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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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October 1st: Mark Leonard Bridger Kills (2012) A lot of things have to line up for a person to be properly charged for their crimes. On October 1st 2012, a young girl disappeared from in front of her home in Powys, Wales. And, despite not having a critical piece of evidence, a man was charged for her murder. Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Information for this episode collected from: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bridger-mark.htm Wikipedia, Murderpedia, The Guardian, dailypost.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away in Silver Lake section of...
0:03.9	We have a electricity line.
0:05.5	A weird...
0:06.0	...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.
0:09.0	A cop of murder.
0:11.4	A lot of things have to line up for a person to be properly charged for their crimes.
0:16.8	On October 1st, 2012, a young girl disappeared from in front of her home in Powis Wales.
0:23.3	And despite not having a critical piece of evidence, a man was charged for her murder.
0:29.5	So, if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a
0:34.1	morning cup of murder.
0:39.1	April Sue Lynn Jones, a five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy from Powis Wales, disappeared on October 1st, 2012.
0:47.5	After a seven-year-old playmate saw her willingly get into a vehicle near her home.
0:52.7	The town acted almost immediately.
0:55.2	While the police worked with the witness, volunteers organized search parties, and one
0:59.7	of the officers made the unprecedented decision to instigate a child rescue alert, something
1:05.1	unheard of at the time, but later proved to be extremely helpful.
1:09.6	He knew he made the right decision when more than 1,200 phone calls came in in 24 hours.
1:17.0	Despite all of this, there were challenges.
1:20.2	The only witness to her disappearance was just seven years old,
1:23.6	and they had trouble getting an accurate description from the young girl.
1:27.8	And that incredible volunteer turnout left many away from their homes when police came knocking
1:33.4	to ask questions. Therefore, it wasn't until the next day that police received a tip that a man
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