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[narrator] Every 90 seconds
someone is reported missing.
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Many return to their families,
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but for others something
has gone seriously wrong.
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A 15-year-old girl has gone missing.
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I just couldn't believe that
she hadn't been to school.
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[Steve] By the time
Linda Jones dialed 999,
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she'd been missing all day.
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{\an8}[narrator] It's immediately
a high-risk case.
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We were approaching holidays
and the community were concerned
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about a potential predator at loose.
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[narrator] What happens
in the police investigation that follows…
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We identified some 30 victims
over a 20-year period.
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[narrator] What happens to
the family at its heart…
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You think you'd protect your children
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and obviously, I feel that I let her down,
I didn't protect her.
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[narrator reading]
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[people chattering]
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{\an8}Danielle was a very shy girl,
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{\an8}lacked self-confidence.
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Um, but she had
quite a big group of friends.
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She was a very fun-loving girl.
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She had a good sense of humor.
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Just a really happy, fun-loving
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teenage girl really.
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If Danielle ever went out
to meet friends or shopping,
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there would never be a time
where I didn't know where she was.
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She would always tell
me where she was going.
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She had her breakfast as normal.
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She was always the one to
be running late, always.
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She left at ten to 8:00 most mornings.
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She went out the door as normal,
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said goodbye to me as normal.
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[narrator] Danielle's brother, Mitchell,
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is watching from the window.
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That morning, he watched
her go out of the gate
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and turn left, which was
her normal route to school.
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And within seconds,
watched her turn 'round
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and walk back
past the house the other way,
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which was very unusual.
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But at the time,
he didn't say to me. She's…
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'Cause perhaps she was going
'round to the shop.
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So, at that particular time
he didn't mention it,
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because it wasn't of any
relevance that morning.
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Heard absolutely nothing till,
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I think it was probably
about half past two.
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I had a phone call from the school
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to say, "Was Danielle unwell?
she hadn't been at school,"
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which horrified me because
that wasn't something she'd do.
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She was a bit of a scaredy-cat. Not that
she would have been punished for it,
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but she just wouldn't have ever dared
to do something like that.
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It got to half three
and I started to phone her school friends.
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They didn't seem to, any of them,
have heard from her or anything,
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which was very strange.
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The whole thing was just not
her character to do this.
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And I think I then began
to panic a little bit.
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I phoned the police and just said,
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explained that she'd gone out to school
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that morning as normal.
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{\an8}[Linda speaking]
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{\an8}[police officer speaking]
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{\an8}[Linda speaking]
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{\an8}Any missing child,
there is always the potential
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{\an8}that something dreadful
may have happened to them.
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And that is why missing children
are given such a high priority.
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So in this case,
Danielle had never been missing before.
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And by the time
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Linda Jones dialed 999,
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she'd been missing all day
and into some of the evening.
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So Linda's distress
was totally understandable.
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{\an8}It was initially dealt with
by the local divisional police
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{\an8}as a high-risk missing person.
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She was a girl that wasn't worldly-wise.
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She was afraid of the dark.
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And there had been no incidents
of her truanting at all
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from school before.
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[Steve] Missing people generally
go missing for a variety of reasons.
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Maybe some sort of cry for help.
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It may be, particularly with children,
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that they have fallen out
with their parents, and,
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and they see this as causing
stress on their parents
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and solving whatever
problems they've got.
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[Linda] I couldn't believe
she hadn't been to school.
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I just don't think I could comprehend
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that she'd not done
what she would normally do.
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I don't think I believed
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that she would have bunked off school.
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I don't think I really knew what to think,
to be quite honest with you.
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I thought by, say, 6:00, she'll turn up
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and say oh, with a story, "Oh,
I went, I didn't go to school."
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I thought she'd just walk in
with a story at any point.
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But I think I was just
in total disbelief of,
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of what had gone on in that day.
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I stayed here with a close friend
in case she did come home.
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Um, and just friends and family
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were just trawling 'round the estate,
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going to the train station,
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waiting there to see
if she got off a train.
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Everyone was just out looking 'round
the local area for hours and hours.
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[Keith] The first 24 hours
are very critical.
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Obviously the whereabouts, last sightings.
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Had she taken a mobile phone,
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had she taken a change of clothing,
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had she taken cash?
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Was there any potential
for her to catch public transport?
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Really just trying to trace down
her movements.
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[narrator] Danielle's
been missing all day.
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Her mum, Linda, and dad, Tony,
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speak to everyone who knows her,
friends and family.
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I think on the Monday evening,
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Tony had gone 'round
to his sister's house,
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um, to see whether they'd heard from her.
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And he couldn't get any answer.
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Through the window,
there was a lot of camera equipment
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which he thought was quite
a bizarre thing to be doing.
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And everyone was out
looking but he wasn't.
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It didn't sit right with him,
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didn't sit right with Tone at all.
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Uh, when Tone came home,
Tone was quite agitated about it.
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I don't think at that time
I really thought that much of it.
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I think my focus was mainly on,
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where is she… Where is she…
Is she coming home?
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I think I took on board what he said,
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but I don't think at that moment
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it was that relevant to me.
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I was just more concerned
about where she was,
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why hadn't she come home?
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[narrator] As night falls,
Danielle is still missing.
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{\an8}It was the following morning
when I first become aware
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{\an8}of Danielle's disappearance.
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There was a call in
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from the police, I believe.
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And the then editor
and his head of news desk
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were clearly concerned about
what might be developing.
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[Linda] The police I think
came back that day.
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We had the dog, the sniffer dogs came
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and walked all 'round the estate
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in which they established
the route she'd taken.
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They could tell that she'd walked so far
and retraced her steps.
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They were able to ascertain that.
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And I just think I was in total shock
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that a girl that never really
would put a foot out of line
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suddenly went to school yesterday
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and hadn't come home, uh…
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I don't think I thought
anything sinister had happened.
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I just hoped, I think,
that she would come home.
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The first three days,
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inquiries were made
with school friends,
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searches were made
of her home address.
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But no particular relevant evidence
was found at that time.
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Eventually the search expanded.
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And every house in East Tilbury,
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the village where she lived,
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was visited by the police.
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And the occupants of every address
were spoken to
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and asked to check their sheds
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and outbuildings
just to make sure that Danielle
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was not hiding there.
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But as hours went by,
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it became clear to Grays Police
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that something awful may have happened.
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And that's when it was
referred to headquarters,
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to the major investigation section.
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[narrator] Danielle Jones
has been missing for three days.
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The investigation steps up a gear.
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[Linda] When they turned up,
it was quite a shock really.
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Because, although, we'd had police
in and out since the Monday,
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this sort of took a whole different level.
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[narrator] DC Ed Mayo
is the family liaison officer
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assigned to the Jones family.
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{\an8}When you deploy to a family,
you don't know what the family set up is,
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{\an8}the dynamics of that family.
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{\an8}You don't know what the relationship
between mum and dad is.
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Are they still together?
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Or what siblings there are.
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And if we were gonna find out exactly
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what Danielle was like,
what her routine was,
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where she'd likely to go,
who did she associate with?
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That's all gonna come
from within the family.
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We had several police come in.
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I was taken upstairs
and asked to give statements.
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Tone was sat down here,
asked to give statements.
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It was just a completely different level.
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[Ed] I needed to take alibi statements
from both Tony and Linda,
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try and exclude them
as being suspects.
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We went to search her room
and the whole house.
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So, quickly I've gotta build up a rapport
and start getting the things that we want.
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[Steve] What we're trying to achieve
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is all the information
we can about Danielle
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and about the family.
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[Ed] She had quite
a close-knit group of friends,
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girlfriends who, actually they
did lots together, shopping,
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typical teenage girls.
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But Danielle was quite naive
in the way she was.
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She was a, a really nice kid.
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They raised concerns about
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her relationship with her uncle,
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which until that time,
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I don't think they had been
unduly concerned about.
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But now that she was missing,
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I think they began to become very worried
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about what that
relationship was all about.
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[narrator] Danielle Jones
has been missing for three days.
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There's suspicion that her uncle,
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Stuart Campbell, is involved.
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{\an8}I think Tony had suspicions 'cause he knew
Campbell had a bit of a past.
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He had some sort of glamour
photography business.
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Although he was actually
a builder by trade.
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[narrator] The family may have suspicions,
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the police need to find evidence.
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{\an8}Initial inquiries by Grays Police,
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{\an8}and then confirmed by
the Major Investigation Team,
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centered around a blue van,
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the driver of which
was seen speaking to a girl
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fitting Danielle's description.
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There was also sightings of an altercation
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between somebody matching
Danielle's description
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with a man in a blue van.
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[narrator] Danielle's uncle,
Stuart Campbell,
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owns a blue van.
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[Steve] Once the information
regarding the blue van
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came to my notice,
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it confirmed my worst fears
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that she had been abducted.
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{\an8}I recall pretty quickly
a press conference being set up.
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A huge story was unfolding.
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There was national press.
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It was clear that
there was some real concern
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around what had happened to Danielle.
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[Steve] In a case
where a child goes missing,
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the police rely heavily on the media
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to put out appeals,
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appeals for witnesses,
appeals for information.
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{\an8}Over the years, you see
parents giving press conferences
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{\an8}of children that have gone missing
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and your heart goes out to them.
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And then suddenly, to be the mother
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and father having
to actually do that yourself is…
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Is unreal. The fact that you've got
to, actually, beg your child
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to come home or beg whoever,
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is stopping your child coming home
to let them come home,
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it's just a completely unreal situation.
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It's horrendous, absolutely horrendous
thing to have to go through.
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It's like being thrown
into the lion's den, to be honest.
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I met Stuart pretty much
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within weeks of meeting Tony really.
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Because he was going out
with Tony's sister.
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He was a bit of a charmer,
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very full of himself.
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But there was always
something with Tone and him
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that Tone wasn't 100% with him.
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But he still couldn't have told you
he didn't like him, 'cause he did.
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Stuart's relationship with the children
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when they were small was great,
he used to play with them,
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treat all of them exactly the same.
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And I would say not
until a year, 18 months,
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before Danielle went missing
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that he would take more of
an interest in Danielle.
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I think the boys were growing up then
and weren't so interested in
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playing silly games with their uncle.
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[Steve] Initially, he didn't pay
much attention to her.
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But once she became a teenager,
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he seemed to become
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very friendly with her,
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very interested in what she was doing.
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It became apparent that her uncle,
Stuart Campbell,
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was quite an influence
in her life at that time.
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The more you delved into Tony
and Linda's relationship with Danielle,
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it was almost seen,
from an outsider's point of view
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that he had been there driving a wedge
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in between Danielle and Linda.
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And he had put himself in that position
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as a comforting uncle but his intentions
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were more than comforting.
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Got on fine with him.
We just fitted in altogether as a family.
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No reason to distrust him
in any way really.
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[Keith] It certainly became clear
from her friends that they thought
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Danielle was having
what they, in their words,
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an inappropriate relationship
with Stuart Campbell.
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Friends would say, initially,
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that she was not unhappy
with this attention.
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{\an8}As the time drew on,
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{\an8}clearly she became more
and more frustrated
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{\an8}and anxious about the attention
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that Stuart Campbell was giving her.
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We'd known that actually
he spent a lot of time
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coming to the house
and speaking to Danielle
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quietly, to one side.
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And I think they'd been
to the pictures together.
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I think one of her friends said that
they thought she saw her holding hands.
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So it had become apparent
that perhaps actually the relationship
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between an uncle and his niece wasn't
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perhaps as it should be.
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[Steve] As Campbell became
more and more of interest,
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inquiries were made into his background.
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And it was ascertained
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that he'd had a previous conviction
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about a year earlier
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for abducting a 14-year-old girl,
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where he'd received
a suspended prison sentence.
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So clearly our concerns
about him as a predator
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were there and were absolutely real.
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And when we started
to look at his background,
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we identified some 30 victims
over a 20-year period.
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And there'd been a very common
modus operandi with Campbell.
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He posed as a glamour photographer.
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And he would approach
young girls in the Grays area,
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particularly when
they were around 13, 14,
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starting to become young women.
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And basically, he was so confident
in his own ability
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that he would encourage these young girls
back to his home address
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where he would take
inappropriate photographs of them
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on the premise that they were
gonna be model photographs.
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I don't think I really knew
that he did photography particularly.
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But we became to know
that a young girl had been
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to the police because
she said he wanted
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to take photos of her
and wouldn't let her out of the house.
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We didn't know all the details
of that at the time.
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Apparently he was taken in
for questioning,
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but let off.
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And we were told,
"Oh, it was all a big misunderstanding.
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The girl had a bit of a hissy-fit,
she wanted him to take some photos."
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It was all very much brushed off,
under the carpet.
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We thought nothing of it, but we didn't.
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It was just, "Oh, it's
a big misunderstanding."
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Campbell had actually
convinced them, post-trial,
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that he was an innocent victim
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and that he wasn't guilty of this offense.
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So they knew of the background of it
but they'd dismissed it,
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obviously, up 'til the time
Danielle went missing.
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Campbell was a concern
to the investigation.
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He was somebody, a person of interest,
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who we needed
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to either implicate or eliminate.
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They had looked into him
and found out this history he'd got.
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And I don't think that from any point
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there was ever any other suspect.
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As you can imagine, in a week now
since Danielle has gone missing,
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the community concern
is really heightened.
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We were approaching holidays
and the community were concerned
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about a potential predator
at loose and young people.
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That the world's media
really were on our case,
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so there was a real
level of intensity around that.
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And, of course, in the background,
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your ultimate aim is to try
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and find Danielle safely
and return her to her home.
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[Steve] We conducted surveillance on him,
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on that Friday, the 22nd of June,
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to try and ascertain where Danielle was.
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[Keith] We believed that he may be
involved in her abduction
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and it would have been easy
to arrest him there and then.
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But there was some concern
and hope that Danielle was still alive.
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The few hours of sleep
you manage to have in all this time,
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which it was few and far between,
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you'd wake up and for that split second
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it wasn't there. And then it's like,
stabs you in the stomach that,
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oh, my God, Danielle's not home,
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we don't know where she is,
we don't know what's happened. It's…
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An absolutely awful feeling.
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It's… It is like you're…
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You're a bit like a zombie,
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you're not living in any sort
of real world.
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You're still trying to sort the boys out,
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get them to school, trying to be normal.
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But you're just living in a complete daze.
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[Keith] He was acting
in a very strange way.
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And certainly not the way
that a concerned uncle
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would naturally be.
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He seemed to be spending
time driving to car parks.
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Taking photographs of silver cars
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which matched the description
of his own Nissan Primera.
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And in some bizarre way,
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appeared to be, sort of,
building an alibi for himself.
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Following that surveillance,
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which lasted several hours,
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he was then arrested.
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[Keith] Campbell was arrested
around midnight.
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And he was interviewed quite intensely.
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{\an8}[female police officer speaking]
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{\an8}[Stuart speaking]
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{\an8}[Keith] So his initial alibi
for his movements on the 18th of June
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{\an8}was that he'd travelled
to a local DIY store at Rayleigh,
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and then, he had returned
home straightaway,
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before working at his neighbor
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to do some decking work
later on that morning.
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But his decision to go
"no comment" I think
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concreted, or cemented in our mind,
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that he was a primary suspect.
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I don't think I thought she was dead.
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'cause I don't think I could conceive
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that her uncle would hurt her.
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I think probably at that point I thought,
"Well, he's got her somewhere.
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Why would he hurt her?"
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[Keith] There was certainly
an element of Tony and Linda
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now having a
backward look at the intensity
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in which Stuart Campbell
had been with Danielle
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at their home address.
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And certain things I think
were dropping into place
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that they now had real concerns about.
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There was insufficient evidence
to charge him,
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so he was released on bail.
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[narrator] The police dig
deeper for more evidence.
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Everything is checked and checked again.
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[Ed] When they searched
Danielle's bedroom,
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in a pencil case there were two notes
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which, said, "Hello, princess."
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And that was a nickname that
Campbell had given to Danielle.
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It's believed that actually Campbell
had put those in her room
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while she was away on a school field trip.
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'Cause Campbell previously had done
some work around Tony and Linda's house
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and fitted a new back door.
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Although, we never found the keys,
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we believed that actually
he had a key to that house,
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and that it gave him easy access
when Tony and Linda weren't there.
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[narrator] Simultaneous
searches are carried out
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at Stuart Campbell's family home.
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[Steve] A team conducted a thorough
search of Campbell's house,
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including searching his loft.
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And in that loft a bag was discovered
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containing a number
of significant articles.
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In the bag was found a pair
of white hold-up stockings.
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And on one leg of the stockings,
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we found a small item of blood.
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And when that was subject
to further examination,
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there was a mixed DNA profile of Danielle
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and Stuart Campbell in that stain.
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[Ed] That was very hard
to explain to Tony and Linda.
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That actually there
are a pair of stockings
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in a bag that effectively
had some sort of sexual nature to it.
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Uh, and Danielle's DNA
was on those stockings.
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It was very hard.
I think it was hard for Tony.
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He felt helpless and hopeless
that he couldn't do anything,
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and that it's terrible.
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But also, it's very good
evidence to convict him.
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[narrator] All the indicators
are pointing police to one conclusion.
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I believe Campbell had an obsession
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regarding Danielle,
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one that developed
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since she became a, a teenager.
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And the nature of that relationship
is still unknown to us.
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It was certainly inappropriate
and probably unlawful.
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We honestly believed that
Danielle's been murdered.
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Campbell was our main suspect.
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We believed it.
We just needed to prove it.
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[narrator] Fifteen-year-old
Danielle Jones has disappeared.
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Police believe that she's been murdered
by her uncle, Stuart Campbell.
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At that time, from June the 23rd,
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we were satisfied that
he was the person responsible
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for Danielle's disappearance.
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{\an8}But that couldn't be relayed to the public
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{\an8}because we can only name an offender
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{\an8}once they're charged.
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{\an8}[Gary] There's some real
momentum now with this story
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{\an8}and it's clear now
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{\an8}that this is no longer
a missing persons investigation.
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{\an8}The severity was clear.
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{\an8}At this point
they started to do search areas.
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{\an8}They did, on the Saturday
I believe it was,
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{\an8}a public search down by the Thames,
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which is literally down the road to us.
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[Gary] There was almost
like an eerie silence
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and seriousness within
the people involved.
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And their determination
to try and help the family,
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and come up with
something in the search. It was…
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I remember being taken aback
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by how many people had
actually got involved
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in something like that
at such short notice.
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There was always that anticipation
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that something at any
moment could be turned up
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that could be a significant
piece of evidence, or,
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or something even worse.
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And there was always that heightened feel
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about any of those searches.
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The only person that wasn't
involved was her uncle.
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Surely, he would be
the first one to be involved
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when he had a close relationship with her,
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thought a lot of her.
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And yet, he was probably the only person
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I could think of that never got involved
in searching for her.
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[Ed] Linda's hopes were always
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Danielle was gonna
just walk straight back in.
484
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{\an8}Linda realized actually when
we started searching deep water
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{\an8}and we were looking
in disused buildings
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and it was really ramping up,
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that we believe the hypothesis is,
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Danielle's been murdered,
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we're looking for a body,
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and this is why we are
searching in these places.
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[Linda] They were searching
in the local area with
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police that were searching underwater.
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00:24:20,763 --> 00:24:23,403
And I think that tipped me
over the edge a little bit.
494
00:24:23,483 --> 00:24:25,243
I think part of me knew,
495
00:24:25,323 --> 00:24:27,843
but a bigger part of me
didn't want to know,
496
00:24:27,923 --> 00:24:28,963
didn't want to accept
497
00:24:29,043 --> 00:24:32,523
that that is what
the outcome was gonna be.
498
00:24:32,603 --> 00:24:36,243
And I think the more the investigation
went on and the more we were told,
499
00:24:36,323 --> 00:24:37,523
I knew she was dead,
500
00:24:37,603 --> 00:24:41,243
but you still can't quite get that…
501
00:24:42,363 --> 00:24:43,963
That slither of hope that they're wrong,
502
00:24:44,043 --> 00:24:45,683
she's gonna walk through the door.
503
00:24:49,603 --> 00:24:53,243
The first contact we had
from Danielle wasn't to us,
504
00:24:54,363 --> 00:24:55,683
it was to her uncle.
505
00:24:56,003 --> 00:24:58,043
{\an8}He was very keen to show them
a text message
506
00:24:58,123 --> 00:25:00,963
{\an8}that he'd received on
his phone from Danielle
507
00:25:01,043 --> 00:25:03,563
which said, "Hi Stu wot u up 2.
508
00:25:03,643 --> 00:25:06,003
I'm in so much trouble."
509
00:25:06,243 --> 00:25:08,883
Just hearing that someone had had contact,
510
00:25:08,963 --> 00:25:11,043
for me was a bit of a relief.
511
00:25:11,123 --> 00:25:12,403
She's alive.
512
00:25:12,483 --> 00:25:14,243
Everything will be all right.
513
00:25:14,323 --> 00:25:18,083
There's gonna be ups and
downs until that point, but she's alive.
514
00:25:19,123 --> 00:25:22,603
And you cling to that hope
for the amount of time
515
00:25:22,683 --> 00:25:24,323
until you hear anything different.
516
00:25:24,403 --> 00:25:25,643
I clung to the hope that,
517
00:25:25,723 --> 00:25:28,243
well, someone's heard from her,
so everything's fine,
518
00:25:28,323 --> 00:25:31,203
there's obviously an issue,
but she's fine.
519
00:25:31,283 --> 00:25:34,443
And I think that's all I cared about
at that moment.
520
00:25:35,043 --> 00:25:36,723
Linda is really upset at this point.
521
00:25:36,803 --> 00:25:39,923
She can't understand why
Danielle hasn't contacted her,
522
00:25:40,003 --> 00:25:41,603
why she hasn't come home
523
00:25:41,683 --> 00:25:43,723
and why she would contact Stuart Campbell?
524
00:25:43,803 --> 00:25:46,003
As the days went on,
525
00:25:46,083 --> 00:25:50,763
and as they became aware
of Stuart Campbell's background,
526
00:25:50,843 --> 00:25:54,683
they then realized that this
wasn't such positive news,
527
00:25:54,763 --> 00:25:56,923
it was, in fact, quite sinister news.
528
00:25:59,003 --> 00:26:01,843
Once the investigation's progressing,
529
00:26:02,483 --> 00:26:06,843
we sought the assistance
of a range of experts.
530
00:26:07,123 --> 00:26:10,723
The introduction of a telephone expert
into the inquiry really cemented our view
531
00:26:10,803 --> 00:26:12,203
that Stuart Campbell had lied
532
00:26:12,283 --> 00:26:14,723
about his alibi on the 18th of June.
533
00:26:15,243 --> 00:26:18,083
Campbell had said that
at the time Danielle
534
00:26:18,163 --> 00:26:22,723
went missing on her way
to school that morning,
535
00:26:22,803 --> 00:26:27,003
that he was at a do-it-yourself shop
in Rayleigh.
536
00:26:27,843 --> 00:26:31,563
And that, having been to that shop,
537
00:26:32,123 --> 00:26:35,363
first of all, he didn't buy anything,
which was suspicious,
538
00:26:35,443 --> 00:26:39,603
but on returning back to the Grays area,
539
00:26:39,763 --> 00:26:41,203
he was delayed
540
00:26:41,323 --> 00:26:43,803
and that he'd telephoned his wife.
541
00:26:43,883 --> 00:26:48,323
When cell site analysis was carried out
542
00:26:48,403 --> 00:26:51,323
regarding that phone call
that he made to his wife,
543
00:26:51,803 --> 00:26:54,923
it was proved that his telephone
544
00:26:55,003 --> 00:26:57,243
was actually not in Rayleigh,
545
00:26:57,323 --> 00:26:59,723
but that the call was made
546
00:26:59,803 --> 00:27:03,803
from the East Tilbury, Corringham area.
547
00:27:03,883 --> 00:27:07,683
That was strong evidence
that Campbell was lying.
548
00:27:07,763 --> 00:27:11,883
We also employed the services
of a forensic linguist
549
00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:15,603
to actually analyze the language
550
00:27:15,683 --> 00:27:19,083
she was using in those text messages,
551
00:27:19,163 --> 00:27:22,403
and compared it
to language that she'd used
552
00:27:22,483 --> 00:27:25,923
in other text messages
which we knew that she was sent,
553
00:27:26,003 --> 00:27:27,923
and they were very, very different.
554
00:27:28,843 --> 00:27:30,563
In one of the messages
that Stuart Campbell
555
00:27:30,643 --> 00:27:33,083
had sent to his own phone
purporting to be Danielle,
556
00:27:33,163 --> 00:27:36,363
{\an8}he's used the word what, spelt W-O-T.
557
00:27:36,443 --> 00:27:38,083
{\an8}Danielle never spelt the word, "wot,"
558
00:27:38,163 --> 00:27:39,723
{\an8}she spelt it in the normal spelling.
559
00:27:40,043 --> 00:27:43,763
[Steve] The fact that
the cell site analysis
560
00:27:43,843 --> 00:27:48,283
proved that his phone and Danielle's phone
561
00:27:48,363 --> 00:27:50,683
were so close together
562
00:27:50,763 --> 00:27:52,523
during the first couple of days
563
00:27:52,603 --> 00:27:55,923
that she was missing was
significant evidence.
564
00:27:56,443 --> 00:28:00,483
As inquiries developed
regarding Stuart Campbell,
565
00:28:00,563 --> 00:28:03,483
once we learnt more about his background,
566
00:28:03,563 --> 00:28:07,123
once we identified
567
00:28:07,203 --> 00:28:09,403
his predilection
568
00:28:09,483 --> 00:28:12,563
for girls of Danielle's age,
569
00:28:13,083 --> 00:28:17,563
it really only confirmed my fears
570
00:28:17,643 --> 00:28:19,043
that she'd been murdered.
571
00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:28,003
Inquiries continued regarding him,
572
00:28:28,083 --> 00:28:30,203
and other offenses
573
00:28:30,283 --> 00:28:33,243
that he had committed came to light.
574
00:28:33,323 --> 00:28:35,883
Inquiries regarding his computer
575
00:28:36,403 --> 00:28:40,403
identified that he had been taking photos
576
00:28:40,483 --> 00:28:42,683
of other young women,
577
00:28:42,763 --> 00:28:44,763
some without their consent.
578
00:28:44,843 --> 00:28:47,843
So on the 17th of August,
579
00:28:47,923 --> 00:28:50,043
when he answered his bail
580
00:28:50,123 --> 00:28:54,363
he was rearrested and charged
with those offenses.
581
00:28:55,003 --> 00:28:57,723
[narrator] In the background,
police are building their case
582
00:28:57,803 --> 00:29:01,003
against Campbell for Danielle's murder.
583
00:29:01,123 --> 00:29:04,523
[Steve] We had so much
circumstantial evidence
584
00:29:04,603 --> 00:29:07,443
that the case to us
585
00:29:07,523 --> 00:29:10,163
appeared to be very strong,
586
00:29:10,243 --> 00:29:14,043
notwithstanding Danielle
hadn't been located.
587
00:29:14,363 --> 00:29:17,283
We worked with
the Crown Prosecution Service.
588
00:29:17,363 --> 00:29:20,483
And between November
589
00:29:20,843 --> 00:29:23,563
when he was charged
with murder and kidnap,
590
00:29:24,123 --> 00:29:26,963
there was then almost a year
591
00:29:27,043 --> 00:29:28,403
before the trial.
592
00:29:28,843 --> 00:29:31,323
I can't believe that someone
593
00:29:31,403 --> 00:29:33,483
who had watched
594
00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:35,723
Danielle grow up from a baby…
595
00:29:36,043 --> 00:29:37,123
[exhales]
596
00:29:37,203 --> 00:29:38,843
could end up doing something like this.
597
00:29:38,923 --> 00:29:41,923
It's just, you always assume
598
00:29:42,763 --> 00:29:45,523
that children that go missing,
or anyone that gets murdered
599
00:29:45,603 --> 00:29:48,443
is something quite
a random thing to happen
600
00:29:48,523 --> 00:29:49,643
from someone you don't know.
601
00:29:49,723 --> 00:29:51,323
I don't think in a million years,
602
00:29:51,403 --> 00:29:52,603
I would have ever dreamt
603
00:29:52,683 --> 00:29:54,563
someone in my own family
would have done this.
604
00:29:55,643 --> 00:29:57,443
[Ed] Linda and Tony were very angry,
605
00:29:57,523 --> 00:30:00,483
angry that they had allowed
606
00:30:00,563 --> 00:30:02,203
Campbell into their home,
607
00:30:02,283 --> 00:30:05,163
allowed that relationship
to develop and not noticed it.
608
00:30:05,243 --> 00:30:06,963
People did say, how did you not know,
609
00:30:07,043 --> 00:30:09,123
how did you not know
that that was going on?
610
00:30:09,203 --> 00:30:13,483
And it was just, he was
very clever, manipulative.
611
00:30:13,563 --> 00:30:14,843
He knew what he was doing
612
00:30:14,923 --> 00:30:18,923
when he was
speaking with Danielle,
613
00:30:19,003 --> 00:30:21,283
when he was like pushing that barrier
614
00:30:21,363 --> 00:30:24,203
between her and Linda.
615
00:30:24,283 --> 00:30:26,643
And it's just difficult
'cause you don't see it,
616
00:30:26,723 --> 00:30:30,083
unless you're aware of
it you just don't see it.
617
00:30:30,163 --> 00:30:31,323
He was very clever.
618
00:30:31,403 --> 00:30:33,203
I think that was where
the anger stems from,
619
00:30:33,283 --> 00:30:35,763
that actually perhaps they could
have stopped it previously,
620
00:30:35,843 --> 00:30:38,603
but didn't because they didn't know.
621
00:30:39,923 --> 00:30:42,003
[Steve] There was shock in the community
622
00:30:42,083 --> 00:30:44,843
that an uncle of Danielle
623
00:30:44,923 --> 00:30:48,043
had been charged with
her murder and kidnap.
624
00:30:48,123 --> 00:30:49,963
At the same time,
625
00:30:50,043 --> 00:30:53,123
I think there was some relief
626
00:30:53,763 --> 00:30:57,323
that there wasn't still someone at large
627
00:30:57,403 --> 00:31:01,083
who may be responsible
for abducting young girls.
628
00:31:03,523 --> 00:31:07,083
[narrator] Stuart Campbell
has been charged with kidnap and murder.
629
00:31:07,163 --> 00:31:11,563
But sightings of Danielle
are still being reported to police.
630
00:31:11,643 --> 00:31:14,483
[Steve] As a result of all the appeals
631
00:31:14,563 --> 00:31:16,563
that Essex Police made,
632
00:31:17,163 --> 00:31:22,043
we had 830 different sightings,
633
00:31:22,123 --> 00:31:24,843
alleged sightings, of Danielle
634
00:31:24,923 --> 00:31:26,923
throughout England,
635
00:31:27,003 --> 00:31:29,363
the United Kingdom, Europe,
636
00:31:29,443 --> 00:31:32,123
and some other places in the world.
637
00:31:32,363 --> 00:31:36,483
The sightings, there were hundreds
and hundreds of sightings
638
00:31:36,563 --> 00:31:39,043
that went on for months and months.
639
00:31:39,123 --> 00:31:42,003
Uh, I think the sightings did
640
00:31:42,083 --> 00:31:43,923
initially give me hope that,
641
00:31:44,003 --> 00:31:45,003
yeah, she's been seen.
642
00:31:45,083 --> 00:31:48,123
But then as I sort of would be out
643
00:31:48,203 --> 00:31:51,323
or myself see girls from the back
644
00:31:51,403 --> 00:31:54,163
and even myself think it was her,
I think the reality
645
00:31:54,243 --> 00:31:56,323
that any of them probably
were her was fading.
646
00:31:56,883 --> 00:31:59,163
This provided
647
00:31:59,243 --> 00:32:01,603
a massive logistical problem
648
00:32:01,683 --> 00:32:03,523
for Essex Police,
649
00:32:03,643 --> 00:32:07,483
particularly after Campbell
had been charged with murder.
650
00:32:07,563 --> 00:32:10,203
Because every sighting
651
00:32:10,283 --> 00:32:13,163
had to be investigated
652
00:32:13,243 --> 00:32:14,643
and eliminated.
653
00:32:14,723 --> 00:32:17,563
Because if there was the slightest chance
654
00:32:17,643 --> 00:32:20,043
that Danielle was alive,
655
00:32:20,123 --> 00:32:21,803
and that particular sighting
656
00:32:21,883 --> 00:32:24,683
had not been properly investigated,
657
00:32:24,763 --> 00:32:27,363
it would have been easy
658
00:32:27,443 --> 00:32:29,323
for the defense
659
00:32:29,403 --> 00:32:31,963
to raise that during the trial
660
00:32:32,043 --> 00:32:34,203
and leave some shadow of doubt
661
00:32:34,283 --> 00:32:36,363
that Danielle was still alive.
662
00:32:36,443 --> 00:32:39,243
And, therefore, the case of murder
663
00:32:39,323 --> 00:32:40,643
could not be proved.
664
00:32:40,723 --> 00:32:42,803
[dramatic music]
665
00:32:42,883 --> 00:32:44,603
[siren blaring in distance]
666
00:32:45,003 --> 00:32:46,843
[narrator] 43-year-old, Stuart Campbell,
667
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:48,323
has been charged with the kidnap
668
00:32:48,403 --> 00:32:52,163
and murder of his
15-year-old niece, Danielle.
669
00:32:52,483 --> 00:32:55,163
Her brothers need to be
told what's happened.
670
00:32:55,403 --> 00:32:58,243
{\an8}When, um, we had to tell the boys
671
00:32:58,323 --> 00:33:01,283
{\an8}that their uncle had been arrested
672
00:33:01,363 --> 00:33:04,363
{\an8}and was responsible
for Danielle's disappearance,
673
00:33:04,443 --> 00:33:05,723
{\an8}it was a really difficult time.
674
00:33:06,363 --> 00:33:09,603
{\an8}Mitchell was possibly just turned 11,
by then, Ryan was 13.
675
00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:11,323
{\an8}How do you tell…
676
00:33:13,563 --> 00:33:15,483
How do you tell your sons that…
677
00:33:20,043 --> 00:33:21,723
[clears throat]
678
00:33:21,803 --> 00:33:25,483
…not only is your sister dead
but your uncle is responsible?
679
00:33:26,083 --> 00:33:28,683
How do you… How do you word that?
680
00:33:29,163 --> 00:33:30,443
Um…
681
00:33:31,883 --> 00:33:33,843
So our FLOs came 'round
682
00:33:33,923 --> 00:33:37,483
and we asked them
to be here while we told them.
683
00:33:37,563 --> 00:33:41,483
And we told them exactly that.
684
00:33:41,563 --> 00:33:45,763
Your sister's been murdered
and this is who's responsible.
685
00:33:46,483 --> 00:33:49,083
I don't think Mitchell
really comprehended it,
686
00:33:49,163 --> 00:33:51,083
Ryan did, I think.
687
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:54,683
And they just disappeared upstairs
and our FLO went up
688
00:33:54,763 --> 00:33:58,723
and spoke to them and they were fine.
689
00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:01,523
But I never ever thought
I'd be in a situation,
690
00:34:01,603 --> 00:34:04,843
to tell my sons that
their sister was dead,
691
00:34:06,003 --> 00:34:10,043
and to tell them that a family member
692
00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:11,963
was responsible.
693
00:34:12,282 --> 00:34:15,043
That was probably
the point where I thought,
694
00:34:15,123 --> 00:34:19,163
well, I've… I've got to accept
695
00:34:19,242 --> 00:34:21,883
this is what's happened
and that I'm never gonna see her again.
696
00:34:30,843 --> 00:34:33,643
[narrator] Nearly one year
after Danielle went missing,
697
00:34:33,722 --> 00:34:37,163
Stuart Campbell goes on trial
for her kidnap and murder.
698
00:34:38,323 --> 00:34:40,523
[Keith] By the time
we came to trial in November,
699
00:34:40,603 --> 00:34:45,323
we had obtained huge amounts
of circumstantial evidence.
700
00:34:45,403 --> 00:34:47,883
{\an8}On this occasion, we didn't have a body,
701
00:34:47,963 --> 00:34:49,923
{\an8}we didn't have a deposition site.
702
00:34:50,003 --> 00:34:51,323
{\an8}But we did have a scene of crime
703
00:34:51,403 --> 00:34:53,123
in so much that we had the searches
704
00:34:53,202 --> 00:34:55,403
at Stuart Campbell's home address.
705
00:34:56,483 --> 00:34:59,323
Because of the absence of a body,
we had to prove negatives.
706
00:34:59,403 --> 00:35:01,923
So we had to show that
as a 15-year-old girl,
707
00:35:02,003 --> 00:35:03,683
Danielle wasn't worldly-wise.
708
00:35:03,763 --> 00:35:05,363
She was afraid of the dark.
709
00:35:05,443 --> 00:35:08,123
She wasn't the sort of person
that would simply have run away.
710
00:35:08,203 --> 00:35:10,603
We had to prove things
like the fact that she hadn't taken
711
00:35:10,683 --> 00:35:12,443
her mobile phone charger,
712
00:35:12,523 --> 00:35:15,403
she hadn't taken a change of clothing
and she had no money.
713
00:35:15,483 --> 00:35:17,443
All the things you'd expect
a young person to do
714
00:35:17,523 --> 00:35:20,323
if they were planning on running
away from the family home.
715
00:35:20,923 --> 00:35:24,203
[Linda] I went every day, Tone went,
I would say 90% of the time
716
00:35:24,283 --> 00:35:25,763
but he still had to earn a living.
717
00:35:25,843 --> 00:35:27,443
So I went every day.
718
00:35:27,523 --> 00:35:30,523
And there were things I heard
that I really didn't wanna hear.
719
00:35:30,603 --> 00:35:34,403
But you're almost compelled
that you need to hear it.
720
00:35:34,803 --> 00:35:36,163
It wasn't pleasant a lot of it.
721
00:35:36,243 --> 00:35:38,963
But I think come that point
there wasn't a lot else
722
00:35:39,043 --> 00:35:40,483
that could upset us, to be honest.
723
00:35:40,923 --> 00:35:43,283
On the first day,
I went up to report on the trial,
724
00:35:43,363 --> 00:35:46,243
my eyes were immediately drawn over to,
725
00:35:46,323 --> 00:35:48,003
to where Campbell was sitting in the box.
726
00:35:48,083 --> 00:35:51,243
And I just remember him seeming,
727
00:35:51,323 --> 00:35:55,203
{\an8}had, definitely had an air
of confidence about him,
728
00:35:55,283 --> 00:35:59,163
{\an8}that he seemed un-phased
with what was going on around him,
729
00:35:59,243 --> 00:36:02,723
what the prosecution was saying,
what he was being accused of.
730
00:36:02,803 --> 00:36:05,523
Almost bordering on arrogance
I would have said.
731
00:36:06,043 --> 00:36:08,923
I don't think I looked at him
at all, I couldn't.
732
00:36:09,003 --> 00:36:12,843
Just the fact that he was
in there was quite hard.
733
00:36:13,123 --> 00:36:15,603
[Gary] During trial, I would see
Linda in the public gallery
734
00:36:15,683 --> 00:36:19,123
and it sticks in my mind of just how upset
735
00:36:19,203 --> 00:36:23,043
and traumatized Linda seemed,
736
00:36:23,123 --> 00:36:25,363
and you couldn't help
but feel for her. It was…
737
00:36:25,443 --> 00:36:27,723
It was a very emotional time.
738
00:36:28,243 --> 00:36:30,403
[Ed] Campbell was very quiet
whilst sat in the dock…
739
00:36:30,483 --> 00:36:33,283
And at all times he had
to have a connection
740
00:36:33,363 --> 00:36:35,283
with his defending team.
741
00:36:35,363 --> 00:36:36,843
And let's say passing notes.
742
00:36:36,923 --> 00:36:40,003
If he was not happy with
one of the witnesses,
743
00:36:40,083 --> 00:36:42,563
th-there quickly would be
a scribbled note through.
744
00:36:42,643 --> 00:36:45,443
Clearly, he wanted to have
a certain amount of control
745
00:36:45,523 --> 00:36:48,323
over what was being asked of each witness.
746
00:36:48,403 --> 00:36:50,883
We would never have got
through it without the support
747
00:36:50,963 --> 00:36:52,643
we had from family and friends.
748
00:36:52,723 --> 00:36:56,043
But I think the support of
our FLOs was outstanding.
749
00:36:56,123 --> 00:36:58,843
I really don't think we would have got
through it without them.
750
00:36:58,923 --> 00:37:03,643
It was a long, long trial,
long trial, harrowing.
751
00:37:07,563 --> 00:37:11,083
[narrator] The 11-week trial
finally draws to a close.
752
00:37:11,483 --> 00:37:14,123
{\an8}Following the jury's deliberations,
753
00:37:14,203 --> 00:37:17,523
{\an8}they returned a verdict,
a majority verdict,
754
00:37:17,603 --> 00:37:22,123
of guilty of murder and
guilty of kidnapping Danielle.
755
00:37:22,803 --> 00:37:25,603
I can't think of a situation that is,
756
00:37:26,443 --> 00:37:28,723
that is worse than being someone
757
00:37:28,803 --> 00:37:32,683
that you've trusted,
trusted with your children,
758
00:37:33,803 --> 00:37:36,923
let into your home, be part of your life,
759
00:37:38,683 --> 00:37:40,243
do something so horrendous
760
00:37:40,323 --> 00:37:43,203
to someone that supposedly
they thought the world of.
761
00:37:43,283 --> 00:37:44,443
How?
762
00:37:45,243 --> 00:37:47,803
I can't comprehend that even now.
763
00:37:48,803 --> 00:37:50,483
I think life should be life.
764
00:37:50,563 --> 00:37:52,763
But he got a sentence of 23 years.
765
00:37:52,843 --> 00:37:55,523
[dramatic music]
766
00:37:57,123 --> 00:37:58,283
[Steve] I was elated.
767
00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:00,443
Most of all for Tony and Linda,
768
00:38:00,523 --> 00:38:04,403
but also for the investigation team
769
00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:06,603
and everybody on Essex Police
770
00:38:06,683 --> 00:38:08,643
who had worked so hard
771
00:38:08,723 --> 00:38:10,843
for almost two years.
772
00:38:12,363 --> 00:38:14,283
[Linda] I live with guilt
quite a lot because
773
00:38:14,603 --> 00:38:16,403
you protect your children.
774
00:38:16,523 --> 00:38:18,883
[crying] You like to think
you'd protect your children
775
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:21,323
and obviously, I feel that I let her down,
776
00:38:21,403 --> 00:38:22,643
I didn't protect her.
777
00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:26,603
Had I known possibly
what she was going through
778
00:38:26,683 --> 00:38:28,163
I could have done something about it.
779
00:38:28,243 --> 00:38:30,763
But I didn't and I feel guilty
780
00:38:30,843 --> 00:38:32,523
that I wasn't aware of that.
781
00:38:32,603 --> 00:38:35,643
And I just feel guilty
that I wasn't able to protect her,
782
00:38:36,323 --> 00:38:38,723
which was, as a mum is your job.
783
00:38:38,803 --> 00:38:41,323
And I didn't fulfil that job for her.
784
00:38:42,803 --> 00:38:44,683
He's still alive and still will come out
785
00:38:44,763 --> 00:38:46,363
with a life at the end of it.
786
00:38:46,883 --> 00:38:47,963
And she never will.
787
00:38:48,323 --> 00:38:50,963
But to say where her body is,
he's got to admit he's done it.
788
00:38:51,043 --> 00:38:54,483
And I don't know that he ever will.
789
00:38:54,563 --> 00:38:57,723
But we still haven't got our daughter back
and that is torture.
790
00:38:58,643 --> 00:38:59,963
After the trial,
791
00:39:01,523 --> 00:39:03,843
I hosted a press conference
792
00:39:04,083 --> 00:39:05,563
with the media.
793
00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:07,523
And during that time,
794
00:39:08,323 --> 00:39:10,643
I made the declaration
795
00:39:10,763 --> 00:39:14,683
that Essex Police would
never stop searching
796
00:39:14,763 --> 00:39:16,003
for Danielle's body.
797
00:39:17,883 --> 00:39:20,323
[narrator] Until Danielle's body is found,
798
00:39:20,403 --> 00:39:22,243
this case remains open.
799
00:39:23,043 --> 00:39:24,763
In May, 2017,
800
00:39:24,843 --> 00:39:27,603
16 years after she disappeared,
801
00:39:27,683 --> 00:39:30,323
police get a tip-off about
a possible burial site.
802
00:39:30,403 --> 00:39:33,403
[Ed] Just last year there was,
some information come to light.
803
00:39:33,483 --> 00:39:37,043
And a number of garages
were demolished
804
00:39:37,123 --> 00:39:40,603
and dug up in the hope
that actually this is gonna be
805
00:39:40,683 --> 00:39:42,443
where we expect to find Danielle.
806
00:39:42,523 --> 00:39:45,243
So obviously, I was with the family again,
807
00:39:45,323 --> 00:39:47,723
going down, keeping them informed
what was happening.
808
00:39:48,443 --> 00:39:50,963
At the time, I remember
being quite optimistic
809
00:39:51,043 --> 00:39:53,763
that Danielle's body was gonna be found
810
00:39:53,843 --> 00:39:55,883
and there would be some closure for Linda,
811
00:39:55,963 --> 00:39:58,763
Tony and the rest of Danielle's family.
812
00:39:58,843 --> 00:40:00,683
Whilst we were all hopeful
this would produce
813
00:40:00,763 --> 00:40:02,683
some evidence, I wasn't confident,
814
00:40:02,763 --> 00:40:04,403
knowing how intense the searching
815
00:40:04,483 --> 00:40:07,283
had been during the 12-month period
of the investigation.
816
00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:09,603
[Gary] So after all of these efforts
817
00:40:09,683 --> 00:40:12,723
by police there's no body found,
818
00:40:12,803 --> 00:40:15,363
and I couldn't help but think
819
00:40:15,443 --> 00:40:17,083
just how horrendous
820
00:40:17,163 --> 00:40:19,323
that must have been for
821
00:40:19,403 --> 00:40:21,363
Tony, Linda,
822
00:40:21,443 --> 00:40:22,883
and their other children.
823
00:40:22,963 --> 00:40:25,203
That Danielle wasn't found
824
00:40:25,283 --> 00:40:28,283
and they weren't able to lay her to rest
825
00:40:28,363 --> 00:40:29,843
in the way they'd want to.
826
00:40:31,403 --> 00:40:33,323
[Ed] Linda's desperate
to get Danielle back now.
827
00:40:33,403 --> 00:40:36,163
Now, even now, she's desperate,
828
00:40:36,243 --> 00:40:39,003
that's all she wants, is Danielle back,
829
00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:40,443
to actually bring her home.
830
00:40:42,603 --> 00:40:46,883
To get 100% justice,
which is getting her back.
831
00:40:46,963 --> 00:40:51,043
Without that, we've been
robbed of some of the justice
832
00:40:51,123 --> 00:40:54,683
that she deserves,
and she does deserve that. [crying]
833
00:40:54,763 --> 00:40:57,003
She deserves to be brought home and…
834
00:40:57,083 --> 00:40:58,763
[clears throat and sniffles]
835
00:40:58,843 --> 00:41:00,803
…and put somewhere nice
not just discarded,
836
00:41:00,883 --> 00:41:02,323
which is what she has been.
837
00:41:02,403 --> 00:41:03,843
The only thing I would say to him
838
00:41:03,923 --> 00:41:07,683
if he ever was in a position to listen,
839
00:41:07,763 --> 00:41:09,563
is to do the right thing.
840
00:41:09,643 --> 00:41:11,643
Just once, do the right thing
841
00:41:12,683 --> 00:41:14,243
and give her back to us.
842
00:41:16,163 --> 00:41:18,843
[gentle music]