167: The Ipswich Murders | England

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 9 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

When his marriage ended, Des Thorpe became a homeless alcoholic. His young daughter ran away from foster care to be with her dad and grew up on the streets. Lorraine became a part of her dad’s street drinking group and met many unsavoury characters. One of them was kind-hearted, down-on-her-luck Rosie Hunt. She notified social services that Lorraine was not in a good environment and was made to pay with her life. Des was furious when he learnt Lorraine was involved in Rosie’s murder – not knowing that he would be next…

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0:00.0	Support for today's episode of Evidence Locker comes from Noom, helping people around
0:09.7	the world enjoy healthier lives through better nutrition and exercise.
0:14.0	You don't have to change it all in one day, small steps make big progress.
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0:23.6	You are listening to The Evidence Locker.
0:26.8	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.
0:30.1	It deals with true crimes in real people.
0:32.9	Some parts are graphic in nature and the standard discretion is advised.
0:36.7	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.
0:44.6	On Sunday, the 9th of August 2009, a resident living in a council housing complex on Victoria
0:50.6	Street, Ipswich, noticed something strange.
0:54.1	In his neighbor's window, a bunch of large, black flies were crowding.
0:58.4	He had never seen that before.
1:00.8	That in itself was perhaps not cause for concern.
1:04.0	But the apartment of Rosalyn, Rosie Hunt, was unusually quiet that morning.
1:09.4	Rosie had many homeless friends and often spent time with them drinking and smoking.
1:14.3	He had also heard some screams coming from Rosie's place in the days before.
1:18.8	Police came, but they didn't seem to find anything suspicious.
1:23.5	The neighbor had not physically seen Rosie for a couple of days, and thought it would
1:27.2	be prudent to call police again so they could conduct a welfare check.
1:31.2	On entering the premises that morning, the officers found Rosie's body on a mattress
1:35.2	in her bedroom.
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