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About Britain's Most Ruthless Killer | The Wendy Speakes Murder

In this episode of Murder Scene: The Incident Room, detectives investigate the brutal murder of 51-year-old Wendy Speakes after she is attacked inside her own home. As panic spreads across Yorkshire, investigators launch a massive six-year manhunt to catch a stranger killer who left behind just a handful of forensic clues. With groundbreaking fingerprint and DNA evidence, the race is on to bring one of Britain's most elusive murderers to justice.

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Britain's Most Ruthless Killer | The Wendy Speakes Murder
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43 minutes
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English

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