True Crime with Elli Mac

When 19-year-old Céline Figard disappeared on the 19th of December whilst making her way from France to the UK to visit her cousin for the Christmas season, everyone started to panic and the authorities immediately stepped into action in order to find her. Had Celine runaway? Or had she been abducted? Or worse, had a serial killer taken her as one of their victims. As the Christmas festivities wou...

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, the 19th of December 2010, Greg Reardon, returned to his flat in Bristol, which he shared with his girlfriend, Joanna Yeates, after a fun yet brief weekend visit to his parents in Sheffield. Greg was eager to see his girlfriend, Joanna, as he was worried about her. He had not heard from her, since Friday evening, 2 days prior, Friday the 17th December. On ente...

When residents of Marling Way heard an argument break out next door on the evening of the 28th August 2001, nothing could have prepared them for what was to come. Shortly after the shouting began, the Bluestones’ six-year-old daughter who they knew so well appeared at their door, crying and in a frenzy. Their blood ran cold when she told them, “Daddy banged my head on the wooden floor! My daddy is...

In the early hours of May 11th, 2012, a distressed call from anguished parents was answered by a 999 operator. The father, Mick Philpott, was heard shouting that his 6 of his children were trapped inside their family home which was ferociously ablaze. While his wife, Mauraid, frantically explained to the operator what had happened, neighbours and friends of the family desperately tried to find a w...

Dispatcher: 911, what is the address of your emergency? Jane Doe: 4th St Laundromat. Dispatcher: What’s the problem? Jane Doe: I’ve been abducted. Dispatcher: Who abducted you? Jane Doe: Shawn Grate. On the 13th September 2016, a terrified young woman identified only as Jane Doe for her own anonymity placed an emergency call to 911, breathily pleading with the operator to get officers to the yello...

On the 31st October, 1974, Halloween night, the children of Deer Park, Texas were out knocking on doors. Ronald Clark O'Bryan, was out, watching over his 8 year old son Timothy who was dressed as a character from the movie Planet of the Apes and his 5 year old daughter Elizabeth. Joining them was their neighbor Jim Bates and his 2 children, Mark and Kimberley. That Halloween night, Ronald decided...

When 3 month old Ryan was rushed to hospital as he had laboured breathing and was vomiting uncontrollably, it was found, that his tiny body contained high levels of ethylene glycol and acetone in his blood. Both compounds that are usually found in everyday household items such as nail polish remover and anti-freeze. Sadly, just 3 months later, at 6 months old, baby Ryan would pass away from this p...

In early July 2003, the city of Bakersfield, California, was rocked by the horrific slaying of 5 members of the same family, the youngest of which was just six weeks old. When police entered the house, the the crime scene initially seemed like a home invasion gone wrong, but a closer look revealed that nothing had been stolen, and the killings had been so aggressive and brutal. Someone wanted this...

On the 26th January 2015, Jan Moffatt went out for a drive after cleaning her house as she needed some air. As she drove around the neighbourhood she saw a turquoise pickup truck catching up with her in her rearview mirror, it was her husband Tim Moffatt. Jan sped away and made a quick left turn to try to lose him, but as she got to the dead end of a culde sac, Tim followed her, and slammed into h...

When Ashley Young failed to meet up with her mother on the 29th November 2018, Kristine Young immediately knew that something was wrong and her daughter was most likely in trouble. Kristine called 911 and reported her daughter missing, but a few days later, the most horrifying discovery was made. A man called the police to let them know that he had found a tarp down in the basement of his apartmen...

In the early hours of the 7th November, 2014, Joseph Parker called 911 and told the operator the most horrifying thing. Joseph had just confessed to murdering his wife and to then putting her in the freezer, but miraculously after 48 hours he believed her to still be alive. He asked the dispatcher to send out paramedics to help his wife who he believed to still be alive as he still loved her. But...

When firefighters entered 21 Rue le Sueur in Paris’ 16th arrondissement on the 11th March 1944, nothing seemed too out of the ordinary – except for the foul-smelling smoke from the chimney. The foul smoke had been pouting out of the chimney for 5 days, and the neighbours had had enough so had notified the police who then in turn called firefighters. The firefighters proceeded to enter the home thr...

In the early hours of the 28th March 2005, 5-year-old Tia Herneln called 911, saying that she had just found both her parents lying on the floor covered in blood. Donna, the dispatcher spoke to little Tia and tried to keep her calm and focused, whilst she sent out for someone to go to the house. When the police finally arrived, to their utmost horror, they found 5-year-old Tia still on the phone w...

On the surface, Wendi Andriano appeared to be a caring wife to her husband Joe Andriano and a loving mother to their 2 children. But in reality, behind closed doors, Wendi resented her terminally ill husband and wished to be free from him. She hated what her life had become with him and in fact, despised being his caregiver. As her husband's health slowly deteriorated at home, Wendi did everything...

On February 23, 1991 Dan Willoughby and his wife Trish Willoughby arrived in Mexico with their three children for a family holiday. Later that afternoon, Dan and the children headed off to the nearby museum, whilst Trish stayed behind to have a nap as she said she was very tired. When the family arrived home, 2 hours later, the children excitedly ran into their mothers room to tell her what they h...

When 3-year-old Ryan, 2-year-old Hannah, 1-year-old Lydsey, and 4-month-old Danny were supposedly kidnapped on the 7th of January 2008, their parents Lam Luong and Kieu Phan, reported them missing. The following day, however, in a horrible turn of events, their father Lam Luong told investigators that they wouldn't find the children as they were all dead. When they asked Lam Luong, to take them to...

When Dru Sjodin, mysteriously vanished from the Columbia Mall parking lot, after her shift at work on the 22nd November 2003, the community immediately jumped into action to try and find her. Hundreds of members of the community, police officers and the FBI spent months looking for her, but sadly, five months later, her body was found in a ravine. The police already knew who was behind her kidnapp...

When 23-year-old Linda Fleming disappeared in West Yorkshire on the 22nd of January 1993, the community immediately stepped up and began looking for her.6 days into the search, there was still no sign of Linda or any clues to her whereabouts, so her boyfriend, Stuart Williamson, her father Derek, and her brother, also named Stuart, appealed for information before press and television cameras. Duri...

On the 9th of January 2008, Sophie Elliott was excited and ready for a new stage in her life. She had recently ended an on and off again relationship with her abusive ex-boyfriend Clayton Weatherston, and was looking forward to a free and happy future. She was packing up her life in her bedroom as she had just gotten her dream job 500 miles away and was due to leave shortly. But her ex-boyfriend C...

When 36-year-old Army Veteran Maribel Ramos didn't show up to her softball game on the 3rd of May, 2013, her family immediately began to worry. Her roommate KC Joy, had also reported her missing at around 10:40am, saying that she had not come home that previous night. Her family made several attempts to contact her but when this failed, they immediately sprung into action and started searching for...

On January 27th 2008 at around 8:35 pm, in Bridgwater, a town in Canada, the Police Department received a report of a missing 12-year-old girl, Karissa Boudreau. The report came in from her mother Penny Boudreau. Penny claimed that she had left her daughter sat in the car in the supermarket’s shopping centre, as she went inside to shop for groceries. On Penny’s return to the vehicle, Karissa was n...

When Chad Hebert heard that his 2 children, Camille and Braxton Hebert, had not arrived at school that day, and his ex-wife had also not gone to work, he immediately panicked and contacted the police. When police arrived at Amy’s house, they found the doors deadlocked and no response was coming from inside, so they broke in. When they reached the master bedroom, they found Amy Hebert in bed with h...

On the 23rd January 2014, 5-year-old Garnett Spears sadly passed away in hospital due to swelling in his brain. He had been fatally poisoned by the one person who was meant to love him and protect him, the person in whose care he ought to feel the safest, and the person he should call family - his own mother, Lacey Spears. Why did Lacey Spears murder her own son in such a cruel and evil way? How c...

On June 15th 1990, Rosie Alfaro went to a friend's house in Anaheim, California as she desperately needed some money and planned to break in and steal some valuables. When she got to the house, she knocked on the front door, and her friends 9-year-old little sister Autumn answered. Little Autumn Wallace recognised her older sister's friend Rosie and let her inside as Rosie told her she needed to u...

On February 11, 2011, police found 10-year-old Nubia Barahona, wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the back of her adoptive step-father Jorge Barahona’s pickup truck along Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County. Her twin brother Victor, was also found inside the vehicle, severely injured but alive; he was suffering seizures due to being covered in chemical burns and inhalation of toxic gas. Their adop...