Chelmsford, Essex, 1st February 2022: Ashley Wadsworth who was 19 and from Canada, she was found stabbed to death at the property behind me on Tuesday afternoon. Social Media Murders s2e1: The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth, TV news, ITV 2023
Ashley had been stabbed at least ninety times in her chest area … she had also been strangled. ibid. rozzer
She was going to go to England no matter what. ibid.
‘Hi there, I just need a bit of advice really. I split up with my boyfriend about three months ago. He’s been sending me a lot of messages even though I’ve asked him not to contact me. I know that he’s hacked into my Facebook and also my phone … Social Media murders s2e2: The Murder of Alice Ruggles
Gateshead 13th October 2016: Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a Leicestershire woman was discovered in Gateshead. ibid. news
An act of utter barbarism. ibid.
We just didn’t realise the danger she was in. ibid. dad
He inserted himself physically into her life. ibid. friend
I can’t just turn her off in my head. ibid. Harry to rozzer
14th July 2019 Utica, New York: ‘I know this is going to come as kind of a surprise, at least to you, it isn’t to me, but I killed someone today. I killed my girlfriend.’ Social Media Murders s2e3: The Murder of Bianca Devins
At 6.48 a.m. a photo of the dead body of teenager Bianca Devins was posted on social media by her killer, Brandon Clark. ibid.
‘When she was about 12 and in the 7th grade she started to struggle with mental health and depression.’ ibid. friend
‘The suspect, 21-year-old Brandon Clark, was hospitalised and is expected to survive.’ ibid. TV news
‘One of the first things he said when he was apprehended was, he was very curious to know how many TV stations were covering the story.’ ibid.
7th April 2020 Litherland, Merseyside: A murder inquiry’s underway after a 20-year-old man was shot dead on Mersey. Police were called to a house in Litherland shortly after 11 last night … Social Media Murders s2e4: The Murder of Mikey Rainsford, TV news
‘Pip and Worm: we needed to know who they were.’ ibid. rozzer
‘They had left on this electric motorbike.’ ibid.
‘A crucial piece of evidence – that Snapchat information.’ ibid.
Blacon Police Station, Cheshire, Thurdsday 26th August 2021: [station rozzer on radio]: Russell’s saying Jade’s in their bedroom upstairs. Social Media Murders s3e1: The Murder of Jade Ward, ITV2 2025
Russell is arrested on suspicion of murder. ibid. rozzer
He was very controlling. ibid. comment
That was her exact words – he made my skin crawl. ibid.
[rozzer]: Do you know where Abigail Fisher is? Has Abigail come to any harm? We have now located a body of a female who we believe is Abigail Fisher. Social Media Murders s3e2: The Murder of Abi Fisher
It was apparent that the information we’d been given about Matthew was incorrect. ibid. rozzer
We got told on Sunday that Mark had been arrested the day before. ibid. Abi’s best friend
Why do you hate her? ibid. rozzer to Matthew
And he was supposed to have got a full-time job. Abi had told me he was having tantrums. ibid. Abi’s mum
Abi died as a result of a violent assault. ibid. rozzer to Matthew
13-year-old Olly Stephens strolls to the park in Reading to meet a girl on a Sunday afternoon. 13 minutes later, he’d be dead. Social Media Murders s3e3: The Murder of Olly Stephens
Two boys were waiting in these fields, one with a knife, ready to stab him over an argument which had played out on social media. ibid.