The Murder Of Jodi Jones - Part 1

They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime

They Walk Among Us

True Crime

4.6 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On the morning of Wednesday, December 8, 2004, a jury stepped on to a bus to travel from Edinburgh High Court to Roan’s Dyke Path, a countryside short-cut between the residential areas of Newbattle and Easthouses in Midlothian, Scotland. Wilted sunflowers, stuffed bears, candles and tributes marked the spot of a horrendous tragedy. A year prior, this countryside trail was the location where a 14-year-old girl was brutally murdered... (Part 1 of 2).

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0:00.0	Welcome to Season 2, Episode 13 of They Walk Among us, a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime.
0:22.3	This is part one of a two-part story.
0:26.3	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
0:37.3	On the morning of Wednesday, December 8th, 2004, a jury stepped onto a bus to travel from
0:44.7	Edinburgh High Court to Rowensdyke Path, a countryside shortcut between the residential
0:50.7	areas of New Battle and East Houses in Midlothian Scotland.
0:56.0	Wilted sunflowers, stuffed bears, candles and tributes mark the spot of a horrendous tragedy.
1:03.0	A year prior, this countryside trail was the location where a 14-year-old girl was brutally murdered.
1:23.6	14-year-olds, Luke Mitchell and Jodie Jones began dating during March 2003. At first, the teenagers who both attended St David's Roman Catholic High School in Dalkeith
1:29.6	socialised occasionally but as the relationship progressed they began to spend more time in each other's
1:35.7	company. Jodie Jones was born in 1989. She lived with her mother Judith also known as Judy,
1:44.0	a brother Joseph and sister Janine along with her mother's, also known as Judy, a brother Joseph and sister Janine, along with her mother's partner, Alan Ovens, in East Houses, a town located just under 10 miles southeast of Edinburgh.
1:54.7	Jody was viewed as a sensible and reliable child by a family who affectionately referred to her as Toad. Jody wrote in her diary each day
2:04.0	composing poems for herself and her friends and would often spend time making homemade presents for a
2:10.0	family. She had a unique sense of style but found it difficult adjusting to life at St David's
2:16.5	High School. After her first year Jody's grades gradually began to improve and she would go on to meet Luke Mitchell.
2:24.3	Luke Mur Mitchell was born in July 1988 and lived on New Battle Road in Dalkeith, Scotland.
2:33.3	His parents, Corrin and Phil separated when Luke
2:36.5	was 11 and he would visit his father on weekends in Livingston, a town located around 20 miles
2:43.0	away in West Lothian. Luke's mother ran a caravan park and his father was an electrician.
2:49.0	He had an older brother Shane born in 1980 but Luke's
2:53.6	close bond with his mother made Shane feel distant from the family. Luke attended the army
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