One of the worst crimes to consume British headlines in 1986 leads authorities on a search for a killer who was in the thick of a murder investigation the entire time. The Wild Park double murders of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows end in justice, but justice delayed.
The Episode
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Woods searched for girls.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Girls, 9, 10, found murdered, by Kenneth Clarke.
- Evening Sentinel (Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England): Detectives scour Brighton murder park Dead girls sex victims.
- Sunday Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Girls ‘may have known killer’, by James Langton.
- Coventry Evening Telegraph (Coventry, West Midlands, England): Last moments of girls to be relived, by Paul Edwards.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Two killers theory in Brighton girls’ murder, by James Dalrymple.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Youths ‘ran away’ from scene of Brighton murders, by James Dalrymple.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Massive murder quiz for youths, by Emma Lee-Potter.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): Murdered girls hoax alert.
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England): Murder squad seeks driver.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Computer link-up in hunt for girls’ killer, by A.J. McIlroy.
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England): Feelings of revenge.
- Evening Chronicle (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England): North Lead in sex deaths, by Brenda Hickman.
- Coventry Evening Telegraph (Coventry, West Midlands, England): Man on murder charges.
- Coventry, West Midlands, England): I didn’t kill girls accused man sobs.
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, Merseyside, England): ‘Mystery girl’ court drama.
- Birmingham Evening Mall (Birmingham, West Midlands, England): Friends knew killer – claim.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): ‘Missing hour’ in murder suspect’s alibi.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): ‘Murder case is very weak’.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): Man for trial over killings.
- Evening Post (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England): ‘Babes in wood’ murders denied.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Alleged Babes killer ‘asked to join hunt’.
- Daily News (Birmingham, West midlands, England): Murdered girls did not resist their killer.
- The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England): Wife denies identifying sweatshirt.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): ‘Fantasy’ man acquitted of girls’ murders, by Sarah Boseley.
- The Guardian (London, Greater London, England): Dead girl’s father calls for inquiry.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Jailed for life to protect children, by Paul Cheston.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): ‘Babes in Wood’ lifer sues police, by Paul Cheston.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): DNA hope as police reopen ‘Babes in Wood’ murder case.
- BBC News: Babes in wood families ‘find evidence’.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Bashir accused of losing evidence in ‘babes in wood’ case, by Jason Bennetto.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood case reopened by Patrick McGowan.
- The Argus (Brighton, England): Babes in the wood suspect is sane, says father.
- BBC News: Sweatshirt at heart of murder case.
- Evening Standard (London, Greater London, England): ‘Babes in wood’ suspect will not face double jeopardy trial, by Justin Davenport.
- BBC News: March over ‘Babes in Wood’ deaths.
- BBC News: Police quiz Babes in Wood father.
- The Guardian (US Edition): Man arrested over 1986 ‘babes in the wood’ murders in Brighton, by Press Association.
- The Argus (Brighton, England): Russell Bishop murder trial: everything said by the prosecution on morning of day 1.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Father with ‘guilty secret’ may have killed daughter to stop her revealing his involvement in her sex abuse, jury told, by Adam Lusher.
- BBC News: Russell Bishop trial: Jurors hear how bodies were found.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Furious detective ‘pinned expert against wall’ after evidence in trial that saw paedophile freed, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Father confronted with claims he ‘killed daughter after watching her in child sex abuse video’, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Paedophile denies murdering nine-year-olds – but admits sexually assaulting seven-year-old then lying about it, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: ‘Time capsule’ forensic evidence may be ‘leaky’ and contaminated, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Convicted paedophile refuses to keep giving evidence after being questioned over his ‘sexual interest in children’, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Ex-girlfriend tells court she saw girl’s father watching daughter in child sex abuse video, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Police asked murder suspect’s girlfriend to sleep with him to extract confession, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Russell Bishop trial: Predatory paedophile ‘scraping barrel’ by accusing girl’s father of child murder, court hears, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood murders: Paedophile killer Russell Bishop found guilty of murdering Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows in 1986, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Paedophile who murdered two young girls gave himself away with details only killer could have known, court told, by Adam Lusher.
- The Independent (London, Greater London, England): Babes in the Wood murders: Paedophile Russell Bishop jailed for life, by Adam Lusher.
- BBC News: Babes in the Wood: Killer’s ex-girlfriend guilty of perjury.
- BBC News: Babes in the Wood: Killer's ex-girlfriend jailed for perjury.
- BBC News: Russell Bishop: Babes in the Wood murderer dies.
- Brighton Hove and City Council Website
- National Trust Website
- Find A Grave Nicola Elizabeth Fellows
- Find A Grave Karen Jane Michelle Hadaway