Hello listeners. You may remember the tragic 1994 unsolved case of six-year-old Ricky Neve in Peterborough,

which we covered on Season 4, Episode 4 of They Walk Among Us. There has been a significant update to

the investigation since the episode was released, so we are re-releasing that episode as a refresher

before a detailed case update is published in several days' time.

Thank you all for listening, and on with the episode. Welcome to Season 4, Episode 4 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.

Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.

Anne and Alex Gregg, who lived in Lewisham, South London, became parents to a baby girl Ruthanne in August 1968.

Ruth spent the first few months of her life seeing her mother and father through the clear plastic of an incubator, though she wouldn't be part of the couple's future. They were struggling.

Anne was battling anorexia. Alex was physically disabled, and they were already parents to a young

son Mark, who was born blind.

Before her second birthday, Ruth had spent time in the care of social services,

and when she was four years old, her parents relinquished their rights,

and their children would be permanently placed in foster care.

Ruth was at first sent to live with foster parents in Cambridge.

She was moved frequently, with most placements in Wissbeach and March in Cambridgeshire.

As a child, Ruth's continuous outbursts steadily turned violent, until at 15 she was admitted to Salter's

Assessment Centre, close to Peterborough.

While receiving treatment, there were further reports she had threatened another teenager

with a knife, and on another occasion staff had to wrestle a pair of scissors from her hands.

Ruth then slowly directed her frustrations inward and began to self-harm, in one instance taking a knife to her thigh.

Following therapy, when she was 16 years old, Ruth would meet the father of her first two children,

23-year-old Trevor Harvey. The couple remained together for seven years. They lived in the

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