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EPISODE · May 14, 2026 · 58 MIN

SOLVED AFTER 20 YEARS _ The Case of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan

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💔 "Four lovers. Two bodies. One murder-suicide that wasn't." For 20 years, police believed it was a double suicide. New evidence proved otherwise.In this true crime episode, we investigate the 1991 deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan in Northern Ireland. Their partners, Hazel Stewart and Colin Howell, claimed the couple died in a suicide pact. But Stewart confessed in 2009. Howell, a dentist, had murdered both victims and staged the scene. He received a life sentence. The "suicide pact" was a double homicide arranged by two lovers who wanted their spouses dead.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/red-tree-crime--6847553/support.

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