GUILTY UK - Bennylyn Burke, 25, & her 2 daughters (1 found alive), Kingwood, 17 Feb 2021 *arrest*

[tiffkinsadder]

just uggh.

 

[Lucy6226]

<modsnip>

Children have not been in school due to Lockdown, so it could be teachers did not notice the older child missing. 17th February I believe coincides with half term holidays for most of the UK schools, so they would not have been reported absent from any online learning either.

Is there a link to Social Services involvement?? It's not enough to just say 'from news articles' you need to provide links to the source material.

If she had fled home there would be a record of her journey through passport control. IMO police know she and the little one are dead through either evidence at the home or witness statement from the older child. They just haven't found their bodies, which aren't needed to prove murder anyway.

MOO

 

[cocomisty]

Officers searching for the whereabouts of missing woman Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her two-year old daughter, Jellica, have today recovered two bodies.

Murder inquiry update - Troon Avenue, Dundee - Police Scotland

The bodies were discovered concealed within a house in Troon Avenue, Dundee, following extensive enquiries by detectives and forensic experts.

Post mortem examinations will take place to establish the cause of death.

Formal identification has yet to take place, however relatives of Bennylyn have been informed of the discovery.

Detective Superintendent Graeme Mackie, of Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team, said: “This is a significant development in what has been a particularly challenging enquiry for everyone involved.

 

[JerricaBenton]

Bodies found

Dundee police discover two bodies at home in Troon Avenue probe - The Courier

 

[Legally Bland]

Bodies found

Dundee police discover two bodies at home in Troon Avenue probe - The Courier

Detectives investigating the disappearance of 25-year-old Bennylyn Burke and her two-year old daughter from South Gloucestershire have discovered two bodies in Dundee.

Police Scotland confirmed the bodies were discovered concealed within a house in the city's Troon Avenue following "extensive inquiries" by detectives and forensic experts.

Bodies discovered in Dundee in search for mother and child

 

[Lyanna]

Bodies found in search for mum and daughter, 2, as man charged with murder

 

[Legally Bland]

Police Scotland statement:

Murder inquiry update - Troon Avenue, Dundee

Officers searching for the whereabouts of missing woman Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her two-year old daughter, Jellica, have today recovered two bodies.

The bodies were discovered concealed within a house in Troon Avenue, Dundee, following extensive enquiries by detectives and forensic experts.

Post mortem examinations will take place to establish the cause of death.

Formal identification has yet to take place, however relatives of Bennylyn have been informed of the discovery.

Detective Superintendent Graeme Mackie, of Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team, said: “This is a significant development in what has been a particularly challenging enquiry for everyone involved.

“Bennylyn’s family have been informed of this development and we will continue to support them at this difficult time as our investigation continues.

“The thoughts of everyone involved in this investigation are with them at this time.

“I would like to thank the local community for their co-operation with what is a large and complex police operation involving many specialist resources from across Police Scotland.

“There will continue to be a significant police presence in the area for some time and I would ask anyone with information to please come forward and speak to us."

Officers in Dundee attended a property on Troon Avenue around 3.20pm on Friday, 5 March, 2021, as part of an enquiry into the disappearance of Bennylyn and two children who had been reported missing from South Gloucestershire on Monday, 1 March, 2021.

On Monday, 8 March, 2021, a 50-year-old man appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court charged with the murders of Bennylyn and Jellica.

The second child reported missing has been traced and is being supported.

Murder inquiry update - Troon Avenue, Dundee - Police Scotland

 

[Jsizzle]

RIP

 

[Catdetective]

Dreadfully sad news but at least the bodies can be treated with the respect they deserve now they have been located.

I take it this is likely to be the house of the accused?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“Bennylin’s family is informed about this development and will continue to support them during this difficult time of ongoing investigation.

“The ideas of everyone involved in this study are with them at this time.

“Thanks to the local community for cooperating with the large and complex police activities involving many expert resources from the entire Scottish Police Department.

“There will be important police presence in the area for some time. Anyone with information should come forward and talk to us.”
Bennylin Burke: Two bodies found in search of a missing woman and her 2-year-old daughter | British News - Eminetra.co.uk

Bennylyn Burke: Two bodies found in search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter

 

[Tortoise]

Gosh, almost two weeks of searching one house. They must have been extremely well hidden, perhaps beyond even the capabilities of radar equipment, or inside something structural that needed a lot of care to dismantle or reinforce. I can't imagine, and I have no idea how he intended to keep this a secret with one child old enough to know. IMO.

 

[tigerowl]

This story is unbelievable. What is going on in the world when a man can murder a woman and her child and then keep the other kid hanging around for days? Honestly, it beggars belief that these kind of crimes are happening on our doorsteps. The poor, poor things. I can't imagine what they all went through.

It's difficult to understand how they are connected. I do suspect it was some kind of internet romance and she may well have been desperate for some security if her previous marriage was difficult - it may have seemed reasonable to take a risk on a man who appears perfectly normal on the surface.

 

[modesty blaise]

Rip Bennylyn and jellica.

 

[Lattedimandorla]

I have been following this case for a while now, but just wanted to double check in case I misunderstood something.
This guy had killed the mother and younger daughter and kept alive older child in his house, until the police came to arrest him?

 

[goofybauble]

I wonder if he is a landlord and has flats for rent in Dundee? That one may have been empty and he hid evidence or something there.

Could well be. I'm from Dundee and a friend said the house in Ardler was being rented at one point. Given the estate isn't that old and pics on FB suggest the suspect was living there in 2013, shortly before he emigrated to Japan, I'm thinking he may have rented it out then.

 

[Tortoise]

I have been following this case for a while now, but just wanted to double check in case I misunderstood something.
This guy had killed the mother and younger daughter and kept alive older child in his house, until the police came to arrest him?

Allegedly, yes.

 

[goofybauble]

The travel thing is interesting. Technically you are not permitted to travel in to Scotland from England without exceptional reasons. There’s police at train stations checking who’s getting off, if their travel is essential and where they’re going. I can’t imagine it would be too difficult to tell a convincing fib in that scenario but it’s risky with two kids in tow. There are still direct flights from Bristol to Edinburgh once or twice a week I think but I don’t know if anybody bothers checking the UK arrivals people. Too busy quarantining the non UK people. They’d have a firm record of her arrival date etc if that’s how she travelled north.

If you’re driving it’s 7.5 hours and 440 miles each way.

There's been a lot of media scare stories regarding police checks but IMO they are not happening. I've travelled from south England to Dundee 3 times in the last 6 months, by train and car and not been stopped once, even when changing trains or collecting tickets. One hotel did question my reasons for staying but were happy with my explanation (valid exemption, under lockdown rules in both countries). I've travelled with kids too and would always choose the train as with a family railcard it is considerably cheaper than flying and the journey time is similar once the airport transfers are taken into account. It isn't easy, quick or cheap to get to Dundee by public transport from Edinburgh or Aberdeen airport at the best of times, so I wouldn't do it with restricted services as there are at the minute. Unless I was being picked up at the airport by someone who also had the correct car seats for the two kids involved.

 

[Ellmau]

You're allowed to move house, or to flee domestic violence.

 

[Ellmau]

Sad but expected news that the bodies have been found.

 

[JosieJo]

I'm really surprised it took so long as they seemed fairly sure they were concealed in the house from the word go