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It was usually quiet on the Clough in Murfield, West Yorkshire, and the bank holiday Monday morning of May 7, 2007 was no different.

The stone terrace houses built on a slanting road in the Batiford area of the town were less than a

mile from where the notable authors the Bronte sisters had attended school. Murfield had a relatively

low crime rate compared to other small towns in West Yorkshire, but by 9.15 a.m. that morning everything changed

when one neighbour heard someone banging on his door and screaming for help. He recognised the

blonde woman on his doorstep. It was his neighbour's granddaughter Joanne Hussey. It was urgency and distress in Joanne's voice,

as she explained she had just found her 76-year-old grandmother Annie Garber dead.

Joanne asked her neighbour to look after her daughter while she called for an ambulance.

Emergency responders arrive within minutes and approached the two-bedroom cottage.

Joanne was waiting for them at the door before leading them upstairs to her grandmother's bedroom.

The paramedics pulled back the quilt and found the frail pensioner lying on bloody sheets.

Blood spatter covered the walls near the bed.

Due to the highly suspicious nature of Annie's death, the police were immediately contacted.

Welcome to Season 8, Episode 36 of They Walk Among Us,

a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

Widow Annie Garbert had lived alone for just over a decade since her husband Joseph passed away in 1996.

As Annie aged, she had been diagnosed with dementia as a result of progressive Alzheimer's disease.

In 2007, her care needs had increased and she required a considerable amount of support for daily living.

Annie had assistance three times a day to help care for her at home,

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