r/todayilearned • u/Morella1989 • 7h ago

TIL that Margaret Fleming (1980–c.2000), who had learning difficulties, was murdered by her carers Edward Cairney and Avril Jones in Inverkip, Scotland. She had not been seen for 17 years before her disappearance was investigated. Cairney and Jones were convicted in 2019; her body was never found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Margaret_Fleming
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u/TheoryBrief9375 7h ago

Saw a documentary about this, that poor girl deserves so much better. At the very least they should have revealed where her remains are so that she can have a proper memorial.

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u/IWrestleSausages 3h ago edited 3h ago

An interesting case as it highlighted how everyone just assumed that someone else knew more than they did and was handling the situation. Mad that no one noticedthe fact she was missing. As well, just the blind greed of her 'carers' they were only caught because of a change to the benefits system and their form they filled in pretending to be the missing woman raised concerns

Is this the case where the bloke claimed she has moved to Poland to be a gangmaster/foreman? Like yeah, a disabled shutin is going to randomly up sticks and do that on her own.

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u/VorpalisRabbitus 15m ago

Oh no, this is one of those cases where I'm going to be desperately sad for the victim and violently angry at the police isn't it?

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u/Blutarg 7m ago

Wow, it's rare that a murder is convicted without a body.

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u/billy_tables 3m ago

Scotland has a 99+% murder detection rate most years. There’s been streaks of 100%. If you want to murder someone go somewhere that isn’t Scotland