1 00:00:03,701 --> 00:00:06,221 Royston, Hertfordshire. 2 00:00:06,221 --> 00:00:09,541 Police arrive at the home of children's author, Helen Bailey. 3 00:00:14,221 --> 00:00:16,501 After numerous appeals, 4 00:00:16,501 --> 00:00:21,821 organised searches and sightings, she has not been seen for 3 months. 5 00:00:27,141 --> 00:00:31,101 Police are about to give her fiance some bad news. 6 00:00:51,701 --> 00:00:55,341 Is it possible to get away with murder? 7 00:00:55,341 --> 00:00:57,941 What does a killer do after committing the most 8 00:00:57,941 --> 00:01:01,221 heinous of crimes? 9 00:01:01,221 --> 00:01:05,581 Do they carry on as normal and hide in plain sight? 10 00:01:05,581 --> 00:01:07,221 Or go on the run? 11 00:01:09,501 --> 00:01:13,421 You try very hard not to mention the word murder. 12 00:01:14,861 --> 00:01:16,501 How do the actions of a killer, 13 00:01:16,501 --> 00:01:20,541 after their crime, influence the police investigation? 14 00:01:22,061 --> 00:01:23,741 She'd been suffocated. 15 00:01:25,061 --> 00:01:27,061 By focusing on the aftermath, 16 00:01:27,061 --> 00:01:29,901 we unpick the mind-set of a killer... 17 00:01:31,581 --> 00:01:34,581 ..understand the motive, and reveal 18 00:01:34,581 --> 00:01:36,941 what the killer did next. 19 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:51,861 Hello and thank you very much for clicking on this video link. 20 00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:55,781 My name's Helen Bailey and I'd like to introduce you to my new book, 21 00:01:55,781 --> 00:01:59,221 which is called 'When Bad Things Happen in Good Bikinis,' 22 00:01:59,221 --> 00:02:02,661 subtitled 'Life After Death and A Dog Called Boris.' 23 00:02:04,061 --> 00:02:07,221 Helen Bailey had lived in London with her husband John 24 00:02:07,221 --> 00:02:10,501 and had a successful career as a children's author, 25 00:02:10,501 --> 00:02:14,221 but in 2011 her life changed forever. 26 00:02:16,701 --> 00:02:20,781 He took Helen on a holiday, they went to Barbados, 27 00:02:20,781 --> 00:02:24,581 and John wanted to go swimming. 28 00:02:24,581 --> 00:02:27,381 And she told him to be careful, 29 00:02:27,381 --> 00:02:32,381 and then she realised that he was in difficulty in the sea. 30 00:02:32,381 --> 00:02:35,861 People went to his rescue. 31 00:02:35,861 --> 00:02:42,221 He sadly died and she was stranded on holiday without anybody else 32 00:02:42,221 --> 00:02:45,421 to help her, and I remember her saying 33 00:02:45,421 --> 00:02:50,301 that it was the suitcases - she had to bring the suitcases back 34 00:02:50,301 --> 00:02:53,981 full of clothes and just put them in the hall. 35 00:02:53,981 --> 00:02:58,861 And then gradually try to come to terms 36 00:02:58,861 --> 00:03:01,221 with what had happened. 37 00:03:01,221 --> 00:03:07,781 All of us will grieve at some point. To grieve is to mourn 38 00:03:07,781 --> 00:03:12,701 the loss of someone or something that we cared deeply about. 39 00:03:12,701 --> 00:03:17,661 After her husband's untimely death, Helen processed her grief 40 00:03:17,661 --> 00:03:21,101 into a blog, 'Planet Grief,' and a bestselling book. 41 00:03:25,141 --> 00:03:27,941 Peppered throughout the book are the thoughts and experiences 42 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,421 of other men and women 43 00:03:29,421 --> 00:03:32,701 who have also gone through bereavement. 44 00:03:32,701 --> 00:03:37,621 And it was via her blog, Helen had a second chance at love. 45 00:03:37,621 --> 00:03:41,781 Helen met Ian through her 'Planet Grief' blog 46 00:03:41,781 --> 00:03:45,701 and he was a widower and he joined her blog. 47 00:03:45,701 --> 00:03:50,981 And they started communicating and quite quickly afterwards, 48 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:53,661 they became an item and formed a relationship. 49 00:03:53,661 --> 00:03:56,981 They'd both suffered tragic losses 50 00:03:56,981 --> 00:03:59,941 and they were making a real good go at it. 51 00:04:02,101 --> 00:04:05,421 When the newly engaged couple decided to set up home together, 52 00:04:05,421 --> 00:04:09,501 they chose the rural Hertfordshire town of Royston. 53 00:04:09,501 --> 00:04:14,781 It's friendly, it co-operates with each other, 54 00:04:14,781 --> 00:04:17,501 communicates with each other, it has street parties 55 00:04:17,501 --> 00:04:20,061 and things at Royal celebrations, 56 00:04:20,061 --> 00:04:25,301 and it carries on like a small market town should do. 57 00:04:25,301 --> 00:04:29,581 They settled into life, sharing their ample home with Ian's two sons 58 00:04:29,581 --> 00:04:32,021 and Helen's beloved dachshund, Boris. 59 00:04:32,021 --> 00:04:37,381 They got engaged and soon became a huge part of the community. 60 00:04:37,381 --> 00:04:40,941 Boris was always with Helen. 61 00:04:40,941 --> 00:04:43,341 I think Boris, as I recall, 62 00:04:43,341 --> 00:04:46,421 was really the main part of what was left from her marriage 63 00:04:46,421 --> 00:04:52,421 to her first husband, and so she adored him on every account. 64 00:04:52,421 --> 00:04:55,621 When they moved to Royston, it was Helen that knocked 65 00:04:55,621 --> 00:04:57,781 on the neighbours' doors and asked them to come round for brunch 66 00:04:57,781 --> 00:04:59,981 or champagne and cakes and coffee. 67 00:05:01,021 --> 00:05:03,861 As a successful author, Helen had amassed 68 00:05:03,861 --> 00:05:08,421 an extensive property portfolio, including the 1.5 million pound house 69 00:05:08,421 --> 00:05:12,861 in Royston, and a writer's retreat in Broadstairs in Kent. 70 00:05:25,501 --> 00:05:29,141 (PHONE RINGS) 71 00:05:39,861 --> 00:05:41,501 So when Helen Bailey had gone away 72 00:05:41,501 --> 00:05:43,621 for a few days in the middle of writing a book, 73 00:05:43,621 --> 00:05:49,261 fiance Ian was initially unconcerned but after four days, 74 00:05:49,261 --> 00:05:54,061 and having not been in contact with anyone, he was starting to worry. 75 00:06:12,821 --> 00:06:16,381 Ian revealed Helen had been feeling really tired recently 76 00:06:16,381 --> 00:06:19,021 and was anxious about her health. 77 00:06:33,741 --> 00:06:37,181 At this point, police log a missing persons file, 78 00:06:37,181 --> 00:06:41,581 but as time passes, fear spreads around the town. 79 00:06:42,741 --> 00:06:48,141 Whether she'd taken her own life, or she'd been killed. 80 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:52,261 Has she been abducted for a ransom? 81 00:06:52,261 --> 00:06:54,661 It was clear that something was wrong. 82 00:06:54,661 --> 00:06:56,261 Ooh! 83 00:06:56,261 --> 00:06:58,261 That wasn't supposed to happen. 84 00:07:03,741 --> 00:07:07,061 (PHONE RINGS) 85 00:07:14,381 --> 00:07:17,861 Children's author Helen Bailey has been missing for four days. 86 00:07:17,861 --> 00:07:21,141 Having initially thought she needed time alone to write, 87 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:24,101 her fiance Ian Stewart is now worried. 88 00:07:41,901 --> 00:07:46,141 Every 90 seconds in the UK, someone is reported missing. 89 00:07:46,141 --> 00:07:49,061 The majority of these people return within days, 90 00:07:49,061 --> 00:07:52,701 citing mental health issues, or a relationship breakdown. 91 00:07:57,061 --> 00:08:00,261 So when police receive a call regarding Helen Bailey, 92 00:08:00,261 --> 00:08:03,661 they need to assess what is going on in her personal life, 93 00:08:03,661 --> 00:08:06,341 and if she's at risk. 94 00:08:06,341 --> 00:08:09,781 We're told by Ian Stewart there's a note. 95 00:08:09,781 --> 00:08:12,181 She said she wants to go away for a few days. 96 00:08:12,181 --> 00:08:15,781 That's not a particularly worrying situation. 97 00:08:15,781 --> 00:08:20,781 So in terms of the spectrum of missing person inquiries, 98 00:08:20,781 --> 00:08:23,661 this is going to come initially quite low down. 99 00:08:23,661 --> 00:08:27,421 There's not going to be a huge amount of worry, the expectation 100 00:08:27,421 --> 00:08:30,301 would be Helen Bailey will turn up in the next day or two. 101 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:33,301 Initial enquiries with Helen's friends 102 00:08:33,301 --> 00:08:36,621 confirm the relationship between Helen and Ian is strong. 103 00:08:36,621 --> 00:08:38,661 They were in a good place. 104 00:08:38,661 --> 00:08:40,421 They were very touchy-feely, 105 00:08:40,421 --> 00:08:42,261 they would be holding hands 106 00:08:42,261 --> 00:08:46,821 and they had what one would describe as a good relationship. 107 00:08:46,821 --> 00:08:48,661 She wanted to be happy, 108 00:08:48,661 --> 00:08:52,581 she wanted Ian to be happy, she wanted the boys to be happy. 109 00:08:52,581 --> 00:08:55,941 She trusted him, without question. 110 00:09:19,061 --> 00:09:21,341 When news of Helen's disappearance 111 00:09:21,341 --> 00:09:24,581 becomes public, neighbours react with concern 112 00:09:24,581 --> 00:09:27,461 that Helen's busy lifestyle could have prompted her 113 00:09:27,461 --> 00:09:29,301 to take some time away. 114 00:09:29,301 --> 00:09:31,501 It makes sense if she left a note. 115 00:09:31,501 --> 00:09:35,741 She wanted peace, with Boris, to start writing her new book, 116 00:09:35,741 --> 00:09:39,581 away from all of us, who would pop in and have coffee 117 00:09:39,581 --> 00:09:44,181 and maybe disturbed her when she was trying to concentrate. 118 00:09:44,181 --> 00:09:48,661 I had read a passage in her novel where she'd said, 119 00:09:48,661 --> 00:09:53,061 "I would like to sometimes chuck everything in and run away", 120 00:09:53,061 --> 00:09:57,661 so half of me did wonder maybe she is quite a, 121 00:09:57,661 --> 00:09:59,341 I don't know, 122 00:09:59,341 --> 00:10:03,141 a carefree woman who would like to just run away to Greece 123 00:10:03,141 --> 00:10:05,061 and just forget all her worries. 124 00:10:09,821 --> 00:10:13,981 Days turn into a week and still no-one has heard from Helen. 125 00:10:17,181 --> 00:10:19,541 Hertfordshire Police say they're worried 126 00:10:19,541 --> 00:10:21,741 about a well-known children's writer 127 00:10:21,741 --> 00:10:23,541 who's been missing... 128 00:10:26,301 --> 00:10:29,381 Police decide to speak to a visibly worried 129 00:10:29,381 --> 00:10:32,101 and exhausted Ian at his home. 130 00:10:46,501 --> 00:10:47,821 Police are going to want to know 131 00:10:47,821 --> 00:10:49,541 what was going on in Helen's life. 132 00:10:49,541 --> 00:10:51,981 Were there any problems, were there any people 133 00:10:51,981 --> 00:10:56,061 that she was having problems with, arguments with? 134 00:10:56,061 --> 00:10:57,461 Were there any challenges in her life? 135 00:10:57,461 --> 00:11:00,221 Were there any financial problems? 136 00:11:00,221 --> 00:11:04,341 Were there problems with the relationship, with her partner? 137 00:11:04,341 --> 00:11:07,501 There are all sorts of things that the police need to pull together. 138 00:11:57,981 --> 00:12:00,421 With Ian unable to provide any further clues, 139 00:12:00,421 --> 00:12:02,901 the mystery deepens. 140 00:12:02,901 --> 00:12:07,341 Police enquiries reveal Helen hasn't been in contact with anyone. 141 00:12:07,341 --> 00:12:10,861 Not only that, but since the day she went missing, 142 00:12:10,861 --> 00:12:14,981 it appears there's been no sign of her anywhere. 143 00:12:17,141 --> 00:12:21,381 It's just not possible for somebody to live in 21st century Britain 144 00:12:21,381 --> 00:12:23,141 and not leave a trail, 145 00:12:23,141 --> 00:12:26,661 financially, with their doctor, with their dentist, 146 00:12:26,661 --> 00:12:28,821 with their friends, with their social media, 147 00:12:28,821 --> 00:12:30,621 with their bank accounts. 148 00:12:30,621 --> 00:12:35,661 Even if somebody were trying deliberately to disappear, 149 00:12:35,661 --> 00:12:38,901 they would leave a footprint of their preparations. 150 00:12:38,901 --> 00:12:43,381 If you're planning to disappear, to start a new life for yourself, 151 00:12:43,381 --> 00:12:45,981 then you're going to make certain preparations. 152 00:12:45,981 --> 00:12:49,141 Whether that's making sure that you've withdrawn a large amount 153 00:12:49,141 --> 00:12:51,061 of money, so you can take care of yourself, 154 00:12:51,061 --> 00:12:53,181 maybe you'll have bought a new mobile phone 155 00:12:53,181 --> 00:12:55,301 so you can't be traced, 156 00:12:55,301 --> 00:12:57,181 but certainly there will be clues, 157 00:12:57,181 --> 00:12:59,661 and those clues are what the police are going to look for. 158 00:13:01,941 --> 00:13:04,861 By now, concern for Helen is rising and initial hopes 159 00:13:04,861 --> 00:13:08,021 she has taken time away are diminishing. 160 00:13:08,021 --> 00:13:10,581 Helen's friends are starting to fear the worst. 161 00:13:14,381 --> 00:13:17,261 As the weeks went by, it was clear 162 00:13:17,261 --> 00:13:19,621 that something was wrong. 163 00:13:19,621 --> 00:13:21,821 Whether she'd taken her own life, 164 00:13:21,821 --> 00:13:26,421 it just started to eat away at people. People don't disappear 165 00:13:26,421 --> 00:13:28,981 like that, there's a reason we still talk about Lord Lucan. 166 00:13:28,981 --> 00:13:32,981 This obviously wealthy woman, 167 00:13:32,981 --> 00:13:37,021 probably vulnerable as well because of her recent bereavement. 168 00:13:37,021 --> 00:13:39,781 Helen's a writer who's actually shared 169 00:13:39,781 --> 00:13:41,661 a really emotional blog online. 170 00:13:41,661 --> 00:13:44,261 She's talked about her grief and loss, 171 00:13:44,261 --> 00:13:47,341 and that's a connector, people feel that they know you, 172 00:13:47,341 --> 00:13:52,261 and sometimes those individuals can become obsessed and, 173 00:13:52,261 --> 00:13:54,701 when you think about it in a sinister context, 174 00:13:54,701 --> 00:13:57,461 could it be that somebody wanted to be with her 175 00:13:57,461 --> 00:14:01,221 against all the odds and not let anything get in their way? 176 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,101 Police decide to carry out a search 177 00:14:04,101 --> 00:14:07,661 of Ian and Helen's home, hoping it will throw up more clues. 178 00:14:40,641 --> 00:14:42,561 Six weeks after Helen's disappearance 179 00:14:42,561 --> 00:14:45,001 and there's still no sign of her. 180 00:14:45,001 --> 00:14:48,321 Police change tack and expand their search area. 181 00:14:50,001 --> 00:14:52,281 They were putting the flyers all over the town, 182 00:14:52,281 --> 00:14:54,161 not just in this area, 183 00:14:54,161 --> 00:14:58,881 and they were searching nearer to the town, 184 00:14:58,881 --> 00:15:01,201 they were searching the houses at the top of this road, 185 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:03,601 and the police did come back several times to ask us, 186 00:15:03,601 --> 00:15:05,601 more than once, 187 00:15:05,601 --> 00:15:10,961 to look in our garages and sheds again, which we did of course. 188 00:15:10,961 --> 00:15:15,081 Friends and neighbours organised a dog search on the heath. 189 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:18,521 Ian went over there and spoke to them and said, 190 00:15:18,521 --> 00:15:20,641 "thank you very much for doing the search." 191 00:15:20,641 --> 00:15:23,761 Ian seemed quite lost and bewildered at that point, 192 00:15:23,761 --> 00:15:29,001 I think, to me, when I saw him, and really again, 193 00:15:29,001 --> 00:15:31,961 you just can only imagine yourself in that situation. 194 00:15:39,961 --> 00:15:43,281 Police widen their search and visit Helen's bolthole 195 00:15:43,281 --> 00:15:47,561 in Broadstairs and make a startling discovery. 196 00:15:47,561 --> 00:15:50,521 Ian Stewart tells police on the 15th of April 197 00:15:50,521 --> 00:15:54,401 that Helen Bailey's phone has gone with her, 198 00:15:54,401 --> 00:15:56,041 she's got the phone with her. 199 00:15:56,041 --> 00:16:00,441 He's calling it, he's texting it, friends, family are calling her, 200 00:16:00,441 --> 00:16:01,961 texting her. 201 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,521 All the calls go to voicemail. 202 00:16:04,521 --> 00:16:08,961 So the phone is either switched off or it's diverted to voicemail. 203 00:16:08,961 --> 00:16:12,601 Can't get through to it. However, on the 16th of April, 204 00:16:12,601 --> 00:16:16,521 Helen Bailey's phone connected with the network in their cottage 205 00:16:16,521 --> 00:16:19,321 at Broadstairs. 206 00:16:21,001 --> 00:16:24,401 Was Helen Bailey in Broadstairs all the time? 207 00:16:27,441 --> 00:16:30,001 The Wi-Fi router history at Helen Bailey's holiday home 208 00:16:30,001 --> 00:16:33,921 reveals Helen's mobile phone had automatically connected to it 209 00:16:33,921 --> 00:16:37,401 on 16th April, five days after she went missing. 210 00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:48,081 The news throws the case wide open. 211 00:16:48,081 --> 00:16:50,521 Has Helen Bailey been in Broadstairs all along? 212 00:16:50,521 --> 00:16:54,481 And if so, where is she now? 213 00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:58,881 Police contact Helen's mobile phone company and bank 214 00:16:58,881 --> 00:17:02,361 to see if they can reveal any more clues to her whereabouts. 215 00:17:03,601 --> 00:17:08,041 So you start looking at her digital footprint, 216 00:17:08,041 --> 00:17:11,681 for want of a better word. What's happening with her bank accounts? 217 00:17:11,681 --> 00:17:14,121 That can be done. What about her mobile phone? 218 00:17:14,121 --> 00:17:16,041 What about her email account, 219 00:17:16,041 --> 00:17:18,561 what about her social media accounts? 220 00:17:18,561 --> 00:17:20,761 Suddenly there's a breakthrough. 221 00:17:20,761 --> 00:17:24,041 Helen's bank reveals transactions have been made. 222 00:17:24,041 --> 00:17:28,081 Police make a renewed appeal for Helen's whereabouts. 223 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:33,921 It is a possible line of enquiry, that Helen has taken herself off 224 00:17:33,921 --> 00:17:36,681 and she's staying in a B&B or a hotel. 225 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:38,961 We know she liked to go to Brighton, we know she went 226 00:17:38,961 --> 00:17:43,121 to Broadstairs, so our appeal would be, if you see anyone 227 00:17:43,121 --> 00:17:45,201 or suspect anyone fitting Helen's description, 228 00:17:45,201 --> 00:17:48,281 but is using another name, then again, I would encourage 229 00:17:48,281 --> 00:17:51,321 people to come forward and report that to the police. 230 00:17:51,321 --> 00:17:55,881 But as police delve deeper into bank records hoping for a crucial clue, 231 00:17:55,881 --> 00:17:59,601 they discover all is not as it seems. 232 00:17:59,601 --> 00:18:02,841 Police informed us that money had been moved around 233 00:18:02,841 --> 00:18:04,881 in different accounts. A Standing Order 234 00:18:04,881 --> 00:18:08,041 from Helen Bailey's personal account 235 00:18:08,041 --> 00:18:11,641 to a joint account was increased 236 00:18:11,641 --> 00:18:16,841 from 600 pounds a month, to 4,000 pounds a month. 237 00:18:18,281 --> 00:18:20,881 Has Helen been moving money into another account? 238 00:18:20,881 --> 00:18:23,521 Is she in fact hiding out somewhere? 239 00:18:23,521 --> 00:18:26,641 Police examine the accounts further, 240 00:18:26,641 --> 00:18:30,441 and discover Helen's bank card has been used since her disappearance. 241 00:18:30,441 --> 00:18:35,001 To renew her 3,000 pound Arsenal Football Club season ticket, 242 00:18:35,001 --> 00:18:38,921 but it appears it isn't Helen using the account. 243 00:18:38,921 --> 00:18:41,361 It's her fiance, Ian. 244 00:18:47,601 --> 00:18:50,561 Police urgently need to speak with Ian Stewart again. 245 00:18:50,561 --> 00:18:56,241 But are shocked by what they discover at his home. 246 00:18:56,241 --> 00:18:59,521 Ian Stewart is nowhere to be seen. 247 00:19:06,461 --> 00:19:08,741 Police investigating the disappearance 248 00:19:08,741 --> 00:19:12,741 of children's author, Helen Bailey, have discovered her fiance, Ian, 249 00:19:12,741 --> 00:19:15,021 has been transferring money from her account. 250 00:19:17,181 --> 00:19:19,221 They need to speak to him urgently. 251 00:19:19,221 --> 00:19:22,941 But, he's gone missing. 252 00:19:27,701 --> 00:19:31,021 I was surprised when I heard he was going on the holiday, 253 00:19:31,021 --> 00:19:32,981 and that he went on the holiday. 254 00:19:32,981 --> 00:19:35,581 I was very surprised about that. 255 00:19:35,581 --> 00:19:38,941 He'd gone on this holiday booked for the two of them 256 00:19:38,941 --> 00:19:41,541 and that completely left me flabbergasted 257 00:19:41,541 --> 00:19:43,261 because I couldn't imagine, 258 00:19:43,261 --> 00:19:47,461 if I was in his situation, how I would even consider 259 00:19:47,461 --> 00:19:51,861 the possibility of going on holiday if my loved one had disappeared. 260 00:19:51,861 --> 00:19:54,261 Well, what if they turned up at the house while I was on holiday? 261 00:19:56,181 --> 00:19:59,661 The focus of the investigation suddenly changes. 262 00:19:59,661 --> 00:20:06,101 Missing person investigations can become murder investigations 263 00:20:06,101 --> 00:20:09,061 quite quickly, and as time goes on, 264 00:20:09,061 --> 00:20:11,581 the longer that somebody is still missing, 265 00:20:11,581 --> 00:20:13,421 the more suspicious you become. 266 00:20:13,421 --> 00:20:16,501 During that time, while the investigation's going on, 267 00:20:16,501 --> 00:20:21,821 you will find pieces of evidence which add to the suspicion. 268 00:20:23,421 --> 00:20:25,741 And then one overtakes the other 269 00:20:25,741 --> 00:20:28,181 and it becomes a murder investigation. 270 00:20:37,301 --> 00:20:39,101 After two weeks in the sun, 271 00:20:39,101 --> 00:20:41,301 Ian Stewart returns. 272 00:20:45,101 --> 00:20:46,461 And he's in for a shock. 273 00:21:02,741 --> 00:21:05,581 Police have arrested Ian Stewart over the disappearance 274 00:21:05,581 --> 00:21:07,301 of his fiancee, Helen Bailey, 275 00:21:07,301 --> 00:21:10,261 and despite not having found Helen's body, 276 00:21:10,261 --> 00:21:12,981 they believe Ian has murdered her. 277 00:21:12,981 --> 00:21:16,741 Has Helen's killer really been in front of the police all along? 278 00:21:16,741 --> 00:21:20,501 How has he managed to evade police for three months? 279 00:21:20,501 --> 00:21:23,541 And what really happened on the day Helen went missing? 280 00:21:35,781 --> 00:21:38,461 On the morning of the 11th, I was doing my accounts 281 00:21:38,461 --> 00:21:41,861 at the dining room table, and suddenly I was aware 282 00:21:41,861 --> 00:21:45,501 of the back door here opening 283 00:21:45,501 --> 00:21:48,741 and then shutting rather quickly. 284 00:21:48,741 --> 00:21:52,901 At first I took absolutely no notice of it whatsoever, 285 00:21:52,901 --> 00:21:55,621 but then as it happened again and again, 286 00:21:55,621 --> 00:21:58,301 I got up to look, 287 00:21:58,301 --> 00:22:03,101 but there was nothing there to see and then it went quiet 288 00:22:03,101 --> 00:22:05,621 so then I went back and sat down again 289 00:22:05,621 --> 00:22:08,701 and carried on with my work. 290 00:22:14,261 --> 00:22:17,101 Just before 3:00pm on the day of his fiancee's disappearance, 291 00:22:17,101 --> 00:22:20,141 Ian Stewart left the house for a doctor's appointment. 292 00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:26,901 Ian was due to go to his GP and he made a phone call 293 00:22:26,901 --> 00:22:29,861 and said that he'd had car trouble and wasn't going to be able 294 00:22:29,861 --> 00:22:31,421 to make his morning appointment. 295 00:22:31,421 --> 00:22:35,621 Ian rearranged the appointment for later that afternoon. 296 00:22:35,621 --> 00:22:37,981 And when he did turn up to the appointment, 297 00:22:37,981 --> 00:22:40,221 the GP described him as being very distant. 298 00:22:40,221 --> 00:22:44,581 After the doctor's, Ian has another errand to run, 299 00:22:44,581 --> 00:22:46,941 and this time he's caught on CCTV. 300 00:22:46,941 --> 00:22:50,901 On that same day, he went to the local refuse tip 301 00:22:50,901 --> 00:22:53,141 and discarded of a duvet. 302 00:22:55,821 --> 00:22:58,901 Ian then visits Helen's solicitor, who is dealing with selling 303 00:22:58,901 --> 00:23:00,461 one of her properties. 304 00:23:01,861 --> 00:23:06,221 Ian was very aggressive regarding a property she had in Gateshead. 305 00:23:06,221 --> 00:23:11,221 He really wanted to push through the sale and the solicitor 306 00:23:11,221 --> 00:23:14,021 intervened and said it wouldn't be possible to do so without Helen, 307 00:23:14,021 --> 00:23:18,701 and it was quite unusual that, for someone that should be, 308 00:23:18,701 --> 00:23:21,101 by rights, concerned that their partner's gone missing, 309 00:23:21,101 --> 00:23:24,821 he was more preoccupied with pushing through the sale 310 00:23:24,821 --> 00:23:26,461 of a rental property. 311 00:23:27,781 --> 00:23:31,101 Later that evening, Ian Stewart drives into town, 312 00:23:31,101 --> 00:23:34,661 parks up, and spends the evening with one of his sons. 313 00:23:36,221 --> 00:23:40,101 He even goes to watch his son play bowls, unannounced, 314 00:23:40,101 --> 00:23:42,261 and takes him out for a Chinese meal. 315 00:23:42,261 --> 00:23:45,661 It's just not what you'd expect 316 00:23:45,661 --> 00:23:48,181 from someone whose wife's gone missing. 317 00:23:48,181 --> 00:23:52,541 This type of killer, generally speaking, will do some planning, 318 00:23:52,541 --> 00:23:58,821 and they are very, very motivated to set up alibis for themselves 319 00:23:58,821 --> 00:24:01,581 so that they will not get caught. 320 00:24:01,581 --> 00:24:05,941 So it's quite possible that, on the day that he killed Helen, 321 00:24:05,941 --> 00:24:08,301 he had planned lots of activities to make it look 322 00:24:08,301 --> 00:24:11,181 as if he was busy when she went missing. 323 00:24:16,981 --> 00:24:21,341 Two days after Helen's disappearance, and friends and family 324 00:24:21,341 --> 00:24:23,621 are surprised they cannot great hold of her, 325 00:24:23,621 --> 00:24:26,981 Ian tells them that she's gone away to Broadstairs. 326 00:24:29,061 --> 00:24:31,901 So two days after Helen's supposedly gone missing, 327 00:24:31,901 --> 00:24:34,941 Helen's brother is concerned he can't get in touch with Helen 328 00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:37,861 and that prompts him to get in touch with Ian Stewart 329 00:24:37,861 --> 00:24:42,181 and ask what's going on; it was that unusual to go 330 00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:43,421 two days without speaking to her. 331 00:24:44,661 --> 00:24:47,981 Helen's brother went to Broadstairs to see if he could find her, 332 00:24:47,981 --> 00:24:51,581 and he spoke to her neighbours there, to the people 333 00:24:51,581 --> 00:24:54,781 in the local shop and nobody had seen her. 334 00:24:57,701 --> 00:25:01,381 Realising Helen's disappearance is now being noticed, 335 00:25:01,381 --> 00:25:04,701 Ian decides to report her missing. 336 00:25:04,701 --> 00:25:09,101 From this point on, Ian believes he is in charge of what the police 337 00:25:09,101 --> 00:25:11,661 will think and how they will react. 338 00:25:16,901 --> 00:25:19,341 (PHONE RINGS) 339 00:25:39,141 --> 00:25:41,981 Every word of Ian's call to police is recorded. 340 00:25:41,981 --> 00:25:46,581 At the time it was just that - a missing person's call. 341 00:25:50,221 --> 00:25:51,861 But this is actually the voice of a killer 342 00:25:51,861 --> 00:25:54,741 trying to get away with murder. 343 00:26:00,861 --> 00:26:02,581 I mean, not knowing her birthday, 344 00:26:02,581 --> 00:26:03,981 that's very odd, isn't it? 345 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:32,141 In the call to the police, Stewart forgets some key details. 346 00:26:32,141 --> 00:26:35,381 It's not completely unusual when you're really concerned 347 00:26:35,381 --> 00:26:37,621 and anxious, when you're worried about somebody 348 00:26:37,621 --> 00:26:38,981 that you love and you fear for them. 349 00:26:38,981 --> 00:26:43,061 You're not necessarily thinking rationally, but the likelihood 350 00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:47,181 in this phone call is more that he's trying to think of the best way 351 00:26:47,181 --> 00:26:51,021 of avoiding certain facts because he either hasn't formulated them yet, 352 00:26:51,021 --> 00:26:54,941 or he's concerned that some of them might incriminate him. 353 00:26:54,941 --> 00:26:56,981 As the call continues, 354 00:26:56,981 --> 00:27:00,021 Ian starts to lay a trail for the police to follow. 355 00:27:00,021 --> 00:27:02,581 Now we can see this for what it really is - 356 00:27:02,581 --> 00:27:05,141 the smokescreen of a murderer. 357 00:27:26,181 --> 00:27:28,021 He claimed that she'd left a note, 358 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:29,901 but then he couldn't locate the note 359 00:27:29,901 --> 00:27:34,061 and he wasn't able to accurately say what had been written on that note. 360 00:27:34,061 --> 00:27:36,821 Nobody has ever seen that note. 361 00:27:36,821 --> 00:27:42,221 He tells police "the note existed, but I've now thrown it away." 362 00:27:42,221 --> 00:27:45,661 This note, it seems, didn't exist. 363 00:27:53,101 --> 00:27:55,861 Police launch a missing persons investigation 364 00:27:55,861 --> 00:28:00,621 and every move Ian now makes, is likely to be scrutinised. 365 00:28:00,621 --> 00:28:03,661 He wants them to dance to his tune. 366 00:28:05,341 --> 00:28:07,781 So he chooses not to join in the search for Helen 367 00:28:07,781 --> 00:28:10,341 on the heath, nor do a public appeal. 368 00:28:10,341 --> 00:28:12,821 Perhaps afraid he'll give himself away. 369 00:28:15,141 --> 00:28:16,661 But what he does do, 370 00:28:16,661 --> 00:28:19,421 is go to the couple's hideaway in Kent. 371 00:28:20,661 --> 00:28:23,901 Ian Stewart went to Broadstairs to look for her, 372 00:28:23,901 --> 00:28:27,341 ostensibly, and that's when the phone connected to the Wi-Fi. 373 00:28:28,781 --> 00:28:34,301 There's no doubt that she didn't go there, she would have been seen, 374 00:28:34,301 --> 00:28:37,141 she would have done something. 375 00:28:38,221 --> 00:28:42,221 Ian Stewart had said she had gone to Broadstairs in Kent and, 376 00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:47,661 lo and behold, the phone was pinging in the Broadstairs area 377 00:28:47,661 --> 00:28:51,381 and that probably, or possibly, was to make the police think 378 00:28:51,381 --> 00:28:54,261 that that's exactly where she was and she was still alive. 379 00:29:01,141 --> 00:29:04,581 With the hunt for Helen Bailey intensifying, Ian Stewart continues 380 00:29:04,581 --> 00:29:08,741 going about his day-to-day life as if nothing is wrong. 381 00:29:10,861 --> 00:29:15,061 He walked about the town as if nothing had happened 382 00:29:15,061 --> 00:29:19,501 and he talked about anything else but Helen. 383 00:29:22,701 --> 00:29:26,141 But Ian cannot avoid talking to the police, who interview him 384 00:29:26,141 --> 00:29:29,781 as a witness in a bid to try to piece together Helen's movements. 385 00:29:29,781 --> 00:29:33,341 And all his reactions are caught on their body cameras. 386 00:29:33,341 --> 00:29:37,221 What initially appeared to be a flustered, concerned fiance... 387 00:29:38,781 --> 00:29:44,301 ..is actually the reactions of a killer trying to cover his tracks. 388 00:29:56,901 --> 00:29:58,501 First of all, he's been thrown. 389 00:29:58,501 --> 00:30:01,221 He didn't realise that people were going to be so adamant 390 00:30:01,221 --> 00:30:05,141 that Helen had gone missing, so now he's having to articulate 391 00:30:05,141 --> 00:30:08,861 a whole set of circumstances that all of these little parts 392 00:30:08,861 --> 00:30:11,781 of his story, he needs to really think about, 393 00:30:11,781 --> 00:30:14,701 to make sure that he appears to an innocent partner. 394 00:30:19,061 --> 00:30:21,621 But two months after Helen's disappearance, 395 00:30:21,621 --> 00:30:23,701 Ian's lies begin to catch up with him. 396 00:30:23,701 --> 00:30:29,221 As he makes the inexplicable decision to go on holiday to Spain. 397 00:30:32,661 --> 00:30:35,141 They'd booked a holiday to Spain, 398 00:30:35,141 --> 00:30:37,901 the two of them, and he went on his own. 399 00:30:37,901 --> 00:30:41,661 He presumably decided that it was the thing to do, 400 00:30:41,661 --> 00:30:43,181 not to waste a holiday. 401 00:30:43,181 --> 00:30:46,021 And I think he said something along the lines of, 402 00:30:46,021 --> 00:30:47,421 "Helen would have wanted me to", 403 00:30:47,421 --> 00:30:50,861 which, in my mind, doesn't suggest someone 404 00:30:50,861 --> 00:30:53,421 who's worried sick about their missing partner. 405 00:30:53,421 --> 00:30:59,781 It suggests someone that's callous and lacking in any sort 406 00:30:59,781 --> 00:31:05,061 of concern for what had happened to their supposed fiancee. 407 00:31:05,061 --> 00:31:07,501 But while he's away, Ian is unaware 408 00:31:07,501 --> 00:31:10,581 police have been following his every move. 409 00:31:13,381 --> 00:31:15,741 Police have received information that Ian 410 00:31:15,741 --> 00:31:19,261 has been spending Helen's money and now they have new evidence. 411 00:31:19,261 --> 00:31:22,621 They find Helen's last will and testament, 412 00:31:22,621 --> 00:31:25,461 and its contents point to a clear motive. 413 00:31:26,741 --> 00:31:32,301 Helen left everything to Ian in the will, just like that. 414 00:31:32,301 --> 00:31:36,421 Police discovered that in the will they were each other's next of kin, 415 00:31:36,421 --> 00:31:41,221 and if something happened to Helen, that she'd made provisions 416 00:31:41,221 --> 00:31:43,741 that he'd be looked after financially 417 00:31:43,741 --> 00:31:47,381 and she certainly had enough means 418 00:31:47,381 --> 00:31:50,141 to look after him for a very, very long time. 419 00:31:51,781 --> 00:31:54,261 She was worth over three million pounds. 420 00:31:54,261 --> 00:31:57,501 Police believe they have enough evidence to prove that Helen Bailey 421 00:31:57,501 --> 00:32:00,061 was murdered, by Ian Stewart. 422 00:33:12,221 --> 00:33:14,741 Ian Stewart is under arrest. 423 00:33:28,541 --> 00:33:30,701 But with Helen's body still having not been found, 424 00:33:30,701 --> 00:33:33,621 will this killer walk free? 425 00:33:37,911 --> 00:33:39,631 Police investigating the disappearance 426 00:33:39,631 --> 00:33:42,111 of missing Hertfordshire author, Helen Bailey, have arrested 427 00:33:42,111 --> 00:33:44,431 a man on suspicion of murder. 428 00:33:45,271 --> 00:33:48,791 Three months after the disappearance of children's author, Helen Bailey, 429 00:33:48,791 --> 00:33:52,831 police have arrested her fiance, Ian Stewart. 430 00:33:59,751 --> 00:34:02,431 When the police turned up to arrest Ian, 431 00:34:02,431 --> 00:34:06,551 he looked very dishevelled and he was acting 432 00:34:06,551 --> 00:34:09,631 completely confused, that the police had turned up to arrest him. 433 00:34:09,631 --> 00:34:11,751 He kept on putting his head in his hands, 434 00:34:11,751 --> 00:34:13,471 like wiping his face. 435 00:34:13,471 --> 00:34:17,391 He was just totally bemused as to why they'd come knocking. 436 00:34:17,391 --> 00:34:21,311 But without a body, police had no proof of a murder. 437 00:34:21,311 --> 00:34:25,311 They have to hope that Ian will crack under questioning. 438 00:34:27,551 --> 00:34:32,431 There has been absolutely no trace of her since the 11th of April. 439 00:34:32,431 --> 00:34:35,471 The details from all her financial had come through. 440 00:34:35,471 --> 00:34:39,791 The strange behaviour, in many ways, by Ian Stewart, 441 00:34:39,791 --> 00:34:43,031 in the way that he's gone on holiday, 442 00:34:43,031 --> 00:34:44,831 the way he tried to sell the flat, 443 00:34:44,831 --> 00:34:46,871 this has all come together then. 444 00:34:46,871 --> 00:34:51,031 And it's reasonable to suspect that he's got something to do 445 00:34:51,031 --> 00:34:53,831 with it because he's the only person who stands to benefit from it. 446 00:34:53,831 --> 00:34:57,071 At that point, there isn't enough evidence to charge him, 447 00:34:57,071 --> 00:35:00,471 so while he's under arrest and he's at the police station, 448 00:35:00,471 --> 00:35:05,471 the opportunity has to be taken to make a full and thorough search 449 00:35:05,471 --> 00:35:06,911 of the house. 450 00:35:48,551 --> 00:35:51,311 He isn't commenting, he isn't responding. 451 00:35:51,311 --> 00:35:54,671 His body language demonstrates quite a lot 452 00:35:54,671 --> 00:35:58,311 of arrogance. He's incredibly aloof in the interview. 453 00:35:58,311 --> 00:36:04,111 It's almost like he feels that he's being patronised even being there. 454 00:36:04,111 --> 00:36:07,271 In his mind, the reason he isn't answering 455 00:36:07,271 --> 00:36:11,151 is because no body, no case to answer. 456 00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:20,911 With Ian giving nothing away, the police need to act fast. 457 00:36:20,911 --> 00:36:24,631 They can only keep him in custody for up to 96 hours. 458 00:36:24,631 --> 00:36:28,791 So they focus again on the footage of his arrest, 459 00:36:28,791 --> 00:36:30,511 and this time they spot something 460 00:36:30,511 --> 00:36:32,751 they hadn't previously picked up on. 461 00:36:34,311 --> 00:36:38,031 Watch again as Ian speaks to the police - 462 00:36:38,031 --> 00:36:40,311 has he unwittingly given them a crucial clue? 463 00:36:55,551 --> 00:36:58,351 As he's arrested, the very last thing that he does, 464 00:36:58,351 --> 00:37:01,191 is he turns round to his son 465 00:37:01,191 --> 00:37:02,711 and says "oh, the garage is open". 466 00:37:02,711 --> 00:37:05,991 It's interesting that Stewart made this comment. 467 00:37:05,991 --> 00:37:08,031 When Stewart's arrested, he's shocked. 468 00:37:08,031 --> 00:37:10,671 He's thinking, how have they found her? 469 00:37:10,671 --> 00:37:14,551 There is undoubtedly a conscience in his response regarding 470 00:37:14,551 --> 00:37:17,951 the garage. He knows that Helen's body is there and he's trying 471 00:37:17,951 --> 00:37:23,031 to make sure that the police don't connect that situation to him. 472 00:37:25,431 --> 00:37:29,151 For two days specialist officers and sniffer dogs 473 00:37:29,151 --> 00:37:31,751 have searched every inch of the sprawling house, 474 00:37:31,751 --> 00:37:37,591 its two acre grounds, swimming pool and garage, but have found nothing. 475 00:37:39,471 --> 00:37:44,231 Without a body, police will have no choice but to release Ian Stewart, 476 00:37:44,231 --> 00:37:47,751 but then, a chance comment from a neighbour 477 00:37:47,751 --> 00:37:50,871 leads to the breakthrough they have been desperate for. 478 00:37:54,751 --> 00:37:57,951 It was a crime scene and the generator 479 00:37:57,951 --> 00:38:01,031 was making an awful lot of noise, so we couldn't sleep, 480 00:38:01,031 --> 00:38:05,071 and they told us that they had finished their search, 481 00:38:05,071 --> 00:38:07,031 that they were packing up, 482 00:38:07,031 --> 00:38:11,551 they'd keep their generator on till midnight, and as we went out, 483 00:38:11,551 --> 00:38:13,831 it was my daughter that actually said, 484 00:38:13,831 --> 00:38:15,471 "You know about the well?" 485 00:38:19,431 --> 00:38:21,591 What they had actually drained, 486 00:38:21,591 --> 00:38:27,191 which they thought was the main tank, it was a septic tank, 487 00:38:27,191 --> 00:38:32,071 the one in the garage was a cesspit. 488 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,311 Suddenly there's a flurry of activity. 489 00:38:38,191 --> 00:38:41,071 The police go into the garage and there they find that there's 490 00:38:41,071 --> 00:38:44,471 a Jeep that is parked over a manhole cover. 491 00:38:48,431 --> 00:38:51,191 They move the car, get access through this manhole cover, 492 00:38:51,191 --> 00:38:55,311 find this second old cesspit. 493 00:38:55,311 --> 00:38:59,951 And within two hours, they had found her. 494 00:39:03,711 --> 00:39:05,551 Police in Hertfordshire investigating the disappearance 495 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:08,671 of the author, Helen Bailey, have confirmed they've found a body. 496 00:39:10,271 --> 00:39:12,471 It was the worst possible outcome that everyone had feared 497 00:39:12,471 --> 00:39:15,631 and everyone had hoped wouldn't happen. 498 00:39:15,631 --> 00:39:18,071 Helen's body being found in the cesspit 499 00:39:18,071 --> 00:39:19,671 shook the local community. 500 00:39:22,351 --> 00:39:24,631 The discovery of Helen's body is sickening, 501 00:39:24,631 --> 00:39:26,631 but that isn't all they find. 502 00:39:29,791 --> 00:39:32,231 They also found her Dachshund, Boris, 503 00:39:32,231 --> 00:39:34,551 who she was incredibly fond of. 504 00:39:36,311 --> 00:39:38,631 So I don't know how he killed Boris. 505 00:39:40,271 --> 00:39:43,751 They awful thought that he might have thrown Boris in after Helen, 506 00:39:43,751 --> 00:39:45,991 it doesn't bear thinking about. 507 00:39:50,151 --> 00:39:52,151 Helen's body was recovered from the cesspit, 508 00:39:52,151 --> 00:39:54,151 was taken for a post-mortem examination. 509 00:39:54,151 --> 00:39:58,551 She'd been suffocated and that's how she died. 510 00:39:58,551 --> 00:40:02,551 However, it was inconclusive 511 00:40:02,551 --> 00:40:07,671 whether or not she'd been suffocated 512 00:40:07,671 --> 00:40:10,391 and died and then thrown into the cesspit, 513 00:40:10,391 --> 00:40:14,231 or whether she was actually still alive when she was put in there. 514 00:40:15,871 --> 00:40:18,951 And we'll never know, but it's a terrifying thought. 515 00:40:20,311 --> 00:40:23,951 Helen's post-mortem results revealed traces of Zopiclone, 516 00:40:23,951 --> 00:40:26,271 a powerful sleeping pill. 517 00:40:26,271 --> 00:40:29,071 It's prescribed for insomnia. 518 00:40:29,071 --> 00:40:32,471 Now, Helen Bailey wasn't prescribed Zopiclone. 519 00:40:32,471 --> 00:40:35,591 Ian Stewart was. 520 00:40:37,151 --> 00:40:39,511 She'd even googled, "Why do I feel tired all the time?" 521 00:40:39,511 --> 00:40:43,151 It was because Ian had been drugging Helen 522 00:40:43,151 --> 00:40:44,791 in the lead up to her murder. 523 00:40:44,791 --> 00:40:47,871 He had been putting them into her scrambled eggs 524 00:40:47,871 --> 00:40:50,351 every morning for about two months. 525 00:40:52,311 --> 00:40:55,471 Ian Stewart had control of Helen's finances, 526 00:40:55,471 --> 00:40:57,751 access to her property portfolio, 527 00:40:57,751 --> 00:41:00,151 and having been drugging her for months, 528 00:41:00,151 --> 00:41:02,711 he had slowly taken control of her. 529 00:41:02,711 --> 00:41:05,431 Now, having discovered the bodies 530 00:41:05,431 --> 00:41:08,951 of Helen and Boris, police charge Ian Stewart. 531 00:41:13,911 --> 00:41:17,151 Ian Stewart's trial begins with the prosecution 532 00:41:17,151 --> 00:41:21,111 stating Helen Bailey's murder had money as its driving motive. 533 00:41:22,511 --> 00:41:26,911 I'm not sure that when he started the relationship he was necessarily 534 00:41:26,911 --> 00:41:30,511 looking for a vulnerable, widowed woman, 535 00:41:30,511 --> 00:41:34,391 a wealthy widowed woman, to steal her money. 536 00:41:34,391 --> 00:41:38,551 But I think that came later. 537 00:41:38,551 --> 00:41:41,431 The fiance of the Northumberland born children's author, 538 00:41:41,431 --> 00:41:45,831 Helen Bailey, has been jailed for a minimum of 34 years for her murder. 539 00:41:47,071 --> 00:41:52,751 On February 22nd, 2017 the jury returned a unanimous verdict. 540 00:41:53,791 --> 00:41:56,751 Ian Stewart was found guilty of murder, fraud, 541 00:41:56,751 --> 00:41:58,671 preventing legal burial 542 00:41:58,671 --> 00:42:01,871 and three counts of perverting the course of justice. 543 00:42:01,871 --> 00:42:04,911 He was jailed for 34 years. 544 00:42:04,911 --> 00:42:08,271 Ian Stewart is now behind bars for a crime that, 545 00:42:08,271 --> 00:42:12,111 if not for a noisy generator, and a concerned neighbour, 546 00:42:12,111 --> 00:42:15,031 he could well have got away with. 547 00:42:17,711 --> 00:42:21,151 The aftermath of this case in Royston is still being felt. 548 00:42:21,151 --> 00:42:23,551 This was a tragic death 549 00:42:23,551 --> 00:42:28,431 of a talented author who had it all, who was drugged, 550 00:42:28,431 --> 00:42:32,311 thrown in a cesspit and abandoned by the person 551 00:42:32,311 --> 00:42:33,991 who was meant to love her. 552 00:42:35,711 --> 00:42:37,311 Ooh, we'll just move the camera slightly. 553 00:42:37,311 --> 00:42:38,471 There he is.