The Murder of Julie Ward: A Father's Fight for Justice in Kenya

The murder of Julie Ward in Kenya's Maasai Mara in 1988 became one of the most notorious cover-ups in modern criminal history. Julie was a 28-year-old British wildlife photographer, a week from flying home, when she vanished on safari. Her father flew out to find her, and discovered her remains himself, cut and burned, evidence of murder that Kenyan authorities tried to pass off as an animal attack to protect the tourism industry. What followed was one father's decades-long, multi-million-pound battle against two governments to force the world to admit his daughter had been killed. Three men were tried; none was ever convicted. In this episode of Crime at Bedtime, we tell the full story: the safari, the flawed investigation, the altered autopsy, the trials that collapsed, the alleged political conspiracy, and the extraordinary devotion of a father who refused to let his daughter's murder be denied. Settle in, get comfortable, and let us tell you the story of a father in the Mara.

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