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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,360 - It was really shocking, horrible, frightening. 2 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,760 We couldn't get our heads round it, none of us. 3 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,160 - That's when the alarm bells started ringing. 4 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,120 She wouldn't go anywhere without me. 5 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:36,280 - Axe marks. A lot of blood had been spilt onto the floor. 6 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,080 But when a killer refuses to reveal 7 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,200 the location of a body, police, prosecutors and forensic teams 8 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,520 have an almost impossible task to deliver justice. 9 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,600 - He didn't show any remorse, and he wasn't going to tell us 10 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,440 where Laura was. 11 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,800 Laura's family and her son, Rashid, 12 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:58,960 are still desperate for answers. 13 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,840 How could she have disappeared without a trace? 14 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,840 This is their story. 15 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,560 - It's like stepping back in time. It feels like yesterday 16 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:31,880 that we were here. 17 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,440 It's summer 2005, 18 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,960 and Cleveland police are hunting for human remains. 19 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:41,920 - A member of the public came forward 20 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,160 to pass some information on that they'd seen, years before, 21 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:48,960 somebody in the dark, carrying something heavy, 22 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,720 and taking it down towards the golf course. 23 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,800 Something may have been buried down there. 24 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,640 It clearly needed to be investigated, 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,520 and properly investigated. 26 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,320 - I was stunned, to be honest, when the police came back 27 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,680 and said that it was a lead 28 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,680 to do with the Laura May Shatanawi case. 29 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,160 I was... I was astonished, really, that, you know, 30 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,640 after all this time, it was all coming back to the surface. 31 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,840 - Laura May was a devoted wife, married to doctor 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,840 and property developer Hassan Al Shatanawi. 33 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,560 They lived in Laura's home town of Hartlepool 34 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,920 with their only son, Rasheed. 35 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,400 - The outside of where I grew up, with me mam, dad, and my granddad 36 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:53,560 living in this house. My bedroom was the top attic, 37 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,200 but the back one was me mam and dad's. 38 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,960 Oh, it was a good house. Had some good memories in it. 39 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,160 I've got a few bad memories in there, like, 40 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,880 but more good memories than bad. 41 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,520 Me mam just loved travelling. She just had the travel bug, 42 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,360 visiting new places. 43 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:25,200 She was studying travel and tourism at Hartlepool College. 44 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,040 But there's one college day in June 45 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,640 Laura's seven year-old son Rasheed would never forget. 46 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,440 - On that day she took us to school on that morning, 47 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,000 cos she was going to sit a travel and tourism exam, 48 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:49,600 and that was the last time anybody saw me mam. 49 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,360 - I'd gone up to take my mam shopping, 50 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:02,240 and when I walked in, my mam was upset. And she said, 51 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,880 "Shirli, you'll never guess who was in my house last night: 52 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,320 Hassan and Rasheed." She said, 53 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,560 "Laura has gone on holiday." 54 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,360 I said: "What, without Rasheed?" 55 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,560 And she said, "That's what I'm thinking. 56 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,520 Laura wouldn't go on holiday without Rasheed." 57 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,040 Mam was clearly upset about it, 58 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,960 and she... she knew something was wrong. 59 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:42,960 - Me mam's best friend couldn't get hold of her. 60 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,960 So she'd been trying. And one day she come down the street, 61 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,200 and I was playing in the street, and that's when she asked us, 62 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,360 "Where's your mam at?" And I told her, 63 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,200 "She's on holiday." I think that's when alarm bells started ringing. 64 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:06,040 - So I phoned after a week, 65 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,040 and Hassan told me then 66 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,880 that she'd gone to Hungary on a course with the travel agents. 67 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,000 I went straight to see my brother, and he just said to me, 68 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,080 "Shirli, she's just gone on holiday. 69 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:25,680 She'll be back when she's ready, she'll come back." 70 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,000 But Laura didn't come back, 71 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,520 and her friends and family 72 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,840 were becoming increasingly concerned. 73 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,920 - I believe it was a Friday, Mr. Shatanawi had arrived 74 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,400 at the inquiry desk at the police station 75 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,760 to report his wife missing. 76 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:57,360 He said that she hadn't been seen for almost four weeks. 77 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,560 The fact that he'd waited four weeks before he'd reported it to us 78 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,720 was, really, rather unusual. 79 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,120 Most missing persons are reported missing by their loved ones 80 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:14,840 within a matter of hours, as opposed to weeks. 81 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,960 Now, we were told, from the people who knew her well, 82 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:26,080 that she wouldn't even stay overnight without her son, 83 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,200 never mind for four weeks. 84 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,360 It just didn't seem right. 85 00:06:34,280 --> 00:06:37,280 Police launch a missing persons inquiry, 86 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,920 and put Laura's life under the microscope. 87 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,400 - She was a happy little girl. 88 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:49,960 She was the first child to my brother and his wife, 89 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,640 and they were a lovely, contented family. 90 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:59,040 When she was a teenager, they went off on this cruise, 91 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,160 and she came back and she was full of stories, 92 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,000 and she absolutely loved it. 93 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,760 And from then on, she just wanted to travel. 94 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,560 In 1983, whilst on holiday in Egypt, Laura spots a post 95 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:21,600 in a lonely hearts column: 96 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,440 'Doctor seeks English girl.' The man behind the ad 97 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,320 is Cairo-based GP Hassan Al Shatanawi. 98 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,640 - She must have wrote to him, and he'd wrote back to her. 99 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,960 And then she went to Egypt to meet him. 100 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:45,040 She was 26, I think, at the time, and he was 36. 101 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,440 She loved the man, I know... I know she did, I know she loved him. 102 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,400 - And eventually they got married in Cairo, 103 00:07:54,560 --> 00:08:00,480 and then they moved back to the UK. I think it was for business reasons. 104 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:05,640 He wanted to work as a property developer. 105 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,880 - And I was born in 1985, in Cameron Hospital in Hartlepool. 106 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,560 - And she was very, very family-orientated. 107 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,280 She just loved her little family. 108 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,200 In July 1993, as word spreads 109 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,920 about the missing mother of one, 110 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,880 the story hits the local Hartlepool news. 111 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,920 - We decided that we'd put out a press appeal 112 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,960 for anyone who had any information at all about Laura. 113 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,640 - And I distinctly remember the picture that the media used 114 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,840 at the time, with her blonde hair and sort of nice smile on her face, 115 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,160 and I remember thinking, you know, 116 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,120 she just looks like a normal woman, a normal mum. 117 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,840 You know, it sent shivers down your spine, really. 118 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:02,560 Hartlepool, it's a very close-knit community. 119 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,760 It's like a big village, everybody knows everybody, 120 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,200 and I think this case touched a lot of people. 121 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,040 It made you feel, like, uneasy, that you couldn't believe 122 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,520 something like that was happening in your town. 123 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,680 Behind the scenes, Al Shatanawi is helping police 124 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,760 with their inquiries into his wife's disappearance. 125 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:29,240 - We decided that Hassan would be brought to the station 126 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,960 as a witness, so that he could tell us as much information 127 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,400 as he had about what had happened, 128 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:40,640 about his wife, where she might be, any conversations they'd had 129 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,080 about her leaving and going on holiday. 130 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:49,840 And he was quite happy to speak to us, and freely gave us permission 131 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,320 to search the house. 132 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,560 We didn't find any evidence of any flights, any hotel bookings, 133 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:05,160 anything which might suggest that she was interested 134 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:10,920 in going on holiday, but we did find her passport. 135 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:19,040 This fairytale of her going off on holiday by herself 136 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,360 could be put to bed. 137 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,160 - I can't really remember that much about how the relationship was 138 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,120 with me mam and dad, but I knew they argued a lot. 139 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,880 Like, he used to hit me mam and that a couple of times, 140 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,040 but from the outside, looking in, 141 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,320 it just looked an ordinary family. 142 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,120 - By July 1993, 143 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,720 Laura has been missing for four weeks. 144 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,920 As the police investigation into her disappearance 145 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:59,280 picks up pace, Hartlepool detectives now consider her doting husband 146 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,720 a potential suspect. 147 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:14,080 - When he realised 148 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,560 that the CID were going to be involved 149 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:23,160 in trying to find Laura, he tended to change somewhat. 150 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,600 Far from being relaxed, he was 151 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,560 trying to give us the impression 152 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:33,280 that he was a concerned husband. 153 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,280 It didn't really wash, I have to say. 154 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,840 After discovering Laura's passport in the family home, 155 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,800 Hassan's claim to police that his wife had gone 156 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,640 on a last-minute holiday by herself isn't stacking up. 157 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:54,280 - We were able to speak to Laura's best friend, 158 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:59,040 and she confirmed to us that Laura had never mentioned 159 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,320 to her anything about taking a last-minute holiday. 160 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,640 She still could have telephoned, she could have written a postcard, 161 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,160 a letter. She could have gotten in touch, 162 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,640 and Laura's best friend insisted 163 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,560 that's exactly what she would have done. 164 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,560 And again, that was another red flag for us. 165 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,440 We did a sweep 166 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:27,440 of as many travel agents in the area as we could, 167 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:31,240 and no-one recognised her from photographs. 168 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:36,280 There was nothing, no indication at all that she'd booked a holiday 169 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:37,840 through a travel agent. 170 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,080 As the days go by, 171 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:45,240 Laura's family become increasingly concerned and confused. 172 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,240 - We knew there was something amiss. 173 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,360 - It was really shocking, horrible, frightening. 174 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,040 We couldn't get our heads round it, none of us. 175 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:59,800 And you know, we... we were just all confused. 176 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:03,240 We... we didn't know what we were... what was happening. 177 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,920 It was... it... it... it... it wasn't nice at all. 178 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:17,040 - We decided that we needed to find out exactly what had gone on 179 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,480 with the husband. And on one of his visits 180 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:24,960 to the police station, 181 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,880 he told us that he couldn't stay long, 182 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,800 he had to be away because he had an appointment. 183 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:34,440 When he left the police station, we placed him under surveillance. 184 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:41,360 He got a taxi from outside the police station, 185 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,360 and it was driven to Seaton Carew, 186 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:51,560 to an area where there are garden allotments, 187 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,840 and he got out of the car, opposite those allotments, 188 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,720 crossed the road to a bus stop. He waited for a double-decker bus 189 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:05,480 to arrive. He climbed on that bus, 190 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,000 and he was followed onto the bus 191 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,920 by two officers, 192 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,080 who watched everything he did 193 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,080 and recorded everything that he was interested in. 194 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,880 Went upstairs to the top deck, and that gave him viewing access 195 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,000 to allotments nearby. 196 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,520 And he stayed on the bus 197 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,720 until it returned to Hartlepool town centre, 198 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:37,520 and he got off and walked a short distance back to his house. 199 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,640 So it was looking as if he didn't have an appointment after all. 200 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:46,160 Detectives discover through a local authority search 201 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:51,240 that Hassan Al Shatanawi is renting one of these allotments. 202 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,640 He'd visited the council civic centre a few times 203 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,160 about this allotment, because he was wanting 204 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,880 to change the one that he had to another one, 205 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,000 but they couldn't accommodate him. 206 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,360 - My brother didn't know about the allotment. 207 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,400 No, we didn't know about that. Laura didn't know about it, 208 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,920 nobody knew about it. 209 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,400 - This allotment, it just threw everybody by surprise. 210 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,880 How... how he got it, how long he'd had it, 211 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,640 nobody... nobody seemed to know. 212 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,520 While CID keep Hassan and his mystery allotment 213 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:24,960 under surveillance, 214 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,840 they also dig deeper into his letting business. 215 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,760 - We checked with the council to see what other properties he had. 216 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,640 There's always a chance Laura might have gone there. 217 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,360 The information that we recovered, 218 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:45,160 whilst we were speaking to tenants of his other properties, 219 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,320 that he was a bit of a nuisance, 220 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:51,360 particularly with female tenants. 221 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:55,800 He was always interested in them, 222 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,840 and trying to get them to be interested in him, shall we say? 223 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:05,320 - He used to go missing for weeks and weeks on end. 224 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,120 I mean, there was times when I took Laura to Newcastle 225 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,600 to look for him. She'd knock on doors, 226 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,720 where she'd been sending letters to him, 227 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,240 and they had no idea who he was. 228 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,680 She knew that there was something up as well. 229 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,640 I mean, Laura was... she was as much in the dark with Hassan 230 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:24,800 as we were. 231 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,760 As police probe more deeply 232 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,120 into Hassan Al Shatanawi's background, 233 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:33,080 they soon uncover a reason 234 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,920 for his long stretches away from home. 235 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:39,560 It would be a major breakthrough in the investigation. 236 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,640 - We had the information from social services 237 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:49,480 that he was involved in another relationship. 238 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,720 There was another son Hassan had had 239 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,600 during his other relationship... 240 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:05,560 ..and there were possibilities 241 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:10,680 that that son may have been taken into social services' care. 242 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,680 When Hassan was made aware of that, 243 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,160 he offered himself up to social services 244 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:22,720 and said that he would support his other relationship, other son. 245 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,600 Hassan's loyal wife, Laura, 246 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,640 was completely unaware of her husband's double life 247 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:31,360 and other family. 248 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:35,000 It's believed she finds out about it by accident, 249 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,840 just before going missing. 250 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,720 - There was a board outside the courtroom one day, 251 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,320 and Hassan's name was on it, about getting custody 252 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:52,240 for this child, and somebody had told Laura about it. 253 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:57,560 So she'd gone down to the courts to see what was going on, 254 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,840 and that's how she found out about this other little boy. 255 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,120 And Hassan wanted Laura 256 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,280 to take on this little boy, 257 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,640 and Laura didn't want to do it. 258 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,160 - We spoke with Laura's best friend, 259 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,600 and she said that if Laura had found out about it, 260 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,360 she wouldn't have stood for it. 261 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,880 She would have upped and left, taking Rasheed with her. 262 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,720 Now investigators have a potential motive 263 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,560 for Hassan Al Shatanawi to want his wife out of the way. 264 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:43,000 - When we spoke to him at the police station 265 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:47,920 in the early stages, he didn't mention any of that to us. 266 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:53,360 He didn't volunteer to us the fact that he was in a relationship, 267 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,520 nor that they had a son. 268 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:01,400 Again, that was something else which caused us concern. 269 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,400 Why didn't he tell us about that? 270 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Soon, 271 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,920 the concerned husband lets his mask slip. 272 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:15,120 - Me dad did take part in a media appeal, 273 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:19,400 and then that's when a builder from Middlesborough 274 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,840 contacted the police by saying that my dad had paid him 275 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,920 a couple of days before to erect a brand new shed 276 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,240 on an allotment in Seaton Carew, 277 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,840 then a couple of days later rang him up, 278 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,760 asked him to dismantle it and burn it. 279 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,000 - They said that they could. They were willing to help him out 280 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,480 with that. So they agreed a price, 281 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:47,240 they went to the allotment, collected the shed, 282 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,600 and they were given instructions to take it away, smash it up, 283 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:55,840 and burn it. This shed was brand new. 284 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,040 They were aware of one of their friends 285 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,800 who was in the market for a garden shed, 286 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,360 and they found a new home for the shed, 287 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,600 not on a bonfire, but in a garden in Middlesborough. 288 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,080 This could be a significant breakthrough 289 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,600 in the hunt for Laura. 290 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,280 Investigators swiftly make their way to the home in Middlesborough 291 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,160 where the shed had been moved. 292 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,040 - The builders took us to the address where the shed was... 293 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,760 ..and sure enough, it was in the back garden. 294 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:35,040 A team of detectives were present when the shed was discovered, 295 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:40,080 and the detective officers sent for a forensic team. 296 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:43,840 - It was very difficult 297 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,800 in terms of the recovery of forensic material, 298 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,480 because there was a long time delay 299 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:57,520 between the initial disappearance of this individual 300 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:02,800 and the subsequent examination of this particular material. 301 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,720 Forensic material can be fragile: 302 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:10,080 it can be dispersed, it can be destroyed, it can be moved. 303 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,320 - But in examining the shed, 304 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,240 the floor showed up quite a large dark patch. 305 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,120 Attempts had been made to gouge out the patch on the floor, 306 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:24,360 but that had failed. 307 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,400 The stain had been covered up by creosote. 308 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,920 - But the area was soon 309 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:35,360 the focus of the particular examination, 310 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,280 and some presumptive blood testing was carried out 311 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,080 in that particular space. 312 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,000 - And the forensic team confirmed it was human blood. 313 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,120 - In Hartlepool, after blood is found in an allotment shed 314 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,120 owned by her husband, Hassan Al Shatanawi... 315 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:05,160 ..police now suspect mum of one Laura Shatanawi has come to harm. 316 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:10,600 But with no body, they now have to prove Hassan has murdered her. 317 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,200 - This was a very challenging case. 318 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:25,080 The obvious thing is the lack of a cadaver. 319 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:30,800 The body is a huge source of information. 320 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,960 Ordinarily, so much contact trace material can be recovered 321 00:22:36,120 --> 00:22:42,000 and used within the investigation: nail clippings, hair, 322 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,800 swabs from the skin, but in this case there's no cadaver. 323 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,600 What police do have, however, 324 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,360 is the garden shed from an allotment 325 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,600 rented by Hassan Al Shatanawi. 326 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,960 He had ordered it to be destroyed, 327 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:03,240 but it was in fact moved to a garden in Middlesborough. 328 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,640 This is now the focus for the police inquiry 329 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,800 into Laura Shatanawi's disappearance. 330 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,800 - It was decided, as part of the forensic strategy, 331 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,560 that the shed would be put onto a low-loader 332 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,240 and transported directly to the Forensic Science Service, 333 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,760 where it would be examined, 334 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,040 and it was discovered 335 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,680 that the floor of the shed 336 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,680 were planks of wood butted together, 337 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,120 and it was apparent, visual examination, 338 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,360 that it had been cleaned, 339 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:44,280 and that a lot of blood 340 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:46,760 had been spilt onto the floor. 341 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:56,000 And if you can imagine the two planks together, like this. 342 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,840 we've got blood on the surface that was subsequently cleaned, 343 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,840 but then blood's seeped down to form a V shape 344 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,920 within the gaps in the shed floor, 345 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,040 and it appears as though some of that blood is formed 346 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,360 through the floor, and then onto the surface below. 347 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,080 But there is something even more sinister uncovered 348 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:24,000 by forensic scientists on the floor of the shed. 349 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,520 - It bore the marks of chop marks 350 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,320 in the wood, quite deep. 351 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,040 A crime scene investigator 352 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,440 was adamant that it was axe marks on the floor. 353 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,400 The working hypothesis: 354 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,400 that some sort of dismemberment had taken place. 355 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,040 Police now have to break the news 356 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,600 of this dreadful discovery to Laura's family. 357 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,480 - I mean, it must be horrible to think 358 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:06,160 that that's your dad that's done that to your mum. 359 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,720 It's horrible. It... .it... it's horrible. 360 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:13,720 - I remember 361 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,680 being in my mam's friend's, like, 362 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,440 kitchen-cum-dining room, 363 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:25,120 and I was surrounded by the police and social services. 364 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:30,760 And I think it might have been one of the care workers just said, 365 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,120 like, "We think your mam's... we think your mam's dead." 366 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,560 And I just remember bursting into tears. 367 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,680 I just remember going into that house afterwards, 368 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,440 and there was nowt in. The police had just taken the lot. 369 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,800 A lot of stuff out of wardrobes, shelves. Out of the kitchen. 370 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,560 The lot had gone. It was hard to take in. 371 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:56,800 Just threw everybody. It just threw everybody. 372 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:02,000 But before they can charge Hassan with murder, 373 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:06,800 investigators have to prove the blood uncovered in Hassan's shed 374 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:08,280 is Laura's. 375 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:15,000 - In 1993, the national DNA database 376 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:16,840 was in its infancy. 377 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,440 The amount of material that you would need 378 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,720 to produce a profile was quite large. 379 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,880 For example, crime scene investigators were told at that time 380 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:33,040 that for material to produce a profile, blood, 381 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,080 you would need something the size of a 10p piece. 382 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,160 Whereas now, we can simply 383 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,120 tape or swab a surface 384 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:49,200 and produce profiles from microscopic pieces of material. 385 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,640 Scientists now have a large sample of blood 386 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,360 from between the floorboards to work with. 387 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:02,400 But without Laura's body, there is a major stumbling block. 388 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,600 - So in relation to DNA matches 389 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,600 to the deceased's blood, 390 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,040 it's obviously difficult, 391 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:16,400 because we've got no control sample from the body. 392 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:20,120 So in this particular case, secondary sources were sought. 393 00:27:23,360 --> 00:27:25,200 In a groundbreaking move, 394 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:29,880 scientists take DNA samples from members of Laura's family 395 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,080 to try to get a familial DNA match with the blood 396 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,320 at the suspected murder scene. 397 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,560 - I remember having blood tests, some blood taken for DNA, 398 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,160 a sample and that, and I remember just passing out. 399 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,720 I just remember getting up, and just passing out, 400 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,240 but the police did come with two bags of sweets for us. 401 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,920 It was overwhelming, it was. 402 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,800 - We compiled a DNA profile of Laura, 403 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,600 using a blood sample from her dad, 404 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,680 a blood sample from her son, Rasheed, 405 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,520 as well as strands of hair from the hairbrushes in her bedroom, 406 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,880 traces of saliva from postage stamps and envelopes, 407 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:23,400 from letters which she'd written to her dad 408 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,040 when she was in Egypt, 409 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,520 and that profile 410 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,440 matched the blood on the floor. 411 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,400 At the time, DNA profiling was pretty much in its infancy, 412 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:43,520 and to have this result available to us 413 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,640 was fantastic. 414 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,160 On the 16th of July, Hassan Al Shatanawi 415 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:55,880 is arrested on suspicion of his wife's murder. 416 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,160 - This is the police station in Hartlepool, 417 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:02,640 and when he was arrested 418 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,800 he was taken around the other side of the building 419 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,960 to the custody area, 420 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,600 where he was interviewed under caution. 421 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,160 We needed to understand what had happened, 422 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,480 and how he'd done it, and how he disposed of her. 423 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,720 These things had to be asked, 424 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,000 and he was given the opportunity to explain everything. 425 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:34,960 Obviously, he was informed that what he'd told us thus far 426 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,160 we didn't believe, and now it was time to tell the truth. 427 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,480 Any relevant questions which we put to him, 428 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:49,360 he would either say, "No comment," no reply. 429 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,680 Just wouldn't help with the investigation at all. 430 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,200 Minute strands of hair are also found 431 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,280 on samples of the shed flooring. 432 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,760 These too are profiled and match to Laura. 433 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,320 Even though the police don't have Laura's body, 434 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,400 the evidence against Hassan Al Shatanawi 435 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,360 is stacking up. But he continues to remain silent. 436 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,520 - Everything was slotting into place nicely. 437 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,080 We had the evidence from the shed builder, 438 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,960 the strong evidence of the DNA profile 439 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:28,680 recovered from inside the shed. 440 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,440 It was quite close to being unprecedented 441 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,200 to charge someone without a body, 442 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,920 but after his final interview 443 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,640 we were more than satisfied, as were the CPS, 444 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,760 that there was sufficient evidence, and Hassan was charged with murder. 445 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,840 But without a body, 446 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,680 police fear the chances of securing a conviction are slim. 447 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:04,120 - In one of the first investigations of its kind in Britain, 448 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,480 even though police had not found the remains 449 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,960 of missing Hartlepool woman Laura Shatanawi, 450 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,040 they believe they have enough evidence 451 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,720 to charge her husband, Hassan, with her murder. 452 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,960 But will they be able to make their case against him 453 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,840 stick in court? 454 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,560 - He was remanded in custody, to prison. 455 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:32,080 Inquiries still carried on, to try and find Laura's remains. 456 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,680 Searches continued of land... 457 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,520 ..properties that we knew Hassan was connected with. 458 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:46,560 None of it came to anything. 459 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,600 We made inquiries at the local public incinerator. 460 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,440 That came of nothing. It was down to us now 461 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,760 to prepare the case for trial. 462 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,720 Meanwhile, with his dad, Hassan, in prison, 463 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,480 and his mum, Laura, believed dead, 464 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,280 seven year-old Rasheed has to be cared for. 465 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,520 - I went to live with me auntie Shirli in West Carnforth. 466 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,760 You know, great village. You know, great people in it. 467 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,720 You know, all sort of took us under their wings. 468 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:29,160 - And I took Rasheed in. I mean, Laura's best friend, 469 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,160 and her family, they were very supportive to me. 470 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:37,960 I had a huge amount of people to help me with Rasheed as well, 471 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:42,360 and it was just lovely. And it worked, it worked. 472 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:47,200 - I remember going to see Dad in prison, when he was on remand. 473 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,680 I still hadn't really got my head around it. 474 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,000 It was mixed emotions, really, 475 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,560 because I had people telling me 476 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,520 that he had killed me mam, 477 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,400 and then when I was going to see him, 478 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,920 I had him telling me that he hadn't killed me mam, 479 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,000 and that he'd been set up. It was very difficult. 480 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,760 It wasn't the easiest environment to be walking into. 481 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:17,760 Barely a year 482 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,440 after Laura Shatanawi's disappearance, 483 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,600 her husband finally faces justice. 484 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,400 Feelings in the area were running high. 485 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:32,280 - The court case got moved from Teesside, 486 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:36,400 cos me dad seemed to think that there was a gang after him, 487 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,280 and that's where they were going to get him, at Teesside, 488 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,280 so they moved it to Newcastle. - There were a lot of witnesses. 489 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,840 Their involvement in the trial, from a prosecution point of view, 490 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,080 was to try and build up 491 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,480 a picture of Laura, 492 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,320 and certainly to show 493 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:01,200 how much she adored Rasheed, 494 00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,800 and that she would never leave him under any circumstances. 495 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,520 The prosecution outlines Hassan's motive 496 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:15,040 for killing his wife: to be able to set up home 497 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,120 with another woman, with whom he'd been having an affair, 498 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:19,960 and who had had his child. 499 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,760 - I think my mam found out about Hassan's affair, 500 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,160 and that could have been a motive. Whether she confronted him, 501 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:31,240 or he knew that she knew, I think it was on that day, 502 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,640 after that... exam. 503 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,040 - So on the one hand, there was the risk 504 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:41,880 that he might lose the child, 505 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,680 the son from his other relationship, 506 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,160 to social services. 507 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,720 On the other hand, if Laura found out 508 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,320 about his other relationship, 509 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,400 he might have lost Rasheed. 510 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,600 We were told she would never have stood for it. 511 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,360 Hassan's Muslim background would have also put him 512 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,040 in a quandary. 513 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,520 - It would have been a huge shame, disgrace, 514 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,200 were he to lose a son, 515 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,560 either through marital separation, divorce, 516 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,120 or any other means. 517 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,600 The prosecution takes the court 518 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:28,240 through Laura's final hours on that fateful day in June 1993 519 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:32,040 when she disappeared, never to be seen again. 520 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,840 - She sat the exam at the college. 521 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,480 That morning is when the shed was erected in the allotment. 522 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:47,400 The shed itself, that needed to be made available 523 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:52,120 for the jury to inspect. That wasn't brought backwards and forwards 524 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,680 every day, it was obviously left in the court building 525 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,080 under lock and key. 526 00:35:57,240 --> 00:35:59,080 Without a body, 527 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,640 and with Hassan maintaining his innocence, 528 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,320 the star piece of evidence is the murder scene. 529 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,320 - Find Laura's DNA in the shed, 530 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,080 that was the main part of our case. 531 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:16,800 That needed to be pointed out, shown to the jury. 532 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:22,120 After a six-week trial, the jury retires 533 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,080 to consider its verdict. 534 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,800 - We were on tenterhooks from the moment 535 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,400 the judge sent the jury out. 536 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,920 Then, when they came back with the guilty verdict, 537 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:39,840 we were ecstatic. 538 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,320 - The judge, Mr. Justice Jarrett, told him, 539 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,680 "You have been convicted on the plain evidence 540 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,640 of cold-blooded, premeditated, calculated murder." 541 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,720 - He was sentenced to life imprisonment. 542 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:57,240 With a minimum term to be served of 16 years. 543 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,960 - In my career, spanning some 37 or so years 544 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,360 in crime scene investigation, this is the only case 545 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:09,680 that I'm aware of where the force have managed to secure a conviction 546 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,480 when in the absence of a deceased person. 547 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:21,120 - But Hassan didn't show any remorse whatsoever, 548 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,160 and he wasn't going to tell us, or tell the family, 549 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,240 where Laura was, which was a pity, 550 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,040 a shame, really, for Rasheed, 551 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,280 and for the other members of the family 552 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:36,560 not to be able to put Laura to rest. 553 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,520 - I think Rasheed should have had closure, 554 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,520 and my brother should have had closure, 555 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,080 and my mam should have had closure, but we didn't. 556 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:50,520 And it... it's... it's sad. It's very sad. 557 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:52,560 In the years that follow, 558 00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:55,520 Hassan Al Shatanawi still refuses 559 00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,360 to give up the location of his wife's body. 560 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:02,000 But Rasheed has never given up hope, 561 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,840 and is determined to continue the search. 562 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,520 - Oh, it always goes through your mind where she can be, 563 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,520 and it still does to this day. The same, like... the thing is, 564 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,040 sometimes I just sit there, think, like, where the hell can she be? 565 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,160 - Fast-forward 12 years, and an unexpected tip-off 566 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,200 could hold the key to Laura's final resting place. 567 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:36,720 Her family wait with baited breath, while the police start a dig. 568 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,040 - There was something buried that was giving nutrient 569 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,120 to foliage that wasn't elsewhere evident. 570 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,800 So it was important to identify what that nutrient was. 571 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,960 And that's where they advised that we should start the dig. 572 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:56,720 - I remember really feeling like, 573 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,440 oh, please, let this be Laura May's body. 574 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,120 To bring it back for her family, please let it be her. 575 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,120 - So the archaeological team carried out the dig 576 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,040 that was required to be carried out. 577 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,640 Took them about two to three days to finish the job. 578 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,560 And in the event, we discovered 579 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,520 it was the skeletal remains of a dead animal. 580 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,080 - Unfortunately, it wasn't me mam. 581 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,760 The family as a whole were gutted. 582 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,480 - He was devastated, but he had such a strength 583 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,920 that he, you know, vowed to keep fighting on to find her. 584 00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:48,280 In 2013 comes another blow to Laura's family. 585 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,320 Hassan is released by the parole board 586 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,760 without their knowledge, and against their wishes, 587 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:59,040 and deported back to his country of origin, Jordan. 588 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,720 Now he's free, the family fear they'll never get the answers 589 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:07,680 they need to find Laura's remains. 590 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:13,520 - Disappointed, shocked. If ever I'm going to get closure, 591 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,600 I always thought it was going to come from me dad. 592 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:22,000 But that chance has gone of sitting down with him 593 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,520 in a controlled environment. That's gone. 594 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,680 Despite frequent attempts to trace his father in Jordan, 595 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,040 Rasheed has drawn a blank. 596 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,600 - I was absolutely crushed. I was crushed. 597 00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,720 I couldn't believe it. It's horrible. 598 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,560 And it doesn't get any easier as time goes by. 599 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:50,600 I mean, it's 30 years now, and my mam's died, 600 00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:55,280 she died of a broken heart, my brother died of a broken heart. 601 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,320 You know, and they... we've never found out whatever happened to her, 602 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,080 and yet Hassan is wandering around the streets. 603 00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:07,040 He... he is a free man now to do whatever he wants. 604 00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,000 That's very hurtful, and it's wrong. 605 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,760 - Hassan would know that there is channels out there 606 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:21,880 to contact me. Does sadden us that he hasn't tried before now. 607 00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:26,000 He's done a crime, he's been released. 608 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,200 We've still got the life sentence. 609 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,280 I know I've got the headstone there with me mam's name on, 610 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,400 where me gran and granddad's buried. 611 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,840 I'd love to put me mam in there. That'd be closure, 612 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,640 and then us as a family, what's left of us, 613 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,240 can sort of move on. 614 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,640 - It's so important that we keep the case alive, 615 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,800 because somebody must know something, 616 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,400 whether it be just a tiny piece of information 617 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,320 that they remember back at the time. 618 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,360 It could, you know, be the final piece in the jigsaw, 619 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,440 really, of finding where she is. 620 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,760 - Every now and again, human remains will wash up on beaches 621 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,640 around the country. It's always going to be there, 622 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:35,000 at the back of your mind. 623 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:39,360 So you just keep on hoping that one day it'll be me mam. 624 00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,200 I won't give up, until the day I die. 625 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:50,680 I'll never give up looking for me mam, never. 626 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,880 She's got to be out there somewhere. 627 00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,320 - Please, Hassan, be truthful to us 628 00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:57,640 and give us the answers 629 00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,560 of what happened to our lovely, lovely Laura May. 52566

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