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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 midnight on Sunday, August 25th, 1996, and 14-year-old Caroline Glacken was out, walking along the River Levin in Bon Hill, Scotland.

The river ran down a path separating two neighboring towns, Bon Hill and Renton.

This little river path was kind of a main thoroughfare. Caroline took this path

all the time and was very familiar with it. Caroline had spent the afternoon visiting friends.

She was enjoying the long weekend because that Monday was a bank holiday, so Caroline and her friends

were enjoying one last weekend of summer.

At around 10.10 p.m., Caroline stopped at home. Her mother, Margaret, and her mother's fiancé,

Alan, were heading out to dinner to celebrate Margaret's birthday. According to the BBC program Crime

Watch, after checking in with her mom, Caroline left her

house to meet up with her best friend, Joanne. On that night, Caroline had invited Joanne

and two other friends for a sleepover, but at some point, her plans changed. At around 1145,

Caroline and Joanne left another friend's flat.

They started walking down to an area called the Ladetiton Shops in Bon Hill.

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