Found Deceased UK - Leah Croucher, 19, Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes, 14 Feb 2019 #3

[tresir2012]

Heartbreaking video. Hope it can be shared by everyone on Facebook and Twitter and get it uploaded to youtube. If anyone knows how to download and post it on here directly could they try and do that because I couldn't do it?

 

[Smedders70]

I don’t know if these 2 things have already been discussed apologies if they have x I wonder if it was dress down day at work on the Day Leah went missing and have Leah’s clothes from the night of the 14th been DNA tested to establish whom she was with. It’s so heartbreaking for her family

 

[tresir2012]

That's a real good question about the DNA from her clothes the night before. Regarding her attire in the video where she enters her workplace, that is the day before she disappeared. The video of her walking by the CCTV is the morning she disappeared and clothes look similar on both days so I assumed it was her regular work attire.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I've just seen Claire's new video appeal, can't link at the moment but if someone else can that would be appreciated. I really don't think Leah can be alive and watching her family go through this. Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[Tortoise]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=740150806480002

Warning! This video contains very sensitive content.

On the 15th February 2019, Leah Croucher went missing from Milton Keynes. This may be the first Christmas that Leah is away from home.

Claire, Leah's mum, has bravely shared her story and shares the devastating impact Leah's disappearance has had on her family.

We hope that this video that this will encourage anyone with information to come forward.

If you have been affected by anything in this video, we are here for you for free and in confidence over the Christmas period. Please call or text us on 116000.

 

[Amonet]

I've just seen Claire's new video appeal, can't link at the moment but if someone else can that would be appreciated. I really don't think Leah can be alive and watching her family go through this. Absolutely heartbreaking.

I felt that way back when police were first searching lakes

Anyone who wants to leave home without telling anyone can get in touch with police or a missing person's charity to at least let family know they're safe and that there's no need for divers to be looking for a body

 

[Sera]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=740150806480002

Warning! This video contains very sensitive content.

On the 15th February 2019, Leah Croucher went missing from Milton Keynes. This may be the first Christmas that Leah is away from home.

Claire, Leah's mum, has bravely shared her story and shares the devastating impact Leah's disappearance has had on her family.

We hope that this video that this will encourage anyone with information to come forward.

If you have been affected by anything in this video, we are here for you for free and in confidence over the Christmas period. Please call or text us on 116000.

Oh my word. This is the first time I've seen the video. I have tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat, Claire is so strong to be able to find the willpower to be part of this video and to keep the message out there after all these months. When she said that the family just aren't doing Christmas this year and that she doesn't think they'll ever do Christmas again it just completely broke me.
I can only keep hoping that the family will somehow get the answers they need. I live nowhere near Milton Keynes but every time I go to a supermarket or any other public place, I keep an eye out just in case anyone looks like Leah. In my heart, like so many of us on this thread, I don't think Leah is with us any more but until there is any sort of breakthrough or evidence to support that conclusion then I will keep my eyes and ears open. <3

 

[Jenesaisquoi]

I can’t link it in but there is a new article in the mk citizen where the anonymous benefactor is critical of the police that the increased award offer for Leah was turned down. It was suggested that a higher award would make no difference. I never understood that rationale. It seems to me that a higher award would be more persuasive.

ETA: mind you, you would think that Haydon’s funeral would have been persuasive enough. That it wasn’t makes her continuing disappearance look so much more nastily deliberate.

 

[Alyce]

The anonymous businessman who offered the original £5,000 cash reward to find missing Milton Keynes woman Leah Croucher has criticised police for not doing enough to find her.

The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, called the MK Citizen to ask if we could help.
He would like to take up the offer made by local businesses eight months ago to up the incentive to a potential £50,000.


The benefactor said today: “I would like to know why Thames Valley police did not increase the reward offer to find Leah to £50,000. I put the £5,000 up initially but it does not seem to be doing the job.”


He asked the MK Citizen to issue an invitation to the new area commander for Milton Keynes, Superintendent Marc Tarbit.

“He needs to come down here and have a look and tell us what is going on,” he said.

The man issued his reward shortly after Leah's disappearance on February 15.

Seven weeks later, with still no clue as to what happened to Leah, another businessman contacted the MK Citizen offering to up the cash to £15,000 immediately.


Anonymous benefactor criticises police and demands reward for missing Milton Keynes woman Leah Croucher is raised to £50,000

 

[Cherwell]

Somebody knows what happened and might well be tempted to talk for fifty grand.

 

[cluciano63]

Rewards seldom if ever work, at least in the US. The only people who know details in criminal cases are generally criminals. They can’t collect rewards by telling on themselves or being implicated. And if this is not a criminal case, probably no one has information to give. I can’t see that it would have made a difference...but jmo.

 

[Taskforce88]

Rewards seldom if ever work, at least in the US. The only people who know details in criminal cases are generally criminals. They can’t collect rewards by telling on themselves or being implicated. And if this is not a criminal case, probably no one has information to give. I can’t see that it would have made a difference...but jmo.

I have to agree. Nobody will come forward if there is nothing to come forward about. And a guilty party won't for obvious reasons.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I have to agree. Nobody will come forward if there is nothing to come forward about. And a guilty party won't for obvious reasons.

It’s worth a punt though, isn’t it? If nobody comes forward no money gets paid out, but there’s a chance someone realises 50k will be enough to spirit them far away after spilling the beans. 5 grand wouldn’t get you far, 50 could be life changing.

 

[Taskforce88]

It’s worth a punt though, isn’t it? If nobody comes forward no money gets paid out, but there’s a chance someone realises 50k will be enough to spirit them far away after spilling the beans. 5 grand wouldn’t get you far, 50 could be life changing.

Of course it is, if it gets the info the family desperately need its totally worth it.

A lot of people seem to believe that someone knows something but are withholding info, but that might not be the case here.

 

[Cherwell]

Rewards seldom if ever work, at least in the US. The only people who know details in criminal cases are generally criminals. They can’t collect rewards by telling on themselves or being implicated. And if this is not a criminal case, probably no one has information to give. I can’t see that it would have made a difference...but jmo.

Someone may know or suspect something without being personally implicated themselves.

 

[Alyce]

Someone may know or suspect something without being personally implicated themselves.

Exactly this - I believe someone does know and would be able to pass on information anonymously - and as Cags said, £50,000 could make a huge difference.

 

[Thebutlerdiditagain]

I get the feeling the police know a lot more but knowing and proving are two different things
As for the man slating the police he would have no real information of the case
If a girl goes missing and they thought a stranger had taken her a stronger police presence
I would also expect police warnings for girls not to walk alone
plenty were out in force searching but no warnings
I think they have strong suspicion on those or the person involved

 

[dotr]

'Could your new friend be my Leah in disguise?' Asks the mother of missing Milton Keynes woman
Dec 9 2019
The mum of missing Milton Keynes woman Leah Croucher is asking people everywhere to think "long and hard" about any new young females that have come into their lives since February - in case one of them is her daughter in disguise.
Her words are part of a heart-wrenching video she has made with the Missing People charity as a last-ditch bid to find her daughter this year."
"She said: “The impact Leah's disappearance has had on me is devastating. I go to work, I go to see friends and family, but it does not mean anything... everything is hollow. “

Claire revealed how she talks to the the posters of her daughter that are posted all over Milton Keynes because she misses her so desperately.
"Her posters are everywhere. I stand at a bus stop and I talk to them because she isn't here for me to talk to her."
"Claire is urging the person or persons who are cruelly withholding information about her daughter to show some decency and come forward.''

 

[Thebutlerdiditagain]

It is haunting when you go about your day to day things and see a picture of the young girl on a post tree or shop window
No parent should go through this and she seemed to lead a quiet safe lifestyle
I still think the police have a strong idea of what has happened or happening and are just waiting for a break to hopefully at the very least closure as the months past the chances of a positive result fade

 

[Jenesaisquoi]

There’s a lot going on in the UK at the moment with elections and Christmas approaching, but we are not forgetting Leah. Hope there is a breakthrough soon.