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May 2024
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71: How the ORIGINAL True Crime reporter...

Eleanor Neale
About this episode
Today's case is about Jill Dando, hailed as TV's Princess Diana, was a prominent figure in 90s UK television. Her tragic murder in 1999 shocked the nation, sparking the largest investigation in Metropolitan Police history. Now, after 25 years, a new suspect, convicted Serbian assassin Milorad Ulemek, offers a potential breakthrough in the quest to uncover who killed her.

Trigger Warning: rape, stalking, war crimes and murder
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