the tunbridge wells murders. and a warning that viewers may find some of the details distressing. this is the story of two young women. people were thinking this is a serial killer. their murders in a quiet town in the 1980s. there was quite a lot of blood around wendy s head, around the bedding. it became apparent that caroline hadn t simplyjust disappeared. and the extraordinary investigation which brought the killer to justice. in 2019, we had a breakthrough. bingo. it looks like he s got some hard drives in there, i would say. an investigation which uncovered the darkest secrets. looking at this excuse me. ..of man who picked his victims from among the dead. listen to what i m going to say. yes. every single one of us has that same wish for someone we have lost, and that is that they rest in peace. back in the 1980s, you were very lucky if you saw the inside of police car. you were walking various beats in the town centre. ian pointon still remembers the events of 1987
the tunbridge wells murders . and a warning that viewers may find some of the details in this programme distressing. this is the story of two young women. people were thinking this is a serial killer. their murders in a quiet town in the 1980s. there was quite a lot of blood around wendy s head, around the bedding. it became apparent that caroline hadn t simplyjust disappeared. and the extraordinary investigation which brought the killer tojustice. in 2019, we had a breakthrough. bingo. it looks like he s got some hard drives in there, i would say. an investigation which uncovered the darkest secrets. looking at this excuse me. ..of a man who picked his victims from among the dead. listen to what i m going to say. yes. every single one of us has that same wish for someone we have lost, and that is that they rest in peace. back in the 1980s, you were very lucky if you saw the inside of a police car. you were walking various beats in the town centre. ian pointon still remembe
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town in the 1980s. there was quite a lot of blood around wendy s head, around the bedding. it became apparent that caroline hadn t simplyjust disappeared. and the extraordinary investigation which brought the killer to justice. in 2019, we had a breakthrough. bingo. it looks like he s got some hard drives in there, i would say. an investigation which uncovered the darkest secrets. looking at this excuse me. ..of man who picked his victims from among the dead. listen to what i m going to say. yes. every single one of us has that same wish for someone we have lost, and that s that they rest in peace. back in the 1980s, you were very lucky if you saw the inside of a police car. you were walking various beats in the town centre. ian pointon still remembers the events of 1987 in tunbridge wells, his home beat. it was still a fairly affluent town. i mean, it had it s areas of poverty, but there was also a sense, i would suggest, of faded glory there were lots of the big houses
courtroom and she looked like she owned the place. she loved defending those clients. she loved law. reporter: she d stayed late at work to read up on a murder case. but the next murder police wound up investigating was hers. she s representing some really hardened criminals. maybe somebody had a beef with her. it was personal. reporter: the clues? a missing gucci wallet. mystery strands of hair. it suggested that a female had maybe killed her and she d pulled the hair out. whodunit? who came up here and did it? somebody planned this murder. somebody wanted her out of the way. i told her, i will make this right. i will make this right for you. reporter: i m lester holt. and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with shining star. reporter: cajun country is where the dreadful thing happened. baton rouge, the louisiana state capitol perched on the banks of the mississippi. three blocks off the river, on a chilly thursday night, a criminal defens