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Catching Melanie's Killer - A True Crime Podcast by ITV News

Catching Melanie's Killer - A True Crime Podcast by ITV News

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When Melanie Road's body was found on a June morning in 1984, it prompted one of the largest manhunts in Britain. But the schoolgirl's killer wasn't found. How did a team of cold case officers rebuild the inquiry after decades and bring justice to a family still in grief?ITV News Politics & Government True Crime
Episodes
  • Episode 8: Curse the Rain
    Feb 2 2021
    Melanie Road’s family come face-to-face with her killer for the first time. But the clock is ticking for investigators to build a case with 30-year-old evidence. A trial starts. But what happens when the man in the dock is asked if he murdered the schoolgirl in 1984?
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    39 mins
  • Episode 7: Borrowed Time
    Feb 2 2021
    Cold case investigator Gary Mason receives an email which turns the inquiry into the murder of Melanie Road on its head. Arrest teams are drafted in. And a custody time clock runs out, meaning the man police believe to be Melanie’s killer must be released.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 6: Lost Papers
    Jan 26 2021
    Melanie Road’s mother writes a letter to the people of Bath asking them to search their memories and consciences as the 30th anniversary of the killing approaches. Cold case investigator Julie Mackay is told to drop the inquiry. And the team continues to search in the UK and abroad for the schoolgirl’s murderer.
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    32 mins

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