As someone said above this was the 3rd time they searched the house. Chances are he moved the body, otherwise they would have found it one of the other times. Although why he would have brought it back to the house is beyond me. Or, and it’s horrible to think about, but maybe she wasn’t dead when they were looking for her before, so no body to find, if he had her somewhere. It’s too horrible to think about really.

@Kate Murphy, i read on sky.com that he was with tia’s mam before, i had to read it twice as the (whole) story was/is weird & confusing…

Could have been very concealed, they brought in dogs today – probably trained Cadaver dogs. Its a nightmare scenario, heaven help her poor mother.

They had those dogs in on Wednesday.

Imagine how many witnesses or persons of interest the Police would interview in relation to a high profile missing persons case!?! Are the Police to sit two officers outside everyone’s house!?! Not feasible!

Eh come on nuffsaid, that guy was the last to see her as she left their house. Surely that’s worthy of keeping two cops outside his house!!!!

Ah you’re bang on the mark Aidan! He looked bogey as fook! Same with that father of 17 kids few months back that torched the 5 or 6 of em in the house then went on British TV appealing for the public help!! Dodgy!! I was just saying you can’t monitor EVERY person interviewed as Kevin was saying above!!

Nice grandmother ! Not!!

She is 46.

Another report I read said he was previously the mother’s boyfriend, which I hope was a mistake because that is just gross.

So she was 34 when she became a granny. The poor child’s mother can’t be all that old either then.

Not to speculate and I suppose it could happen to anyone, as Holly and Jessica showed, but all these messy family situations with step parents and boyfriends coming and going, you just never know who your kids are with.

Shocking sad anyway.

It does happen, look at Tom Stephens.

they searched the house twice. today was the third time which could suggest her body was moved or else they just didn’t find it. as you said you would think that they would have tracked his movements since he was last to see her. alot of questions at this time.
so horrific poor girl condolences to her family and friends :(

Sharron do you really think the cops are that stupid? Do you know how hard it is to read body language or that even trained and experienced interviewers will only detect lies about 60% of the time.Just because someone shifts in their seat or mumbles a reply doesn’t make them guilty. One of the Hillside Stranglers held out for weeks before he confessed.

The police knew … . you could read between the lines on the sky news report this morning. Every one saw it a mile away…… “police are treating the grandmothers boyfriend as a key witness” ……”he was only taken to the police station to straighten out a few ‘discrepancies’ in his story” ….. ” she never made it to the bus-stop and they feel he was the last person to see her alive” …. “we are seeking any witnesses to collaborate his timeline of event and what time she left the house” ………….. ” We believe the police are holding back information” … Very sad story. I hope he’s found alive so that he has to live with the shame and punishment

Michael, I was out on a search in a murder case some years back and was told in no uncertain terms that the guy I had been talking to and searching with was a major suspect for various reasons. I got the same shit the next day from people “who could read between the lines” and had all the inside info. The thing was that they were all wrong because they unlike the police didn’t have the training, the qualifications, the information or the experience of the police.

Just because someone reads Paul Williams in the Sunday World every week and never misses an episode of Criminal Minds or Cracker doesn’t mean that they will be invited to share their thoughts with the Serious Crime Squad any time soon. Personally I’ll let the cops do their job, await an arrest, a charge, a trial and a conviction before I pass sentence on anyone.

Brian, you’re right… and I’d normally be reluctant to jump to conclusions in these circumstances . But the sky report presented the information in such a manner that it was 99% clear that it was this guy… as someone above said, what 12 year old goes to town without the oyster card and their mobile phone… it was clear that something had happened inside the house ….and once he said that he saw her leaving , it ruled out her being taken from the home…. so he was more than likely lying. I remember talking to a detective about the Rachel o Reilly case, and the said they knew from day one who had done it, and so did the reporters… they just couldn’t state it or make an arrest without the evidence.. must be very frustrating

Michael if you watch the interview with Hazell he said she left her phone behind her and went into town with a £10 note that he gave her. So that could be a reasonable reason for why a ” 12 year old goes to town without the oyster card and their mobile phone”. It doesn’t make it clear that something happened in the house, is it did the house would have been more thoroughly searched. The reason Hazell was question is because he was family so that is SOP and also he head previous convictions for drug possession and weapons charges.

People can’t make assumptions that because someone looked ” a nasty piece of work” ( Jeffery Dahmer was apparently quite good looking), had previous form or was the supposed last person to see her. Going by that does that mean that the last people to see Jo Jo Dullard and Fiona are prime suspects? Rachel O’Reilly is a different case altogether. About 90% of all spouses or partners killed in their homes are killed by their spouse or partner so Joe O’Reilly was prime suspect from day one. It may be the case here as well that Tia was killed by someone that she knew but as yet no-one has been arrested etc.

All ready there has been a confrontation between searchers and residents because the searchers broke into a mans garage while out searching for her. If this guy Hazell did do it then it’s up to the cops to catch him. Unfortunetly it will probably be some bunch of have a go heroes who watched a 90 second clip on Sky News, “knew” it was him and could dish out mob justice on someone who hasn’t even been arrested. That could well be why the cops don’t want anyone approaching him. It could well be for his safety and not the other way around. The idea of innocent until proven guilty goes out the door in a case like this so I would prefer to put my faith in the police before Sky News. After all look at the case of Chris Jefferies back in Jan 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Joanna_Yeates#Media_controversy

Note the section titled Ramifications and you will see where I am coming from a bit better.