first wife.

Has it been confirmed that the carers were still in receipt of her benefits?

It does seem like a very cut and dried case, but it's still ongoing and the police have asked Margaret to come home etc - not sure if they are trying to draw someone out, or if they genuinely don't know what happened.

I hadn't read about the rubbish in the house - does that not mean that the carers has issues of their own (hoarders?)

itsall I read that the DWP did a home visit after having received an application from 'Margaret' for additional benefits. Someone was withdrawing her money and applying for more.

Yes it was a new application either by margaret or on her behalf for another benefit. I have t seen anything that confirms where the benefit money was paid to.

I read that part of their 'caring' responsibilities was to manage her finances. This is quite common for people with learning disabilities who need carers.

There is scope for a lot of financial abuse in this field. Eg carers control the finances and 'control' how much they are paid! IMO someone independent should be in charge of the finances.

Re: the clutter you can see it from the photos.

What's also strange is that avril was sharing message about missing people for a few weeks in 2013. Maybe she went missing then and they just didn't report it.

Re benefits.

She might have been requested to claim pip instead of dla.

That is what I was thinking her benefits were being changed DWP probably had been trying to get her for interview for a while

Update on this strange story-
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4940894/Carer-tries-sell-house-Margaret-Fleming-lived.html

Thank you that update, greendale. What a strange case. How can that woman sell the house? I hope the police find this poor woman, alive and well, but sadly I doubt it.

Interesting that the carer is trying to getting the demolition order for the house where Maragaret was living in stopped.

Also her reaction to being investigated is strange- Miss Jones, who often walks with sticks, added: 'There's no heat on me. We're not suspected of anything, we're not being investigated. We're just witnesses".

There's no heat on me???? Who says that?

There's now an in interview with the couple on the BBC website. The whole thing is truly bizarre. If Margaret really had run out of the house when the police arrived, the police would presumably have found evidence that she was living here until that moment - clothes, food etc Eddie is also saying Margaret went to Poland to recruit agricultural labourers ( !). Presumably if so there would be a record of her applying for and getting a passport.

The interview and accompanying article us here:
Margaret Fleming's carers claim she is still alive - www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-41542875

I’ve just read the BBC interview & came on to say the same thing. How utterly bizarre. The quotes from the couple are unbelievable. I expect the Police only have circumstantial evidence & are desperate for something concrete.

MoreProsecco I'm sure you're right. It's interesting that Eddie says in the interview that when he saw Margaret a month after she disappeared, she wasn't shouting and bawling any more. That suggests that Margaret perhaps had episodes of distressed or challenging behaviour but somehow in that month stopped this and developed the skills to travel abroad, employ people etc. Which is highly improbable at best.

I came looking for this thread again, after watching the carers interview on BBC.

I don't think I've ever seen anything as strange Margaret is allegedly a gangmaster now in Poland?
Come on.

Thanks leeds for pointing me in this direction :)

Hi Stealth did you see the interview?
I just read this thread again, and either a different (carers) story was reported in the press or the carers have changed their version.

A gang master indeed.

No I've just seen it on BBC news site. I started a thread as it did t occur to me the story would be big enough to have a thread of its own sorry. I always usually check but have been lax since the Marseille stabbings the other week didn't warrant a thread!

The story of her alleged whereabouts seems very bizarre.

Were they asked why they had only recently reported her missing?