About this episode

The episode recounts the tragic story of Maria Toomey, who disappeared just weeks before giving birth, leading to a shocking discovery by the police.

Maria Toomey was just weeks away from giving birth when she vanished. When police finally found Maria, they uncovered a quite dreadful scene that shocked even experienced detectives. This is a heartbreaking story from Hull of a life, and a future, stolen by an act of unimaginable violence. Please join me for the next episode of the UK True Crime Podcast on Friday - two episodes a week, every Tuesday and Friday. Support me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Writing Credit: Chris Wood You can buy Chris's second book, 'Death in the Theatre' here:  https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117 Watch my YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Adam-uktruecrime/videos Get All The News First - Subscribe To My Newsletter https://uktruecrime.com Join UK True Crime Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Always True Crime

Topics covered

• murder
• crime
• violence
• pregnancy
• investigation
• true crime

Keywords

• Maria Toomey
• murder
• Hull
• true crime
• Chris Wood
• violence
• pregnancy
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, YouTube, Amazon, UK True Crime

Places: Hull

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