4. Emma Caldwell
About this episode
The episode explores the murder of Emma Caldwell and the investigation that followed, featuring insights from those involved in the case.
Join us on the journey to the remote woods – about 40 miles outside Glasgow - where Emma’s body was found in May 2005. With us is the officer who first visited there with the man who would eventually be convicted of her murder. Her body was discovered by a dog walker more than a month after she’d gone missing from the city centre. It had been one of Scotland’s most high-profile unsolved murders, until Iain Packer was eventually convicted of the crime 19 years later. It was also the case that would be the catalyst for our investigation - but who was the girl behind the headlines? We speak to those who knew her to be kind, gentle and family orientated – even in the grips of a drug addiction brought on by the tragic death of her sister. We also hear from another of Packer’s victims, one whose striking similarity to Emma would see her become caught up in the police investigation. She thinks she only narrowly escaped a similar fate, thanks to a nagging feeling about the man with the dark eyes who kept trying to get her into the back of his van. Also hear from the first officer to interview Packer. Why was mounting evidence against this violent rapist repeatedly…
Topics covered
- murder investigation
- true crime
- drug addiction
- unsolved cases
- police negligence
- victim stories
Keywords
- Emma Caldwell
- Iain Packer
- murder
- Glasgow
- drug addiction
- police investigation
- unsolved murder
- victim
- true crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hub of Hope
Places: Glasgow
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