Episode Details

On August 22, 2009, 37-year-old Paula Hounslea returned from a family meal in Liverpool and reportedly told her daughter she was going to visit a friend. She was never seen again. For nearly three years, her family had no confirmed answers about where she had gone.

Then, in May 2012, a dog walker discovered her remains in a disused fire pit beside the Liverpool Loopline in Fazakerley. They showed signs of burning but forensic evidence suggested they had been placed there only months earlier, leaving a disturbing gap between Paula’s disappearance and the discovery.bbc+1

Police launched a murder investigation, but no one has been prosecuted. Paula’s death remains unsolved, with unanswered questions about what happened to her and where her body had been before it was left beside the railway path.