Found Deceased UK - Leah Croucher - Emerson Valley - Milton Keynes - #6

[SpursGyal]

I think the biggest mistake the police have made is keeping Leah as a missing persons case. The family knew she hadn't/wouldn't have 'ran away' and there was nothing to suggest she did either.

I too, don't find it strange that the owner possibly hadn't been in the loft, the only time i've entered mine is for christmas decorations, and we already know the owner doesn't spend much time here.

 

[Cartie]

I wonder if this is why they stated from the beginning of finding Leah that there is no danger to the public!

I noticed that he killed himself within days of a press release of him, that might be the resin he committed suicide.

 

[Rusty Braincells]

I get the feeling this is the police's nightmare. There was likely something happening in her personal life with Mr. X, she possibly was meeting him the night before.

Then this happens. These things intertwining is mind boggling.

What people criticise is their lack of focus on Mr. X, but actually it looks like they were fully justified in this. As far as they were concerned they fully ruled him out and this appears to have been vindicated. There are some lessons to be learned by online sleuthers here.

The timing of this seems like coincidence but as someone stated above if anyone was suddenly to disappear without trace there may be several things in their last weeks/days that would seem really strange and inexplicable.

Great post. Yes, it’s very possible for a person to have “secret” aspects to their personal life, albeit fairly run-of-the-mill in the grand scheme of things such as a secret relationship or meeting someone they’d rather not broadcast they meet, and then unfortunately become the victim of a random opportunistic attack that has no connection to their private life. As you say, if that’s the case, very difficult for the police as they will be distracted by a possible affair, etc, and under pressure from the public to look into people close to the victim, particularly those with something to hide, but that’s all quite possibly a total red herring.

 

[tedtink]

but if people are going to be pedantic and tear every sentence apart

That's our specialty here we call it forensic sentence analysis.

 

[LammyTheRobot]

Wow, quite the turn of events. Time to dig up old missing persons cases and relevant geo-profiling...

 

[Kinners_D]

Throwing out two other theories which are pure speculation and just my own opinion…

Maybe NM was responsible, paid by someone else to deal with Leah? Perhaps he had never committed murder before, only SA (not downplaying SA but there is a difference), and the murder affected him so badly that he took his own life? I’d be interested to look into his background and connections. Did he know anyone who also knew Leah?

Perhaps NM was indeed contracted to work at the property as a maintenance person via an estate agency rather than directly through the owner? This would mean others at the agency would have had access to the key, and that his suicide is just a coincidence? Or perhaps he made a discovery there and was blackmailed by someone else who had a key along the lines of “they’ll never believe you…with your record…they’ll think it is you so I’d keep your mouth shut”. Perhaps the knowledge ate him up?

Again, just pure speculation and MOO.

This seems like a stretch.

Paying a sex offender, currently on the run from a case in the local area, to "deal with" a young woman. Long, long shot.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

You make a good point. His vehicle must have been registered at a Loxbeare Drive address to receive the parking notice.

How on earth can his vehicle have been registered to a house he wasn't residing at? Also since he was actively on the run, the police were searching for him and he was 'known to use different vehicles' why on earth would he a) using any vehicle registered to himself; b) locate a vehicle registered to himself at the address he was hiding out in? None of this makes sense.

 

[debzz1234]

Highly highly unlikely as he never lived there alone anyway, it was a family home at the time

Paedophile used to live in home where human remains found in Leah Croucher hunt

The house in Milton Keynes, where human remains and personal belongings were found, was once occupied by a man jailed for sexual offences against two teenagers, according to reports

www.mirror.co.uk

Last night, the convicted paedophile's father told The Times that the family moved out of the property years before Leah went missing in 2019, but still lived in the area and were aware of the case

 

[Rusty Braincells]

You make a good point. His vehicle must have been registered at a Loxbeare Drive address to receive the parking notice.

If bailiffs are involved (likely if ticket went unpaid for a long period) then they may have traced the address via other information (addresses linked to same individual) and redirected the notice.

 

[BananaDetective]

Wow, quite the turn of events. Time to dig up old missing persons cases and relevant geo-profiling...

As mentioned previously - Claudia Lawrence? Maxwell was jailed for Rape in June 2009 for an incident that occurred NYE 2008: Datchet man jailed for rape

Not sure when he was arrested for that but could have been free and on the prowl at the time of Claudia's disappearance in March 2009. He seemed to have links up and down the country.

 

[Coldheat]

It's not unusual for a letting agency or realtor company to have a spare set or copy of the keys for the residence, especially as the family who owned the property did not live in the country. It is completely believable that the family would have hired a maintenance person to look after the property, and they would have instructed him to collect the keys from a letting agent in order to gain access.

 

[Outside the box]

Sometimes occam’s razor applies and the simplest explanation is true. We know Leah was found in an empty house, we know NM had access to it at the time she disappeared, we know NM committed sexual offences against women, and we know he killed himself within a few weeks of LC’s disappearance. It would take a bafflingly unlikely set of circumstances for it not to have been him.

I think there’ll be lots of conspiracy stuff about this now because people saw it as one of those cases where everyone kind of assumed they know what’s happened and who was involved, it just can’t be proven yet. In this case it looks like that was completely wrong, and it’s an important reminder.

Still need some solid DNA evidence which would be likely do you think? if not then what a perfect story?

In all likelihood in my opinion it is him but take nothing for granted until all doubt is taken away..

 

[Plod]

I agree. I don’t think it’s a conspiracy. It’s a well known fact that a lot of sex offenders start off as stalkers/flashers and then might attack/molest and then gets worse. Thinking of Libby Squires in Hull around the same time - her murderer started as stalker and moved on and on to graver offences. And I think this has happened here - and he’s been so horrified or haunted by it, he killed himself. Also, the police had ruled out Mr x, but the family were possibly convinced he was involved. I would think the police looked at all possibilities of abduction by sec offender. And yes I would think he’s been watching her and stalking her.
Can anyone remind me about the last footage of her - wasn’t there some guy walking along behind her - I cant find any clips of it anymore. Might totally be unrelated person also on way to work, or as they’ve all disappeared off internet I wonder if it’s now part of police evidence qgainst Nm

 

[WiseOwl]

Can we assume the letter was addressed to Neil Maxwell at 2 Loxbeare drive?
Your are right; it is all very coincidental if the TVP have just stated he was evading them and using different names & vehicles.
I'm unable to get my head around why the vehicle would be registered at that address in his name? does seem all a bit set up.

MOO, But there is no way an SO like Maxwell would give out his name and address to anyone, whether he was actually living there or not.

He was evading the police, not trying to draw any attention to himself by stating his name and where he was working and possibly staying at the time.

 

[jdqm]

Still need some solid DNA evidence which would be likely do you think? if not then what a perfect story?

In all likelihood in my opinion it is him but take nothing for granted until all doubt is taken away..

Of course, and that’s what the police will be doing now. But there’s coincidences and then there’s coincidences - there’s a reason they’ve named him.

 

[BrianJohnson]

Still doesn’t add up though that it is him

He didn’t look the type that Leah would go for so I doubt she went willingly so only way he could have snatched Leah is if he “leapt out of a bush” and surprised her but again in a busy residential area in the rush hour/school run how likely is that? doesn’t add up, he would have to drag her from the street up that drive that is surrounded by neighbours and am sure she would have screamed/used her martial arts skills

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Throwing out two other theories which are pure speculation and just my own opinion…

Maybe NM was responsible, paid by someone else to deal with Leah? Perhaps he had never committed murder before, only SA (not downplaying SA but there is a difference), and the murder affected him so badly that he took his own life? I’d be interested to look into his background and connections. Did he know anyone who also knew Leah?

Perhaps NM was indeed contracted to work at the property as a maintenance person via an estate agency rather than directly through the owner? This would mean others at the agency would have had access to the key, and that his suicide is just a coincidence? Or perhaps he made a discovery there and was blackmailed by someone else who had a key along the lines of “they’ll never believe you…with your record…they’ll think it is you so I’d keep your mouth shut”. Perhaps the knowledge ate him up?

Again, just pure speculation and MOO.

Maybe even NM's death wasn't 'suicide' after all?

 

[Kinners_D]

Still doesn’t add up though that it is him

He didn’t look the type that Leah would go for so I doubt she went willingly so only way he could have snatched Leah is if he “leapt out of a bush” and surprised her but again in a busy residential area in the rush hour/school run how likely is that? doesn’t add up, he would have to drag her from the street up that drive that is surrounded by neighbours and am sure she would have screamed/used her martial arts skills

Like I said before, if she'd seen him multiple times at the property he would seem like just a guy. If he asked for help with something, then she may have obliged, bringing her closer to the house.

 

[Plod]

Still doesn’t add up though that it is him

He didn’t look the type that Leah would go for so I doubt she went willingly so only way he could have snatched Leah is if he “leapt out of a bush” and surprised her but again in a busy residential area in the rush hour/school run how likely is that? doesn’t add up, he would have to drag her from the street up that drive that is surrounded by neighbours and am sure she would have screamed/used her martial arts skills

Yeah but if grabbed from behind and being held around throat for example, martial arts didn’t always help. Yes but I would thought she’d screamed . Or maybe she had seen him before and he’d chatted to her - idk??

 

[debzz1234]

This case is just getting stranger and stranger. I guess the lack of information makes it difficult to understand