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Who Was Chasing Janet That Night? 1996 Cold Case
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On a warm June night in 1996, 20-year-old law student Janet Murgatroyd went out celebrating the end of her university exams with friends in Preston, Lancashire.
Hours later she vanished during her walk home.
CCTV captured Janet's final known movements through Preston's streets. Witnesses later reported seeing a man in a white shirt arguing with a woman matching her description near Penwortham Bridge.
The following day, Janet's battered body was discovered in the River Ribble.
What followed was one of Lancashire's most complex and controversial murder investigations. Detectives interviewed over 1,000 people, pursued countless leads, released CCTV appeals and even secured a conviction. Yet years later that conviction was overturned, leaving one haunting question:
Who killed Janet Murgatroyd?
In this episode of Crimes That Haunt Us, we examine the evidence, witness sightings, confessions, suspects and unanswered questions surrounding a case that remains unsolved nearly three decades later.
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Documentary version here - https://youtu.be/TxB7dJIvgKI
(00:00) The Haunting Case of Janet Murgatroyd
(0:50) Who Was Janet Murgatroyd?
(01:53) The Day of the Murder
(3:43) Drinking with Fiona
(4:38) The Walk Home
(7:25) The Muffled Wail
(9:25) Murder Investigation Launched
(10:43) Post Mortem
(18:26) Killer Profile Produced
(21:47) Andrew Greenwood Charged
(34:04) Greenwood is Acquitted