I had the exact thought earlier. The fact that NM was in MK in February and still there in April makes me think that he never left. He was right under their noses!
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Exactly my thoughts. The dreaded thought poor LC was still alive at that point whilst LE were following their door to door enquiries.
I was thinking that it was quite similiar to the Gross case (but for the life of me couldn't recall the names) in that Zalkains had had a very lacklustre charge for his past assault of a teen, suppose the difference is Zalkains we know killed before and that doesn't appear to be the case with NM. Also wondering if NM ever left the area since the NP assault and was simply laying low as a maintenance dude for holiday homes in the area.
As far as we know he hasn't, true, he may have though.
A coroner will be able to access them automatically, the police would need a judge to sign-off usually.
No ladder that's correct.
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Her locations were switched off the evening before... was this not stated in the media?the mobile phone company confirmed that Leah had never switched off her phone locations before this date
Missing from Milton Keynes: Leah Croucher the timeline, everything we know so far
As a major search continues in Milton Keynes in relation to missing Leah Croucher the Citizen retraces every important detail in a dedicated timeline of events since she vanished eight months ago.
Yes, but you said no one knew how often she was switching her location off. That is something that we do know. Once.
Re ladder - I wondered if NM was the one who installed the second dish? Or if he was maybe doing work inside like fixing a water tank leak in the loft that anyone passing by was used to the sight of a guy with a ladder during this time?
Well there you go then if that is the case it was the perfect spot for NM, unfortunately
Leah had spent the night in a hotel with someone a couple of weeks before she went missing. No one knew who she had been with. She went out the night before on Valentine’s night for a short while, again, no one knows where she went. Could she have been seeing NM? Could the secrecy be because of his age?Thought it might be helpful to add the timeline again.
Thursday February 14, Valentine's Day
8am. Leah, 19, sets off for work as normal. She has an admin job with finance company DFC in Davy Avenue, Knowlhill and walks the two mile journey to and from work every day, often going via Furzton Lake.
5.45pm. Leah walks home from work. Strangely, the location settings on her Samsung phone were switched off in the Furzton Lake area. Nobody knows why. It could be that she was downloading another app that disabled them. But the mobile phone company has confirmed Leah had never turned off her location settings before.
6pm. Leah arrives home from work. She changes into tracksuit bottoms and a long-sleeved top with the logo 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good' (a quote from her favourite Harry Potter books) and leaves the house on foot. She tells her mum she is going to visit a friend.
7.15pm. Leah arrives home again. She doesn't fancy the meal her mum was cooking so she ordered herself a takeaway. Her mum asks if her friend is okay and Leah replies with a yes.
Her behaviour that night was totally normal, say her parents.
Later it was discovered that Leah has not visited the friend. Where did she go for that 75 minutes on Valentine's night? Did she meet anybody?
Friday February 15
8am. Leah gets up and leaves for work. Her parents have already left for their work. She sets off on her normal route, wearing a black coat, skinny black jeans, black Converse high top shoes and carrying a small black rucksack. Underneath her coat she wears a distinctive grey hoodie, which has the logo of her dad's Stewartby Taekwondo club.
8.13am. CCTV footage shows her walking along Buzzacott Lane in Furzton . That was the last confirmed sighting of Leah.
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8.34am. Leah's mobile phone is switched off.
9am. Leah fails to arrive at work
9.30am – 11.15am. Three different witnesses report seeing a girl matching Leah's description walking by Furzton Lake. She was looking “visibly upset” and crying while talking on the phone. She was also text with two thumbs. Police have never been able to say definitely that this was Leah. However, no other female has ever come forward to say it was them.
6pm Leah fails to return home. She is reported missing
Missing from Milton Keynes: Leah Croucher the timeline, everything we know so far
As a major search continues in Milton Keynes in relation to missing Leah Croucher the Citizen retraces every important detail in a dedicated timeline of events since she vanished eight months ago.
The problem is when someone goes missing, their life and behaviour is scrutinised. Things that seem slightly out of the ordinary, suddenly become suspicious. If she was having a relationship with a man that her parents and brother did not approve of, it would not be unusual for a teenage girl to take action to cover her tracks, in order to continue seeing this man and avoid any further conflict with her family.
