1 00:00:02,381 --> 00:00:04,101 OPERATOR: Hello, Police emergency. What's your emergency? 2 00:00:04,101 --> 00:00:05,541 REPORTER: Detectives say the dead woman is yet to be 3 00:00:05,541 --> 00:00:06,701 formally identified, 4 00:00:06,701 --> 00:00:09,741 but it's believed she's 49 and from Bridlington. 5 00:00:09,741 --> 00:00:11,941 Is it possible to get away with murder? 6 00:00:12,981 --> 00:00:14,141 What does a killer do 7 00:00:14,141 --> 00:00:16,581 after committing the most heinous of crimes? 8 00:00:17,821 --> 00:00:20,501 This crime, it was unnecessary, it was brutal. 9 00:00:21,981 --> 00:00:23,861 Do they carry on as normal, 10 00:00:23,861 --> 00:00:25,221 and hide in plain sight? 11 00:00:26,421 --> 00:00:27,781 Or go on the run? 12 00:00:29,741 --> 00:00:30,861 It was scary, 13 00:00:30,861 --> 00:00:33,261 just don't know what he could do, if he were desperate. 14 00:00:33,261 --> 00:00:34,381 And I knew it were him. 15 00:00:34,381 --> 00:00:36,221 He's on the run from the police. 16 00:00:36,221 --> 00:00:38,661 This man is angry. 17 00:00:38,661 --> 00:00:40,581 How do the actions of a killer, 18 00:00:40,581 --> 00:00:41,661 after their crime... 19 00:00:42,701 --> 00:00:44,381 influence the police investigation? 20 00:00:45,501 --> 00:00:46,981 MALE POLICE OFFICER: We need to speak to this man 21 00:00:46,981 --> 00:00:49,261 as a priority in relation to that murder investigation 22 00:00:49,261 --> 00:00:51,421 and we would consider him dangerous. 23 00:00:51,421 --> 00:00:52,821 (SIREN WAILS) 24 00:00:52,821 --> 00:00:55,181 By focusing on the aftermath, 25 00:00:55,181 --> 00:00:57,301 we unpick the mindset of a killer... 26 00:00:58,461 --> 00:01:00,421 He turned around, he had the knife in his hand. 27 00:01:02,101 --> 00:01:04,141 ..understand the motive 28 00:01:04,141 --> 00:01:07,661 and reveal what the killer did next. 29 00:01:18,021 --> 00:01:20,621 NARRATOR: Terry Carter met his wife Bei, 30 00:01:20,621 --> 00:01:23,661 an artist, at a concert in Nottingham in 1993. 31 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:30,061 They quickly fell in love 32 00:01:30,061 --> 00:01:33,061 and 12 months later, moved to Bei's native china 33 00:01:33,061 --> 00:01:34,861 to get married and start a family. 34 00:01:44,861 --> 00:01:46,381 After 20 years away, 35 00:01:46,381 --> 00:01:48,181 the couple returned to the UK 36 00:01:48,181 --> 00:01:50,221 to open a guest house with their two children. 37 00:01:52,941 --> 00:01:54,821 And settled in the Yorkshire coastal town 38 00:01:54,821 --> 00:01:55,861 of Bridlington. 39 00:01:58,301 --> 00:01:59,781 The community at Bridlington is um, 40 00:01:59,781 --> 00:02:01,661 a seaside resort, 41 00:02:01,661 --> 00:02:03,141 so there's quite a mix of people there, 42 00:02:03,141 --> 00:02:06,501 it's quite close knit in many respects, 43 00:02:06,501 --> 00:02:08,301 you know, it's a very busy town, 44 00:02:08,301 --> 00:02:09,861 there's a lot of guest houses down there. 45 00:02:12,021 --> 00:02:15,421 Marshall Avenue, it's a little way from the actual promenade. 46 00:02:16,421 --> 00:02:19,661 The guest house itself was fairly typical in lots of ways. 47 00:02:19,661 --> 00:02:21,461 It was very much the sort of place 48 00:02:21,461 --> 00:02:25,261 I would have expected to have found in a seaside town. 49 00:02:25,261 --> 00:02:28,101 Terry looked after the bookings and front of house, 50 00:02:28,101 --> 00:02:30,661 while Bei worked hard behind the scenes 51 00:02:30,661 --> 00:02:32,701 ensuring the rooms remained comfortable 52 00:02:32,701 --> 00:02:33,741 for their guests. 53 00:02:36,221 --> 00:02:37,541 Bei Carter 54 00:02:37,541 --> 00:02:41,221 was a nice, friendly, trusting lady 55 00:02:41,221 --> 00:02:43,301 of 49 years old. 56 00:02:43,301 --> 00:02:45,981 Um, she had no enemies. 57 00:02:47,181 --> 00:02:50,701 But life for this family was about to be ripped apart, 58 00:02:50,701 --> 00:02:52,301 in the most brutal fashion. 59 00:02:58,661 --> 00:03:00,901 It was a quiet morning at the hotel, 60 00:03:00,901 --> 00:03:03,861 with just one guest having checked in the day before 61 00:03:03,861 --> 00:03:05,821 and two more due to arrive that day. 62 00:03:09,261 --> 00:03:12,021 JAMES: Called Terry, he'd been to visit his mum in hospital. 63 00:03:12,021 --> 00:03:14,301 Bei Carter had spent the day 64 00:03:14,301 --> 00:03:15,421 putting up curtains, 65 00:03:15,421 --> 00:03:17,461 I think in the dining area, sewing. 66 00:03:22,341 --> 00:03:24,741 When terry carter arrived back at the guest house 67 00:03:24,741 --> 00:03:25,941 that night, 68 00:03:25,941 --> 00:03:28,501 he expected to be greeted by his wife, 69 00:03:28,501 --> 00:03:31,461 instead all he found was a deserted hotel. 70 00:03:35,021 --> 00:03:37,581 After trying to locate her in the guest house, 71 00:03:37,581 --> 00:03:39,061 he'd rung her mobile phone... 72 00:03:39,061 --> 00:03:41,301 (PHONE RINGS) 73 00:03:41,301 --> 00:03:43,621 ..which rang out in living room. 74 00:03:43,621 --> 00:03:45,141 (PHONE RINGS) 75 00:03:46,301 --> 00:03:48,821 And he noticed that room five was locked, 76 00:03:48,821 --> 00:03:51,941 which was unusual, unoccupied rooms weren't normally locked. 77 00:03:53,181 --> 00:03:56,701 He came down to see if he could find the master keys. 78 00:03:57,781 --> 00:03:59,621 With no sign of his wife, 79 00:03:59,621 --> 00:04:00,701 Terry started to panic. 80 00:04:03,821 --> 00:04:05,141 After a frantic search, 81 00:04:05,141 --> 00:04:06,861 he found the set of master keys. 82 00:04:09,421 --> 00:04:11,941 When he opened the door to room five, 83 00:04:11,941 --> 00:04:14,061 he was met by the most horrific sight. 84 00:04:18,661 --> 00:04:20,181 TELEPHONE OPERATOR: Hello, Police Emergency, 85 00:04:20,181 --> 00:04:21,261 what's your emergency? 86 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,421 (SIREN WAILS) 87 00:04:22,421 --> 00:04:24,101 Terry had found the lifeless body 88 00:04:24,101 --> 00:04:25,821 of his wife Bei. 89 00:04:25,821 --> 00:04:27,861 She had been subjected to a vicious attack. 90 00:04:29,741 --> 00:04:33,021 The 49-year-old landlady had been stabbed in the chest, 91 00:04:33,021 --> 00:04:34,861 suffering a fatal wound to the heart. 92 00:04:39,501 --> 00:04:42,261 Senior investigating officer detective superintendent 93 00:04:42,261 --> 00:04:44,861 Matt Baldwin was assigned to the case. 94 00:04:46,061 --> 00:04:47,821 There's so many things going through your mind 95 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:50,301 to understand exactly what we've got. 96 00:04:51,701 --> 00:04:54,381 Visiting a scene and seeing for yourself 97 00:04:54,381 --> 00:04:56,221 um, is the best way, in my view, 98 00:04:56,221 --> 00:04:59,301 to do that, to understand the layout of a premises, 99 00:04:59,301 --> 00:05:01,861 to understand the opportunities forensically 100 00:05:01,861 --> 00:05:07,021 and also what may have happened inside that building. 101 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:10,181 Police descend on the scene 102 00:05:10,181 --> 00:05:13,221 and confirm the discovery of the dead body of Bei Carter. 103 00:05:15,221 --> 00:05:18,381 Bei's body was on the floor of room five 104 00:05:18,381 --> 00:05:21,261 um, between a chest of drawers and a bed, 105 00:05:21,261 --> 00:05:23,101 literally laid on the floor, 106 00:05:23,101 --> 00:05:24,781 her feet facing the door, 107 00:05:24,781 --> 00:05:27,301 and her arms crossed across her chest. 108 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:32,581 The victim had been either kicked or stamped on, 109 00:05:32,581 --> 00:05:35,021 on her face and head. 110 00:05:35,021 --> 00:05:38,301 A knife had penetrated through the sternum, 111 00:05:38,301 --> 00:05:39,461 that's the breast bone, 112 00:05:39,461 --> 00:05:42,301 which can be up to half an inch thick. 113 00:05:44,861 --> 00:05:48,141 I'm always shocked by the capacity of human beings 114 00:05:48,141 --> 00:05:51,421 to deliver extreme violence on others. 115 00:05:57,461 --> 00:05:59,421 The next morning the news is made public. 116 00:06:00,461 --> 00:06:02,501 Police launch a murder investigation. 117 00:06:04,781 --> 00:06:06,301 FEMALE NEW REPORTER: Residents of Marshall Avenue 118 00:06:06,301 --> 00:06:08,501 say they were woken in the middle of the night 119 00:06:08,501 --> 00:06:10,101 by blue flashing lights 120 00:06:10,101 --> 00:06:12,221 and the sound of a police helicopter. 121 00:06:12,221 --> 00:06:15,621 Bei Carter was found by her husband in the bed and breakfast 122 00:06:15,621 --> 00:06:16,861 they ran together. 123 00:06:16,861 --> 00:06:20,461 Police has officers with Mrs Carter's husband and children. 124 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:24,021 As an investigation begins, 125 00:06:24,021 --> 00:06:26,581 police need to ask who would want Bei Carter dead? 126 00:06:27,741 --> 00:06:30,301 They start by focusing on those closest to Bei. 127 00:06:32,181 --> 00:06:34,861 This is a very strong statistic, 128 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:39,981 two a week, on average, women killed by a former partner, 129 00:06:39,981 --> 00:06:43,741 which always puts a partner or a former partner 130 00:06:43,741 --> 00:06:45,981 at the top of the list of suspects. 131 00:06:45,981 --> 00:06:49,501 That must have put quite a lot of attention on Bei's husband. 132 00:06:51,261 --> 00:06:54,301 Terry Carter is questioned by police. 133 00:06:54,301 --> 00:06:57,021 Terry obviously gave an account to us 134 00:06:57,021 --> 00:06:58,301 and it was quite clear 135 00:06:58,301 --> 00:07:01,101 that he was unaware of what had happened to Bei Carter 136 00:07:01,101 --> 00:07:02,301 in the guest house 137 00:07:02,301 --> 00:07:05,021 and he'd been elsewhere doing some work 138 00:07:05,021 --> 00:07:07,101 on bookings and suchlike. 139 00:07:07,101 --> 00:07:09,581 Police verify Terry's account 140 00:07:09,581 --> 00:07:11,981 and he is ruled out as a suspect. 141 00:07:11,981 --> 00:07:14,221 Who else could be behind this brutal murder? 142 00:07:17,941 --> 00:07:20,661 No-one knew who had done it, 143 00:07:20,661 --> 00:07:21,741 why they'd done it, 144 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:25,901 but obviously there was a lot of shock as she was well liked. 145 00:07:25,901 --> 00:07:27,901 As police conduct a thorough search 146 00:07:27,901 --> 00:07:29,661 of the guest house, 147 00:07:29,661 --> 00:07:31,861 they are about to come across a vital clue... 148 00:07:32,821 --> 00:07:35,861 and they soon establish there's a killer on the loose, 149 00:07:35,861 --> 00:07:38,741 and he's armed and dangerous. 150 00:07:40,701 --> 00:07:43,701 If people know where this man is they need to contact us. 151 00:07:43,701 --> 00:07:46,581 We need to apprehend him as a matter of urgency. 152 00:07:51,011 --> 00:07:53,251 TELEPHONE OPERATOR: Police Emergency. What's your emergency? 153 00:07:54,811 --> 00:07:57,771 There's been a murder at a guest house in Bridlington. 154 00:07:57,771 --> 00:08:00,491 Police say they were called to the Morayland Guest House 155 00:08:00,491 --> 00:08:02,611 just before midnight last night. 156 00:08:04,531 --> 00:08:07,251 At the Morayland Guest House in Bridlington, 157 00:08:07,251 --> 00:08:08,971 49-year-old Bei Carter 158 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:10,731 has been viciously stabbed to death. 159 00:08:12,691 --> 00:08:16,371 And this crime was one of the more significant crimes 160 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:17,451 I've investigated. 161 00:08:17,451 --> 00:08:19,291 It was unnecessary, it was brutal. 162 00:08:22,851 --> 00:08:25,251 Having ruled out Bei's husband Terry, 163 00:08:25,251 --> 00:08:26,611 police need to find a suspect. 164 00:08:27,691 --> 00:08:29,531 They've established there were three guests 165 00:08:29,531 --> 00:08:31,451 staying at the hotel at the time of the murder. 166 00:08:32,571 --> 00:08:34,131 Two of them, cyclists, 167 00:08:34,131 --> 00:08:35,691 have been accounted for, 168 00:08:35,691 --> 00:08:37,251 but there's a third, 169 00:08:37,251 --> 00:08:39,651 who appears to have vanished from the scene. 170 00:08:39,651 --> 00:08:42,931 Police urgently need to track this person down. 171 00:08:45,051 --> 00:08:47,331 Yeah, there were belongings of his still in the room... 172 00:08:48,331 --> 00:08:52,931 but obviously he left in a hurry, he'd left his belongings behind. 173 00:08:52,931 --> 00:08:56,651 There were items of clothing, the bed was unmade, 174 00:08:56,651 --> 00:08:59,691 there were items, receipts and various other bits and pieces. 175 00:09:01,131 --> 00:09:03,571 He clearly needed to get out of the guest house 176 00:09:03,571 --> 00:09:04,611 as soon as possible. 177 00:09:05,731 --> 00:09:07,371 This particular visitor 178 00:09:07,371 --> 00:09:09,571 had booked to stay for three nights, 179 00:09:09,571 --> 00:09:11,091 but had left two nights early. 180 00:09:12,291 --> 00:09:16,171 And when he checked in, he'd used the name John Davies. 181 00:09:18,411 --> 00:09:20,371 We did some very simple enquiries 182 00:09:20,371 --> 00:09:22,091 using police systems to understand 183 00:09:22,091 --> 00:09:25,291 what intelligence we had on somebody called John Davies, 184 00:09:25,291 --> 00:09:27,451 and also the mobile phone number given. 185 00:09:28,611 --> 00:09:32,131 But these enquiries failed to turn up anything useful. 186 00:09:32,131 --> 00:09:34,051 The missing guest has left no trail. 187 00:09:35,891 --> 00:09:38,451 Police urgently need to locate him 188 00:09:38,451 --> 00:09:41,531 to question him about the events on the night of Bei Carter's death. 189 00:09:44,691 --> 00:09:46,491 Twenty four hours later 190 00:09:46,491 --> 00:09:49,131 the investigation takes another turn. 191 00:09:49,131 --> 00:09:52,611 The post mortem has revealed some further horrifying details. 192 00:09:55,811 --> 00:09:58,811 Bei Carter had no defensive injuries. 193 00:09:58,811 --> 00:10:01,411 She had no injuries to her hands, 194 00:10:01,411 --> 00:10:05,051 there wasn't evidence of a struggle of any sort. 195 00:10:06,491 --> 00:10:09,451 To actually penetrate the breast bone, 196 00:10:09,451 --> 00:10:12,051 and then for the knife to carry on 197 00:10:12,051 --> 00:10:14,731 into the heart, into the aorta beneath, 198 00:10:14,731 --> 00:10:16,411 takes a lot of force. 199 00:10:16,411 --> 00:10:19,691 That knife has struck the body very hard. 200 00:10:20,931 --> 00:10:25,291 So, the stab wound to Bei Carter is in the middle of the chest, 201 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,651 going through the breast bone. 202 00:10:28,011 --> 00:10:29,931 It is difficult to imagine... 203 00:10:30,891 --> 00:10:33,691 that anybody does not know 204 00:10:33,691 --> 00:10:36,211 how many vital organs there are there. 205 00:10:36,211 --> 00:10:38,651 A stab wound in that location, 206 00:10:38,651 --> 00:10:41,771 the only logical conclusion is it is there to kill. 207 00:10:44,171 --> 00:10:45,851 Equally disturbing, 208 00:10:45,851 --> 00:10:48,651 was the discovery of a distinctive set of footprints 209 00:10:48,651 --> 00:10:50,131 on Bei's face, 210 00:10:50,131 --> 00:10:53,611 suggesting the killer had stamped on her before he fled. 211 00:10:58,931 --> 00:11:00,651 It was delivered with real intent, 212 00:11:00,651 --> 00:11:04,011 and once he'd dragged Bei's body into room five, 213 00:11:04,011 --> 00:11:07,771 he then decided to inflict facial injuries upon her... 214 00:11:08,851 --> 00:11:11,891 which indicated a mindset of...of... 215 00:11:11,891 --> 00:11:14,411 of severe violence in my view. 216 00:11:15,771 --> 00:11:19,051 He stamps on her face and he leaves his boot mark 217 00:11:19,051 --> 00:11:21,531 and indentation on her face. 218 00:11:21,531 --> 00:11:25,411 That violence was unnecessary, the deed was done 219 00:11:25,411 --> 00:11:28,411 but it says something about the hostility 220 00:11:28,411 --> 00:11:30,491 he felt towards her in that moment. 221 00:11:30,491 --> 00:11:33,371 The desire to stamp her out. 222 00:11:33,371 --> 00:11:36,131 It's the clear message of power and control. 223 00:11:38,851 --> 00:11:41,211 The killer may have left his mark, 224 00:11:41,211 --> 00:11:43,771 but there is one thing he has not left behind, 225 00:11:43,771 --> 00:11:45,131 the murder weapon... 226 00:11:46,411 --> 00:11:48,651 and the post mortem has also given a clue 227 00:11:48,651 --> 00:11:50,851 to the type of knife used to stab Bei. 228 00:11:52,291 --> 00:11:55,051 The weapon was described as a knife 229 00:11:55,051 --> 00:11:57,651 with a very thick blade... 230 00:11:59,811 --> 00:12:02,571 and some very sharp serrated edges to it. 231 00:12:02,571 --> 00:12:06,731 The kind of knife you can buy in any sort of DIY store. 232 00:12:06,731 --> 00:12:08,491 It appears that not only did the killer 233 00:12:08,491 --> 00:12:11,211 bring the knife with him to the guest house, 234 00:12:11,211 --> 00:12:13,291 but that he has also left with it, 235 00:12:13,291 --> 00:12:14,371 and could kill again. 236 00:12:16,771 --> 00:12:19,131 He was a very dangerous individual. 237 00:12:19,131 --> 00:12:22,371 My fear was that he would take the opportunity to 238 00:12:22,371 --> 00:12:24,131 um, inflict further violence 239 00:12:24,131 --> 00:12:26,731 on some other innocent member of the public. 240 00:12:26,731 --> 00:12:30,571 This type of killing is always a concern for the police. 241 00:12:30,571 --> 00:12:33,851 They were dealing with a very dangerous individual 242 00:12:33,851 --> 00:12:36,051 and there would have been immense pressure on them 243 00:12:36,051 --> 00:12:38,051 to identify who that person was. 244 00:12:39,931 --> 00:12:41,731 Police have a missing man, 245 00:12:41,731 --> 00:12:44,811 and a name, John Davies. 246 00:12:44,811 --> 00:12:48,491 As for the killer, a profile is starting to emerge. 247 00:12:49,491 --> 00:12:52,211 Police know this person is violent, 248 00:12:52,211 --> 00:12:54,091 potentially still has the murder weapon... 249 00:12:55,051 --> 00:12:56,611 and is no longer on the scene, 250 00:12:58,731 --> 00:13:01,651 but suddenly, the police get a vital lead. 251 00:13:03,931 --> 00:13:05,571 We could attribute the phone number 252 00:13:05,571 --> 00:13:08,411 given by John Davies to a man called John Heald. 253 00:13:12,571 --> 00:13:14,411 We had a fairly recent picture 254 00:13:14,411 --> 00:13:17,691 from police computer systems of John Heald. 255 00:13:19,491 --> 00:13:21,131 Unlike John Davies, 256 00:13:21,131 --> 00:13:23,651 John Heald was known to the police, 257 00:13:23,651 --> 00:13:25,571 could this be Bei carter's killer? 258 00:13:28,371 --> 00:13:31,011 We knew that John Davies was in fact John Heald, 259 00:13:31,011 --> 00:13:32,731 he was a person who'd checked in, 260 00:13:32,731 --> 00:13:36,771 his mobile number subscribed to John Heald, not John Davies, 261 00:13:36,771 --> 00:13:39,211 and so we were able to use that image 262 00:13:39,211 --> 00:13:41,131 to look for a person fitting his description. 263 00:13:44,981 --> 00:13:48,701 NEWS REPORTER: An all force alert has been issued to find this man, 264 00:13:48,701 --> 00:13:49,821 John Heald. 265 00:13:49,821 --> 00:13:51,701 We need to speak to this man as a priority 266 00:13:51,701 --> 00:13:53,701 in relation to that murder investigation, 267 00:13:53,701 --> 00:13:56,541 and we would consider him dangerous. 268 00:13:56,541 --> 00:13:58,261 FEMALE NEWS REPORTER: The police are advising people 269 00:13:58,261 --> 00:14:02,421 not to approach John Heald but to call 999. 270 00:14:02,421 --> 00:14:03,621 EMMA KENNY: Whilst it is necessary 271 00:14:03,621 --> 00:14:05,621 for the police to put out public appeals 272 00:14:05,621 --> 00:14:08,061 when criminals are on the run, 273 00:14:08,061 --> 00:14:10,981 when it comes to individuals like John Heald 274 00:14:10,981 --> 00:14:14,101 you're talking about a violent killer. 275 00:14:14,101 --> 00:14:16,461 You're talking about somebody who is willing 276 00:14:16,461 --> 00:14:19,261 to use a knife to brutalise a woman. 277 00:14:19,261 --> 00:14:21,541 It's either gonna make him potentially hide 278 00:14:21,541 --> 00:14:23,621 because he doesn't want to be found, 279 00:14:23,621 --> 00:14:25,381 or it could make him strike again. 280 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,621 Police now need to look in detail 281 00:14:30,621 --> 00:14:32,621 at the movements of one man 282 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:34,581 around the time of Bei Carter's murder. 283 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,501 Where was John Heald at that moment? 284 00:14:38,621 --> 00:14:40,541 If Heald is the killer, 285 00:14:40,541 --> 00:14:42,661 police need to discover what he did next. 286 00:14:44,261 --> 00:14:47,341 Bearing in mind he had a number of hours on us. 287 00:14:47,341 --> 00:14:49,421 By the time we started, 288 00:14:49,421 --> 00:14:50,821 he's left the guest house 289 00:14:50,821 --> 00:14:53,701 at some point prior to 10:30 that night 290 00:14:53,701 --> 00:14:56,221 um, and my focus is on trying to, 291 00:14:56,221 --> 00:14:57,781 not only locate him, 292 00:14:57,781 --> 00:15:01,101 but understand his movements from that time. 293 00:15:01,101 --> 00:15:02,621 To find out how John Heald 294 00:15:02,621 --> 00:15:04,181 left the crime scene, 295 00:15:04,181 --> 00:15:06,541 police start by gathering CCTV. 296 00:15:10,141 --> 00:15:13,621 CCTV is hugely important in an investigation like this. 297 00:15:16,501 --> 00:15:19,781 We covered thousands of hours of CCTV footage. 298 00:15:19,781 --> 00:15:23,501 Not only from premises such as shops and pubs, 299 00:15:23,501 --> 00:15:25,901 council run CCTV images of streets, 300 00:15:25,901 --> 00:15:28,901 but also private CCTV 301 00:15:28,901 --> 00:15:33,141 from people's private premises along streets in Bridlington. 302 00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:34,501 And it's the CCTV 303 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:37,501 which throws police their next vital clue 304 00:15:37,501 --> 00:15:39,221 in trying to track Heald down. 305 00:15:40,901 --> 00:15:43,541 We'd recovered CCTV footage of him 306 00:15:43,541 --> 00:15:45,341 on the day he arrived in Bridlington 307 00:15:45,341 --> 00:15:48,861 buying a mobile phone from a Tesco store. 308 00:15:50,061 --> 00:15:54,701 We were able to get the number of that mobile phone from Tesco's. 309 00:15:54,701 --> 00:15:57,421 The phone then became important to our enquiry, 310 00:15:57,421 --> 00:16:00,501 rather than his previous telephone which he stopped using. 311 00:16:09,781 --> 00:16:13,861 With time ticking, and Bei's killer still on the loose, 312 00:16:13,861 --> 00:16:15,661 police throw resources at the manhunt. 313 00:16:16,781 --> 00:16:18,541 There's now 150 officers 314 00:16:18,541 --> 00:16:21,661 across two counties on the trail of John Heald. 315 00:16:22,901 --> 00:16:24,981 Traces on the new mobile 316 00:16:24,981 --> 00:16:27,541 suggest Heald is heading to South Yorkshire, 317 00:16:27,541 --> 00:16:29,181 an area he's familiar with. 318 00:16:30,141 --> 00:16:33,021 Then suddenly it all goes quiet. 319 00:16:35,501 --> 00:16:36,781 John Heald took the decision 320 00:16:36,781 --> 00:16:38,701 that, to evade capture, 321 00:16:38,701 --> 00:16:40,781 he would turn off his mobile phone, 322 00:16:40,781 --> 00:16:42,981 seek no contact with anybody, 323 00:16:42,981 --> 00:16:44,861 he'd gone off grid so to speak. 324 00:16:47,621 --> 00:16:50,781 Police are already four days behind Heald. 325 00:16:50,781 --> 00:16:52,061 They are now forced to resort 326 00:16:52,061 --> 00:16:54,821 to old fashioned hands-on detective work, 327 00:16:54,821 --> 00:16:56,541 appealing for witnesses, 328 00:16:56,541 --> 00:16:58,781 making door to door enquiries 329 00:16:58,781 --> 00:17:00,661 and offering a reward for sightings. 330 00:17:02,141 --> 00:17:05,181 We had significant search parties, 331 00:17:05,181 --> 00:17:06,861 police search advisers 332 00:17:06,861 --> 00:17:12,621 and had officers searching a wide area for John Heald. 333 00:17:13,621 --> 00:17:16,341 We were relying on public assistance, 334 00:17:16,341 --> 00:17:18,421 sightings of John Heald 335 00:17:18,421 --> 00:17:20,701 and we put out a 10,000-pound reward 336 00:17:20,701 --> 00:17:22,421 to try and assist with that, 337 00:17:22,421 --> 00:17:24,701 um, and we were following up every sighting 338 00:17:24,701 --> 00:17:25,781 that we got of him. 339 00:17:37,261 --> 00:17:38,701 FEMALE NEWS REPORTER: South Yorkshire Police say 340 00:17:38,701 --> 00:17:41,701 they've had almost 250 calls from the public 341 00:17:41,701 --> 00:17:44,061 in response to their appeal for help 342 00:17:44,061 --> 00:17:47,781 into the murder of Bridlington B&B landlady, Bei Carter. 343 00:17:47,781 --> 00:17:50,541 Police have been looking for the 53-year-old from Rotherham 344 00:17:50,541 --> 00:17:51,661 for a week now. 345 00:17:58,341 --> 00:17:59,901 We received hundreds of reports 346 00:17:59,901 --> 00:18:01,541 from members of the public. 347 00:18:01,541 --> 00:18:04,341 Sightings of John Heald all over the Country, 348 00:18:04,341 --> 00:18:07,421 um, and all made with good faith, 349 00:18:07,421 --> 00:18:11,141 but nevertheless those sightings create a huge amount of work... 350 00:18:12,341 --> 00:18:13,581 and we had to spend time... 351 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:16,341 ensuring that we understood 352 00:18:16,341 --> 00:18:18,541 whether those sightings were valid or not. 353 00:18:19,541 --> 00:18:21,061 In this instance, 354 00:18:21,061 --> 00:18:23,741 police have to put themselves into the mind of a killer. 355 00:18:25,221 --> 00:18:26,861 What does a killer do next? 356 00:18:28,501 --> 00:18:31,541 JANE: Heald's a man with a history of violence. 357 00:18:31,541 --> 00:18:33,061 He's on the run from the police. 358 00:18:33,061 --> 00:18:34,701 This man is challenged. 359 00:18:34,701 --> 00:18:36,781 This man is angry. 360 00:18:36,781 --> 00:18:39,621 There's somebody who's very used to using violence 361 00:18:39,621 --> 00:18:41,821 and very willing to use violence. 362 00:18:43,141 --> 00:18:44,621 When you're looking for a killer, 363 00:18:44,621 --> 00:18:45,621 you're really concerned 364 00:18:45,621 --> 00:18:49,261 that they're going to commit further offences. 365 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:51,981 Suddenly, new information comes to light, 366 00:18:51,981 --> 00:18:54,341 which reveals where Heald headed to 367 00:18:54,341 --> 00:18:56,901 on the night of the attack on Bei. 368 00:18:56,901 --> 00:18:58,461 This image is really interesting. 369 00:18:58,461 --> 00:19:01,221 It shows John Heald entering 370 00:19:01,221 --> 00:19:04,461 the railway station at Bridlington at 22:35 hours 371 00:19:04,461 --> 00:19:06,981 on Friday the 18th of July... 372 00:19:08,341 --> 00:19:11,101 and we know that at this time, 373 00:19:11,101 --> 00:19:13,941 Bei's body is in room five at the Morayland Guest House. 374 00:19:20,501 --> 00:19:23,061 CCTV shows Heald boarding the train 375 00:19:23,061 --> 00:19:25,341 at around 10:45pm 376 00:19:25,341 --> 00:19:26,861 on this night of the killing. 377 00:19:29,981 --> 00:19:31,701 He looks relatively calm. 378 00:19:31,701 --> 00:19:34,181 He's clearly focused on the journey 379 00:19:34,181 --> 00:19:36,741 he's gonna make to get back to South Yorkshire. 380 00:19:36,741 --> 00:19:39,021 He's drinking from a bottle of Vodka on the train. 381 00:19:41,221 --> 00:19:44,701 Police watch as Heald leaves the train at Beverley, 382 00:19:44,701 --> 00:19:47,021 a town 20 miles away from Bridlington. 383 00:19:48,061 --> 00:19:50,581 Then the trail goes cold. 384 00:19:59,621 --> 00:20:02,541 JAYNE SCOTT: Approximately, 11:00 at night 385 00:20:02,541 --> 00:20:03,701 and the door bell rang... 386 00:20:06,181 --> 00:20:09,181 and there was um, 387 00:20:09,181 --> 00:20:12,781 a guy stood there wanting a room for the night. 388 00:20:12,781 --> 00:20:14,501 He'd missed his connection. 389 00:20:14,501 --> 00:20:18,701 He came in and I went to get the key for him 390 00:20:18,701 --> 00:20:21,061 and took him up to the room. 391 00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,901 This visitor is John Heald. 392 00:20:25,061 --> 00:20:28,141 As yet he's unknown to the public, 393 00:20:28,141 --> 00:20:30,381 just another guest wanting a room for the night. 394 00:20:31,701 --> 00:20:33,701 So, we both walked into the room 395 00:20:33,701 --> 00:20:36,741 and then I shut the door behind me. 396 00:20:40,461 --> 00:20:42,061 His demeanour was quite agitated... 397 00:20:43,181 --> 00:20:44,701 and he was also telling me 398 00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:46,541 that he would be getting a very early train, 399 00:20:46,541 --> 00:20:49,061 he would be leaving about 05:00 in the morning, 400 00:20:49,061 --> 00:20:51,981 which I also thought was a bit odd 401 00:20:51,981 --> 00:20:54,501 because there isn't a train from Beverley 402 00:20:54,501 --> 00:20:55,781 at that time in the morning. 403 00:21:00,621 --> 00:21:02,421 Heald settles down for the night. 404 00:21:03,461 --> 00:21:06,741 This hotel owner has no idea she has a killer under her roof... 405 00:21:07,821 --> 00:21:09,261 and that just one hour earlier... 406 00:21:10,261 --> 00:21:14,901 John Heald had brutally stabbed Bei Carter to death. 407 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:24,080 FEMALE NEWS REPORTER: The reward for information 408 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,280 as to the whereabouts of murder suspect, 409 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,480 John Heald, has been doubled to 10,000 pounds. 410 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:35,960 Police are on the trail 411 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,680 of a vicious killer in South Yorkshire. 412 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:39,800 They have now discovered 413 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,680 that immediately after stabbing local hotelier, 414 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,000 Bei Carter, in Bridlington, 415 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,360 John Heald fled south by train to Beverley, 416 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,640 but there the trail has gone cold, 417 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,800 and police urgently appeal to Heald to turn himself in. 418 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,440 I know that you left Bridlington 419 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,040 soon after the murder 420 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,760 and I know that you've returned to the South Yorkshire area. 421 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,600 It's time now for you to hand yourself in, 422 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,440 and talk to me about what happened on Friday night at the guest house. 423 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,880 How had John Heald evaded police capture 424 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,960 for seven days? 425 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,000 We're about to discover 426 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,680 where Heald went after the trail went cold. 427 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,320 What did this killer do next? 428 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,360 Having caught a train from Bridlington to Beverley, 429 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:41,800 near Hull, 430 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:43,880 Heald books into a guest house 431 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,560 opposite the train station for the night. 432 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,400 The landlady, Jayne Scott... 433 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,560 has no idea she is harbouring a killer. 434 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,600 JAYNE SCOTT: He came down and said 435 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,440 he'd put the wrong mobile number on his form, 436 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,720 so he'd obviously written a mobile number down 437 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,920 that he probably didn't want us to have. 438 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,640 He asked my husband 439 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,880 if there was anywhere open to get a drink, 440 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:09,280 which made John think a bit, 441 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,160 "Oh, well, had he been drinking," 442 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,320 because he seemed very agitated. 443 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:18,040 So, then he went out of the front door, 444 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,480 and that was the last we saw of him. 445 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,760 He got up early the next morning, 446 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,760 got in a taxi outside Beverley railway station 447 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,560 to Hull Paragon station 448 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,240 where he got a train to Doncaster. 449 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,760 Heald is heading in the direction of his home town, 450 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,360 Rotherham. 451 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:48,600 On the way 452 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,880 he makes a stop at an area of South Yorkshire 453 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,960 well known to him, Mexborough. 454 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,640 Most criminals like to operate in 455 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,080 what we call comfort zones, 456 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,840 and one of the reasons is they know all the escape routes, 457 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,840 they know where the police are likely to be, 458 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,360 they know where the CCTV cameras are. 459 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:08,920 He knows all of the hiding places, 460 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,160 and he knows, most importantly, where not to go. 461 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,000 Heald knows it's likely the police 462 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,680 will have tracked his movements 463 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,840 from Bridlington to Beverley. 464 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,240 He knows he won't be able to stay ahead of them for too long. 465 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,280 He's left a trail of clues everywhere he's been 466 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,240 and now needs time to plan his next move. 467 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,120 It's time for the game to change... 468 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,040 so John Heald goes off grid. 469 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,840 JAMES: He disappeared. 470 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:51,720 They couldn't find him, he'd gone completely underground. 471 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,760 It was clear he was back in South Yorkshire but beyond that, 472 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,640 no-one seemed to know where he might be. 473 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,480 Heald continues on foot 474 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,120 in the direction of Rotherham, 475 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:03,480 five miles west of Mexborough. 476 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,640 John Heald 477 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,360 um, very quickly decided 478 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:09,680 that he wasn't gonna use mobile phone, 479 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:13,680 he wasn't gonna walk around in the hours of daylight. 480 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,120 His only option is to lay low. 481 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,640 For the next four days Heald hides in woodland, 482 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,120 somewhere on the outskirts of Rotherham. 483 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:24,920 He knows time is running out. 484 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,120 (SIREN WAILS) 485 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:29,280 NEW REPORTER: Police say John Heald has been seen 486 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,400 in the Doncaster and Rotherham areas in the last 24 hours. 487 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,880 Heald then sleeps rough for five days in woodland... 488 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,520 waiting for the heat to cool down. 489 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,200 He knows that the police will be searching the addresses 490 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,880 that he's used before, 491 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,000 maybe seeing friends of his. 492 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,280 So, creating that distance means that maybe 493 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,040 in a while he'll be able to go back 494 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,320 and call on their services. 495 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,600 But living rough is not easy, 496 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,520 even for a desperate, hunted killer. 497 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,120 John Heald has evaded capture for a week... 498 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,520 but his name and photograph are now everywhere in the Yorkshire area. 499 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,520 Having hidden in the woods for days, 500 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,560 what John Heald does next is surprising. 501 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:22,840 He comes out of hiding. 502 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,280 Was it hunger, thirst, 503 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,480 or just a need for it all to be over, 504 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,080 which leads Heald to seek refuge in a local cafe? 505 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:34,880 Leave it with us and we'll get someone 506 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:35,920 to take a look. 507 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:36,960 Bye. 508 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,640 Yeah we were getting a lot of calls, 509 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,040 with clearly good intent, 510 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,400 but ultimately he had to come out of where he was. 511 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,880 He had to try and get food. 512 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,840 Staff at the nearby Angells cafe 513 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,840 were about to receive an unwelcome customer. 514 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,680 Well, I was here so I saw him from here 515 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,120 actually, and he just walked by... 516 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,320 and straight in. 517 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,720 And I knew it were him and I just looked at me uncle 518 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,240 and he nodded his head. 519 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,920 Me niece said to me, "This is him". 520 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,320 He just walked in. 521 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,920 (DOORBELL RINGS) 522 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,680 It were scary. 523 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,200 It were quite scary when he came in, 524 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,360 because you don't know, do you? 525 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:18,560 You just don't know what he could do... 526 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:20,680 if he were desperate. 527 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,120 He looked as if he'd been living rough. 528 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:26,400 He'd got a bag, 529 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,640 hadn't he Phoebe, he'd got a bag with his coat over it, 530 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:32,320 mucky jeans and his hands were filthy. 531 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:33,920 (DOORBELL RINGS) 532 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,920 Soon as he'd gone out of the door, 533 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,680 I was straight to police because I knew it was him. 534 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:45,560 A member of the public had seen him outside 535 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,200 and the cafe owners rang us. 536 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:48,760 (SIREN WAILS) 537 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,560 The police responded to that immediately 538 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:51,600 and we arrested him. 539 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,040 NEW REPORTER: 53-year-old John Heald 540 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,200 was arrested in Rotherham on Friday. 541 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,920 Police say he's being spoken to by detectives 542 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,040 investigating the murder of Bei Carter, 543 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,360 who was stabbed to death ten days ago. 544 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,840 For seven days 545 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,760 John Heald had led the police on a merry dance 546 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,480 across 60 miles of South Yorkshire countryside. 547 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,680 Now, they had their suspect, 548 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:21,600 but they still had unanswered questions. 549 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,960 Would Heald reveal the motive behind his actions. 550 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,560 Following his arrest, 551 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,480 police discovered the area of woodland 552 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,720 where Heald had been hiding for the past week. 553 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,760 A search unearths important evidence, 554 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,400 the murder weapon, 555 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,200 but a crucial piece of the jigsaw puzzle 556 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,280 remains missing... 557 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,480 the clothes worn by Heald when he stabbed Bei Carter. 558 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,760 Police begin to wonder 559 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,920 whether Heald might have had an accomplice 560 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,560 who had helped him dispose of the blood soaked clothes. 561 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:57,760 We spent hours and hours reviewing CCTV images 562 00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,840 from Doncaster and the Mexborough area. 563 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,920 We spend time looking at images from pubs 564 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,920 in and around the location. 565 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,040 His clothing does change 566 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,760 but his shoes are always the same. 567 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,200 (SIREN WAILS) 568 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,280 With Heald now safely in custody, 569 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,840 police get their first opportunity to question their suspect, 570 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,360 but John Heald isn't talking. 571 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,920 During the interview stage of the investigation, 572 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,680 John Heald took the option to say "No comment" 573 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,440 to the vast majority of questions put to him. 574 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,960 Just as police inquiries seem to have hit a brick wall, 575 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,120 a call comes in from a member of the public, 576 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,400 and it changes everything. 577 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:01,280 The caller is John Ward, a friend of Heald 578 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,680 and he claims to have evidence 579 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,840 that John Heald was responsible for the death of Bei Carter. 580 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,840 John Ward was somebody 581 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:12,440 who he'd known for a period of time. 582 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,840 They would drink together... 583 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:22,480 and I think he saw John Ward as somebody who he could rely on 584 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:26,840 um, and who would support him. 585 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,200 John ward tells police that on the night of the killing, 586 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,320 he received a text message from John Heald. 587 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:38,520 In this message, 588 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,040 Heald had admitted killing the landlady 589 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,160 but claimed he had acted in self defence. 590 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,600 John Heald explained 591 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,840 how he'd been involved in a fracas with two men 592 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,160 and this lady had got involved, or got in the way... 593 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,560 and he had stabbed her and killed her. 594 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:01,720 Could John Ward really hold the key 595 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,920 to what happened that night? 596 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,080 As police delve deeper into his account, 597 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,560 they discover shocking evidence 598 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,960 and the real reason behind Bei's death. 599 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,440 But as the police soon discover, 600 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,840 this killer is still controlling this whole case. 601 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,120 He seemed to be in a state of some paranoia. 602 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,680 He thought that people were after him. 603 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,920 I was literally just putting my shoes on. 604 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,120 He said, "I think you'd better sit down, 605 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:33,480 I've got some news for you". 606 00:31:37,557 --> 00:31:39,037 In Humberside, 607 00:31:39,037 --> 00:31:42,757 John Heald has been charged with killing Bei Carter, 608 00:31:42,757 --> 00:31:45,237 but he's still refusing to co-operate with police. 609 00:32:13,677 --> 00:32:15,517 But police still don't have a motive. 610 00:32:20,837 --> 00:32:23,197 We'd pieced together where he was, 611 00:32:23,197 --> 00:32:26,397 what he'd been doing and the sequence of events. 612 00:32:26,397 --> 00:32:28,477 What we didn't know is why he chose 613 00:32:28,477 --> 00:32:31,837 to brutally attack Bei Carter, 614 00:32:31,837 --> 00:32:34,917 stab her in the chest with the jab saw 615 00:32:34,917 --> 00:32:37,237 and leave her body in room five. 616 00:32:39,837 --> 00:32:42,037 To understand Heald's motive, 617 00:32:42,037 --> 00:32:44,677 police would have to go back further in time 618 00:32:44,677 --> 00:32:47,837 to what brought John Heald to Bridlington in the first place. 619 00:32:50,837 --> 00:32:54,117 Friday, 18 July 2014, 620 00:32:54,117 --> 00:32:55,597 should've been a day like any other... 621 00:32:56,597 --> 00:32:59,957 but life in this coastal town changed forever 622 00:32:59,957 --> 00:33:01,637 from the moment a new visitor arrived 623 00:33:01,637 --> 00:33:03,117 at the Morayland Guest House. 624 00:33:05,757 --> 00:33:10,117 A beloved wife and landlady brutally killed, 625 00:33:10,117 --> 00:33:12,477 the suspect on the run for seven days... 626 00:33:13,597 --> 00:33:17,397 but precisely what were the events leading up to the 18 July 627 00:33:17,397 --> 00:33:19,117 that had brought a killer into the lives 628 00:33:19,117 --> 00:33:20,877 of those living on Marshall Avenue? 629 00:33:21,837 --> 00:33:23,917 At that point we didn't know what he'd done previously 630 00:33:23,917 --> 00:33:25,237 to come into Bridlington. 631 00:33:31,637 --> 00:33:34,917 John Heald was native to the South Yorkshire area, 632 00:33:34,917 --> 00:33:37,637 had spent all his life in and around that area. 633 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:42,477 He'd got a number of children to different women. 634 00:33:42,477 --> 00:33:43,677 He'd never been married. 635 00:33:45,117 --> 00:33:49,317 He was a building site labourer for the majority of his life, 636 00:33:49,317 --> 00:33:51,637 doing manual work. 637 00:33:51,637 --> 00:33:53,557 I think he was either 12 or 13 638 00:33:53,557 --> 00:33:56,197 when he first appeared in the juvenile court 639 00:33:56,197 --> 00:34:00,917 and mostly at that time it was for things like burglary 640 00:34:00,917 --> 00:34:03,837 and stealing cars and his record, 641 00:34:03,837 --> 00:34:06,197 as he got a little older, 642 00:34:06,197 --> 00:34:09,437 included offences of violence. 643 00:34:10,677 --> 00:34:12,197 John Heald was 22 644 00:34:12,197 --> 00:34:14,477 when he was jailed for the first time, 645 00:34:14,477 --> 00:34:15,557 serving six months 646 00:34:15,557 --> 00:34:17,557 for the possession of an offensive weapon, 647 00:34:17,557 --> 00:34:19,157 and assaulting a police officer. 648 00:34:20,557 --> 00:34:23,037 He spent more time behind bars aged 23, 649 00:34:23,037 --> 00:34:24,277 for burglary 650 00:34:24,277 --> 00:34:26,717 and again at 24 for actual bodily harm. 651 00:34:30,037 --> 00:34:32,757 The earlier somebody starts offending, 652 00:34:32,757 --> 00:34:35,037 the more likely they are to continue 653 00:34:35,037 --> 00:34:37,837 that offending through the rest of their life 654 00:34:37,837 --> 00:34:40,757 and if their early offending is serious, 655 00:34:40,757 --> 00:34:42,997 then that's an even stronger relationship. 656 00:34:44,117 --> 00:34:46,677 Then police discovered serious allegations 657 00:34:46,677 --> 00:34:49,197 against Heald in the week leading up to Bei's death. 658 00:34:50,317 --> 00:34:52,757 He was suspected of sexually assaulting a woman 659 00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:54,877 in his home county of South Yorkshire. 660 00:34:55,957 --> 00:34:57,717 Could this be a clue to the motive? 661 00:34:58,757 --> 00:35:02,477 John Heald was a controlling individual. 662 00:35:02,477 --> 00:35:04,637 He was in a relationship 663 00:35:04,637 --> 00:35:07,277 where he was extremely jealous. 664 00:35:07,277 --> 00:35:09,757 That relationship had come to an end. 665 00:35:09,757 --> 00:35:12,197 He was unaccepting of those circumstances. 666 00:35:14,117 --> 00:35:15,837 John Heald is one of those human beings 667 00:35:15,837 --> 00:35:16,997 who is incredibly rage-full, 668 00:35:16,997 --> 00:35:20,917 he's built up hostility and rage towards women in particular. 669 00:35:23,197 --> 00:35:25,477 Following the alleged sexual assault, 670 00:35:25,477 --> 00:35:28,677 and afraid of the reprisals from the victim's family, 671 00:35:28,677 --> 00:35:30,397 John Heald fled Rotherham. 672 00:35:34,037 --> 00:35:36,837 He seemed to be in a state of some paranoia. 673 00:35:36,837 --> 00:35:40,637 He thought that perhaps the family of the woman 674 00:35:40,637 --> 00:35:41,677 were after him, 675 00:35:41,677 --> 00:35:43,237 and he was just on edge. 676 00:35:43,237 --> 00:35:44,877 He was whipping himself up into a frenzy. 677 00:35:46,037 --> 00:35:48,037 So Heald picked the first train station 678 00:35:48,037 --> 00:35:50,677 he came across, bought a ticket 679 00:35:50,677 --> 00:35:51,757 and headed to Bridlington. 680 00:35:53,837 --> 00:35:55,757 There was no reason apparent 681 00:35:55,757 --> 00:35:58,317 why John Heald would have gone to Bridlington. 682 00:35:58,317 --> 00:36:02,237 He talked to John Ward about going somewhere for a few days. 683 00:36:02,237 --> 00:36:04,397 He talked about going to the coast. 684 00:36:04,397 --> 00:36:07,477 Um, I suspect he's probably just looked at 685 00:36:07,477 --> 00:36:10,117 where he can get a train from Doncaster to 686 00:36:10,117 --> 00:36:11,397 um, easily 687 00:36:11,397 --> 00:36:13,557 and there was a Doncaster train to Bridlington. 688 00:36:20,877 --> 00:36:22,757 Heald arrived into Bridlington station 689 00:36:22,757 --> 00:36:24,157 at 2:55pm. 690 00:36:25,197 --> 00:36:26,997 He checked into the Morayland hotel 691 00:36:26,997 --> 00:36:29,117 using the pseudonym John Davies. 692 00:36:33,717 --> 00:36:37,957 A desperate, paranoid and ultimately very dangerous man. 693 00:36:37,957 --> 00:36:40,277 A history of violence. 694 00:36:40,277 --> 00:36:42,037 Ingredients for a truly horrendous set of events. 695 00:36:51,407 --> 00:36:53,687 On the morning after checking in, 696 00:36:53,687 --> 00:36:56,367 John Heald had breakfast at the Morayland 697 00:36:56,367 --> 00:36:58,167 before heading to the pub at lunchtime. 698 00:36:59,767 --> 00:37:03,087 He'd had conversations with both Terry and Bei Carter. 699 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:05,007 He'd given a story 700 00:37:05,007 --> 00:37:07,407 about how he may need to move to a double room 701 00:37:07,407 --> 00:37:09,807 because his wife was coming to stay with him. 702 00:37:09,807 --> 00:37:13,407 John Heald wants to look like an upstanding citizen, 703 00:37:13,407 --> 00:37:14,927 and the way he does that 704 00:37:14,927 --> 00:37:17,287 is to provide Bei and Terry with an idea 705 00:37:17,287 --> 00:37:18,447 that he's a married man, 706 00:37:18,447 --> 00:37:19,927 and not only a married man, 707 00:37:19,927 --> 00:37:22,567 one who shortly will be joined by his wife. 708 00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:25,447 Instantly, for Terry and Bei, 709 00:37:25,447 --> 00:37:27,687 that will make him seem trustworthy. 710 00:37:27,687 --> 00:37:29,247 In the afternoon, 711 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,207 Terry Carter was working on reception. 712 00:37:32,287 --> 00:37:34,447 Two guests departed 713 00:37:34,447 --> 00:37:37,487 and later two male cyclists checked in. 714 00:37:37,487 --> 00:37:39,967 With all his guests accounted for, 715 00:37:39,967 --> 00:37:42,007 Terry left the hotel around 6pm 716 00:37:42,007 --> 00:37:44,247 to visit his mum in hospital, 717 00:37:44,247 --> 00:37:46,407 leaving Bei alone to complete her work. 718 00:37:47,607 --> 00:37:51,687 Soon after, John Heald returned from the pub. 719 00:37:54,127 --> 00:37:56,087 JAMES: He was drinking a lot. 720 00:37:56,087 --> 00:37:59,087 I think one or two people saw him later on 721 00:37:59,087 --> 00:38:02,527 and noticed that he did appear to be somewhat drunk. 722 00:38:02,527 --> 00:38:04,927 Police believe it's this combination of drink, 723 00:38:04,927 --> 00:38:06,887 depression and paranoia 724 00:38:06,887 --> 00:38:09,167 that gave rise to what happened next. 725 00:38:09,167 --> 00:38:11,327 He was concerned 726 00:38:11,327 --> 00:38:15,327 about people looking for him in the Bridlington area 727 00:38:15,327 --> 00:38:17,407 and he was also concerned 728 00:38:17,407 --> 00:38:20,047 that two men had come to the guest house 729 00:38:20,047 --> 00:38:21,287 to try and find him. 730 00:38:23,407 --> 00:38:26,647 He talked about a conversation that he could hear downstairs... 731 00:38:27,967 --> 00:38:31,327 where he thought they were talking about retribution 732 00:38:31,327 --> 00:38:33,607 that they wanted to inflict upon him. 733 00:38:34,647 --> 00:38:36,887 He wanted to get out of the guest house. 734 00:38:38,167 --> 00:38:40,087 He'd been tapped on the shoulder. 735 00:38:43,647 --> 00:38:45,927 In his paranoid state, 736 00:38:45,927 --> 00:38:48,327 fearing he was about to be attacked, 737 00:38:48,327 --> 00:38:50,087 Heald felt a hand on his shoulder. 738 00:38:51,207 --> 00:38:54,807 Rather than wait to find out who it was, he lashed out. 739 00:38:57,167 --> 00:39:00,487 Bei Carter, who had only wanted to check on him, 740 00:39:00,487 --> 00:39:02,407 had no chance 741 00:39:02,407 --> 00:39:04,727 as Heald buried the blade deep into her chest... 742 00:39:05,887 --> 00:39:07,247 piercing her heart. 743 00:39:08,367 --> 00:39:11,167 He turned around, he had the knife in his hand, 744 00:39:11,167 --> 00:39:12,247 and there was some... 745 00:39:13,687 --> 00:39:15,967 pulling and tugging with the weapon... 746 00:39:17,887 --> 00:39:19,167 then he stabbed her, 747 00:39:19,167 --> 00:39:22,847 panicked, and dragged her body into room five, 748 00:39:22,847 --> 00:39:25,047 locked the door, 749 00:39:25,047 --> 00:39:28,367 put the keys back in his room under the mattress and left. 750 00:39:30,847 --> 00:39:33,607 He grabs his bag and flees the hotel. 751 00:39:33,607 --> 00:39:35,767 He left the Morayland Guest House 752 00:39:35,767 --> 00:39:37,127 as soon as he could 753 00:39:37,127 --> 00:39:38,807 and he took a very direct route 754 00:39:38,807 --> 00:39:41,367 to Bridlington train station. 755 00:39:41,367 --> 00:39:43,087 But seven days later, 756 00:39:43,087 --> 00:39:45,647 thanks to an eagle-eyed member of the public, 757 00:39:45,647 --> 00:39:47,327 police finally caught up with Heald. 758 00:39:47,327 --> 00:39:48,647 (HELICOPTER WHIRS) 759 00:40:01,927 --> 00:40:05,727 John Heald went on trial for the murder of Bei Carter, 760 00:40:05,727 --> 00:40:07,487 and the sexual assault of an ex partner. 761 00:40:08,767 --> 00:40:11,327 He accepted that he killed the victim, 762 00:40:11,327 --> 00:40:14,207 but denied it was deliberate and premeditated... 763 00:40:15,367 --> 00:40:18,487 but the prosecution had built a solid case, 764 00:40:18,487 --> 00:40:20,087 based on compelling evidence. 765 00:40:25,127 --> 00:40:27,407 But before a verdict could be returned, 766 00:40:27,407 --> 00:40:29,367 and a sentence delivered, 767 00:40:29,367 --> 00:40:30,927 there would be a final twist. 768 00:40:32,087 --> 00:40:35,047 John Heald was a controlling and dangerous man. 769 00:40:36,127 --> 00:40:38,447 The thought of someone else deciding his fate... 770 00:40:39,527 --> 00:40:41,087 would have been unbearable for him. 771 00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:44,407 My colleague, 772 00:40:44,407 --> 00:40:48,807 who was the DS on the investigation, 773 00:40:48,807 --> 00:40:49,887 he rung me. 774 00:40:49,887 --> 00:40:52,527 I was literally just putting my shoes on to leave the house 775 00:40:52,527 --> 00:40:53,967 to go to the court, 776 00:40:53,967 --> 00:40:56,607 and he said, "I think you'd better sit down, 777 00:40:56,607 --> 00:40:57,847 I've got some news for you." 778 00:41:00,807 --> 00:41:03,007 And he told me that John Heald had hung himself 779 00:41:03,007 --> 00:41:04,527 in his cell that morning. 780 00:41:07,727 --> 00:41:09,407 MALE NEWS REPORTER: John Heald was due to return 781 00:41:09,407 --> 00:41:10,447 to court this morning, 782 00:41:10,447 --> 00:41:13,087 waiting to hear his fate in his murder trial, 783 00:41:13,087 --> 00:41:14,287 then this lunchtime, 784 00:41:14,287 --> 00:41:16,647 confirmation that John Heald was found hanged 785 00:41:16,647 --> 00:41:18,127 in his cell at Hull Prison. 786 00:41:20,287 --> 00:41:22,647 He may not have been able 787 00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:26,087 to cope with the idea of life in prison 788 00:41:26,087 --> 00:41:28,487 and it was one final act of control, 789 00:41:28,487 --> 00:41:31,487 you're not going to find me guilty, 790 00:41:31,487 --> 00:41:33,567 you're not going to put me in prison. 791 00:41:34,647 --> 00:41:38,647 He sensed that it wasn't gonna go in his favour 792 00:41:38,647 --> 00:41:41,327 and, quite frankly, I think he took the easy way out. 793 00:41:41,327 --> 00:41:43,807 A jury could not return 794 00:41:43,807 --> 00:41:45,887 any verdict on somebody who was dead, 795 00:41:45,887 --> 00:41:47,367 that's a matter of law. 796 00:41:48,567 --> 00:41:51,007 It left a lot of questions unanswered. 797 00:41:51,007 --> 00:41:52,727 Left the family 798 00:41:52,727 --> 00:41:57,007 not knowing why Bei Carter had been killed. 799 00:41:57,007 --> 00:41:58,487 MALE NEWS REPORTER: Mrs Carter's husband has sat 800 00:41:58,487 --> 00:42:00,767 in the public gallery throughout this trial, 801 00:42:00,767 --> 00:42:04,047 hearing every detail about his wife's death. 802 00:42:04,047 --> 00:42:08,367 Terry Carter expressed his frustration and anger 803 00:42:08,367 --> 00:42:09,407 that they would never really 804 00:42:09,407 --> 00:42:10,807 get the answers they were hoping for. 805 00:42:12,647 --> 00:42:15,567 It felt like John Heald 806 00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:18,807 had managed to avoid hearing the words 807 00:42:18,807 --> 00:42:22,207 "guilty" in relation to his murder of Bei Carter. 808 00:42:25,647 --> 00:42:27,927 A lot of murder investigations, 809 00:42:27,927 --> 00:42:29,247 the people are connected, 810 00:42:29,247 --> 00:42:31,367 there's some connection, there's some motive, 811 00:42:31,367 --> 00:42:33,927 there's something that you can say, 812 00:42:33,927 --> 00:42:36,127 "This is why this happened." 813 00:42:36,127 --> 00:42:38,727 In this case, there was nothing like that. 814 00:42:38,727 --> 00:42:43,167 Bei Carter was simply a landlady in a guest house, 815 00:42:43,167 --> 00:42:45,607 putting her trust in people that walk through the door 816 00:42:45,607 --> 00:42:47,047 to stay in her premises. 817 00:42:47,047 --> 00:42:48,847 (BIRDS CAW) 818 00:43:04,767 --> 00:43:07,767 Captioned by Ai-Media ai-media.tv