Series from 2015
| Genres: | Suspense, Documentary, Special Interest |
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Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre examines some of the most notorious and intriguing unsolved cases in the UK and Ireland and why there have never been successful convictions With access to original case files and interviews with those close to the victims Donal and his team shed new light on the cases and investigate why they continue to remain unsolved despite modern detective methods
Barry Ruberys Mysterious Murder In Iron Acton Bristol Raises Questions About The Motive Behind His Death Found With Fatal Head Injuries And Bound His Case Remains Unsolved Despite Extensive Investigations Including The Pursuit Of Leads The Killers Have Never Been Brought To Justice Delve Into The Circumstances Surrounding His Death Including The Items Taken From His Home And The Possibility Of A Coverup
Claudia Lawrence A 35yearold Chef At The University Of Yorks Roger Kirk Centre Vanished After Returning Home From Work On That Fateful Evening She Made Plans With Her Parents For Mothers Day And Exchanged A Text With A Friend Astonishingly She Hasnt Been Heard From Since Despite Discovering Fresh Forensic Evidence At Her Residence In 2013 No One Has Faced Trial Notably She Left Her Passport And Bank Cards Behind Indicating An Involuntary Departure The Mystery Endures Did An Unforeseen Visitor Arrive That Evening Or Did She Discreetly Meet Someone Leaving No Trace Behind Unraveling The Enigma Remains An Ongoing Endeavor
Grandmother Valerie Graves Was Brutally Murdered Five Days After Her 55th Birthday Shed Been Housesitting At A £16 Million Waterfront Property She Was Found In Her Bed By Her Sister On December 30 2013 Having Suffered Severe Head Injuries It Was Later Revealed That Valerie Who Had Recently Given Up Her Artist Studio In The Borders Of Scotland To Return South To Care For Her Frail Mother Was Ferociously Attacked A Single Blow Would Have Been Sufficient To Kill But She Was Hit Dozens Of Times Around The Head With A 16ounce Claw Hammer Which Was Found About 800 Yards Away In A Nearby Lane
Trevor Deely Vanished From The Streets Of Dublin In The Early Hours Of December 8th 2000 His Disappearance At The Age Of 22 Was The Subject Of A Highprofile Search And Publicity Campaign But No Trace Was Ever Found On That Wet And Wild Night There Was A Taxi Strike In Dublin This Was To Become Significant In The Investigation Of Trevors Disappearance As It Meant That Fewer Potential Credible Witnesses Were Out And About
Penny Bell A Successful Mother Of Two Left Home At 940 Am Telling The Builders Who Were Renovating Her Home That She Was Late For A 950 Am Appointment She Drove Into The Gurnell Leisure Centre Parking Lot Less Than An Hour Later The Hazard Lights Were Still Flashing When Penny Bells Body Was Discovered Around Noon She Had Been Stabbed And Slashed 50 Times In The Chest And Arms With A Long Knife Nine Years A £20000 Reward 8000 Interviews And 2500 Written Statements Later Nobody Has Been Convicted Of The 42yearold Businesswomans Murder
On The Morning Of August 24th 1996 The Severely Battered Body Of 14yearold Caroline Glachan Was Found By A Drug Addict In The Leven River Near Loch Lomond Police Described The Violence Done To Her As Brutal And The Callousness Of Her Killer Became All Too Apparent When It Was Revealed That She Was Still Alive When She Was Put In The Water She Died From Drowning
