CHRISTMAN, JANETT murder: Killer Legends
A babysitter is watching TV after putting the kids to bed when she gets a call from a mysterious stranger … The babysitter reports the call … A man is coming down the stairs … Yes, the babysitter and the man upstairs is a popular urban legend … Janett [Christman] had called the police while she was being attacked but the only thing they heard were desperate screams … Her murder has never been solved. Killer Legends, Netflix 2014
CHUA, VICTORINO: Crimes that Shook Britain TV -
Between 1970 and 2006, 45 health care professionals were found guilty of serial murders in Europe and America. Of these 86% were nurses. Crimes that Shook Britain s8e4: The Stepping Hill Murders, VI 2017
‘A murder mystery like no other.’ ibid.
The poisonings at Stepping Hill Hospital are crimes that shook Britain. ibid.
Over 20 patients in 3 wards were affected over a 4 week period. ibid.
27-year-old Rebecca Leighton is a local woman working as a nurse … The Crown Prosecution Service announced that the case against her has been discontinued; despite this, Rebecca is suspended by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and eventually sacked for stealing medication. ibid.
‘A 46-year-old male nurse has been arrested on suspicion of tampering with medical records.’ ibid. local news
‘He [Victorino Chua] called himself the Angel of Death.’ ibid. prosecutor
He’s jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years. ibid.
CHURCHILL, CHRISTOPHER: Killer Kids TV -
In the spring of 1992 in an elementary schoolyard ten-year-old Christopher Churchill is the victim of twelve-year-old bullies … Alone and simmering … The anger has been festering and now it’s just about to explode … In less than an hour four dead … Over the next hours the sexual assaults won’t stop there … Now he’s hungry … Five bloody corpses. Killer Kids s3e15: Ticking Time Bomb, LMN 2014
CILLIERS, EMILE: The Parachute Murder Plot TV - Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot TV -
Three years ago, mother of two, Victoria Cilliers, took her 2,650th parachute jump. A gift from her husband Emile. But her chute catastrophically failed. And she hit the ground causing life-threatening injuries. Detectives eventually discovered the awful truth. Shockingly, the police learned her husband had tried to kill her before … This is the extraordinary story of the Parachute Murder Plot. The Parachute Murder Plot, ITV 2018
Their marriage was far from a fairytale. ibid.
Emile’s candid revelations handed police a clear motive. ibid.
She had just told the police of a gas leak six days earlier that could have killed her and her young children while Emile was away at barracks. ibid.
Natheravon in Wiltshire. Military country and home of the UK’s largest parachute drop zone. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e1: Emile Cilliers
Victoria had met Army PT instructor Emile Cilliers while working as a military physio. Drawn together by their love of adrenalin sports they soon became close. ibid.
‘She’s the last one out of the plane. She jumps and her main chute fails to deploy. So she goes to pull the reserve chute: that also fails to deploy.’ ibid. man
Whoever was responsible had done a thorough job. ibid.
When police arrested him at his Army barracks, they knew the marriage had been in trouble for some time, but they weren’t prepared for his brutal frankness. ibid.
As well as the gas valve evidence, police had gathered more incriminating information on their subject. ibid.
‘He was funding a separate lifestyle, a secret lifestyle of affairs; and he also had debts.’ ibid. reporter
In October 2017 Cilliers appeared at Winchester Crown Court on two counts of attempted murder. ibid.
That Sunday morning I could hear the aircraft; I could even hear her parachutes opening. And then the next thing, the drop zone controller screams on the tannoy … I’d sprinted across and I saw her lying there … It’s just a corpse. The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot I, club secretary, Channel 4 2024
This is the true story of a woman who was supposed to die. ibid. caption
[missing slinks] That means it’s more likely to have been tampered with. ibid. unravelling of parachute
Almost picture-perfect marriage, lovely lifestyle. ibid. rozzer
He never asked for a solicitor and he never stopped speaking. ibid. rozzer
I suppose you should know about the gas leak. ibid. Victoria to rozzer
I know that he was going to leave her, didn’t want to be the marriage, and had a serious relationship with another lady. The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot II
A different phone, different computer, a whole other life. ibid. Victoria re Emile
If we thought he was dodgy before, he’s definitely dodgy now. ibid. rozzer
A very callous and calculating man … a narcissistic psychopath. ibid.
The hardest bit was the lack of concrete evidence. ibid. Victoria
Almost like he’s trying to make your life into a movie. The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot III, previous partner
I wanted my original husband back. ibid. Victoria
We knew we had to call Victoria again [retrial] so we prepared for it. ibid.
CLANCY, LINDSAY: True Crime Recaps 2023 -
The first thing Patrick notices is the silence. With three kids under six, quiet is hard to come back in the Clancy house … Patrick’s been gone less than an hour but life as he knew it is already over. True Crime Recaps: Uncovering the Shocking Events Behind the Tragic Lindsay Clancy Story, Youtube 9.25, 2023
In September 2023 a grand jury indicted Lindsay Clancy on charges of murder and strangulation. ibid.