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Rachel Thacker was just 21, with a new job, a new car and a future that seemed full of possibilities. A caring, outgoing and popular young woman, she had recently graduated with a degree in occupational therapy and was looking forward to beginning her career.

After travelling to Manchester to celebrate a friend's 21st birthday, Rachel spent the evening with friends before deciding it was time to head home. As she searched for a taxi in the early hours, a car pulled up. Rachel got into the passenger seat believing she had found a way home.

But it wasn't a taxi. Rachel had just got into the car of a dangerous predator. What happened next was shocking, brutal and would change the lives of everyone who loved her forever.

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In February 2003, Amarjit Chohan and his family appeared to vanish without a trace. Amarjit was a successful businessman living in west London with his wife Nancy, their two young sons, Devinder and Ravinder, and Nancy’s mum, Charanjit Kaur, but when the entire family disappeared, leaving behind almost everything they would have needed for a life abroad, serious questions quickly began to emerge about what had really happened to them.

At first, there were attempts to make it look as though Amarjit had simply decided to leave England and start a new life with his family back in his native India, but as detectives began pulling apart the evidence, they uncovered a much darker story. It involved Amarjit's haulage business, deception, organised crime and a group of people who appeared to have gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal the truth. The investigation would eventually stretch from west London to Wiltshire, Devon and the south coast, before crossing international borders as police hunted those believed to be responsible.

In this episode of British Murders with Stuart Blues, I examine the disappearance and murders of the Chohan family, the investigation by the Metropolitan Police and the evidence that eventually led detectives to the people responsible. We look at Amarjit and Nancy's lives, the strange circumstances surrounding their disappearance, the discovery of crucial evidence, the search for the missing family members and the lengthy Old Bailey trial that followed.

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The case discussed in this podcast episode is real and represents the worst day in many people's lives. I aim to cover such stories with a victim-focused approach, using information from publicly available sources. While I strive for accuracy, some details may vary depending on the sources used. Due to the nature of the content, listener discretion is advised. Thank you for your understanding and support.
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What would it be like to lose your identical twin to murder?

In this episode, I talk to Nick Dawson, whose identical twin, Simon, was murdered in the most dreadful attack in 1998. I found this conversation incredibly moving and, at times, very emotional. Nick takes us back to his brother’s childhood and talks about the man Simon was before his life was so brutally taken away. We also discuss the murder itself and the devastating impact it had on Nick and those who loved his brother.

But there is another extraordinary part of Nick’s story. He has met the men who killed his brother. Nick tells me about those meetings, what it was like to come face-to-face with the people responsible for his twin’s death, the questions he wanted answered, and what those encounters meant to him. It is a deeply personal conversation about murder, grief, memory, forgiveness and the search for answers, told by someone who lost the person who, in so many ways, was the closest person in the world to him.

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Dawn Rhodes was a 38-year-old mum whose attempt to leave an unhappy marriage ended in tragedy.

After her murder, a disturbing version of events emerged in which Dawn was portrayed as a violent woman who had attacked her own child. But behind that story was a lie which would have devastating consequences for those left behind. The episode today explores the murder of Dawn Rhodes, the story created in its aftermath, and the devastating impact of the truth being hidden for so long.

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Thursday the 11th of October 1962 at 4:20pm, off Cherry Lane, in Sipson’s Field in West Drayton, the body of 16 year old Carol Ann White was found; she had been brutally stabbed, but not sexually assaulted. Police believed it was connected to a string of other sex attacks in the area. But the true culprit wasn’t hiding in plain sight, but standing by their side.

Location: Sipson’s Field, off Cherry Lane, West Drayton, MIddlesex
Date: Wednesday 10th October 1962, roughly 9:30pm (murder)
Victims: Carol Ann White
Culprit: Edward Donald Garlick

Seven time nominated at the True Crime Awards, Independent Podcast Awards and the British Podcast Awards, Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.

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