When Missing Turns to Murder

When Missing Turns to Murder

Continuing First aired 04/Mar/2019 United Kingdom English 3 season(s) 30 episode(s)
DocumentaryCrime
British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.
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Season 3 · Season 3
10 episode(s) · Air date: 16/Nov/2024
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S3E10
Episode 10
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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The Sikh community in London reels at the bizarre murder of a prominent TV producer whose body is discovered bound in the trunk of a burning car.

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The Sikh community in London reels at the bizarre murder of a prominent TV producer whose body is discovered bound in the trunk of a burning car.

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Episode 9
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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An 80-day search for a young mother in Durham ends in a tragic discovery and two painful trials in which the victim's character is maligned.

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An 80-day search for a young mother in Durham ends in a tragic discovery and two painful trials in which the victim's character is maligned.

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Episode 8
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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Authorities discover that the disappearance and murder of an Ipswich woman is linked to another local killing, and to a hard-drinking social group.

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Authorities discover that the disappearance and murder of an Ipswich woman is linked to another local killing, and to a hard-drinking social group.

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Episode 7
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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When a seven-year-old child suddenly vanishes, suspicions fall on his mother's boyfriend — who was last seen playing video games with the boy.

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When a seven-year-old child suddenly vanishes, suspicions fall on his mother's boyfriend — who was last seen playing video games with the boy.

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Episode 6
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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A blatant lie alerts a woman's family that the jet-setting, controlling boyfriend who troubles them is deceiving them about her whereabouts.

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A blatant lie alerts a woman's family that the jet-setting, controlling boyfriend who troubles them is deceiving them about her whereabouts.

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Episode 5
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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A successful London automotive businessman seemingly fails to return from a holiday to France with his girlfriend — a jeweler with royal connections.

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A successful London automotive businessman seemingly fails to return from a holiday to France with his girlfriend — a jeweler with royal connections.

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Episode 4
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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After a week passes with no word from a Manchester woman to her family, a burnt body is discovered in an obviously staged, smoke-filled crime scene.

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After a week passes with no word from a Manchester woman to her family, a burnt body is discovered in an obviously staged, smoke-filled crime scene.

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Episode 3
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 48 min
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A divorced mother finds a boyfriend - but his dominating and abusive personality soon raises alarm bells and isolates her from her family members.

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A divorced mother finds a boyfriend - but his dominating and abusive personality soon raises alarm bells and isolates her from her family members.

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Episode 2
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 50 min
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Investigators scour CCTV footage in their search for a Buckinghamshire student last seen returning home in a taxi after celebrating final exams.

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Investigators scour CCTV footage in their search for a Buckinghamshire student last seen returning home in a taxi after celebrating final exams.

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Episode 1
Air date: 16/Nov/2024 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 48 min
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Five months after jovial London resident Sinead Healy disappears, her family finds law enforcement’s prime suspect impossible to accept.

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Five months after jovial London resident Sinead Healy disappears, her family finds law enforcement’s prime suspect impossible to accept.

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Season 2 · Season 2
10 episode(s) · Air date: 11/Apr/2023
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Using testimony from family and friends, this docuseries looks at cases in the UK where missing persons investigations took a turn for the worse.

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Using testimony from family and friends, this docuseries looks at cases in the UK where missing persons investigations took a turn for the worse.

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Louise Smith
Air date: 30/May/2023 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Louise Smith, after a childhood in and out of foster care, turns 16 and is only marginally supported by the government in halfway houses. Shady characters there draw her into a group of sociopaths who victimize her before causing her disappearance.

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Louise Smith, after a childhood in and out of foster care, turns 16 and is only marginally supported by the government in halfway houses. Shady characters there draw her into a group of sociopaths who victimize her before causing her disappearance.

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Season 1 · Season 1
10 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Mar/2019
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British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.

Season Overview

British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.

S1E10
Janet Müller
Air date: 06/May/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 40 min
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Janet Muller was a bright and fun loving 21-year-old German exchange student studying at Brighton University. She had no previous history of mental illness but became unwell ahead of her final exams, and in March 2015, she was admitted to Mill View hospital in Hove after being found by the police at a bus stop in her night clothes.

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Janet Muller was a bright and fun loving 21-year-old German exchange student studying at Brighton University. She had no previous history of mental illness but became unwell ahead of her final exams, and in March 2015, she was admitted to Mill View hospital in Hove after being found by the police at a bus stop in her night clothes.

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Evelyn Lund
Air date: 29/Apr/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 41 min
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Evelyn Lund's first husband Arthur, a successful businessman, had died of cancer, leaving her a wealthy woman. Within 18 months, she had fallen for the charms of Robert Lund, a divorced tree surgeon. Her three daughters disapproved of the match, not least because Lund was living in a caravan when they met, and they thought he was only interested in her money.

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Evelyn Lund's first husband Arthur, a successful businessman, had died of cancer, leaving her a wealthy woman. Within 18 months, she had fallen for the charms of Robert Lund, a divorced tree surgeon. Her three daughters disapproved of the match, not least because Lund was living in a caravan when they met, and they thought he was only interested in her money.

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Jayden Parkinson
Air date: 22/Apr/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 41 min
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17-year-old Jayden Parkinson met Ben Blakley when she was just 15 years old through her friendship with Ben's younger brother. Jayden and Ben started a relationship when she was just 16. She had been living with her mother Sam but moved to a hostel which provided emergency 24-hour accommodation for 20 homeless young people, aged 16-25.

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17-year-old Jayden Parkinson met Ben Blakley when she was just 15 years old through her friendship with Ben's younger brother. Jayden and Ben started a relationship when she was just 16. She had been living with her mother Sam but moved to a hostel which provided emergency 24-hour accommodation for 20 homeless young people, aged 16-25.

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Shafilea Ahmed
Air date: 15/Apr/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 42 min
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Shafilea Ahmed was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in July 1986, to Farzana, when her taxi driver father was still married to a Danish woman, with whom he had a baby son. He married Farzana, his cousin, after bowing to pressure from a relative in Pakistan - ironically his own arranged marriage. The family moved to Warrington, a town with a small but well-established Asian community.

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Shafilea Ahmed was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in July 1986, to Farzana, when her taxi driver father was still married to a Danish woman, with whom he had a baby son. He married Farzana, his cousin, after bowing to pressure from a relative in Pakistan - ironically his own arranged marriage. The family moved to Warrington, a town with a small but well-established Asian community.

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Danielle Jones
Air date: 08/Apr/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 40 min
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School girl, Danielle Jones, aged 15, was last seen on the morning of June 18th, 2001 near her home in East Tilbury, Essex. Like hundreds of thousands of other children that day, she was on her way to catch the school bus. But Danielle never got on the bus and didn't arrive at St Clere's School.

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School girl, Danielle Jones, aged 15, was last seen on the morning of June 18th, 2001 near her home in East Tilbury, Essex. Like hundreds of thousands of other children that day, she was on her way to catch the school bus. But Danielle never got on the bus and didn't arrive at St Clere's School.

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S1E5
Carole Packman
Air date: 01/Apr/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 41 min
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In June 1985 Carole Packman left a note to say she was leaving the family home for good. Sam Gillingham was 16 when her mother, Carole Packman vanished from the family's suburban home in the seaside resort of Bournemouth. She remembers running up the stairs to check her parents' room, as her father Russell looked on. Gazing at her mother's untouched belongings, he said: "She'll be back."

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In June 1985 Carole Packman left a note to say she was leaving the family home for good. Sam Gillingham was 16 when her mother, Carole Packman vanished from the family's suburban home in the seaside resort of Bournemouth. She remembers running up the stairs to check her parents' room, as her father Russell looked on. Gazing at her mother's untouched belongings, he said: "She'll be back."

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Wesley Neailey
Air date: 25/Mar/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 40 min
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On June 5, 1998, 11 year- old Wesley waved goodbye to his mother Liz and rode off on his bike to go to the local shop to get some sweets, he was a popular lad and well-liked by the community. Liz reported him missing to the police when he failed to return home and it was getting dark.

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On June 5, 1998, 11 year- old Wesley waved goodbye to his mother Liz and rode off on his bike to go to the local shop to get some sweets, he was a popular lad and well-liked by the community. Liz reported him missing to the police when he failed to return home and it was getting dark.

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Natalie Hemming
Air date: 18/Mar/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 41 min
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Young mother of three children, Natalie, was killed by her boyfriend Paul Hemming in their family home whilst her three children slept upstairs. He had a history of coercive control. Their 6-year-old son witnessed Natalie's body wrapped in a rug in the lounge and it was his evidence that was used to charge him.

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Young mother of three children, Natalie, was killed by her boyfriend Paul Hemming in their family home whilst her three children slept upstairs. He had a history of coercive control. Their 6-year-old son witnessed Natalie's body wrapped in a rug in the lounge and it was his evidence that was used to charge him.

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Lorraine Benson
Air date: 11/Mar/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 42 min
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In December 1988, 22-year-old Lorraine Benson arrived at Raynes Park tube station after going to a work Christmas party. She'd arranged to meet her friend Peter, but he wasn't there as planned. Peter was due to move to Australia the following day. Lorraine called Peter's mother to ask where he was, and his mother told her that he wasn't back from meeting friends yet.

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In December 1988, 22-year-old Lorraine Benson arrived at Raynes Park tube station after going to a work Christmas party. She'd arranged to meet her friend Peter, but he wasn't there as planned. Peter was due to move to Australia the following day. Lorraine called Peter's mother to ask where he was, and his mother told her that he wasn't back from meeting friends yet.

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Helen McCourt
Air date: 04/Mar/2019 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 40 min
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22-year-old insurance clerk Helen McCourt was returning home from work in Liverpool before going out on a date with her new boyfriend that evening. She got off the bus on Rainford Road in Billinge - just 500 yards from her home - and went missing.

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22-year-old insurance clerk Helen McCourt was returning home from work in Liverpool before going out on a date with her new boyfriend that evening. She got off the bus on Rainford Road in Billinge - just 500 yards from her home - and went missing.

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