The eerie events of Cornwall's 2000 horror, Lesley Ford's haunting story, and the secrets that tore lives apart. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl

In October 2000 in a tiny hamlet in Cornwall, police discovered the bodies of Lesley and her four eldest children, buried in a woodshed in the garden of the family home they shared with Lesley's husband and stepfather to the children, Lee. It was a crime that shocked the nation. Ford confessed to killing them all one by one by garotting them in the kitchen of the family home, before burying their bodies. Now, for the first time since the murders 12 years ago, Lesley's exhusband and biological father of their four children, Michael, talks about what happened and how Ford tried to cover up his terrible crimes. Peter, Lesley's brother, who raised the alarm when the family went missing also talks to us, as well as the children's teacher and the senior police officer on the case. With expert analysis from Forensic Psychologist Dr Keri and psychologist Emma, we profile Ford and reveal the horrific impact this had, not only on the loved ones left behind, but also those in the community nearby.

This film was first broadcast: 28 Nov 2012

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