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True Crime Presents Season 2 Episode 2
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00:01I'm sick and tired of living this way
00:05Over and over I pray and I pray
00:11A young mum in trauma
00:14She rang me and she just said to me
00:16I've lost my child, social service, they've just come round
00:19Evie Adams has done nothing wrong
00:21But what about the new man in her life?
00:24No one is coming to rescue me
00:29I didn't know who he was
00:33And if I ask people about him
00:35He's a bad'un, he's a bad'un
00:38And that's all we got
00:39Two troubled lovers sharing a timeline of torment
00:44And then one goes quiet
00:45What has happened to Evie Adams?
00:49It all just kind of changed
00:50But then it was too late for her
00:52She was already in love with him
00:54I'm sick and tired of living this way
00:58Over and over I pray and I pray
01:19At just three years old
01:21Evie Adams quickly formed a deep bond with her foster family
01:25Who welcomed her into their home with open arms
01:29When she came to us at first
01:31She was very shy
01:33And within a week she changed
01:36She started coming out of herself
01:39Bit of a daredevil
01:41Dippy
01:41She was singing all the time
01:43She was a brilliant child
01:46She absolutely loved Bernard and Yvonne
01:48Absolutely adored them so much
01:50She was like, they've saved me
01:52They've saved me
01:53Like, where would I be without them now?
01:57After three years together
01:58The family decides to make things permanent
02:02She absolutely loved it
02:04When we adopted her
02:05All she wanted to do was change her name to ours
02:08And we said, well, no
02:10It's a bit of a wrong time, yeah
02:12When you're old enough
02:14You can change it to ours
02:16Sure enough, on her 16th birthday
02:19She gets what she's always wanted
02:24When Evie changed her name
02:25She changed her person
02:26And because she got our name
02:28It was the big thing, you know
02:30Going round telling everybody
02:32I'm not that person before
02:33You know, like with her own name
02:35It was brilliant
02:36I think the adoption
02:37And Bernard's family
02:39That secure base
02:41Was successful
02:42Because, you know
02:43She was able to go to college
02:44She was studying to become a hairdresser
02:45It's while studying
02:47That Evie meets Holly Drakeley
02:49Who soon becomes part of the family
02:51We instantly had this proper good bond
02:54It was like the sister I'd never had
02:57Kind of situation
02:58She was just like an amazing girl
03:00Like, she was just adorable
03:03You just wanted to squeeze her face off
03:05Evie makes friends easily
03:07And her infectious personality
03:09Is a hit with the punters
03:11When she lands her first job at 15
03:14Before Evie left school
03:15We had a pub
03:17And she used to help out there
03:19She used to glass collect
03:20She'd do anything to help, really
03:22And life at home
03:23Was where Evie truly thrived
03:28She really loved being at home
03:29It meant everything to her
03:31She couldn't do enough for you
03:32She wanted to help
03:33You know, can I wash up?
03:34Can I help you cook?
03:36She just loved to be around
03:38People that she loved
03:40She liked to be there
03:42She had a heart of gold
03:43And she just absolutely loved being at home
03:46She enjoyed being around her friends and stuff
03:48Like, she absolutely loved her home life
03:52But it's not the home life Evie always had
03:55Evie's upbringing when she was a little girl
03:58Was abusive
03:59There was neglect
04:00There was a lot of serious abuse factors
04:03In her early, early years
04:05Evie was removed from her birth family
04:08When she was very young
04:09And then she was placed in foster care
04:11She had a rough time with her family
04:13Her family were a bit of a notorious family
04:16For getting in trouble with the police
04:18And one thing or another
04:21Nobody taking care of her properly
04:23She would have to walk its streets
04:25Middle at night
04:26And that sort of thing
04:30She did tell me she was adopted
04:31And she did say she got abused as a child
04:34But she didn't tell me too much
04:37Like, she weren't reserved about it
04:40Evie knows her adopted family
04:42Transformed her life
04:43And now, at just 16
04:46She's already dreaming of building a home
04:49And a family of her own
04:51When she started going up with Nathan
04:53They came in, we invited him round
04:55Started coming round for his tea
04:57They go in the front room
04:59A really nice lad
05:01He was everything her family had hoped
05:04That she would meet
05:05And indeed, the relationship appeared happy
05:11Eventually, she moved out
05:12I weren't happy about that
05:14That they moved out
05:14They moved in together
05:16It was mostly good
05:17Some bad
05:19Like there is in every relationship
05:21But her and Nathan together
05:23Were, like, perfect for each other
05:25I was proud of her
05:26Because she was doing her own thing
05:28We helped her out
05:29They got their own home
05:31They were all making
05:32So everything was fine
05:33Fast forward a couple of years
05:35And the pair have some exciting news
05:38Evie would be
05:39Round about
05:4119 and a half
05:4220 when she fell pregnant
05:45And she was proud
05:47She was proud, really proud
05:49She was all over the moon
05:51When she found out you were a girl
05:52She was just really happy to be pregnant
05:54And she glowed as well through it
05:56The family's excitement
05:58Turns to anguish
05:59When tragedy strikes
06:01With the death of a close relative
06:03Just as Evie goes into labour
06:06At the time it were
06:09Joyful
06:11And sad
06:12It were, like, mixed emotions
06:13It were turned against each other
06:15All the time
06:17You know, how could God be so cruel
06:19One in and one out
06:20On the same day?
06:23She were upset
06:24You could tell in her voice
06:25That she just wasn't happy
06:26We weren't there for Evie
06:27At the time
06:28You know, it was like
06:30Postnatal depression
06:31So we weren't actually
06:33There at the time
06:36When she needed us most
06:38She were on her own all day
06:40With the child
06:41And he'd come right home from work
06:43And go round to his mother
06:44He'd take the baby round
06:45And she'd be sat in on her own
06:48And it really
06:51Took her on a downward spiral
06:54Evie's relationship with her partner
06:56Is heading the same way
06:58They were arguing all the time
07:00And it just got a bit too toxic
07:02You can say
07:03So it was just better
07:04If they separated
07:05And parted ways
07:07Bernard and his family
07:08Gave her, you know
07:09The money and the support
07:11To set up on her own somewhere
07:13Evie, the adopted child
07:15Doesn't want to be on her own
07:18She was scared of quite a lot
07:19Of things at the time
07:20She didn't know how
07:21She was going to do it alone
07:23She was worried about money
07:25Just the usual stuff
07:27When you part ways with someone
07:29She was just worrying
07:30That she was going to be on her own
07:31All the time
07:33We moved her in the new house
07:35Nathan was still going round
07:36She seemed all right
07:39And then people started telling us
07:42That there was somebody else there
07:44Jordan Monaghan, age 28
07:47He's already a father of two
07:50She did tell me
07:51She was going on a date
07:52With someone off Tinder
07:53Called Jordan
07:53So I was like
07:54Right, okay
07:55I was like
07:56Just kick your wits about
07:57You know
07:57You're a young girl
07:58Like you're in a bit
07:59Of a vulnerable position
07:59Just be careful
08:02And then she came off the date
08:03She rang me up
08:04And she was like
08:05It seems really lovely
08:06This and other
08:07I was like
08:07Right, okay then
08:08I was like
08:08Just take it slow
08:12Quite quickly
08:13There were rumours
08:13That Jordan Monaghan
08:14Was at that new house
08:16Quite a lot
08:17By this point
08:18He'd already got
08:19A reputation
08:20People were talking about him
08:22He had pockets full of money
08:23Wads of money
08:26He's standing in the middle
08:27At the pub
08:27Counting them
08:29I was like
08:29Look at what I've got
08:30Type of thing
08:33He had a number of businesses
08:35And his brother
08:36Had a construction
08:37Building business
08:39They were doing paving
08:40And driveways
08:41And stuff like that
08:42But it never made sense to me
08:44Do we have that amount of money
08:45Every day
08:48Doesn't come from construction
08:51He was charming
08:52And he were happy
08:54To spend whatever it takes
08:55To make her happy
08:56He'd do anything
08:58To make her happy
08:59So I couldn't understand
09:01Why she didn't want to know
09:04But some had heard
09:05Otherwise about Jordan
09:07A not so charming side
09:11I didn't know
09:12Who he was
09:14And if he asked people
09:15About him
09:16He's a bad one
09:17He's a bad one
09:18And that's
09:19That's all we got
09:22There was just something
09:23About him that were off
09:25It just clicked in my head
09:26I was like
09:26There's something
09:27Not right with him
09:28And I did try
09:29And explain it to Evie
09:30But she was like
09:31Smitten
09:31And that
09:32She wouldn't listen
09:32She didn't want to know
09:34Evie may not know it
09:36But Jordan lives
09:37Up to his reputation
09:39And it's the reason
09:40His ex-partner
09:41Left him
09:42His partner uncovered
09:44A gambling addiction
09:45And challenged Jordan
09:46On the fact
09:47That he had run up
09:48Considerable debt
09:48Because of the gambling
09:51There were times
09:52I'd seen him put
09:53£4,500 in a bandit
09:55And there are
09:56Further rumours
09:58Circulating
09:58There were rumours
09:59Going out
10:00About a lad
10:01Who murdered his kids
10:03Off one of the
10:05Locals of me
10:06The pub that I used to be in
10:08There was rumours
10:10That he murdered the kids
10:14He was under investigation
10:15Because both children died
10:17In suspicious circumstances
10:20Both children
10:21Were found to have died
10:23Having been alone
10:23In Jordan's company
10:26As a result
10:27Jordan needs to be on his guard
10:29When he's out
10:30He couldn't go and black
10:31Because of what happened
10:32With the kids
10:35People
10:36Naughty ways
10:37Were on the look out
10:38For him
10:40Understandably
10:41Evie's adopted parents
10:42Have their concerns
10:44I confronted Evie
10:45Over it
10:46Everybody says that
10:47About him
10:48They've got him wrong
10:50My big worry
10:52Was the grandchild
10:54If he's done that
10:55Like could he do it again
10:57As tensions rise
10:59And suspicions grow
11:00Now the questions loom large
11:03Is Evie in deeper danger
11:06Than she realises
11:07And what does this mean
11:09For those closest to her
11:18As Evie and Jordan
11:20Grow closer
11:21She began to withdraw
11:22From those around her
11:24Her family start to notice
11:26The changes in her
11:27She's becoming secretive
11:29Distant
11:30And lies to them
11:32Now that might be
11:33Because she's also
11:34Trying to protect
11:36Monaghan
11:37And not allow him
11:39To be identified
11:40By her family
11:41As someone
11:42That they should be wary of
11:43The lies just come
11:46Longer and longer
11:48And it got to the stage
11:49And look
11:50I don't believe a word
11:51You're telling me
11:51You're lying to me
11:52I said
11:53You've made me and your mum
11:55Pull £1,200 out
11:56To buy you an house
11:57To be a love shack
12:00We like drifted apart
12:01She could only bring me
12:02If she went to her dad's
12:06Coercive controlling behaviour
12:07Is at the heart
12:09Of domestic abuse
12:10And that's what
12:11We are seeing here
12:12And that controlling behaviour
12:13Is designed
12:14It's designed
12:15With a particular purpose
12:17In mind
12:17And that's to make
12:19Evie dependent
12:20On Monaghan
12:21And to isolate her
12:23From her family
12:24And from other
12:25Sources of advice
12:27And that sense of isolation
12:29Is going to be magnified
12:31Within the community
12:32Because Monaghan
12:34Is suspected
12:35Of having killed
12:36His children
12:37And therefore
12:38People won't want
12:39To be seen
12:40To be talking to Evie
12:42And especially
12:42Talking to Monaghan
13:01The police
13:01Did come to warn Evie
13:03They chose to come
13:04And share information
13:05With her
13:05That her child
13:06Was at risk
13:07That she was at risk
13:10She doesn't
13:11For whatever reason
13:12Take heed of the warning
13:14The police are so concerned
13:15They actually take her
13:16To a place of safety
13:17And saying
13:18You're not safe
13:19With this man
13:19A restraining order
13:21Is issued
13:21To keep Jordan
13:22Away from Evie
13:25Without evidence
13:27To charge him
13:27Monaghan
13:28Is released on bail
13:30As police
13:30Continue to investigate
13:32The deaths
13:33Of his children
13:34Despite police warnings
13:36Evie can't
13:37Stay away from him
13:38Her friend Holly
13:40Is concerned
13:42We all went to Blackpool
13:44For a night out
13:45Me, Evie and Jordan
13:46We had a really good night
13:47But she couldn't dance
13:51And that's when
13:52It clicked in my head
13:53I thought
13:53This is not right
13:54Like she has to be
13:55By his side constantly
13:56And it wasn't right
13:59Even the bar staff
14:00At their local pub
14:01Noticed the unusual dynamic
14:03Between Evie and Jordan
14:06Evie and Jordan
14:07Rose stayed back
14:08In the booth
14:08And they were a bit more
14:09Like Evie
14:10Weren't allowed to do much
14:11They were like
14:12She always had to be near him
14:13So she couldn't
14:15Go and enjoy herself
14:16With your friends
14:16If they went off dancing
14:17And stuff
14:17It kind of like
14:19Went from this charming
14:21I'll do anything for you
14:23Kind of person
14:24To you'll do everything
14:25I tell you to do
14:26And you'll like it
14:28Like you could see
14:29His whole demeanour
14:30Changed about him
14:32It'd gone from
14:33Being so nice
14:34To always angry
14:35Always shouting at her
14:38It all just kind of changed
14:40But then it was too late
14:41For her
14:41She was already in love with him
14:52Evie and Jordan
14:52Had been together
14:54For 12 months
14:55When police once again
14:56Attempt to help Evie
14:58There was a restraining order
14:59In place
15:00But he stopped
15:01Driving a car
15:02With Evie in the car
15:03When he's asked
15:04By the police officers
15:05He said
15:05Oh it's just some bird I met
15:08Even the use of the word bird
15:09Shows complete lack of regard
15:11And respect for Evie
15:12And a complete lack of regard
15:14And respect for the law
15:18Monaghan pleads guilty
15:19To the breach
15:19And receives a 12 week
15:21Suspended sentence
15:22That triggers
15:24Another intervention
15:25She rang me one day
15:27Saying social services
15:28Have just been round
15:29And I was like
15:30Oh right why
15:30She was like
15:31Because I'm with Jordan
15:32I said right okay
15:33I was like look
15:34I said just do what
15:35Social services want you to do
15:37And she was like
15:37Right okay I will
15:38I was like
15:39And what exactly
15:40If they said
15:40I need to keep Jordan
15:42Away from my daughter
15:43So I was like
15:43Right okay then
15:45So I was like
15:45Just do that
15:46This advice
15:47Was echoed
15:49By Evie's adopted parents
15:50Why just not
15:52Move to another town
15:54Don't tell anybody
15:55Where you are
15:55We'll be in touch
15:57We'll come over every day
15:59No
15:59No
16:01And then
16:02A couple of weeks later
16:04I got a phone call
16:05Quite late at night
16:06About 10 o'clock
16:07And she rang me
16:09And she just said to me
16:11I've lost my child
16:13I said what
16:14She went I've lost my child
16:16Social services
16:17They've just come round
16:17And took her
16:18And I was like why
16:20She went because Jordan
16:21Was here
16:24I turned round and told her
16:25The exact reason
16:28She got took away
16:29From her parents
16:30For
16:31Was for what was happening
16:33To her
16:34My heart broke a little bit
16:35For her
16:36Because I thought
16:36You didn't deserve this
16:38But you've made the wrong decisions
16:41Evie is allowed
16:42A supervised visit
16:43With her baby
16:44Twice a week
16:46She was heart broke
16:47I mean
16:49Don't get me wrong
16:50She would never miss a contact
16:52She loved the teatro bits
16:54And she'd always ring up
16:56Every day
16:56See how she would wear
16:57And how she would do
16:59You can see why people
17:01Would find that really confusing
17:02You know
17:03Why she wouldn't just
17:03Try and leave that relationship
17:05For me
17:06That raises questions
17:07About how controlling
17:08And powerful
17:09That relationship actually is
17:11Why would she stay
17:12And maybe it's not about
17:14Why would she stay
17:15Maybe it's about
17:16Why couldn't she leave
17:19She's actually come to White House
17:21And she bruises on her arm
17:22So what's happened there
17:23Oh I fell
17:24I said how many times
17:25Ten
17:27Yeah I've definitely witnessed him
17:29Showering at her
17:30Yeah definitely
17:31And I've witnessed him
17:33Get aggressive with other people
17:34As well
17:35There are financial pressures
17:37On the relationship
17:38Causing tension for Evie
17:40Went out with me
17:41At one night
17:41And somebody
17:42Turned on and said to me
17:43That Jordan's been sacked
17:44From his job
17:45I said well what's he been
17:45Sacked for
17:46He said because people's
17:47Been ringing up
17:48And telling the company
17:49He worked for
17:50That he's a murderer
17:51He's killed his kids
17:54And it was for his own sake
17:55That they finished him
17:56Now that's when she started
17:59Saying she'd no money
18:01I need shopping
18:04She weren't paying her rent
18:07But she was on benefits
18:08So where was the money going
18:12It was just unbelievable
18:14Evie is evicted
18:15Her life as she knows it
18:17Is falling apart
18:19She'd obviously lost a baby
18:21She went from a stable home
18:22To living into hostels
18:24And things like that
18:25Just trying to get by
18:26Before she rejoined
18:28She was happy-go-lucky
18:30Like going out
18:31But he stopped all that
18:33He cut all her friends off
18:35They couldn't have
18:36Couldn't have anything
18:38To do with anybody
18:40She's lost her child
18:41She's lost her house
18:42She's living in a homeless shelter
18:44Like what else can she lose
18:57Evie wants to regain custody
18:59Of her daughter
19:00And hopes to escape
19:02Jordan Monaghan
19:03She moves into a women's refuge
19:0650 miles away in Kendall
19:08But Jordan won't give her up
19:11Without a fight
19:12She tried to end it
19:14She rang me
19:16He's following me
19:17I said ring the police
19:19No I don't want to
19:20I don't want to take it that far
19:22But he's following me
19:23Wherever I go
19:25I mean if she's not safe
19:26In a refuge
19:26You wonder how can she ever be safe
19:30You were tracking her phone
19:31To find out where she was
19:33Accusing her of being with other men
19:37When that tactic fails
19:39Jordan goes to extreme lengths
19:42Police went to see her
19:45He was on a rooftop
19:47Impressed and threatened to jump
19:48Because she wouldn't have
19:50Nothing to do with him
19:53She's positioned as
19:55The cause and the solution
19:56To his behaviour
19:58You know
19:58To his suicide attempt
19:59That she's the only one
20:01That can make him feel better
20:02So you know
20:03Maybe that did
20:04Sort of pull them back together
20:06Or draw Evie back
20:07Maybe she felt responsible
20:09That she was supposed to be
20:10In that relationship
20:11Because if she isn't
20:12He's going to kill himself
20:14Jordan's tactic works
20:16I hadn't stopped her for a couple of days
20:18And then I got a phone call
20:20Saying she was back in Blackburn
20:22I'm back with Jordan
20:26Evie is again shut off
20:28From the outside world
20:29As Monaghan controls
20:31Her every move
20:33And you can imagine
20:34From her past
20:35He would use that as well
20:37To completely undermine
20:38Her self-esteem
20:39Her confidence
20:40You'd never be worth anything
20:42Because of what happened to you
20:43When you were younger
20:43You might as well be unique
20:44Because nobody else will have you
20:47She went from her happy bubbly self
20:50To this shadow
20:52In about three months
20:55It went quick
20:56And it went fast
20:57That wasn't my best friend
20:59That was just some lost soul
21:01That had been beaten down so much
21:05That she just wasn't who she was
21:08It wasn't Evie anymore
21:16Still under Monaghan's influence
21:19Evie is heading to Blackpool
21:21For a short break with him
21:22And some friends
21:23But it's not the respite
21:26She might have hoped for
21:30So during the holiday
21:33During that break
21:33When they were together
21:34With the other couple
21:35Jordan had become aggressive
21:37He was argumentative
21:39He'd slammed doors
21:41He'd stormed off
21:41He'd punched a wall
21:42Their friends are deeply concerned
21:45Even more so
21:46When they witness
21:47An odd exchange
21:48Between Evie and Monaghan
21:50The other couple
21:52That they'd gone away with
21:53On their break
21:55Reported seeing Jordan
21:57Give Evie tablets
21:59Out of a brown glass bottle
22:01He told her
22:02They were painkillers
22:03And even the friends
22:04Thought it was a bit odd
22:05Because the glass bottle
22:06They were using
22:07They were now out of date
22:08A long time ago
22:12And it was
22:13The day after
22:15They got back
22:15From that short break
22:16That Evie said
22:18This relationship is over
22:19I'm done
22:28Evie Adams
22:28Begins searching
22:29For a new flat
22:30To live in
22:31Desperate to escape
22:33The toxic relationship
22:36Monaghan
22:36Monaghan is making
22:37Other plans
22:38Within a few days
22:40Of Evie making it clear
22:42That this relationship
22:43Is over
22:43Jordan is on a
22:45WhatsApp group
22:46UK tablets
22:47And he's looking
22:48To procure
22:49Zopiclone
22:50Diazepam
22:51And gabapentin
22:53A shopping list
22:55A shopping list of drugs
22:55Usually prescribed
22:57For pain relief
22:58But if taken
22:59In large doses
23:00Can be extremely dangerous
23:02Those kind of drugs
23:03Change people's behaviours
23:05Their resolve
23:05Their determination
23:06Their whole characters
23:07Within a couple of days
23:11Evie starts to feel
23:12Very unwell
23:19Too unwell
23:20To leave the house
23:21Evie's search
23:22For a new flat
23:23Is put on hold
23:24So you've now got
23:26A more compliant Evie
23:27You've not got an Evie
23:28Who wants to leave
23:29And that's exactly
23:30What Jordan was looking for
23:32Says
23:34I'm feeling really sick
23:35I've looked online
23:38And I've got
23:38Stomach fluke
23:40Said to me
23:41What gives you that idea
23:42Well I've said
23:43I'll come down
23:44And take you at doctors
23:44Oh no no no no
23:47Oh no no
23:47I've made an appointment
23:49I've made an appointment
23:54Jordan Monaghan calls
23:56NHS 111
23:57Reporting Evie's symptoms
24:00As four days
24:01Of vomiting
24:02And dizziness
24:03An appointment is made
24:04But he's not taking her
24:06To the doctor's appointments
24:07He receives return calls
24:10From the 111 service
24:12But they're ignored
24:13So Evie takes matters
24:16Into her own hands
24:18There is a text message
24:19That Evie sends
24:20When she's very ill
24:21To her friends
24:22Saying
24:23Jordan keeps stressing
24:24He won't let me see a doctor
24:25Monaghan seems determined
24:28To keep Evie from recovering
24:34Monaghan calls 111 again
24:36This time reporting Evie
24:39As having abdominal pain
24:41To return calls
24:43Are ignored
24:44So we've got a man
24:45Who is denying her access
24:48For help
24:48And when it appears
24:49She's sharing that
24:51With a friend
24:51All of a sudden
24:52He's the caring boyfriend
24:53I'm on it
24:54I've got this
24:54111
24:55I'm all over it
24:56Don't worry I'm looking after her
24:59Evie's condition
25:00Deteriorates
25:01You couldn't make
25:02A new tale
25:03Of what she was saying
25:04She would
25:05You know
25:06Like she would be drunk
25:08She's going to be presenting
25:09To people
25:10If she is coming
25:10Into contact with them
25:11As maybe
25:12Oh she's a druggie
25:13Oh she's drunk
25:14So people are less likely
25:15To want to engage with her
25:18We can only really imagine
25:19How confusing
25:20And terrifying
25:21That must be
25:22The feeling
25:23That something
25:25Is going horribly wrong
25:26And you don't know
25:27What it is
25:29And you're taking
25:30These tablets
25:31That your partner
25:32Is telling you to take
25:33But you're getting
25:34Worse and worse
25:36It must have been
25:38Terrifying
25:39When Evie
25:40Misses the chance
25:41To visit her daughter
25:42Bernard and his wife
25:44Know it's serious
25:47She says
25:48Mum
25:49I can't get the
25:50I'm that ill
25:51The state that Evie
25:53Would have been in
25:53Because of the amount
25:55Of sedative drug
25:56That she's been given
25:57It's likely that
25:58She wouldn't have known
25:59What she was taking
26:00Or how many she'd taken
26:01That day
26:01For her to miss a visit
26:03It was just
26:05Nowhere
26:07She'd have walked
26:07From Kendall
26:09When she were up
26:09At Kendall
26:10She'd have walked
26:10From Kendall
26:11All the way
26:12To Blackburn
26:12To see her
26:15He doesn't want her
26:16To leave the house
26:17Even if she could
26:19A moment of relief
26:21When Bernard's wife
26:22Hears from Evie
26:24She got a text message
26:25Put some stuff
26:27Outside your door
26:27So our wife
26:29Goes to the door
26:30There's like a
26:31Wicker basket
26:31With bits of bats
26:33Colour and stuff
26:34I came home
26:35Looked on CCCV
26:37It were a girl
26:38That had brought stuff
26:39It weren't her
26:40So obviously
26:41It weren't her
26:43Texting saying
26:44That she'd come
26:46Coercive control
26:47Is a pattern of behaviour
26:49That an abuser
26:50Will use
26:51To establish dominance
26:52Over the victim
26:54Within their relationship
26:55And often one of the tactics
26:57That the abuser
26:58Will use
26:59Is to limit
27:00The amount of contacts
27:01That the victim
27:02Has externally
27:04From the relationship
27:06Because if you can
27:07Reduce the number
27:08Of contacts
27:09Family and friends
27:10That the victim
27:11Would normally
27:12Seek advice from
27:13Then that will mean
27:15That the victim
27:16Becomes more dependent
27:18Upon the abuser
27:19So this is about
27:21Domination
27:21This is about
27:23Making the victim
27:24Feel that they
27:26Only can have
27:28A relationship
27:29With the person
27:30Who's abusing them
27:32It's now been
27:33Two months
27:34Since Holly
27:34Spoke to her friend
27:36I tried to
27:37Ring her one day
27:38And I got a message
27:39I can't speak to you
27:40At the minute
27:40I'll ring you
27:41When I get to my dad's
27:43Just to try
27:43Okay
27:44That phone call
27:45Never came
27:48Sorry
27:50Yeah
27:50That phone call
27:51Never came
27:53In the ten days
27:55Since Evie
27:56First reported
27:57Feeling ill
27:58She's not seen
27:59A doctor
28:00During this time
28:01She has unknowingly
28:03Taken a combination
28:04Of prescription drugs
28:05Given to her
28:07By Monaghan
28:07The effects
28:09Are shocking
28:10Evie
28:11Has sent this text
28:12Message to Jordan
28:13Saying I feel
28:14Like I'm dying
28:15She doesn't know
28:17That the purpose
28:18Of those drugs
28:19Is to suppress
28:21Her system
28:21So
28:22Her heart rate
28:23Is probably
28:24Going to be very low
28:25Her breathing rate
28:26Will have slowed down
28:27It's causing
28:28A lot of damage
28:29And so to say
28:30You know
28:31I feel like
28:31I'm dying
28:32She probably
28:33Did feel like
28:34She was dying
28:34Because everything
28:35Was shutting down
28:41Whilst at work
28:42Monaghan receives
28:43A text message
28:44Seemingly from Evie
28:46I've taken the drugs
28:47I've taken the drugs
28:47And I don't want
28:48To be here anymore
28:48And I don't want
28:49To help
28:50His aunt
28:51Goes round to the house
28:52To check on Evie
28:53And that's when
28:54They find Evie
28:55In a really dangerous
28:56Situation medically
28:57And an ambulance
28:58Is called
29:01Jordan returns
29:03To the address
29:04The paramedics
29:05Are there
29:06The police
29:06Are there
29:07And he cries
29:09And he also claims
29:12To give over
29:13The blister packs
29:14Of the medication
29:15That he thought
29:16Evie might be taking
29:18They don't know it yet
29:20But Monaghan
29:21Has Evie's phone
29:23Bernard and his wife
29:25Have no idea
29:26The events
29:27Which are unfolding
29:28Across town
29:30We're sat there
29:30Watching telly
29:31About ten past ten
29:33At night
29:35Police sergeant
29:36Knocks on the door
29:37Can I come in
29:38My heart's up
29:39Can I come in
29:40I'll tell you
29:41Evie Adams
29:42Yeah
29:44Sadly she's passed away
29:45She's committed suicide
29:53I was sat at work
29:54I'd just finished
29:55A night shift
29:55I was sat at work
29:57And I started laughing
29:58And I was like
29:59She can't be dead
30:00Like
30:00She said she was
30:01Going to ring me
30:02Like she'd never
30:03Not ring me
30:05I'm sorry
30:07Her family and friends
30:08Are struggling
30:09To understand
30:10What has happened
30:11To Evie
30:12Why would
30:13Why would she
30:14Commit suicide
30:14She wouldn't
30:15Miss
30:17The child for anything
30:18I mean
30:19If it meant
30:19Walking from London
30:20She'd walk
30:21She just would not
30:23Miss
30:23That contact
30:24She'd never leave
30:25A child ever
30:26She just wouldn't
30:27Do that
30:30I just knew
30:31Something inside me
30:32Just knew that
30:32She wasn't to blame
30:34He was
30:35Monaghan is already
30:37Suspected
30:37Of killing his children
30:39By people in the community
31:09And news
31:10She didn't have to turn around
31:11To all the straits
31:13They were 99% sure
31:16That it wasn't
31:19Suicide
31:22She'd been murdered
31:26Monaghan is a key suspect
31:28But the police
31:30Have no evidence
31:32To charge him
31:38As investigators
31:40Try to piece together
31:41What has happened
31:42To Evie Adams
31:43Her suspected killer
31:45Jordan Monaghan
31:47Is back to his old ways
31:49Drinking and gambling
31:50Down at the local pub
31:52He soon makes friends
31:54At the bar
31:54With Jake Marsden
31:56And Sue Dorries
31:59The only story I knew
32:00For a long time
32:01Was Evie wasn't so well
32:02And Evie took tablets
32:04And committed suicide
32:05Purposely
32:06I just started chatting
32:08To him
32:08He told me
32:09A little bit about Evie
32:10Told me that
32:11Obviously she'd
32:11Committed suicide
32:12So to me
32:14It was just
32:14Oh bless
32:15I'm really sorry
32:16But I tried to
32:17Make it a bit light
32:19For him
32:19Because he seemed
32:20Really sad
32:28He went to a solicitor
32:30So she couldn't
32:31She couldn't actually
32:32Have a funeral
32:33For over a month
32:34Because we were waiting
32:36For some decision
32:36On one thing
32:37And another
32:39I know there was
32:40A lot of concerns
32:40Because he threatened
32:42To turn up at the funeral
32:44And firebomb the place
32:47My goddy body
32:49Moved out of town
32:50Because we expected
32:51Him breaking in
32:53You know
32:54That's the type
32:55Of person they were
32:56Monaghan's playing the role
32:58Of being a grieving partner
33:01My partner Evie
33:03Committed suicide
33:04He's trying to
33:05Elicit sympathy
33:06He's trying to
33:08Get the community
33:09On side
33:10At the same time
33:11It's another form
33:13Of control
33:13He's demonstrating
33:15The same level
33:16Of control
33:16That he did
33:17When Evie was alive
33:18This is just
33:19Another manifestation
33:20Of his need
33:22To have power
33:22To obliterate
33:23Her personality
33:25And I also get
33:26The sense
33:27This is a kind
33:28Of verbal
33:28Staging behaviour
33:30He's trying
33:31To plant seeds
33:32In the community
33:33As to what happened
33:35To Evie
33:36That isn't true
33:37He's trying to
33:38Plant the seed
33:38That she took
33:39Her own life
33:39Whereas in fact
33:40Monaghan killed her
33:47Bernard is determined
33:49To keep Monaghan
33:51Away from the funeral
33:52But Monaghan himself
33:55Has other ideas
33:56Perhaps looking
33:59For an opportunity
34:00To plant evidence
34:02Jordan asks a mutual friend
34:04To put a photograph
34:06In Evie's coffin
34:08And so he invites
34:10The friend over
34:10To the house
34:11To get this photo
34:12He picked something up
34:15And it
34:16This suicide note
34:18Dropped out
34:19Of the picture
34:20From him
34:21But it weren't even
34:22At the house
34:23This was his parents' house
34:24You know
34:25It just
34:26Doesn't make sense
34:29Handwriting experts
34:30Are drafted in
34:31To try and make sense
34:33Of this new evidence
34:35Evie's funeral
34:36Goes ahead
34:37There was police
34:38At gates going in
34:39All different exits
34:42And we were
34:43Went for the week
34:43After
34:44The police
34:45Was outside
34:46There back and front
34:47All the time
34:51It wasn't sad
34:53It was happy
34:53Everybody were there
34:55To celebrate Evie's life
34:58Monaghan remains
34:59Out on bail
35:00He surrounds himself
35:02With people
35:02Who are unaware
35:04Of his secrets
35:05He ended up
35:06Being my
35:07Like little
35:07Drinking partner
35:08Type thing
35:08Partying in crime
35:09And yeah
35:10It was always fun
35:12And a good laugh
35:15We had a little bit
35:16Of a party
35:17At the pub
35:17For my birthday
35:19And it was funny
35:20Because there was
35:21A couple of girls
35:23Polish girls
35:23Come in
35:24Really nice girls
35:25And they were talking
35:26To Jake and Jordan
35:27And they were like
35:28Oh and Jordan
35:29I don't know what to do
35:30He said
35:31I've never been
35:31Out with a girl
35:33Since I went out
35:33With Evie
35:34He said
35:35I'm a bit nervous
35:37In the wake
35:38Of such a profound loss
35:40The anger
35:41And frustration
35:42Is impossible
35:43To ignore
35:44He's taken my
35:45Best friend's life
35:46And he's out on bail
35:47Walking around
35:47And he could be
35:48Talking to any
35:49Other girls
35:50Who are none
35:51The wiser
35:52About what's just
35:53Happened in his life
35:55So yeah
35:56I was really angry
35:59He's moved on
36:00Got away with that
36:01Killed his two children
36:02Got away with that
36:03Killed Evie
36:04Got away with that
36:04God I'm good
36:05I'm good at this
36:06Yeah this is my life
36:08But what he doesn't know
36:10Is that actually
36:11The toxicology
36:12In Evie's body
36:13Is looked at
36:14And there's concerns
36:15About the level of drugs
36:16The report stated
36:17That the opiate levels
36:18In Evie's blood
36:19Were the equivalent
36:20Of taking 20 Tramadol
36:22Any more than two
36:23Would make somebody unwell
36:24Police now know
36:26What caused Evie's death
36:28But they still need
36:29To find proof
36:30Of who caused it
36:32It's been nine months
36:34Since Evie was poisoned
36:36And Monaghan
36:37Is moving on
36:40He always had a
36:41Big wallet full of cash
36:43And always seemed to
36:45Well if he wanted something
36:46He could just pay for it
36:48And we were never
36:49Like a little bit
36:50It was always a big
36:51Big amount of money
36:52Like
36:54But he was constantly
36:55With everybody
36:55Do they need to lend
36:56Some money
36:58And I was like
37:00There's just something
37:01Not right
37:01There's something
37:02Not sitting right
37:04I started to get
37:06Seem more shady
37:07And shadier
37:08As the time went on
37:10As Monaghan
37:11Becomes more elusive
37:13He's quick to offer
37:14An explanation
37:15To his friends
37:17He'd go and see
37:17His solicitor
37:18And go and miss him
37:18For a few days
37:19So that used to
37:20Like be on a Monday
37:22Monday to a Thursday
37:24And then he'd be back
37:24On a Friday
37:26And he'd be like
37:27Oh we've been a week
37:28I've been working
37:31But then as it went on
37:32And went on
37:32That's how it more
37:33Come out
37:34With seeing the solicitor
37:35Oh I had to stay
37:36In cells for a few days
37:37For questioning
37:38And then you'd ask
37:39Why you were
37:39What you're being
37:40Questioned for
37:41Now it's suspicious
37:46Lee's suspicions
37:47Grow following
37:48An argument at the pub
37:50When a woman
37:51A friend of Monaghan's
37:52Ex-partner
37:53Mentions having heard
37:55About Evie's death
37:57She was calling him
37:58A murderer
37:58That was my first
37:59Real proper
38:01Inkling with
38:02Everything into
38:03Evie and the other
38:03Two children
38:05She told him
38:06A murderer
38:06She told him
38:07You've killed your kids
38:08You've killed your ex
38:09You've done this
38:10And you will get
38:10What's coming to you
38:11And then you start
38:12Thinking well
38:13These accusations
38:14Have come out
38:15So many of them
38:17There's got to be
38:17Some truth here
38:20He didn't come across
38:21As dangerous
38:21To anybody
38:23He didn't
38:23He was just
38:24A young lad
38:25He didn't pose
38:26Any threat to nobody
38:28You know
38:29He just seemed
38:30A happy
38:31Sometimes sad
38:32Because obviously
38:33Of what had happened
38:33To him
38:34But the rest of the time
38:35He was just
38:36Having a drink
38:36And having a laugh
38:37With everybody
38:39But we were all
38:40Dragged under an illusion
38:45Sue is surprised
38:46To learn the truth
38:47About her friend
38:47Monaghan
38:48When she's visited
38:49By the police
38:50They said to me
38:52Then about children
38:53And they said
38:54Do not let him
38:55Anywhere near
38:56Children
38:56He is not allowed
38:58In the vicinity
38:59Of children
39:00And I'm like
39:01Why?
39:02And the police
39:03Asked me
39:03What did I know
39:04About his children
39:05I said
39:05Well I knew
39:06That they'd passed away
39:07I said
39:07But it was like
39:08Six years ago
39:09I said
39:10For a genetic
39:11Something genetic
39:13That they'd died of
39:14The police
39:15Are closing in
39:17Detectors are then
39:18Getting
39:18The best experts
39:20They can find
39:21And we talk about
39:22Twelve experts
39:23From a wide range
39:24Of disciplines
39:25To just look at
39:27Not just
39:27Evie's death
39:28But also the death
39:30Of the two children
39:31As part of the investigation
39:33Officers examined
39:35Jordan's phone
39:36And accessed
39:38His WhatsApp messages
39:39And they uncovered
39:41Clear evidence
39:42Of him ordering
39:44And purchasing
39:45The drugs
39:46That were later found
39:47In Evie's body
39:49After her death
39:50This evidence
39:52Strongly indicates
39:54That Jordan
39:55Was not only
39:56Buying the drugs
39:57But also administering
39:59Them to Evie
40:05Jordan is then
40:06Rearrested
40:07And he's charged
40:08With the murder
40:09Of his two children
40:10And of Evie
40:13In October 2021
40:15Jordan Monaghan
40:17Appears at Preston
40:18Crown Court
40:19The friends
40:21Who thought
40:21They knew him
40:22Appear in court too
40:24Made me sick
40:26That I'd been in
40:28Association with somebody
40:29That could do something
40:30That evil
40:32And not flinch
40:35Not flinch
40:36You know when you look
40:37At someone
40:38And you can see
40:38That they're sorry
40:40He didn't look like
40:41That in court
40:42And he was sat
40:43At the back row
40:44So he was sat
40:44At the very back
40:46And he was just
40:47Slouched
40:47Like he knew
40:48What was coming
40:49Anywhere
40:49He knew
40:50He was already
40:50Going to stay
40:51In prison
40:52For the majority
40:53Of his life
40:53He knew
40:54He was going
40:54To get found
40:55Guilty
40:55He knew
40:56His time
40:57Was up
40:57Of the lies
40:58That he'd been
40:58Telling
41:00Felt like
41:01I'd been tricked
41:02Whoever this person
41:03Was
41:03Was just a big
41:04Cover up
41:05And a big fake
41:05And all
41:06All these laugh
41:07Laughable times
41:08And memories
41:09I've had
41:09Aren't even real
41:10How can he
41:11Stand there
41:12And be sad
41:14Over
41:15Evie's death
41:17And
41:17When her
41:18The anniversary
41:19Of her birthday
41:20Was
41:20Be sad
41:21And show us
41:22All pictures
41:22Of how much
41:23He loved her
41:23And all the rest
41:24Of it
41:25When apparently
41:26He did this to her
41:29And leaving
41:30All us lot
41:31Thinking
41:32Everything was fine
41:33That
41:34A man could
41:35Do something
41:35Like that
41:36That's just
41:37It's insane
41:38It's insane to me
41:39That somebody
41:40Can do that
41:42During the trial
41:43A linguistics expert
41:44Presents evidence
41:45On the suicide note
41:47The particular thing
41:48They asked me about
41:48In court
41:49Was a phone call
41:50That Jordan told me about
41:51He said he'd had
41:51A number of phone calls
41:52When Evie died
41:53The night Evie died
41:55That he'd missed
41:56On his phone
41:56And he was working
41:57In a warehouse
41:58And then when he
41:59Eventually answered
42:00They told him
42:00That Evie had died
42:02In my eyes
42:03If someone
42:04Runged me
42:04And told me
42:05My girlfriend
42:05Had died
42:06That he'd made
42:07Out your love
42:07So dearly
42:08He'd have dropped
42:09Everything at work
42:10And gone straight home
42:10He finished his shift
42:12And then went home
42:12I thought
42:13Well he's getting
42:14He's getting sent down
42:15It's got this serious
42:17And
42:18Like I said
42:19Because nobody
42:20Ever spoke about it
42:20For a long time
42:21Nobody knew
42:21How serious it was
42:23And
42:24Yeah at that point
42:25I thought
42:25Yeah he's going down
42:32Jordan Monaghan
42:33Is found guilty
42:34Of murdering
42:35His 21 month old son
42:37His one month old daughter
42:39And 23 year old
42:41Evie Adams
42:42I mean people said
42:44Bring back
42:44I don't want
42:47Anything like that
42:48I want him to be
42:49Tortured every day
42:50In prison
42:50Like he tortured her
42:53I hate him
42:54But I don't want him
42:55To die
42:55I don't want him
42:56To take the coward's way
42:57Out and commit suicide
42:58I want him to pay
42:59For exactly what he's
43:00Done to them babies
43:01And to Evie
43:03Because if he takes
43:04The coward's way out
43:05And kills himself
43:05Then that's just
43:07What he wants to do
43:08That's his choice
43:09And no
43:10He shouldn't have a choice
43:11Anymore
43:12Evie didn't have a choice
43:13So why does he get a choice
43:18Jordan Monaghan
43:19Is sentenced to life
43:21Imprisonment
43:21With a minimum term
43:23Of 40 years
43:25There's no doubt
43:26This guy
43:27Had he not been
43:28Arrested
43:29For the murder of Evie
43:30Would have gone on
43:31And perpetrated
43:32The exact same type
43:33Of behaviours
43:34That Evie fell foul of
43:36Definitely don't feel like
43:37I've got justice for Evie
43:39Never will have
43:39Never will do
43:42The word monster
43:44I don't think that
43:44Even touches the sides
43:46With this
43:46He's much worse
43:48Than that
43:54Evie's family
43:55And friends
43:56Are left to pick up
43:57The pieces
43:59But the scars remain
44:00I mean it's an
44:01Hindsight now
44:02But we had a chance
44:03And I took her away
44:05You know
44:07Gone away
44:08You know
44:09I brought her something
44:10For a few months
44:12Just
44:12Just to get her away
44:14From him
44:14But
44:16Just one of them
44:17Things innit
44:17You live and learn
44:20I just wish
44:21I could have
44:21Picked her up
44:22Throw her over my shoulder
44:22And took her away
44:23And just took her
44:24Out of the situation
44:26Because she just
44:27Didn't deserve it
44:28At all
44:30Jordan Monaghan
44:31Completely took over
44:32Her life
44:33And then ended it
44:34And tragically
44:35Despite the family's
44:36Love
44:36The best efforts
44:38They couldn't have
44:39Done anything
44:39To change that
44:45Bernard and his family
44:47Have created a memorial garden
44:49To celebrate
44:50Evie's memory
44:51Providing a special place
44:54For her daughter
44:55To enjoy
44:56When it's warm
44:58She'll sit there
44:58She'll sit up
45:00And sleep
45:01Hey mum
45:02I'm doing this today
45:04I'm doing that
45:05And say
45:07Grandad
45:08What love
45:10Your mum's just
45:11Been watching me
45:12You know
45:12When a butterfly
45:13Goes past
45:14I'm like
45:16She lives to her daughter now
45:19She's doing amazing
45:20She'd be so proud of her
45:21Evie I remember
45:23Is fun
45:24Loving
45:24Always dancing
45:25Always singing
45:26Get up and
45:28Hump karaoke
45:29In Empty Room
45:30You know
45:30She's just
45:31Just funny
45:32나쁘して
45:32A
45:32Me
45:33Ohacion
45:33wish You
45:33know Thumb
45:33I want
45:34to You know
45:34All this
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