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[Music] our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents if you feel at
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please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website during the 1950s and 60s Australian
reporter and journalist Rupert Murdoch became the senior executive of his own private news proprietor company after
acquiring a number of newspapers in Australia and in New Zealand Rupert's Enterprise expanded into the
United Kingdom and in 1969 he attended an option for the largest circulating national Gazette the news of the world
the spirited bidding contest ensued wherein rupert defeated the 34 million pound offer from business rival robert
maxwell securing ownership of the newspaper and its sister publication the son having secured his position as
chairman of the news of the world group rupert entrusted the role of the company's deputy chairman - 60 year-old
Alec McCoy an Australian newspaper executive with over a decade of industry experience Alec had spent the previous
12 years in England working for Mirror Group Newspapers proprietors of The Daily Mirror and the
people amongst others it was whilst working for Mirror Group newspapers that Alec was poached by Rupert Murdoch to
spearhead his recently acquired publications Alec lived with his wife Muriel in southwest of London's upscale
district of Wimbledon near the world famous tennis club the couple's Georgian style Nana titled st. Mary's house was
situated on Arthur Road a quiet leafy street framed by spacious villas home to London's professional or late
stockbrokers bankers and business executives in December 1969 Rupert Murdoch and his
wife Anna made plans to holiday in Australia over Christmas during their absence Alec McCoy was assigned to the
role of acting chairman of the News of the World Group and tasked with overseeing grubitz business duties as
acting chairman Alec was provided with the Murdochs they blue rolls-royce and its accompanying chauffeur
[Music] [Music] on December 19 1969 Rupert and Donna Murdoch departed for their Australian
getaway ten days later on the morning of Monday December 29 Alec McCoy was picked
up from his home in the company's rolls-royce and driven to the news of the world
group office in central London where he remained for the rest of the day 55 year-old muriel Micaiah dressed in a
green woolen jersey suit a black-and-white check top coat and cream-colored leather shoes and headed
out in her for Capri to run some errands she went shopping and visited the dentist returning home to Wimbledon at
5:00 p.m. after finishing work for the day Alec McCoy was chauffeured home arriving
to st. Mary's house at 7:45 p.m. when he reached the front door Alec noticed some
sheets of yesterday's newspaper on the ground from the people publication dated December 28 he pressed the doorbell with
three short rings in one long a special code - designed by Muriel to signal when
her husband was at the door the precaution was established after a burglary at the McCoy home months
earlier in September which had claimed most of Maria's jewelry as well as her sense of safety since then she had also
installed a chain lock on the front door keeping us secured in its latch at all times even with these safeguards Muriel
refused to open the door until she confirmed it was indeed Alec standing on the other side when Muriel failed to
come to the door allogram the doorbell three more times assuming his wife was upstairs in doubt of earshot when his
rings went unanswered Alec twisted the handle and was surprised to discover the door was unlocked the chain unlatched
and dangling by the doorframe he entered the house noticing the lights were on inside but his calls for Muriel
were met with silence further within the entrance hallway a large chair had been
pulled away from a wall and an hour stood in the center of the corridor Muriel handbag lay open on the floor its
contents scattered about along with more sheets of the people newspaper they did
December 20 a a two and a half inch strip of elastoplast tape was twisted over on itself on a table while the
large quantity of baling twine was tangled in a messy bundle on a chair the hallway telephone had been ripped away
from the wall and was overturned on the floor ALX eyes were then drawn to a foreign
object resting on the nearby writing desk the machete like cutting tool consisted of a long curved blade and was
known as a billhook an instrument typically used in agriculture Alec was certain his property had once again
fallen prey to burglars but it wasn't until he came across Muriel's pet dachshund that he sensed something far
more sinister had taken place the small dog was resting on the living-room floor
in front of the large open fireplace a crackling log fire blazed within Muriel had previously lost two dogs in a fire
and as a consequence always made sure that a protective screen was covering the fireplace whenever it was in use on
this occasion the screen was not up and Alec knew his wife would never leave the
house without ensuring it was in place upon further inspection he also noticed the television was on the shoes Muriel
typically wore when heading out were neatly perched on the stairs and her car was in the garage
fearing the intruder may still be in the house and to Muriel might be hiding somewhere to protect herself
alik armed himself with the billhook and rushed upstairs to check the six bedrooms into two bathrooms all the
while calling out for his wife when he found age room empty Alek checked the garage and the garden but to no avail
Muriel was gone Ellie carried to a neighbor's house to raise the alarm and the police arrived to st. Mary's house
some ten minutes later they immediately noticed science that someone else I'd had applied bodily pressure to the
chained front door and forced their way in an act which police determined only required like pushing the disarranged
state of the entrance hallway coupled with the presence of the adhesive tape baling twine and a billhook none of
which belonged to the McCoys painted a grim picture an inventory revealed that murals remaining jewelry was gone along
with her fawn and black reversible coat yet robbery seemed to be the perpetrators secondary motive it
appeared as though Muriel Makar had been abducted the billhook likely used to intimidate her as she was gagged with
the adhesive tape and bound with the baling twine aleck described his wife is medium build four foot nine inches tall
with brown hair he informed police that Muriel was her usual bright self that morning and had also prepared their
dinner as though she was awaiting his arrival home as officers canvassed the local area with tracking dogs murals
family and friends were contacted including her three adult children a young Diane and Jennifer no one could
offer the names of anyone who might target the kind and gentle grandmother who was clearly beloved by those who
knew her alie kondeh Muriel were born and raised in Adelaide in South Australia entered the pair were
childhood sweethearts they married in many years later as alec was making a name for himself in
advertising after befriending members of the press our late including Kerry Packer Alec pursued a career in print
media Muriel was forever the supportive wife standing by her husband during their relocation to London and helping
him network amongst publishing circles in her spare time Muriel indulged in her favorite hobby
painting for which she had quite the talent desperate to raise awareness of his wife's disappearance Alec McCoy
sought help from his colleagues and friends in the press he called the editor of news of the world group
newspaper the son prompting throngs of journalists to descend on Arthur Road their presence frustrated police who
found the meddling media to be a distraction and a liability five hours had passed since Muriel macaw
was reported missing and two the macaw property was still trolling with police officers members of the press and
concerned friends and relatives the house phone had since been restored and reconnected when at 1:15 a.m. had
suddenly rang the macaw son-in-law David answered as an unknown male voice asked
is that the home of mr. Mcoy to which David responded who wants him the caller explained tell Mr Mcoy it is
the m3 the mafia David handed the receiver to a leak as the caller went on this is the Mafia
group three we are from America mafia m3 we have your wife you will need 1 million pounds by Wednesday you had
better get it you have friends get it from them have 1 million pounds by Wednesday night or we
will kill her a detective listening in on an extension took note of the conversation observing the caller had
what sounded like a West Indian accent with hints of American overtones this was confirmed by the call operator who
was still on the line insuring the call connected the operator informed authorities that the threatening call
had been placed from a public telephone box in the suburb of Epping 50 kilometers northeast of Wimbledon until
the call from the mysterious m3 could be authenticated police continued to treat
murals disappearance as a missing persons case although they didn't rule out the possibility of kidnapping had
seemed highly unlikely as such crimes were unheard of in Britain when asked by a reporter if they were investigating a
genuine ransom demand a detective responded how do we know we've never had one before instead a suspicious eye was
cast towards Alec McCoy and even Muriel herself given the crime involved a newspaper executive who happened to
oversee the country's two biggest tabloids speculation arose as to whether the entire situation was a publicity
stunt or hoax the sensational story had gone straight to print with the attention-grabbing
headline have you seen this woman accompanied by a black-and-white photograph of a smiling Muriel article
speculated over the circumstances of her mysterious disappearance with some crudely suggesting she may have left on
her own accord in a fit of anger due to quote and menopausal incident as the tabloid circulated salacious rumours
police focused their efforts on gathering the facts murals doctor assured she was in good
health and was cheerful stable and strong-minded at the time of her disappearance giving no indications that
she would want to leave her current circumstances there were talks of a possible conflict between Muriel and
Dalek over proposed to trip to Australia but it was more a disagreement than a dispute nationwide attention mounted
increasing pressure on police to solve the crime efficiently before it spawned a host of imitators
despite law enforcement said prehension to involve the media on Tuesday December
30 the day after Muriel vanished her grief-stricken daughter Diane appeared on national television to compel anyone
with information to come forward please just let my mother come back that's no reason why she should be taken
it must be a crank because to us a million pounds ransom is just incredible anyway and my mother hasn't any enemies
she's happily married very happy with a very happy family and no ones have been and there's no no reason it's incredible
just before five o'clock that evening another phone call was placed to the McCoy household from m3 the unknown man
alleging to have taken Muriel the call was untraceable leading investigators to assume the professed kidnapper was now
using the automatic system known as subscriber trunk dialing which allowed calls to be made without operator
assistance the police had since attached the tape recorder to the McCoy's phone line enabling them to document m3 voice
as he told Alec your wife just posted a letter to you for heaven's sake for her sake don't call the police
the following day of Wednesday December 31 a letter arrived to the McCoy household as forecast as envelope was
marked urgent and contained a piece of cheap blue paper with messy handwriting scrawled in sloping lines across the
page the handwriting was identified to be without doubt that of neuro McCoy confirming m3 had direct contact with
the missing woman the letter read aleck darling I am blindfolded and cold please
do something and to get me home please cooperate or I cannot keep going I think of you all constantly and have
kept calm so far what have I done to deserve this treatment postage stamps indicated the letter had been sent from
Tottenham a suburb 30 kilometers northeast of Wimbledon as the original phone call from m3 had been traced to
weapon investigators now believed the kidnapper and possibly Muriel were located within the northeasterly
outskirts of London upon the receival of Muriel's letter police officially shifted their missing persons search
into a kidnapping for ransom investigation her cities across the world celebrated the New Year Muriel
McCoy's family sat anxiously by the phone awaiting further instructions from m3 overwhelmed by the uncertain fate of
his wife Alec McCoy was sedated to allow him some much-needed rest shortly before 7:45 p.m. on New Year's
Eve the mysterious caller rang once again this time asking to speak to me riyals daughter Diane he told her trying
to remember the m3 I wanted to speak to your daddy he's not well where is your mother do you have any idea you've gone
too far it has gone too far now m3 abruptly ended this call only to ring again a few minutes later demanding to
speak to Diane once more this time he told her they've got to get a million antennas and fibers
Muriel son Ian took the receiver from his sister and asked how they were expected to raise such a large sum of
money in such a short amount of time the caller responded that's your business not mine while police aimed to keep the
letter from Muriel classified its contents were soon leaked to the press resulting in a bombardment of hoax calls
and email from opportunists hoping to cash in on the McCoy family's desperate situation audio recordings of the
kidnappers voice and to the fact he used at the alias m3 helped investigators filter out some of the false leads
undercover police officers and criminal informants were told to listen out the whispers about the identity or history
of the enigmatic group mafia 3 while anonymous tips sent investigators all over the city one claimed Muriel was in
a tunnel underneath a church near the McCoy home but when police arrived to the location they discovered the passage
had been sealed up four years ago another call came through from a woman who honestly said the words gray Hillman
before hanging up a Hillman is a small British car and unsubstantiated media reports boldly claimed this call was
from Muriel herself attempting to provide police with the clue hundreds of statements were collected from members
of the public including one from a wimbledon local who recalled seeing a dark-colored volvo saloon-style car with
two male occupants slowly cruising the Arthur Road area at 4:40 p.m. on the day Muriel went missing that same evening
and around 6 p.m. and neighbor noticed all the interior lights at the McCoy home were on and the dark saloon car was
parked in their driveway [Music] as the macaws waited desperately for further contact from murals kidnaper
a family friend reached out the controversial Dutch clairvoyant Gerard Crozet who had developed a reputation
for helping police trace missing persons crows I had been asked to assist in many
investigations including the disappearance of young siblings Jane Anna and Grant Beaumont from a South
Australian Beach just three years earlier covered in episode 100 of case file yet as his work on the Beaumont
children case revealed Creuset authenticated success rate was negligible nevertheless Muriel McCoy's
kidnapping had become a media sensation and to Terada crochets opinions were soon headlining news reports during one
interview a reporter sat on the edge of their seat as Creuset rubbed his hand over a photograph of Muriel and observed
a map of London before matter-of-factly announcing that she was still alive he claimed she was being held on a white
farm northeast of London near a disused aerodrome on a tree-lined property with a green barn and a pond that contained
an old motorcycle the clairvoyant menacingly added that if Muriel was not found within 14 days she would be dead
suddenly Muriel subduction became an exciting ticking time bomb for the media with reports calculating how long she
could survive in the current cold climate if she wasn't being properly cared for
Crazy's visions were not particularly extraordinary as they matched the insights already provided to British
police by specialist agents from the FBI who worked as consultants to the detectives overseeing the Muriel McCoy
investigation they would prove an invaluable resource as unlike Britain the US had dealt with many high-profile
ransom cases in the preceding decades including that of one month old Peter Weinberger covered in episode 64 of case
file given that it was believed at Muriel's kidnapper was located in the northeastern suburbs of London coupled
with the FBI's advice that Muriel was likely being held somewhere remote like a rural farmhouse hundreds of police
officers and volunteers descended on Epping Forest and it surrounds trudging the damp brush boss Padova's searched
nearby ponds and rivers they were tailed by members of the public who were following the visions offered abuja
Radek as a yet the only area of interest found was an abandoned farm which was investigated and a promptly ruled out
[Music] Crisis Intervention became a source of contention for investigators with one
detective remarking because of crazay we wasted a thousands of man-hours not through following up his ideas but
because of all the imitators meanwhile Alek McCoy agreed to be formally interviewed for television news during
which he described coming home on the evening of December 29 to find his house in disarray and his wife missing he
addressed speculation that Muriel had left on her own accord stating now I think no man in the world would say that
his wife wouldn't leave him I really believe that she wouldn't leave me he concluded the interview by remarking
well I have spent a considerable time under sedation but as this has been lessened of a bit
of course I am terribly worried I am frantic but I can get my wife back again what can I do I'm only asking the
cooperation of everybody who may be watching and maybe listening or maybe reading to please help us to get her
back again it's merely a question than a sitting waiting by the telephone yes and
that's a very long wait Alex emotional appeal proved futile in reestablishing contact with m3 prompting
detectives to employ more cunning tactics they asked the McCoy family doctor to front the press with a
fabricated story that Muriel suffered a medical condition that required treatment with three injections per
month the doctor went along with the law telling a crowd of reporters the murals
well-being was in very serious danger and expressed false urgency about her need for medication despite these
efforts Muriel kidnapper remained silent the next appeal came from murals three children Ian Jennifer and Diane fronted
the news cameras together as a in' read a statement on behalf of their father the statement from mr. mcian says would
you please inform me what I have to do to get my wife back what do you want from me I'm willing to do anything
within reason to get my wife back please give me your instructions and what guarantee I have that she will be safely
returned to me I have had so many persons communicate with me that I must be certain that I'm dealing with the
right person the hysteria arising from britain's first high-profile kidnapping for ransom
generated a myriad of false sightings irrelevant tips prank calls and phony demands one fraud start demanding a
ransom met with undercover police in an East London underground train station and was later jailed for three years for
the deception eight days after the last call from m3 the news of the world and at US staff in Summerfield received a
letter from the kidnapper marked urgent and personal in handwritten capital letters on white lined paper torn from
an exercise book m3 complained he was unable to contact alikum Akai as the phone line was busy
he stated he would only provide instructions on how to secure muirios release once the police were sent away
the kidnapper suggested the million pound ransom be handed over in two installments of half a million each
adding if he cooperates he shall see his wife if he don't cooperate his wife will
be disposed of the letter ended with he has not paid off for st. Mary's house and she said he hasn't the money but he
can borrow from friends he knows four days of silence followed ending on Wednesday January 14 when Stefan
Sommerfeld received a phone call from m3 reiterating his demands and ordering the
newspaper editor to tell Mr Mcoy that he would prove that Muriel was still alive
later that day m3 rang the McCoy household and - provided the family with what he deemed to be proof that Muriel
was still alive detailing the fact she was wearing her fawn and black coat then the cars were unconvinced this
information proved anything so m3 said Muriel would write them another letter the next call to the McCoy residence
came five days later on Monday January 19 surely before 3:00 p.m. Halleck McCoy answered the phone and
was greeted by m3 who said hello Alec we contacted G last week concerning Merial a 35 minute conversation followed
the longest from Uriel's kidnapper today wherein he claimed to have infiltrated the UK's Criminal Investigation
Department to ensure the case would never be solved Alec pressed for proof that his wife was
still alive suggesting that in her next a letter muriel should write out the full names of their children or provide
details of the christmas present she had recently received m3 disregarded this request reassuring Alec the Muriel was
alive and he would be able to speak to her as soon as the first delivery of ransom money was made he stated you were
to be blamed for going to the police we are looking for a place where you should
meet us to bring the money anguished Alec responded look bring a gun here and shoot me rather than ask unreasonable
demands nobody's got a million pounds I can't give you what I haven't got when asked when he did to deserve this
Alec was told I don't know but your wife is such a nice person m3 further explained this is not one person this is
worldwide international I run this branch in England you see don't take any telephone calls from anyone unless they
say m3 the Mafia m3 he then rambled on about a group he referred to simply as the boys who had tailed rupert murdoch's
rolls-royce with the intention of kidnapping the wealthy media moguls wife Anna however as the Murdochs were on
holiday in Australia the boys inadvertently followed their rolls-royce to the McCoy residence and abducted the
wrong woman in a case of mistaken identity despite now dealing with someone who had
significantly less net worth than their original target m3 continued to demand the exorbitant 1 million pound ransom
from Alec McCoy when Alec offered the far more attainable sum of 20,000 pounds m3 replied over here no use accept or
reject half a million you've got to do something about it dejected Alec replied I could kill
myself that would solve the problem as the call reached its conclusion m3 stated my taxi is waiting I've got to go
to the airport to receive one of the boys you've got to get half a million this is my order and that is final
the next call from m3 came through two days later on Wednesday January 21 and was answered by Ally Condie muriel son
Ian m3 advised a and he would be sending an envelope containing two letters from
Muriel one addressed to Alec and another to their daughter Diane that proved Muriel was still alive
according to m3 she was trying to tell you where she was so we had to clip a few pieces off m3 ended the call the
ring again a few minutes later to arrange the first ransom drop advising a lien the half a million pound payment
would grant the mccoys phone contact with Muriel Ian informed the kidnapper that his father was far too ill to
participate in the ransom drop and two that he would do it instead in actuality concerns they might be dealing with an
international criminal gang mint police were prioritizing Alec macaé safety denying him any direct contact with
murals captors the following day of Friday January 22 two letters from Muriel arrived to the micaiah housed in
a single envelope just as m3 had described a postage stamp specified the letter had been sent from
woodgrain another suburb in London's northeast both letters were undoubtedly written in murals handwriting in the one
penned for her husband Muriel Road dear Alec I am deteriorating in health and spirit please cooperate
excuse writing I am blindfolded and cold the earlier you get the money the quicker our may come home or you may
not see me again darling negotiate with gang as quickly as possible the gang is too large to
fool in the letter to her daughter Diane Muriel wrote I heard you on TV if only you would persuade daddy to cooperate
with the gang please keep the police out of it if you want to see me it was this
comment that raised concerns about Miriam's well-being although Diane had appeared on national
television multiple times throughout her mother's disappearance she only ever spoke once during a news report that
aired on the BBC on December 30 the day after Muriel was taken for Muriel to specifically mention this
appearance 23 days later seemed highly unusual detectives now suspected she may have been forced to pen all the letters
to her family at a much earlier date with her kidnapper sending them intermittently to give the illusion they
were being written throughout the course of the investigation for the first time
since her disappearance police were confronted with the possibility that Muriel McCoy was dead and that her
killer was planning his moves in advance to foster the hope she was alive ensuring he maintained control over the
situation also enclosed with murals two recent letters was a note from M 3 providing instructions for the first
ransom drop which was to take place in ten days time on the 1st of February half a million pounds was to be placed
in a locked black suitcase and driven in Uriel's Ford Capri along North Circular Road to
the public phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection m3 would ring the phone box at exactly
10:00 p.m. to provide the next set of instructions according to m3 the suitcase would be
collected by a random stranger who was being paid to retrieve it therefore if this person we end up in police custody
they would not be able to provide information about m3 or Muriel's whereabouts the letter ended quote any
error on your part will only take two minutes and you will never see Muriel again you will see her dead and
delivered at your door the day after the ransom note arrived Muriel's kidnapper resumed his menacing
phone calls to the Mackay household pressing for proof his mother was still alive Ian asked them three the letters
could have been written weeks ago why the hell should we give you the money unless we know she's alive an argument
broke out between the pair as to whether a description of the clothing Muriel was
wearing when she disappeared was proof of her living status in Ian's pointed out that the police and the press had
described Muriel outfit from the outset of the investigation therefore repeating
this well-known information proved nothing Ian asked to speak to his mother or to
have a tape recording of her speaking be sent to their family but m3 ignored his
request and tendered the call less than two hours later m3 was back on the phone
telling Ian of just contacted head office and - this is final if you don't intend to cooperate
we shall drop the matter there we won't be needing the money and you might be seeing your mum
Ian explained - they had gathered a quarter of a million pounds but before m3 Soros sent they needed proof muriel
was alive his request was again denied leading a into snap it's because you haven't got her you've got a corpse
you're trying to trick us before ending this call m3 explained we've never murdered anyone as yet but
there's always got to be a first time prompting a into retort okay then but you get no money in an attempt to
reassure them a car's m3 told them we deal with honesty 15 minutes later m3 called again telling am your mum said
she has been a good wife to your dad and a good mother to her children she asked
why have they forsake in her if you want your mum follow instructions exasperated Ian requested the kidnapper
purchase a copy of that nights Evening Standard newspaper and have Muriel write out their headlines to prove what they
are doubt that she was indeed alive three days later on Monday January 26 an envelope addressed to Alec McCoy arrived
to st. Mary's house it's postage stamp confirmed it - was sent from wood green inside there were two handwritten
letters from Muriel but neither contained the list of newspaper headlines requested by yayin instead the
first letter read aleck darling if I could only be home I can't believe this thing has happened to me tonight I
thought I'd see you but it seems hopeless that is all I can say at the moment he betrayed me by going to police
not cooperating with them three gang love Muriel the second a letter was shorter stating darling Alec you don't
seem to be helping me again I beg of you to cooperate with the m3 game the bottom
section of this page had been removed likely done by m3 who had previously claimed to cut out any section of murals
letters that could reveal her whereabouts her unfinished final message read you understand that when there the
envelope also contained another note from Uriel's kidnapper which read I am sending you final letter for your wife's
reprieve she will be executed on February 2nd 1970 unless you keep our business date On February 1st without
any error we demand the full million pound in two occasions when you deliver the first half million your wife's life
will be saved and I personally shall allow her to speak to you on the telephone this is our fourth blackmail we have
absorbed three and a half million pounds we did not murder anyone because they were wise to pay up and to their family
were returned to them you do the same and she will return safely looking forward to settling our business on the
1st of February at 10:00 p.m. has stated on last letter in a very discreet and honest way you and your children will be
happy to join Muriel McCoy and our organization also will be happy to continue our job elsewhere that is why
we won't accept Ian's telling us what to do we give the order and you must obey also enclosed within the envelope with
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although m3 originally ordered the cash to be delivered using knee reels car Ian's proposed to using the chauffeured
Rolls Royce instead as he was unable to drive due to a recent injury that put his arm in a sling m3 raised no
objections unaware that Ian's story was a lie police had crafted the tactic to enable two people to be in the Rolls
Royce which had an inbuilt telecommunications set on Sunday February 1 m3 telephoned Ian to say he
would see his mother again if everything went smoothly that not it seemed to the
kidnapper had finally conceded that he would never receive the full 1 million parents ransom and was now willing to
release muriel for half the original amount he ordered an to guarantee that Muriel
would not be interrogated by the press or police upon her return to her family at 9:00 p.m. the Rolls Royce pulled away
from Saint Mary's house driven by undercover detective Inspector John minors acting as the chauffeur complete
with uniformed treating the situation with utmost care and diligence detective minors had taken the time to learn how
to drive the rolls-royce just like the chauffeur detective sergeant Roger Street was in the backseat his hair dyed
and de restyled to closer resemble Ian McCoy his arm was secured in a sling to indicate it was injured but actually
served to conceal a two-way radio the detectives were in possession of a black suitcase containing half a million
pounds made up of several bundles of fake banknotes with a thin layer of genuine money on top an electronic
homing device was also inside as per am three directions the rolls-royce drove along North Circular
Road towards the a10 motorway where it pulled up to the public telephone box at the Cambridge Road into Church Street
intersection detective straight posing as a n' exited the vehicle and entered the phone box at exactly 10:00 p.m. he
received the call from m3 who directed him to a second phone box on the corner of South Bri Road a 40 minute drive up
the a10 at this second phone box m3 called and said look on the floor you'll say a Piccadilly cigarette packet with
your instructions sure enough the seemingly discarded cigarette pack lay at the detectives
feet signed m3 a piece of paper tucked inside listed the next phase of instructions the suitcase was to be
taken to the corner of Cambridge Road and to Dane and yet another locale in London's northeast - paper flowers would
be stuck in the embankment acting his markers for where the suitcase was to be deposited
the rolls-royce reach to the corner of Cambridge Road and to Dane end at midnight where the detectives in sight
spotted the two handcrafted flowers arranged there that were made from tissue paper and paper clips to look
like carnations one yellow and two the other green the detectives are left the suitcase by the flowers and two drove
back to the phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection where m3 had advised they would receive
a call regarding Muriel's location over 100 undercover police personnel kept discreet watch of the suitcase from
nearby buildings and vehicles awaiting the arrival of the stranger hired by m3 to pick it up 40 were armed and
outfitted with bulletproof vests having been advised that in the event the Muriel and her kidnapper appeared they
should throw her to the ground to shield her body most other officers detained her doctor' two officers watching from a
taxi sighted a dark-colored Volvo saloon car cruising around the area occupied by
a male driver and a bushy head passenger one of the vehicles rear lights was observed to be non-functional neither
officer recorded the Volvo's license plate number presuming it was one of the many undercover police cars circling the
area as time passed the suitcase remained unclaimed and m3 made no further contact
detectives Street emerged from the phone box at the Cambridge Road and Church Street intersection having never
received the promised call regarding Muriel's whereabouts at 2:30 a.m. the operation was officially declared a bust
[Music] two days after the failed ransom job m3 called the Makai house and spoke with
Ian explaining why the suitcase went unclaimed you know why I didn't even touch the suitcase my boss the head boy
was there all the boys were there we saw cars parked all round to there did you know they were all police he went on to
mention he was now going to attend a meeting with the mafia bosses to set a time for murals execution saying this
organizations got money on going to this meeting of the semi intellectuals to plead for your mum I'm fond of her
your mum because she reminds me of my mum m3 called again two hours later appearing to have had a change of heart
he was now open to the possibility of attempting another ransom job but this time the boys were insisting the
delivery be made by Alec McCoy and his daughter Diane the group suspected Ian was responsible for the police presence
at the failed drop days earlier and had no longer trusted him on Thursday February 5 the day after his wife's 56th
birthday Alec McCoy spoke with m3 as they discussed the plans for the upcoming ransom drop on the following day the
money was to be split between two white suitcases with the father and daughter instructed to carry one each
Alec was directed to draw off the rolls-royce to a public telephone box on Church Street in the North London
district of Tottenham at 4:00 p.m. and await further instructions the next day Friday February 6 Detective
Inspector John - made up to look like Alec McCoy and a female police officer disguised as Diane set off the Tottenham
in the rolls-royce they reached the Church Street phone box as directed we're at 4 p.m. m3 rang and ordered the
pair to head to a second phone box in London's East End district of Bethnal Green a near 10 kilometer trip south at
Bethnal Green m3 called again instructing the duo to take the London Underground to transit system to weapon
where they were told to head to another specified phone box the undercover officers boarded the train each carrying
a white suitcase containing the phony ransom money they shared their compartment with several plain clothes
police officers cautiously observing their movements upon reaching the phone box in Epping m3 called to instruct the
pair to take a taxi to Bishop's thought furred a suburb just over 20 kilometres northward from there they were to head
to gates garage a petrol station and the mechanic situated on a used-car lot parked in the forecourt was a minivan
with the license plate number umh 587 f m3 ordered the suitcases be left beside the minivan warning we deal with
high-powered telescopic sighted rifles anyone illegal that attempts to interfere with the cases we shall just
let them have it by the time the taxi arrived the gates garage not had fallen into the area was
teeming with hidden police officers they were peering out from inside parked cars
into caring behind surrounding fences the taxi pulled up alongside the minivan entered the two suitcases were deposited
as instructed detective - and his female colleague could then returned to the phone box in Epping to await that next
the call from m3 regarding Muriel's whereabouts five minutes after the delivery officers overseeing gates garage spotted
a dark blue Volvo saloon car with a broken taillight driving slowly past the minivan it's male driver was observed
looking out towards the suitcases before driving off at 9:35 p.m. the Volvo reappeared and circled around at a lot
twice driving by the suitcases each time in the second instance the vehicle almost slowed down to a halt but a car
traveling behind beeped its horn forcing the Volvo to speed up and drive onward in the direction of Bishop's door feds
Town Center over an hour later at 10:47 p.m. the Volvo returned to the area with
the driver now accompanied by a male passenger darkness prevented officers from identifying the vehicles occupants
but it was observed that the passenger had dark colored bushy hair and a mustache yet again the Volvo slowly
drove around for the area before departing leaving the cases behind less than 10 minutes later at 11:00 p.m. -
well-meaning members of the public noticed the abandonded suitcases and called the police to report the
suspicious items local police officers arrived at the scene completely oblivious that a
high-stakes ransom drop was underway undercover detectives watched on as the officers collected the cases and two
left inadvertently thwarting their operation and forcing them to abandon it at 11:40
p.m. however not all was lost what seemed to like yet another failure to secure me
Rios release actually provided detectives with a much-needed major breakthrough the dark blue Volvo saloon
car had now been spotted at both ransom drop attempts her vehicle matching its description was also cited by witnesses
on the night of Muriel's abduction initially cruising around Arthur Street and a later parked in the driveway of
st. Mary's house around the time Muriel was abducted although its significance was unintentionally overlooked - during
the first ransom drop when the vehicle reappeared at gates garage officers recorded its license plate number xgo 99
for G on the morning of February 7 1970 40 days into the search for new real McCoy a police convoy traveled down the
long muddy drive of rooks farm a ranch in the village of stocking Pelham approximately 50 kilometers northeast of
London the general area m3 was known to operate from the remote farm land contained 14 acres of pasture
surrounding a two-story home it's white facade rundown and dated parked out front was a dark blue Volvo saloon car
with a broken taillight and to the license plate number xgo 99 for G the Volvo was registered to the
wife of the farms owner 34 year old Arthur her saying one of seven Husein sons born in the Caribbean country of
Trinidad after immigrating to London in 1955 he worked as a ledger clerk until he was called upon for national service
in 1960 having little interest in the army and regularly absconded Arthur's service ended in a six-month stint in
military prison prior to being discharged for desertion one officer held the opinion that Arthur Hussain was
quote he measurably the worst soldier that has been my misfortune to have under me in
the following years arthur married a hairdresser ten years his senior whom he met during his military service and to
the pair started a family he then followed in his father's footsteps to become a tailor running his own business
from a shop front in Hackney Arthur established a positive reputation for his craftsmanship and earned a decent
wage of one hundred and fifty pounds a week Arthur's prosperity fostered a desire to abandon his tailoring business
and to live the life of a wealthy country gentleman so he took out a mortgage and purchased the dilapidated
rooks farm in 1967 in an attempt to portray himself worthy of his esteemed community
Arthas wandered his earnings on lavish expenses ensuring the Husein family were in constant financial struggle to pay
the bills and support his lifestyle Arthur continued his tailoring work from home while raising livestock for
slaughter despite his hardships Arthur boasted about money and expressed his dream to
become a millionaire his unfound arrogance and vanity soon irritating his acquaintances who
mockingly referred to him as King Hussein in August 1969 the youngest Hussein brother 21 year old in miss Irma
Dean moved the rooks farm to help look after the livestock whilst Arthur's wife and children visited extended family in
Germany despite their relation Arthur and Anissa Madine didn't look much like siblings the smaller of the two
Arthur was plump with large round facial features bushy black hair and a thicker
mustache nezam a Dean was tall and Elaine with soft and narrow facial features and a
wad of dark hair neatly combed across his forehead the differences between the pair
extended beyond to their physical appearances Nozomi Dane lacked the bravado of his older brother and it was
far more introverted and emotional when the search for Muriel McCoy led police to rooks farm they identified Inazuma
Dane as the driver and Arthur as the passenger of the Volvo witness that the two ransom drop swords
the brothers were presented with a search warrant relating to the jewelry stolen from Uriel's home on the night of
her abduction although finding these items were the least of the investigators priorities when showing
the Warren Arthur Husein stated I don't know nothing I earned one hundred and fifty pounds a week on the wealthy man I
don't deal in stolen property you can look where you like a thorough search of rooks farm commenced officers
inspected the entire property from the shed where to fish guard dogs were kept to the barns that accommodated the
livestock to the outbuilding that was used as a slaughterhouse inside the farmhouse officers found a rundown
residence full of worn furniture including couches a curved bar with a couple of stools a radiogram and the
television set while several upstairs bedrooms were sparsely furnished a washing machine had recently burst
flooding the kitchen and a living space police summoned an architect and the Builder to examine the property for any
secret compartments or rooms though efforts to locate Muriel were futile police did uncover several items of
interest including a sawn-off shotgun as well as an empty tin of two and a half inch elastoplastic ape which matched the
strip found at the macaws own following Muriel's abduction a total of six handcrafted paper flowers were
discovered throughout the farmhouse identical to those used as markers during the first ransom drop attempt an
empty Piccadilly brand a cigarette packet was also found the same type left in the public phone box by m3 that
contained to the instructions that led detectives to the flowers the cigarette packet used in the ransom drop a bore
Arthur Hussein's thumbprint and to the instructions inside were examined by a handwriting expert who determined that
the writing resembled Arthur's penmanship upon searching off the sewing room investigators were reminded of the
three pieces of material clipped from Uriel's clothing that was sent to her family during her disappearance each
piece of fabric had been cut in neat squares just like fabric samples the tailor would provide a piece of paper
found in the left pocket of a pair of mr. Medina's ange trousers noted the license plate number of the minivan
parked near gates garage the minivan was used as a marker during the second ransom drop attempt detectives also
found a cardboard box in Miss Emma Danes bedroom that contained an exercise book
with several pages missing the letters received from m3 were slid into the book into their ripped edges paired with the
torn remains inside the surface of the box also had indentations of the words off and st. Mary's which matched writing
on the ransom note from m3 that read he is not paid off for st. Mary's house and
she said he hasn't the money but he can borrow from friends he knows a palm print on the note matched Arthur Hussain
as did prints on a sheet of the people newspaper found at the McCoys house the night Muriel was too
again as the search of rooks farm continued investigators spoke with a local farmer named a Leonard Smith who
recently helped the hussein's transport some furniture to their property following an auction Leonard always kept
the spare wheel and a billhook in his car but he had to remove these items to unload the furniture after making the
delivery and returning home Leonard realized he had accidentally left his wheel and a billhook at rooks
farm the Husein later returned to the wheel but not the billhook and when showing the one retrieved from
the McCoy crime scene Leonard responded that's my bill hook I defy anybody to say it's not despite the overwhelming
evidence implicating the two are same brothers in the abduction plot investigators failed to find anything to
prove Muriel McCoy was ever held at Brooks bar or to explain what had become of her nevertheless Arthur and
Nizamuddin Hussein were placed under arrest and taken in separate police cars to Kingston police station where they
denied involvement in the crime both brothers gave alibis for the night of Muriel's disappearance neither of which
could be verified when shown all the evidence that linked him to the crime Arthur has saying denied ever seeing the
items and placed all the blame on his younger brother even though his finger and palm prints were present on several
key exhibits he agreed to provide a handwriting sample but an expert concluded that Arthur deliberately
disguised his penmanship to appear different to Emory's ransom notes in his sample Arthur misspelled to the word
occasion with two S's a unique error that was also present in m3 second a letter to the McCoys where he wrote we
demand the full million-pound in two occasions police spoke to Arthur's wife Elsa who revealed she had taken their
children to Germany to visit extended family from December 13 1969 to January 3 1970 a trip her husband
particularly encouraged she didn't see Muriel at rooks farm upon her return nor did any of the guests who visited the
property while she was gone leading investigators to believe with certainty that Muriel was killed within
the first 48 hours of her abduction this validated the earlier theory the Muriel
had been forced to write the letters to her family all at once within the initial hours of her captivity
according to Elsa her husband's behavior became more secretive prior to her leaving for Germany
Arthur drove into London more often than usual taking his younger brother with him even though nism a Dean's job was to
stay home and complete chores on the farm they also recalled a conversation with Arthur in the weeks leading up to
her trip during which he remarked you know darling there must be easier ways of making money than this at the time
Rupert Murdoch's multi-million pound purchase of news of the world was making headlines and Arthur remarked that the
tycoon would be worth a lot of money if he was held captive stating he ought to be careful with all this publicity when
also returned from Germany she found rooks farm in shambles nice too notably curtains had been torn off the railings
in the master bedroom she questioned if a fight had taken place in there prompting Arthur to go berserk as he
angrily denied the suggestion Elsa then found a woman's green vest amongst the blankets of the bed angered by the
implication her husband may be having an affair she stormed downstairs and tossed
the item of clothing in the fireplace and to watch the burn in the following days Arthur was angry
and erratic at one stage he ordered Ulster and the children to leave the house threatening that something would
happen to them if they refused nism a Dean was acting equally bizarre and it was clearly overcome with nerves he held
his shaking hands up at Elsa stating that they could kill and begged her not to leave him alone with Arthur also
later remarked the way the boy was acting that night he was guilty of something terrible without a shadow of a
doubt it was nism a Dean who killed mrs. McCoy Arthur could be violent but he could not kill he couldn't stand the
sight of blood it wasn't a stretch for investigators to envisage nism a Dean as the one who murdered Muriel considering
the young man had two previous convictions for violent crimes else's comments combined with Arthur's
unwillingness to cooperate led to the investigative spotlight being placed on the younger of the two siblings the
brothers were known to have a temperamental relationship in which Arthur asserted control over nism a Dean
who was considered weak willed and easily led records showed that nism a Dean had once made a police complaint
alleging his brother had assaulted him but when an officer attended rooks found to investigate Musa Medina insisted the
situation was settled unlike his steadfast and confident brother mazuma Dean broke down during police
interrogations trying kill me kill me Arthur always gets me into trouble kill me now
when asked about his whereabouts on the night of December 29 1969 Musa Madine trembled and shook his head saying where
did Arthur say I was I was with my brother Arthur when asked if he went to Wimbledon mr. Modine remained silent
prompting officers to question if something was wrong he answered I want to die let me die my
brother Arthur will kill me he baits me I can't speak I mustn't speak let me say
Arthur nism a Dean was also asked to provide a handwriting sample and made in no effort to disguise his penmanship as
his writing didn't match M through his ransom notes investigators believed Arthur had likely authored them when
showing the billhook baling twine and a strip of elastoplast retrieved from the McCoy house nezam a Dean closed his eyes
and cried let me die his agony increased when the pieces of material cut from Uriel's clothing were
presented to him as he begged officers let me die why won't I die experts compared the tape recordings of the
phone calls from Uriel's abductor to the voices of the Husein brothers and denoted strong similarities both Husein
brothers were asked to speak into a telephone that was connected to the tape recorder at the McCoy residence Arthur
agreed to the request but missamma Dean refused it was clear to those who had heard extracts of the m3 audio tapes
that the men on the phone had been mr. Medina's saying when asked whether Muriel McCoy was dead ms Medine fell
silent and trance-like even he solicited our press to find out if Muriel was still alive and de where she was located
burden is Uma Dean hung his head and said nothing eventually nism a Dean became emotional
and told an unsettling story in which he borrowed a billhook from a farmer friend
to chop up a dead calf when asked what he did with the calf's remains he stated I fed it to the dogs as for the bones
and head he explained they were put out with the rubbish based on this story investigators were certain ISM a Dean
was using the calf as a proxy for Muriel McCoy and he was actually describing the
violent way in which he and Arthur disposed of her body whilst in police custody
Arthur Husein reached a boiling point telling officers if you've got anything on me then book me both hey endemism a
Dean were formally charged with seven counts including the abduction imprisonment and a murder of Muriel
McCoy the other indictments were in relation to threats and blackmail specifically the demands of a million
pounds by menaces from Alec McCoy efforts to locate me real McCoy continued for weights with the fire
brigade draining the ponds on rooks farm and to trudging through the outlying creeks as the lines of police officers
searched surrounding fields forests and farmland the property itself was extensively excavated but to no avail
no trace of Muriel McCoy was ever recovered thus the first kidnapping for ransom trial in the United Kingdom's
contemporary legal history commenced with the victims outcome remaining a mystery the case was a media sensation
with the public curious to find out how a jury could find someone guilty of murder when there was no body to prove
it both Arthur and Anissa Medina Hossain pleaded not guilty and went to trial at
London's Old Bailey Criminal Court on Monday September 14 1970 in his five-hour opening address to a packed
courtroom prosecution attorney General Sir Peter Rawlinson stated this was a brutal and ruthless scheme to kidnap a
wife and by menaces to extort from her husband a vast sum of money can you imagine the horror of a woman one minute
beside the fire waiting for her husband to return and minutes later gagged and Trust then driven away in the darkness
Sir Rawlinson went on to detail the days and weeks in which the McCoy family were
subjected to a systematic series of threats via telephone and a letter by the defendants adding we may infer that
those who threatened to kill did kill the court was told of Arthur Hussein's delusions of grandeur which spawned his
obsessive yet unachievable aspirations to become a millionaire Sir Rawlinson alleged that the brothers hatched the
plan to kidnap for ransom in late October 1969 after watching British journalist David Frost conduct a
televised interview with Rupert Murdoch during the interview Rupert's recent takeover of the news of the world group
was touched upon including the multi-millions he paid to secure its ownership as m3 once explained over the
phone to aleck McCoy his target was originally intended to be Rupert's wife Anna the prosecution alleged that in
late December 1969 the brothers tailed rupert murdoch's rolls-royce from the news of the world group office with the
intention of locating his private residence Sir Rawlinson quote and if that is what they did
they must have traced the vehicle to st. Mary's house Arthur Road Wimbledon that
was not the home of the News of the World Group Chairman mr. Rupert Murdoch but the home of the acting chairman mr.
Alec McCoy throughout the 40 days of Muriel's disappearance her abductor had made 18 phone calls and append fire four
letters to the McCoy family the prosecution pointed out that from the moment police arrived the rooks farm
there had been complete and utter silence from the otherwise talkative kidnapper as soon as the
attorney-general ended at the opening address for the prosecution nism a Dean has Sainz defense attorney
Douglas Draycott made a surprise announcement he wished to make seven voluntary admissions on behalf of his
client they began with a visit to the Greater London Council on December 19 1969 when nism a Dean unsuccessfully
attempted to obtain Rupert Murdoch's home address then on February 1 1970 the date of the first ransom drop attempt he
placed two handcrafted paper flowers near the intersection of daymond and Cambridge Road
On February 6 1970 during the second ransom drop attempt he drove the Volvo to gates garage at around 8 p.m. to look
for two suitcases waiting around for about an hour before sighting them on the pavement opposite the minivan he
then drove to a nearby park in Bishop's Stortford where his brother Arthur was drinking arriving at about 10:00 p.m.
Miz Emma denied admitted he drove back to gates garage at 10:47 p.m. and he also admitted that the note found in his
pants pocket featuring the minivans license plate number was in his handwriting although none of the
admissions openly implicated Arthur Hussein in Muriel's abduction or murder the mere suggestion sent his defense
counsel into immediate damage control they explained to the court that although niizuma Dean was acknowledging
some involvement in the crime Arthur was not and would continue to profess his innocence of all charges
regardless mazuma Dean's revelations served as the beginning of a battle between the two defense teams to
implicate the other brother the ensuing conflict was advantageous to the prosecution who argued that the brothers
attempts to blame each other proved the guilt lay with both the defense's argument hinged on whether or
not the crown proved them Uriel's death was the result of murder Arthur has Sainz defense attorney Barry Hudson
stated is she dead if she is dead where did she die and above all if she is dead
how did she die not a single piece of evidence even flimsy can be brought to this trial after a long and a detailed
investigation although the defense primarily relied on the fact that no evidence of Muriel
McCoy was recovered at rooks bomb the prosecution narrowed in on the evidence that was found elsewhere that linked
directly back to the Hassan's property the billhook deer lost the Plast tape the torn sheets of no paper the
cigarette packet the handcrafted flowers and to the volvo on october 6 1970 after
four hours deliberation the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts for both Arthur and ms Medina
saying just the Seebeck Shaw quote the kidnapping and confinement of mrs. McCoy was cold-blooded and abominable she was
snatched from the security of her home and so long as she remained alive she was reduced to terrified distress this
crime will shock and revolt every right-minded person the punishment must be such that law-abiding citizens may
feel safe in their homes Arthur Hussain was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Muriel
McCoy with an additional 25 years for her kidnapping throughout the trial references were made to news uma Dean's
unsettling behavior during police questioning in which he expressed on multiple occasions of fear of Arthur and
a desire to die in response the jury made a recommendation of leniency for nism a Dean on the belief he was less a
willing participant and more reluctant accomplice in the crime acting on the orders of his threatening older brother
just as sure quote I am not sure whether you were in any degree less culpable but
the jury's view is that you were under the influence of your brother and I have to regard the possibility that this was
so as such news Irma Dean Husein was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder but only given 15 years for
kidnapping both brothers appealed based on their belief that the prosecution did
not prove the crux of their case the Muriel McCoy was taken to rook's farm where she was murdered and that no other
people may have been involved in the crime on March 29 1971 their applications were heard before the Court
of Appeal the presiding judges reminding the court that although no trace of Muriel was found at rooks farm there was
plenty of other evidence implicating the brothers in her death the appellate judges dismissed the applications and
ruled the sentence given to H brother was correct as quote no more terrible crime could be conjured up following the
conviction of Arthur and Anissa Madine Hussain for the murder of Muriel Makaha her husband fronted the media and stated
I wish to God on you what happened to Muriel all I want to know is where my wife has been buried so that I can go
into place and flowers in a desperate bid to obtain information about the whereabouts of his wife's remains to
give her a proper burial Alok McCoy wrote letters to both Arthur and to nism a Dean that received a no
response john'll Isner's author of the rise and fall of the Murdoch Empire visited miss
Irma Dean during his incarceration of winsome green prison in Birmingham John was discarded by Arthur's wife Elsa who
sought the location of Muriel to pass the information on to the McCoy family during this meeting niizuma Dean spoke
of Mirrors abduction explaining that in the early evening of December 29 1969 he
and Arthur got drunk at the victorious boarding club in London before heading off to conduct the kidnapping
when asked how Muriel died Miz Emma Dean trembled with emotion before stating that the prison governor had advised him
not to reveal what they had done with Miriam's body in November 1987 arthur Husein applied for parole as he
approached his 20th year in prison the parole board denied the application deciding his case would be considered
again in February 1993 in the intervening period Arthur's health declined and he was transferred to wash
worth hospital in Liverpool for an undisclosed illness he remained hospitalized during February 93 missing
the date of his second parole hearing he reapplied for a review in September 94 but his request was denied by the Home
Secretary in 1996 Arthur filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights he claimed that
the refusal to review his parole application was a breach of his rights as he believed he had a higher chance of
being released as he had served enough time and presented no risk to society the Human Rights Commission determined
Arthur's complaint was manifestly ill-founded and ruled quote the Commission unanimously declares the
application inadmissible Arthur Husein died in prison in 2009 unlike his older brother after serving
just 20 years of his life sentence mr. Medina's saying was granted parole and deported to his home country of Trinidad
where he faded away into obscurity nevertheless the notoriety of the Husein brothers resulted in lifelike figures of
the pair being created for the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in London the popular tourist attraction once boasted
an exhibition titled the chamber of horrors which featured wax works of infamous killers and historical figures
in which the models of Arthur and Edna's Emma Dean Hussain were put on display [Music]
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Case 110: Muriel McKay

During the 1950s and ’60s, Australian reporter and journalist Rupert Murdoch became the senior executive of his own private news proprietor company...

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Brief Summary

Muriel McCoy was kidnapped and murdered in 1969; her abductors were convicted but her body was never found.

Key points

Ransom Demand. A mysterious caller demands a million pounds for Muriel's safe return.
Media Sensation. Muriel's kidnapping becomes a media frenzy, with speculation and public interest.
Muriel McCoy's Disappearance. Muriel McCoy goes missing under mysterious circumstances, leading to a frantic search.
Alec's Desperate Plea. Alec McCoy pleads for help in finding his missing wife, Muriel.
Muriel's Letters. Two letters from Muriel arrive, raising concerns about her well-being.
Kidnapper's Threat. The kidnapper warns Alec that any mistake could lead to Muriel's death.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

You will need 1 million pounds by Wednesday.

The ransom demand from the caller claiming to be from the mafia.

12:28WatchMay 5, 2019

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