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School of Humans.

Helen God Murder Line actively investigates cold case murders.

In an effort to raise public awareness, invite witnesses to come forward, and present evidence

that could potentially be further investigated by law enforcement.

While we value insights from family and community members, their statements should not be

considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts inherent in cold cases.

We remind listeners that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing in the

podcast is intended to state or imply that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime is guilty

of any wrongdoing. Thanks for listening. It was around 7 p.m. on August 13th, 1981,

and 36-year-old Carol Morgan was working the till at her corner shop at 16 Finch Crescent, in a town called Layton Buzzard, in the county of Bedfordshire, England.

This was a close-knit community. Carol owned and ran the shop with her husband, 31-year-old Alan Morgan, and everybody knew them.

Everyone in town knew and loved Carol, who was described by friends and family, as warm, caring,

genuine, and friendly. Carol loved the shop, and the other lights of her life were her two children from a previous marriage,

14-year-old Dean and 12-year-old Jane.

On that night, Carol was working at the shop alone.

She was getting ready for closing, which was at 6 p.m.

Her husband, Alan, was at the movie theater in Luton with his two stepchildren, Dean and Jane.

But at some point, someone surprised Carol.

Alan and the children got home at around 10.10 p.m. Shortly after arriving at the house,

Carol's husband Alan raced to a neighbor's house and asked him to come to the shop. The neighbor followed

Alan into the storeroom and saw Carol in a pool of

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