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A possible reason for marking Ruth as deceased on Ancestry is so that she shows up if anyone else searches or adds her, that means the trees created by different users can be linked and information shared more easily.

A brief update about Nigel Kedar - an inquest into his death was opened on 17 November 2023 and adjourned until 9 January 2024, to "allow further work to take place". https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23932244.inquest-nigel-kedar-body-found-suffolk-field/

Margaret's mother did try to intervene - she told the court that she tried to take Margaret home and was assaulted by Cairney. She also said that Margaret told her that she wanted to stay with Cairney and Jones. Margaret's mother even involved the Police, who told her Margaret was okay...

The full report of the Significant Case Review for Margaret Fleming is available via this page: https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/news/2023/oct/margaret-fleming-significant-case-review-published I wish that I could be confident that the recommendations will prevent future harm, and that agencies...

It's interesting that the air fresheners and carrier bags date from soon after the estimated period when the man died, rather than being more recent - so it appears that the body parts were placed in the carrier bags with the air fresheners soon after death, rather than shortly before being...

I was curious about rumours that 'the chef did it', and found these two articles, one soon after the crime and one recent, which make me very suspicious about the hotel-owner - touching the victim's body as he lies dying on the stretcher, to secure AW's watch, or delay the ambulance? :-o...

Well, that's it, they have to re-pay less than £28,000 of the £182,000 they stole. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60647434 Where/how have they hidden the proceeds of the house sale (Seacroft, Inverkip - £120,000), and the tens of thousands that was in a safety deposit box...

I was surprised to see this appeal two years after discoveryof the bones - the chances of finding the two people and them remembering anything useful after so long seem very remote. In a case as difficult as this, it's a bit odd if the police have delayed asking for these witnesses to come...

I was wondering if there was any significance to the timing of the flower delivery as well, so ordered a copy of the marriage certificate. Ian Wilson and Karen Bowerman were married at The Register Office, Surrey Mid Eastern district on 25 October 1983, so the flowers (delivered on 29 November...

The taxi driver specifically said he dropped Ruth at a bridleway near the pub (star on the map). According to the Ordnance Survey map the only bridleway is virtually opposite the pub and leads east around what could also be quarry to the B2032 road, or south-west towards the quarry marked on OS...

A witness who knew Ruth reported seeing her walking along Reigate Road with a suitcase on the day of her disappearance, or the day after. The CCTV from the newsagent one year after the disappearance seems to show that Ruth did make it, if it was Ruth. If it wasn't her, who else might have...

Just catching up with this thread after recently finding out about Ruth's disappearance and watching the Martin Bright/Liam MacAuley documentary (Vanished: The Missing Surrey Schoolgirl). It's an intriguing case, and there are many interesting points and theories in this thread. A few other...

Man appears in court accused of murdering Emma Caldwell A MAN has appeared in court today accused of murdering Emma Caldwell. Iain Packer, 49, allegedly assaulted the 27-year-old in 2005. Emma was reported missing in April 2005 before her body was found in woodlands near Biggar, South...

Ann Heron murder: Durham Police accused of failing investigation "Solicitor Alistair Smith called for a review by the Independent Office of Police Conduct into the force's handling of the case and for another force to re-investigate. 'Durham Constabulary's fixation with Peter Heron being Ann...

They have been searching upstream as far as a weir, which is more remote and accessible without going through town streets, so I wonder if the bones were left upstream without passing CCTV (shopping trolley nearby could be coincidence).