4th September 1977: The scene was very bloody. Her scarf was in a pool of blood. Her one earring was broken off and was found in a pool of blood. Her panties are off. Her blouse is off and is tied around her mouth … I found lacerations on the back of the head and deep lacerations in front her the face. The cause of death is the massive cranial cerebral trauma to the head. ibid. Dr Ahmad, medical examiner
There was also ligature marks on her wrists. The ligature marks are all symmetrical , which leads me to believe that she was restrained with handcuffs. ibid. campus rozzer
Suspicions that the campus police could have been involved. ibid. investigator
Chuck [evening’s students’ rehearsal] … played a security officer and his props were handcuffs, baton, police uniform. ibid.
The poster said, I think it was someone I dated in the ’80s … He said he’d killed before and could do it again … My ex was involved with the play. And he ex was Chuck. ibid.
30 years later we took evidence … we honed in the red blouse … They were able to get a partial DNA profile. ibid.
Then in 2016 Chuck passed away. ibid.
Chuck’s brother agreed … The swab did not match … So that pretty much ruled out our suspect. ibid.
I had discovered a very viable suspects. The first suspect was apart of the production of the play. He worked in lighting … The second suspect was a maintenance worker at the college … He was fired from the college shortly after all of this occurred … The maintenance worker was not polygraphed. ibid.
STEWART, DUNCAN murder: viz Assassinations: STEWART, DUNCAN
STEWART, IAN: Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
A £1.5 million luxury home in Hertfordshire and a visit from the major crime unit. They have a warrant and a body camera. The murder victim one of Britain’s best loved and widely read authors, Helen Bailey. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e6: Ian Stewart
Sees the garage door open and he’s trying to work out, Have they recovered the body? ibid. Cliff
An extraordinary story of deception, greed and murder. ibid.
Helen’s health did soon start to deteriorate. According to her internet search history she was chronically fatigued. ibid.
Four weeks into the search her brother John makes a televised appeal. Noticeably, Ian Stewart, the finance who’d reported Helen was missing, does not take part in the appeal. ibid.
He is a cold, disengaged character. ibid. Kerry
He’s manipulating throughout with his spectacles. He’s working hard to try and say the right thing. ibid. Cliff
He was trying to cash in on Helen’s estate. ibid.
Two exceptional women, one manipulative man. The visual clues. The verbal slips. And the medical breakthrough that finally trapped the two-time killer. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e5: Ian Stewart
Now in 2010 Diane was reported to be dying. The caller her husband, Ian Stewart. He was careful to pinpoint the cause [fit]. But the truth was it had been a long time since Diane’s last epileptic fit. He seemed reluctant to resuscitate his dying wife. ibid.
‘This was a cold calculating murder.’ ibid. woman
He’d been very keen for her to be cremated. ibid. Kerry
Ian Stewart came to meet Helen Bailey because he was also bereaved. He was a widower. ibid. Kerry
Ian Stewart and Helen moved in together using her money to buy a £1.2 million home in Hertfordshire. Just 4 miles from the house where Stewart had killed his wife 3 years earlier. ibid.
Helen also rewrote her will making Stewart sole beneficiary of her £4 million estate. ibid.
Then all of a sudden Helen disappears. ibid. Kerry
It took Ian Stewart 4 days to report her missing. ibid.
Next, that trip to the tip. ibid.
In 2016 Helen Bailey was reported missing from her home in Hertfordshire by her fiancé. 55-year-old Ian Stewart was later seen at a local tip disposing of a duvet. After months of intense searching police discover that the missing author [Helen Bailey] had never even left the house. The writer’s happy ending had turned to tragedy, and her murderous fiancé Ian Stewart was revealed as one of Britain’s most evil killers. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s7e6: Ian Stewart, BBC 2023
Helen wasn’t the first partner of Stewart to meet an early demise. The shocking murder prompted police to re-examine the death of his late wife Diane. ibid.
STIMPSON, JOSH: Murdered By My Ex: The Killing of Molly McClaren TV - Stalked: Murder in Slow Motion TV - The Murder of Molly McClaren: The Social Media Murders TV -
It’s late morning 29th June 2017: a busy retail park in Kent is filled with families and shoppers. Josh Stimpson, having subjected his ex girlfriend Molly McLaren to a campaign of fear, brutally attacks her. Covered in Molly’s blood, Stimpson calmly gives himself up to the police. Murdered By My Ex s2e2: The Killing of Molly McClaren, Channel 5 2019
The couple have been seeing each other for four months and Molly’s family are starting to notice changes in Josh’s demeanour. With a demanding study schedule, Molly began to feel overwhelmed by the relationship. ibid.
‘He was stalking her on Facebook.’ ibid. Molly’s mom
Having succumbed to seventy-five stab wounds, Molly is pronounced dead. ibid.
On June 29th 2017 Joshua Stimpson arrived at Pure Gym in Chatham, Kent, placing his mat next to his ex-girlfriend, Molly McLaren … Stimpson, a double glazing salesman from Rochester, with a history of unhealthy relationship break-ups that go undetected. The two would meet on the internet: Stimpson would use his online presence to wage a reign of terror. Stalked: Murder in Slow Motion, Channel 5 2019
Molly’s friends are now noticing changes in his behaviour. ibid.
Molly has had enough and decides to end the relationship. But Stimpson won’t accept it and bombards her with a series of messages pleading for them to get back together. ibid.
As soon as they get back together, Stimpson picks up right where he left off. ibid.
He’s been harassing her and she’s reported him to the police, but terrifyingly, over the last 24 hours he followed her to two separate locations. ibid.
Stimpson crosses the car park and jumps into the car. At 11.08 a.m. he viciously attacks Molly McLaren stabbing her 75 times. ibid.