When Kate Wakefield found love in her 50’s with Adrian Prout, she thought she’d met the man of her dreams. Their marriage started off as a happy affair but it sadly descended into arguments and domestic violence. When Kate disappeared in November 2007, Adrian claimed that she must have gone to stay with a friend but the reality was much darker. Adrian had in fact murdered Kate, fearing he would lose his beloved farm and business if they were to divorce. Although her body has never been found, Adrian was found guilty of murder in January 2010.

Colette left home to walk the short distance to her boyfriend's house, a 20-minute route to the home in Willow Brook. October 30 1983. She was usually picked up by her boyfriend but his car but it was off the road at the time. He phoned Colette’s mum Jacqui asking ‘where’s Colette’ that’s when the panic set in at 8pm and her nightmare began. The next day Colette’s body was found by Police officers. Her naked body found dumped just off a lovers' lane, Thurlby Lane in a muddy field a mile and a half away. The killer remained undetected despite him chatting with a landlady on the night of the murder who noticed he had blood on his hands.

Samantha Gillingham was bought up in a middle class family but her world was turned upside down when her father Russell moved his mistress into the family home. A year later Sam’s mother Carole disappeared, apparently unable to remain in the marriage. Ten years later, Sam’s received news that her father Russell was missing presumed dead after falling overboard from a yacht in Guernsey, leaving her devastated. However, when detectives discovered Russell alive and well, they started to unravel a darker truth about the family’s past and the mystery surrounding Carole’s disappearance.

Collette and Christopher Daffin were the picture of the average couple, married for 16 years they had two sons and lived in a suburb of Chesterfield. When Collette was tragically killed in a hit and run traffic collision her family were heart broken. but police investigations over the following two days would uncover the terrible truth about their daughters death.

Killed and buried by her Polish lover in Wrexham in 2008, it was 14 months before the body of Tati Rodgers was discovered.

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