Getting Away With Murder: Episode 348

Getting Away With Murder: Episode 348

The story this week is from the north-east of England.

Four teenage boys were found murdered in similar circumstances, but the police believed it was solvent abuse that caused their deaths and were unaware that there was a serial killer on the loose.

But the families of the boys knew that was more to the deaths than the police believed and when a new detective arrived on the scene to lead the investigation, he agreed with the families and reviewed the evidence so far, with shocking results....

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/oct/28/my-child-the-murderer
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunderland-echo/20131019/282239483360461
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