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83: Part 2: Julie Mackay Cracks a 31-year-old Cold Case Homicide

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Melanie Road was raped and murdered in Bath, Somerset, England on June 9th, 1984. Even though the case was investigated thoroughly, no suspects were ever developed. Detective Sergeant Julie Mackay, Avon and Somerset Police, discovers a file from the original investigation that intrigues her - green blood. For six years, Julie worked tirelessly to get justice for Melanie. Through failed marriages and problems with her children, Julie thought suicide might be her answer. But Melanie, and her mother Jean, pulled Julie through her darkest times. This is the story of perseverance and how one woman made a difference three decades later.

Get her book To Hunt a Killer HERE, and listen to the podcast about the case Catching Melanie’s Killer HERE.



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And I had that picture with me, so the picture was on the wall in the instant room, and that

0:48.1

picture was in my file, which obviously later in the book I talk about when I'm arguing

0:52.6

the toss with somebody else.

0:54.0

But yeah, really important, in any murder, and you guys will know this, it's really important

0:59.6

to have a photograph of your victim, because you can get a little bit, it's another murder,

1:05.1

you know, and forget a little bit about who the person is.

1:08.9

So to me, that was like the number one thing, this is who we're talking about, this is

1:12.9

why we're here today, guys, this is why we're at work.

1:16.1

And it just keeps everybody back being a bit human.

1:18.9

Yeah, it keeps you focused on your mission.

1:21.3

Talk about the incident room.

1:22.3

What is, is there a separate incident room for each operation?

1:26.1

Do you reuse it?

1:27.2

You know, tell us about the incident room.

1:29.9

Yeah, so it depends where you are, but definitely in Bristol, we had, on one side of our floor,

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