Crimewatch Roadshow Season 22 Episode 8

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00:00Good morning.

00:0230 years ago, Janet Brown was murdered in her home,

00:06leaving behind three heartbroken children.

00:09She was handcuffed. She was naked. She'd been gagged.

00:15We just cannot understand why she was murdered.

00:20Do you know anything that can help detectives find her killer

00:24all these years later?

00:26Welcome to Crown Watch Live.

00:27He's been jamming the switchboard both here and at the instant.

00:32Just to remind you, this was the abduction and no-drop campaign

00:36and the handgun debate.

00:40Hello and welcome to Crown Watch Live.

00:42I'm giving the same numbers. Fantastic results.

00:46Good morning and welcome to Wednesday's Crime Watch.

00:57We have a packed show today with appeals from across the whole of the UK,

01:01so do stay watching because your call really could make a difference.

01:04Yeah, it really could. Today, detectives in Manchester are hoping to identify the parents

01:08of a baby girl who was found near Salford in November 2024.

01:13We're hearing how dedicated detectives and digital forensics helped jail a dangerous individual

01:19who was fixated with children.

01:21There were over 10,000 videos. I've never come across anything like this before.

01:30And we'll be hearing from charity Shepard Star, who are helping get those sleeping on the streets a fresh start.

01:38We need your calls today, so do get in touch.

01:41You can find our contact details by following our QR code, which will take you straight to our homepage.

01:47Otherwise, you can call us on 08000 468 999.

01:51You can text us on 633 99.

01:54Start with the word crime, leave a space, then write your message.

01:56And you can email us as well.

01:58The address is cwl at bbc.co.uk.

02:02First this morning, a routine police shift takes a terrifying turn.

02:09This film has some distressing images right from the start, but it's an incredible story of bravery.

02:17A male armed with a sledgehammer attacking people in the street.

02:22It was like he was watching a horror movie and he was waiting for the jump scare.

02:26What have you got? Show me your hands now!

02:28If we had got there seconds later, he would have died.

02:32Right now, you're under arrest.

02:39My name is PC Aaron Prater.

02:42My name is Alfie Chalice.

02:44I am a response officer in the Metropolitan Police in Waltham Forest.

02:49I've been in response for 13 years.

02:51I like being out on the streets.

02:52I like the adrenaline.

02:53I like, obviously, getting in the car, driving on the blue lights.

02:57I trust Alfie with my life.

02:59I know that he's got my back.

03:00When you work together, you've got to have a good relationship with the person if you're putting your life in their hands.

03:08Policing's not an easy job at all.

03:10The borough that we police, there's like a lot of gang issues, a lot of violence.

03:15You know, weapons, knives, you just don't know what you're walking into.

03:18You can take a normal call and immediately it goes from 1 to 100.

03:24It can escalate very quickly.

03:2613th of September, 2021.

03:32It was a fairly quiet morning.

03:34We were on our way back to our patrol base to finish the day.

03:37And the call come out, a male armed of a sledgehammer in Leighton.

03:45He was seen going into a local garage, which he then stole a sledgehammer.

03:48He then made his way off into Abbott's Park and it was there that he robbed a female.

03:57Before going off down Leighton High Road, approaching our second victim, he knocked him to the ground and stamped on his head.

04:07He's then walked back off towards Abbott's Park and then walked back past the victim on the floor.

04:21We arrived shortly after the call come out.

04:24There was a young person on the floor.

04:27They had facial injuries.

04:29There was already a police officer on scene providing first aid.

04:33This suspect was still in the area armed with a sledgehammer.

04:36We just didn't know what direction he had gone.

04:38I'm going to have a look up there just because that's when they said he laughs wrong.

04:41So I'll have a quick look.

04:42I went off in one direction, Alfie went in the other direction to try and see if we could locate him.

04:48A member of the public had come up to me and said that they heard a disturbance in the newsagents

04:54and there was something going on.

04:56I looked into the newsagents' shop and could see everything that was on the floor.

05:09A member of the public has said he's seen someone go in this shop.

05:11There's all stuff knocked down in the shop.

05:13Control to buy an errand.

05:14Can you just join me up here, please?

05:16I had a taser, so I believed Alfie probably thought it was best that I was with him

05:20so that we have that tool in case we need it, especially dealing with someone that had carried out that violent offence.

05:26Alfie, I'm on my way for whips, please.

05:29I had a quick peep inside the shop and I could see.

05:31It was obvious that something had happened in there.

05:33There was a till being smashed up.

05:35The chewing gum rack was over.

05:37There was food, bottles on the floor.

05:39It was very eerily quiet.

05:46It was like he was watching a horror movie and he was waiting for the jump scare.

05:49Hello?

05:50I see you right now.

05:52Police!

05:54And then we heard a blood-curling scream coming from the back room.

05:57There was this curtain and you could sort of see through the curtain

06:00and I could see a very large man with a sledgehammer in his hands.

06:05Show me your hands now!

06:06The suspect was bear-hugging the victim.

06:10And had the stick of the sledgehammer towards their throat, pushing it down, strangling them.

06:16Help, please!

06:17Get off him!

06:18Get off him!

06:19Oh!

06:20Oh!

06:21Oh!

06:22Oh!

06:23Oh!

06:24Oh!

06:24If we had got there seconds later, that victim would either be unconscious or he would have died.

06:32Control, just to let you know, we've come into the shop and found him in the back room.

06:36With a shopper on the floor.

06:38The suspect's demeanour was very strange because having just violently attacked two people, he was eerily calm.

06:45It was apparent straight away that there was some mental health incident going on.

06:50He was in some state of crisis.

06:51All right, fella, right now you're under arrest, all right, for GBH, OK?

06:55I think most of our calls, there is an aspect of mental health there.

07:00Having been on response for 13 years, I've noticed the rise in mental health.

07:06Looking back on it, it could have gone a lot worse.

07:11It's scary when you think back, he could have swung for us with a sledgehammer, he could have been waiting for us, he could have killed the victim.

07:18You don't go to work for the thanks, but to have someone come up to you and say to you, thank you for saving my life, it did choke me up a little bit.

07:26The suspect was convicted at Snesbrook Crown Court for attempted murder, times two, robbery and burglary, and he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

07:40I've got the outcome that we all wanted, so it's very good to see.

07:47Whenever I'm in the area, I think back to this and how much of a close call it was.

07:53Any sort of traumatic call that police officers go to, they always stick in your mind.

07:59It's very important having someone you can trust on scene.

08:02You just know that they've got your back and you can deal with the incident properly.

08:07I was very lucky to be posted with Alfie that day.

08:09You know, you're making split-second decisions, life and death situations you're going into.

08:14It's always important to be with someone that you trust.

08:20Me and Alfie were given a commendation and then we found out that we were nominated for the London Bravery Awards,

08:26which was a surprise, but we won that. It was a very humbling experience.

08:32It's amazing, honestly. I really didn't expect to win. It's a privilege. I'm really happy about it.

08:38I'm very honoured and it's just a great way to show the good work that we do.

08:46Well, it is a dramatic watch, isn't it? And we're very pleased to say that we are joined now by PC Alfie Chalice and PC Aaron Prater from the Met Police.

08:55We're both in that film there. Welcome both. Thanks for coming in to speak to us today, Alfie. I'll start with you. Wow.

09:01What was going through your mind when you actually got that call?

09:05I mean, it's hard to put in words. I mean, you just don't have time to process it, think about it.

09:10You take the call and you've got to deal with the information as it comes in and you sort of think about it after.

09:16But on the way there, all you can think about is making sure everyone's safe and you get there safely. That's it. But it's difficult.

09:23Yeah, definitely scary stuff, but the right results are amazing to see. And it's obviously a very demanding role as well.

09:30I mean, what do you get from it personally?

09:33I think when I joined, I knew it was going to be a tough job. I knew it was going to be a lot of responsibility.

09:38And I think obviously, like most police officers, they like to drive around blue lights and lock up the bad guys, which is a great aspect of the job.

09:45But I think for me, definitely like dealing with the victims, you know, we're dealing with people that are going through the most vulnerable, the worst moments of their life.

09:52And I think sometimes we forget as police officers, the impact that we have on people and, you know, take for instance, the shopkeeper, you know, for us, we go back to work.

10:01We do, we go to another call. And for him, he will never forget the actions that we've done.

10:05So I think if I go home, knowing that I've helped someone, you know, just a little bit, that's what I take away.

10:10Yeah, the impact is huge. I mean, he literally saved his life.

10:12Yeah, massive impact. And Aaron, you actually, talking about the shopkeeper, you actually spoke to him after this had happened, after the court trial.

10:20Yes.

10:21What was that like?

10:22So for first responders, a lot of the time, we don't get a chance to speak to the victim again, because the case gets transferred to another unit or a specialist crime unit.

10:29And so we don't get to see them for another month or even years really at call.

10:33And even then we don't really get a chance to speak to them because, you know, we're kept in separate rooms.

10:37But it was just on the off chance that we were outside the court and he approached us and shook our hand and thanked us for saving his life again.

10:43And I think, yeah, it makes it worthwhile.

10:46Yeah, but it's obviously, it is tricky. It's a difficult job. There's a lot of pressure.

10:51How do you cope with that pressure? And how do your friends and family cope with that pressure?

10:55Yeah, it is difficult. But, you know, you've got to have a close knit, you know, friend group and family.

11:00Just, I think being open and talking about things is important, you know, and you've got to have a good team.

11:05Luckily, the team I'm on, E-team, very good team. But we can talk and we all make sure, you know, we're together.

11:12And that's it. That's an important thing.

11:13I think it's good to talk to your colleagues because they know best, especially when you go through traumatic incidents.

11:17They know best, but also talking to friends and family, having a good support network outside of the job is also very important.

11:24Yeah, you can tell though. You can really sense the bond, can't you though?

11:27It's like, shout outs to the team. They're there. They're important. They kind of become a bit like your family themselves.

11:32Yeah, absolutely.

11:33Yeah. And it's rare that you probably get a massive pat on the back for the work that you do day in, day out.

11:39But you certainly got that on this job, didn't you? Because you got your commendation. We can actually see an image of that now. Let's have a look.

11:45What was that night like? Tell us what happened.

11:47It was fun. It was a good night.

11:48It was really enjoyable. We got to take our families with us. And it was just a really good way of showing people the good work that we do.

11:54You know, we don't get a lot of good press. And so when we do get it, it is good. And it's great to show the reality of policing and what we have to deal with.

12:01It was a great, it was a really good night, really enjoyable.

12:03Yeah. And I think I know the answer to what you're both going to say, but if you got that call again today or next day you're on duty, would you act exactly the same?

12:10Yeah, absolutely. Of course.

12:12100%. Of course. Every single time.

12:14It's because they're an E-team. I was an E-team. It's a good team. It's always a good team on E-team. Thank you both.

12:20Yeah, thank you so much.

12:22No worries.

12:23Now, before we go to our first appeal, we wanted to bring you a quick update.

12:28In March this year, we asked for information about the murder of 13-year-old Lindsay Reimer, who went missing in November 1994.

12:36Well, on Monday this week, a man was arrested. We'll bring you more on that when we can.

12:42Well, these cold cases may feel hopeless, but they can genuinely get results.

12:47In April 1995, mum of three, Janet Brown, was brutally murdered at her home in Buckinghamshire with no clear motive. The case has puzzled detectives for 30 years.

13:00She was a loving mother of three, had a good job, lots of friends, and had no enemies.

13:05She was handcuffed. She was naked. She'd been gagged.

13:12We just cannot understand why she was murdered.

13:17The most horrendous thing happened to her.

13:20I remember my mum's murder. Without that being resolved and closed, it's really hard to sort of move on, you know, and remember her peacefully and privately.

13:32On the evening of Monday, the 10th of April 1995, 51-year-old mother of three, Janet Brown, returned from work to her home in the isolated village of Radnage in Buckinghamshire.

13:53In 1995, my mum was working for the University of Oxford. She was working as a medical researcher.

14:02Her husband was working abroad at the time. Two of her children had moved out, and she had one daughter, Roxanne, who still lived at home.

14:11We lived quite a simple life. Just my mum and I at home, and so she'd go to work, I'd go to school, come back, you know, I'd prepare food for her, and then we'd just sit and watch TV.

14:24You know, she was my best friend.

14:26On the 10th of April 1995, it was the first day of the Easter holiday, so I woke up. Mum went off to work, said goodbye to her.

14:42I went for a run around the fields that backed onto our house.

14:45I hadn't planned to not be at home that night, but that plan changed at the last minute.

14:52Probably left the house about five o'clock in the evening.

14:57Deciding to stay at a friend's house, Roxanne called her mum to update her on her plans.

15:03I called mum just to check in with her when she got back.

15:08I think I'll be having an early night.

15:10And that was the last time we spoke.

15:12The next day, a local builder who was working at the home called round about eight o'clock.

15:24And upon arrival, we heard an internal alarm ringing.

15:30He looked through one of the windows and saw Janet's body at the bottom of the stairs.

15:36The police were then called.

15:41She had been handcuffed, had a tape gag wrapped round her mouth and head,

15:46and had been bludgeoned to death.

15:48There was sort of police at the end of the drive of my friend's house.

16:05And then I was asked to come downstairs.

16:08And two policemen came in.

16:12And they said that she had died.

16:14And then I had to call my dad and let him know, which was obviously a really hard thing to have to do.

16:29Roxanne's older brother Ben was at university at the time.

16:35When I got a call from the police and they told me what had happened,

16:39it was, it was so shocking, it was, you know, it was sort of incomprehensible.

16:46In my memories, it's kind of a blur.

16:49I never went back to our home after that.

16:52Police believed Janet had been killed by one or more unknown intruders.

17:11We know that around about eight o'clock or just after, Janet was at home because she answered the phone to one of Roxanne's friends.

17:17Later that evening, round about 8.20, the builder, who subsequently found the body the next day, rang her.

17:24There was no answer.

17:26And then later that evening, round about nine o'clock, Graham, her husband, rang.

17:30And again, there was no answer.

17:31Just before 10pm that night, a neighbour had noticed a car they didn't recognise, parked in a grassy area close to Janet's home.

17:48Another neighbour passed Janet's house at 10 past 10, and as she was doing so, she heard the outside alarm ringing.

17:55That alarm would only ring for 20 minutes on the outside.

18:02The way the intruders had broken into Janet's house was very unusual.

18:12There were some patio doors.

18:15They then used a glass cutter and tape to remove the outer pane of glass.

18:19And then the inner pane was smashed.

18:24Police called on the public to help with the investigation.

18:36Good evening.

18:37We start with the aftermath of a crime that last month became a major news item.

18:42In 1995, this investigation was subject of a Crimewatch programme.

18:47And after that, there were a number of calls, some of which were from people that admitted to being burglars themselves.

18:53They said that they wouldn't have committed a burglary using that method.

18:58It was very much easier to force a window with either a crowbar or a screwdriver.

19:03Police have never been able to find a motive for such a brutal attack.

19:13This doesn't sound like a burglary.

19:16Nothing appears to have been stolen.

19:18But also, Janet, although she was naked and handcuffed, there was no evidence that she'd been sexually assaulted.

19:26Police have one critical piece of evidence.

19:29A DNA profile.

19:33That DNA, I believe, belongs to the offender.

19:36But unfortunately, it doesn't match any of the six million plus people that are on the national DNA database.

19:43We've also searched DNA databases in Europe and other countries throughout the world.

19:49But to date, we haven't got anywhere.

19:53Janet was a very private person.

19:55She had no enemies.

19:56There was nothing that would suggest that Janet could have been targeted for any reason whatsoever.

20:02We grew up really in a rural area with rolling hills.

20:06We had a nice large garden, playing on swings, going for walks in the woods, sledging in winter when we were lucky.

20:09Mum was a really fun-loving person, and really was just a wonderful mum.

20:15I feel my mum with me all the time.

20:16She's the robin in the garden, or the birds in the sky.

20:17I feel her with me.

20:18I feel her with me.

20:19I feel her with me.

20:20I feel her with me.

20:21We don't know what's happened to us.

20:22We don't know what's happened to us.

20:23We don't know what's happened to us.

20:24We have a nice large garden.

20:25We have a nice large garden, playing on swings, going for walks in the woods.

20:26We have a good walk in the woods, sledging in winter when we were lucky.

20:27Mum was a really fun-loving person, and really was just a wonderful mum.

20:32I feel my mum with me all the time, which is the robin in the garden, or the birds in the sky.

20:40I feel her with me.

20:46We don't know what's happened to her, and there's never been any justice for her.

20:51It just makes it incredibly hard to move past.

20:54So, you know, I remember my mum, but then I remember my mum's murder.

20:59You know, without that being resolved and closed, it's really hard to sort of move on, you know, and remember her peacefully and privately.

21:12Well, I'm now with Pete Byrne from Thames Valley Police.

21:15You saw from the film there. Pete, thanks for coming in today.

21:17I mean, this is a long time ago, it's 30 years ago, but it's still no easier, clearly, for Janet's family, is it?

21:22Not at all. They were all young adults when their mother was murdered.

21:26Their mother was murdered, and they had to live with that.

21:29Obviously, they got married, had children, all without their own mum being there, and it's been incredibly difficult for them.

21:36Very, very hard indeed.

21:37As we say, it's a long time ago.

21:38So, 10 April 1995, this happened.

21:40Can you just remind us of the location?

21:42Because it was pretty remote, wasn't it?

21:44Yes, it's in a small hamlet in the Chiltern Hills.

21:47The nearest large town is High Wycombe.

21:52The actual house itself is off the beaten track.

21:56There is a road close to the house, but it doesn't have much through traffic.

22:01We can see just an aerial image of the house there, and as you say, it is incredibly isolated, it seems, and not through traffic there.

22:09What about the method of the break-in? Because that in itself was unusual, wasn't it?

22:14Very unusual, inasmuch that, as shown on the film, the offender scoured the outer pane of the patio doors with a glass cutter,

22:24and then removed part of that glass using tape.

22:27And then, for some reason, the inner pane was then smashed.

22:3230 years ago, when the investigation first started, it was on the Crimewatch at that time.

22:39And back then, burglars rang up and said, this isn't the method that we would use.

22:45Even they said that.

22:46Exactly, yeah.

22:47So, it is quite an unusual method of entry for them to do that.

22:51There is something, though, we've mentioned it on the film, and it's the DNA, because that could be crucial in this investigation.

22:56In many different ways, just tell us the significance of that.

23:00Incredibly significant, as much as we know it's a male profile.

23:03We know it doesn't belong to anybody with legitimate access to the house.

23:07So, if it's my belief, that belongs to the offender.

23:10So, what I'm asking for today is for people to look back 30 years,

23:15think about people they may have suspicions about, and please make contact.

23:19It's very, very easy for us to identify that person, see them if they're still alive, and ask for a mouth swab.

23:25And in some ways, they can be implicated or eliminated.

23:31And if we do eliminate them, then the person that rang in that had the suspicions, we can then allay those suspicions.

23:38So, it's a double win, really.

23:40But we are asking for the public police to ring in.

23:43As many names as possible, and if anyone is still hesitant, there's also a financial reward that's been put up for this?

23:49Yes, indeed. So, there's a £20,000 reward being put up by Crimestoppers.

23:53I urge anybody, please, either make contact anonymously via Crimestoppers or ring 101 or email the Major Crime Review Team at Thames Valley Police.

24:03That information, yeah, that reward for information leading to arrest and conviction.

24:07Peter, thank you. If you have any information regarding this case, please do get in touch.

24:10All the usual ways to contact us are on the screen below.

24:15I'm now with Laura Stone, the co-founder of Shepard Star, a charity dedicated to empowering adults facing hardship to ensure they have the support needed to stay on the right side of the law.

24:25And one of their service users, Harrison. Thank you both so much for joining us. Lovely to see you.

24:30Laura, I'm going to come to you first. Can you tell us a wee bit about Shepard Star and why it was all set up?

24:35Absolutely. So, our story actually began during the pandemic. So, there was about six of us local residents alongside the Angel and Crown Community Pub.

24:45And we began volunteering our time during the crisis. And when restrictions lifted, we took a moment just to reflect on the things that we'd noticed.

24:54One was the gaps in support. The other was the increasing impact of social isolation people were experiencing.

25:01And the other was the encouragement from local businesses and residents and partners who really just said to us, please keep going.

25:08So, in November of 2021, Shepard Star was formally registered as a charity.

25:14And as you mentioned, our mission is really to support people who have experienced life challenges, grow their confidence, learn new skills and step into new opportunities.

25:26And we've been doing this for a number of years now. And we've got about five projects that we do.

25:31Explore is our skills and training program. Shine is our barista training program, which is something Harrison has been doing with us.

25:38We run Table of Hope, which is our communal monthly meals. Good Friday is our weekly community space.

25:45And last but not least is the Christmas Box initiative we run with volunteers and Achieving for Children.

25:50That's amazing. It sounds like there's a lot going on. And the power of localized community is quite fundamental to what you do as well, isn't it?

25:56It absolutely is. You know, we couldn't do what we do without working in collaboration and partnership with a lot of the fantastic organizations and agencies in our community.

26:05It's because of them that we are able to make the impact we do.

26:08Yeah. And you're clearly making a brilliant impact on people like Harrison, which is fantastic.

26:12Because Harrison, how did you get involved with Shepard Star?

26:15So, I struggled with addiction in the past and, yeah, I was in a bad place.

26:23And I was with my mum, went to this cafe in the Etna Centre and she spoke to one of a friend who introduced us to Desiree.

26:31And since I've been volunteering at Shepard Star, I never knew what I was good at.

26:40And I started trying out all these different things and I've started finding what I like.

26:45So, what kind of things have you been doing then?

26:47So, I've been doing barista training. I've been making coffees for Shepard Star.

26:55I've been at the furniture scheme, recycling furniture. So, I've made a few.

27:04Oh, I see you in action there as well in one of the photos. That's amazing.

27:08Yeah.

27:09Have you found a bit of a forte you enjoy doing the woodwork?

27:12Yeah, I really enjoy it. I like sanding, painting and filling and that's my grandma's mirror.

27:19Oh, is it?

27:20Yeah, so I've done it up when I first started and I've just got it as a nice memory.

27:26So inspiring to hear Harrison's story and the amazing work that he's done.

27:30If people are listening and they want to know more, where can they find out about Shepard Star?

27:34You can find out more about us at our website, shepardstar.org, but also across our social media channels.

27:39So, that's Shepard Star Charity.

27:41Amazing. Thank you both so much for coming in and sharing your story. Great to see you.

27:46Now, we have an incredibly sad but important appeal from Greater Manchester Police.

27:52I'm with DI Louise Kelly from their major incident team.

27:55Louise, thank you for coming in today.

27:57This is a very hard story to talk about, but it's about the discovery of a baby that had died.

28:04What can you tell us?

28:05Morning, Rav. Yes.

28:06So, on Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 12.22pm, we received a call from a dog walker who had found what appeared to be human remains.

28:14Upon attending the scene, we sadly discovered a deceased baby girl.

28:18We understand how deeply distressing this case is, but we remain committed to finding answers.

28:23My team have given her the name Ava and we are hoping to find out more about her.

28:27The area where Ava was found, it was quite secluded.

28:30Yes. So, previously a colliery site.

28:33It's now an eight hectare green space with pathways and grasslands called Ashton's Fields.

28:38Ava was found just off the path close to the entrance to the fields.

28:42The exact spot is close to a lay-by in an area of Salford called Little Halton.

28:48The lay-by is close to a main road.

28:50So, we believe that they may have brought Ava to the location to leave her there,

28:54meaning they could have come from outside the geographical area.

28:57It borders both Bolton and Salford with the M61 motorway close by.

29:02OK, here we just see those aerial shots now of where she was found.

29:06So, how long do you think Ava had been there?

29:08So, several forensic experts have been assisting us with our investigation,

29:12but due to the numerous variable factors involved,

29:14it remains difficult to draw definitive conclusions at this stage.

29:18Ava was found on top of a layer of snow close to an area of ground

29:22that had been disturbed potentially by animals.

29:24So, we think that she may have been buried initially.

29:27Now, I know you and your team have done a lot of work

29:29to try and establish who the mother and father are.

29:33Just give us an idea of the sorts of things that you've been involved in.

29:36Yes, so we've followed up on hundreds of public information that we've been passed.

29:41We've conducted thousands of hours of house-to-house inquiries,

29:44reviewed extensive CCTV footage in the surrounding area.

29:48We've worked with multiple community partners

29:50and we've trawled the National Missing Persons database

29:52for females who were potentially pregnant and maybe missing,

29:56but unfortunately still no leads.

29:58You've also initiated a range of experts to determine more about Ava.

30:03Yeah, that's correct.

30:04So, we've worked with anthropologists, archaeologists, botanists, entomologists

30:10and also experts in dental and bone analysis

30:13to try and establish Ava's age and ethnicity and that work is ongoing.

30:16What we can say is that Ava was around 38 to 39 weeks gestation.

30:21We suspect that mum may have concealed her pregnancy

30:24and there could be a multitude of reasons for this.

30:26OK, now there is a crucial piece of evidence that you wish to share with us today.

30:30We can see that now. Can you just talk us through this, Louise?

30:34Yes, so the significant development is the recovery of some underwear from the scene.

30:39So, female, adult size, large.

30:41There is quite a distinct pattern of a cartoon donkey on them.

30:45Our inquiries have led us to believe that the underwear isn't manufactured in the UK,

30:50but it can be shipped in wholesale.

30:52We have secured a DNA profile from the underwear

30:55so we can determine if it's connected to Ava.

30:57So, who are you appealing to today?

30:59So, today I'm appealing to Ava's mum and dad.

31:02We urge you to contact us if you're watching this.

31:05Either contact us directly or reach out to a trusted person

31:08who can contact us on your behalf.

31:10If you think you may know who Ava's parents are

31:13or if you're a family member, please reach out to us.

31:16Or if you recognise the underwear and you think you may be able to help us

31:19with where these may be purchased, then please let us know.

31:22We understand that Ava's mum and dad, what they're going through is unimaginable.

31:27We don't know their personal circumstances or what they're dealing with

31:30and we can't ignore the criminality in this case,

31:33but there will be help and support for them.

31:36It really is terribly sad.

31:38If you know anything that can help detectives, please get in touch.

31:40And remember our QR code is on the screen below.

31:43We can find all the contact details you need.

31:45Now, how the meticulous work of detectives in South Wales

31:50stopped a dangerous man from acting out his crime fantasies against children.

31:55This film has some difficult themes around child abuse.

32:00He was using homemade games to find and locate children.

32:08And he's then approached them and then exposed himself.

32:15We've never seen a level of planning like it.

32:17On the 8th of December, 2024, David Pawez police received a disturbing report

32:30of an indecent exposure involving children under the age of 14

32:35in a shop in Ustrid Gunlice, a small town in the Swansea Valley.

32:39The girls were there to get some Christmas decorations, get some snacks,

32:43and then they've gone down one of the aisles then to look at colouring books.

32:48And a male had approached them within the store

32:52and exposed his genitals and asked them to touch his genitals.

33:00I think there is a natural reaction that a male exposed themselves to children

33:03is shocking.

33:04It was quite unusual that that had happened at 4pm on a Sunday afternoon

33:10in quite a public place.

33:16An adult told a staff member and the suspect was escorted out of the store.

33:26The police were alerted and officers swarmed the area to find him.

33:30We had an initial description of the male being in his 50s.

33:38I wear a dark blue coat carrying a dark coloured gym bag.

33:44We had to arrest them and to bring him in.

33:48The next morning, officers spot him and arrest him close to a different supermarket.

33:53He was identified as 60-year-old Stephen Loveridge.

34:05When he was arrested, he was quite calm and compliant.

34:09He wasn't put in any protest given the nature of what he's been arrested for.

34:14You would expect maybe sometimes there to be some sort of reactional protest of innocence.

34:20But there was no reaction quite like that.

34:23And then they conduct a search oven.

34:26And they've located a mobile device.

34:29Along with a pack of jungle book cards.

34:32Another pack which had various drawings and symbols and writings on them.

34:36Referring to girls and drawings of genitals.

34:42And also they located under possession of multicoloured dice.

34:46The significance of these would become clear throughout the investigation.

34:50We weren't fully sure what they related to.

34:53Why he had them on them.

34:54But it was something that was unusual.

34:56Meanwhile, the team had circulated the images and CCTV with their colleagues at South Wales Police.

35:09Who sent them a crucial piece of evidence.

35:14There was an officer then from South Wales Police who had an investigation.

35:18One of the week prior where in a silver era, a male match in the same description.

35:24Had exposed his genitals to a very young girl in a supermarket.

35:30Comparing CCTV footage confirmed it was the same man.

35:39Police searched Loveridge's home and were stunned by what they found.

35:43Hello. Police.

35:44Looks like a maze.

35:45In terms of the house search, there was quite a lot of digital devices seized from his address.

36:01Laptops, computers, USB sticks.

36:06What's this been?

36:10More of these cards.

36:11Officers located handwritten notes and drawings about, you know, where girls were going.

36:18Plans on where they needed to be at certain times in order to sort of create an interaction.

36:22In one case it appeared to refer to the words hostage within it.

36:27Which is something else that was extremely concerning.

36:33Among the notes, drawings and images scrawled in books,

36:36they found one sketch of a star with numbers at each point.

36:41These corresponded to notes about young girls.

36:45I think that's when it really hits home that you really make sure that you do everything you can to get convicted.

36:51They charged Loveridge with indecent exposure and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.

37:01But that wasn't the end of their investigation.

37:04Why did he have coloured dice when he was arrested?

37:08What did the notes mean?

37:09They turned their attention to his devices.

37:13As a digital forensics investigator, my role is to analyse computer and mobile devices.

37:19I was given this case at the beginning of February.

37:25There were 15 devices altogether.

37:28Officers spent six weeks combing through Loveridge's devices.

37:36On one computer that I analysed, there were over 10,000 videos.

37:41Some of them were 30 minutes long.

37:44The length of each video was not anything that I'd seen before.

37:51I'd start off by grading the media to see if there is any illegal material on there.

37:56There are three categories that we have to look out for.

38:01In this case, the suspect had all three categories, which was category A, which is the worst, through to C.

38:10Police found evidence of indecent images dating back as far as 2007.

38:16And further investigation showed he carefully planned his offences.

38:20As I was going through the images, I'd came across the maps, which had the street names and local schools, any playing parks.

38:33It was very specific.

38:36There were annotated maps, with local schools and nursery groups marked as well as escape routes.

38:41He had also marked up houses where he had seen children's toys and detailed his planned encounters and fantasies with young children.

38:51There were over 100 notes and 28 of these contained details of local children.

38:59I've never come across anything like this before.

39:08When the mobile device was manually reviewed, we came across the audio recordings.

39:15He was basically stating the crime that he had committed.

39:21It wasn't the weekend on a Sunday.

39:24I asked straight out with it, because it just felt like it was going to work.

39:28Then it all went patient.

39:30Or did it?

39:32It was obvious that he just didn't care about what he had just done.

39:37Crucially, the recordings also included references to the playing cards and dice that had been found on Loveridge when he was first arrested.

39:46I drew a blue dice and decided to say, tracked them around the store, decided to act in the stationary area.

39:57Detectives worked out that the dice and cards were part of a grim game that Loveridge had devised.

40:03The coloured dice related to the age of potential victims and the cards to the action he was going to take, such as follow, stop, pursue.

40:13As soon as we were listening to that, it was quite sort of chilling, really.

40:17The police are going to be that, Loveridge.

40:21They're going to come looking for me. They don't know where I am.

40:24This all seemed like a big game to him.

40:26Further charges relating to the indecent images were added to those of indecent exposure.

40:37Loveridge pleaded guilty on all counts.

40:41And in May 2025 was sentenced to six years and seven months in prison, with a further six-year extended licence period, due to the seriousness of his crimes.

40:52There would have been an impact on the victims in this case, being really anxious and now feeling around to look over their shoulders, really, that someone could be following them, which, you know, no child should feel like that or experience that.

41:05For me, it was really important that we got justice for all these kids.

41:16When I look at something, I don't bring my feelings into it at all.

41:20I think, at the end of the day, you're doing something good, putting somebody horrible away.

41:27When you're dealing with offenders relating to child sex offences, you can get quite angry that there's people like that out there.

41:35But, you know, it's why we do the job to make sure that people like him are safely behind bars, where they can't go on to hurt people.

41:42Well, it is a dark case, but details of organisations that can provide support with some of the issues raised there are available at bbc.co.uk slash action line.

41:57Now, though, it's time for Wanted Faces.

41:59First, have you seen Kai or Kia Hooper? He's been recalled to prison and police in Kent are looking to locate him.

42:10He's described as slim and has been known to frequent Medway towns, Dartford and Canterbury, all in Kent.

42:16This here is Kieran Nicholls, though he sometimes uses the name Tom Smith.

42:21He's absconded from prison and police are urgently looking for him.

42:23The 26-year-old has several tattoos of butterflies and animals on his upper arm.

42:29Police say he has connections to Romford in Essex and also East London.

42:34And police in the West Midlands have charged this man, Mark Anthony Williams, with threatening behaviour and want to question him about several other offences.

42:42He's 56 and has a one-inch scar on his right knuckle.

42:45Police say he has links to the city centre of Birmingham and is often seen near train stations, bus and tram stops.

42:53They also say he frequents Walsall city centre and also Sutton Coldfield town centre.

42:59So, if you recognise any of these men or know their whereabouts, please do get in touch.

43:03Thank you for watching today, tomorrow, how Thames Valley police caught a dangerous man who had attacked a lone female.

43:11When he described to me what that CCTV footage showed, I remember stopping in my tracks and knowing we wouldn't stop until we'd caught this person.

43:19And we've got time for one last positive update for you, don't we?

43:26Oh, it's an important one, isn't it? Yes, Michelle Ackley has had a baby daughter.

43:31Massive congratulations, Michelle and Ben, from all of us here.

43:35Yeah, huge congratulations, Michelle. We're delighted for you.

43:38We're going to see you back here at the same time tomorrow at 10.45am.

43:42Bye for now.

43:49Bye for now.