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[narrator] Ian Simms has been found guilty of murdering

When Missing Turns to Murder

Ian Simmshas been found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Helen McCourt. Despite this,...

When Missing Turns to Murder • S01E01 • 2019

[narrator] Ian Simms
has been found guilty of murdering 22-year-old Helen McCourt. Despite this, there are still
questions to be answered. [Charles] We can only speculate
as to what the motive was. Some say that it was just a row,
which escalated after she'd gone to the pub
to smooth over the incident that had happened
a couple of days earlier. {\an8}It's also been speculated
that she was threatening {\an8}to expose his illicit affair, but there was no justification
for what he did

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Ian Simms has been found guilty of murdering

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22-year-old Helen McCourt.

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Despite this, there are still questions to be answered.

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[Charles] We can only speculate as to what the motive was.

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Some say that it was just a row, which escalated

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after she'd gone to the pub to smooth over the incident

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that had happened a couple of days earlier.

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{\an8}It's also been speculated that she was threatening

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{\an8}to expose his illicit affair,

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but there was no justification for what he did.

Duration

38 seconds

Views

15

Timestamp in Movie

00:32:12

Uploaded

Jun 11, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

Genres

documentary, crime

Production

Republic Pictures

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Movie Summary

British true crime documentary series using powerful and emotional testimony from families and friends when a missing persons enquiry turns into a murder investigation.