Episode 16: Rania Alayed

Rania Alayed was twenty-five years old when she was killed by her husband in a flat in Salford in June 2013. She had grown up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, married at fifteen, and spent years trying to find a way out. By the time she reached Manchester, she was learning English, building something new, and fighting through the courts to protect herself and her children. Her body was not found for twelve years. This episode covers the murder, the cover-up, the investigation, and the long, slow work of bringing Rania home — including the moment in 2025 when her son Yazan helped police find what his father had hidden.