Killer In The Family

In September 2021 in Derbyshire, 35 year old Terri Harris was killed by her partner Damien Bendall – she was pregnant at the time. He also killed her two children – 13 year old John Paul and 11 year old Lacey and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent. He also raped Lacey.   Bendall pled guilty and received a whole-life sentence. He was on probation at the time of the murders and an independent review fo...

In 1805 in Lincolnshire a heavily pregnant Mary Kirkham was found dead – she had been killed.   A local Navvy called Tom Otter was soon arrested for her murder. They had married just the day before – unbeknownst to Mary it was Tom Otter’s second marriage and he already had another wife and child as well.   Thought to have killed her to escape the responsibility of a family, Otter was fou...

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In December 1975, 28 year old Becky Harrington and her two children – 9 year old Pamela and 4 year old Cassandra were shot and killed by Detroit police officer and husband and father, Paul Harrington. This was just one week after the couple had separated.   Harrington handed himself in after killing his whole family and was charged with three counts of murder. He was acquitted by reason of in...

In July 2003, 39 year old Joanie Harper, her mother 70 year old Earnestine Harper and her three children 4 year old Marques, 2 year old Lyndsey and 6 week old Marshall were brutally killed by husband, son in law and father Vincent Brothers.   A seemingly well respected school Vice Principal, Brothers had a history of violence and abuse and carried out a planned and calculated murder of his wh...

In December 2022 35 year old Anju Asok and her children 6 year old Jeeva and 4 year old Janvi were killed by husband and father Saju Chelavalel while living in Kettering in the UK.   Anju and her children were killed by an abusive Chelavalel who thought wrongly that Anju was having an affair. After he had killed Anju he tried to poison his children with a mixture of chocolate and sleeping pil...

In January 2016 the bodies of 43 year old Sian Blake and her sons 8 year old Zachary and 4 year old Amon were discovered in a shallow grave in the garden of their home they shared with Sian’s partner and the boys’ father Arthur Simpson-Blake.   Former EastEnders actress Sian was living under the control of Simpson-Kent for most of their relationship and had recently been diagnosed with the ne...

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In January 2008, four children Hannah, Lindsey, Danny and Ryan were killed by their father and stepfather Lam Luong. He threw them all off the Dauphin Bridge in Alabama. Their mother, 23 year old Kieu Phan was left devastated. They ranged in age from 3 years to 4 months old.   Luong was controlling and had substance misuse issues, he saw the children as his property and extension of himself a...

In December 2011 in Pudsey near Leeds, 36 year old Clair Smith and her two sons 9 year old Ben and 1 year old Aaron were killed by husband and father Richard Smith.   Said to be experiencing depression since the loss of their baby boy Jake in 2007, Smith stabbed and smothered his family before setting their home on fire and taking his own life.   This is the story of the Smith Family. __...

In October 1989 30 year old Carol Stuart was shot and killed in her car in Boston when she was with her husband Charles Stuart. She was seven months pregnant with their first child. Charles or Chuck Stuart was also shot in the stomach and called 911 from his car phone.   Once first responders reached Carol and Chuck they transported them to hospital. Chuck survived but sadly Carol died later...

In January 2012 31 year old Sarah Laycock and her eight year old daughter Abigail were killed by Sarah’s partner John Miller in Garforth in Leeds. Their 4 year old daughter survived but was left alone with the bodies of her mother and sister for over 12 hours.   An abusive man with a history of controlling behaviour, Miller was arrested after the murders and convicted – but only of manslaught...

In December 2022, 32-year-old Natalie McNally was killed in her home in Lurgan County Armagh. She was 15 weeks pregnant.   Police later charged her partner and father of her unborn child, Stephen McCullagh, and he was found guilty of her murder in March 2026. Also known as the YouTube murder, McCullagh used a fake YouTube livestream as an alibi after carrying out a planned, violent attack on...

In July 1991 Tonya Clayton Green was killed by her husband Gregory Green, she was six months pregnant at the time. Green was convicted for second-degree murder and was sentenced to serve 15 to 25 years in prison. Within 16 years he had been released and sadly, this is not where this story ends.   Green was released in 2008 and by 2010 he had married Faith Green and they went on to have two da...

In this episode we hear from Jodie Edith who was sister of Laura Mortimer and Aunt to Ella Dalby. They were both killed in 2018. Laura tells us about her memories of Laura and Ella, about grief, justice and her hopes for the future. You can find out more about Jodie and her advocacy work on Instagram @Laurella.libbyslegalcy and @jodie.edith1   Jodie also runs a professional hypnotherapy and c...

In September 1971 in South Australia 40 year old Heather Bartholomew, her seven children – Neville, Christine, Sharon, Helen, Gregory Roger and Sandra - her sister Winnis and her 19 month old son Daniel were all killed by Clifford Bartholomew – Heather’s husband and father of six of the eight children he killed.   Known at the time as the deadliest familicide in Australian history – Bartholom...

In February 2010, Susan McFall and her 18 year old daughter Francesca Frankie McFall were killed by husband and father Hugh McFall.   Apparently fearing the loss of his business and social and financial failure, McFall beat his wife and daughter to death before taking his own life. He called 999 before he took his own life and police attended the family home very quickly.   Neighbours an...

In February 2010, 24 year old Stephanie Bellinger and her 10 month old daughter Lili were killed by partner and father of Lili, Anthony Marsh. He claimed that voices in his head told him to kill Stephanie and Lili but others asserted that he was trying to avoid his responsibilities and also had revenge as a motive.    Stephanie and Marsh’s other child - two and half year old boy – was ph...

In November 2019, 28 year old Jennifer Rothwell was killed by husband Beau Rothwell – she was six weeks pregnant with his baby.   Having googled "What to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant” before she was killed Jennifer wasn’t sure if Rothwell wanted their baby.   Although he claimed he didn’t plan the murder, Rothwell was clearly an escapee family annihilator who planned to k...