Another missing person, but a very different media coverage.

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The "aristocrat" and her lover seem to have had a totally different media coverage than the woman found in the river. This despite all the hall marks of intrigue, wealth, high society and even African cults.

It appears the missing baby that the two refused to share the location of, has now been found dead. So why has a case with Nigerian cults, a wealthy aristocratic English family with Royal connections, and a socially misfitting rapist partner of the family's daughter, on the run for weeks for no apparent reason, not been discussed and dissected to the nth degree?
 
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Chris Wilson said:
The "aristocrat" and her lover seem to have had a totally different media coverage than the woman found in the river. This despite all the hall marks of intrigue, wealth, high society and even African cults.

It appears the missing baby that the two refused to share the location of, has now been found dead. So why has a case with Nigerian cults, a wealthy aristocratic English family, and a socially misfitting rapist partner of the family's daughter, on the run for weeks for no apparent reason, not been discussed and dissected to the nth degree?
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Well could be down to local media as well, but I have found this being covered but not as often as NB.
I did wonder how it had gone 40 odd days without a post on here about them though, as its been in the news since they went on run near manchester.
 
Chris Wilson said:
The "aristocrat" and her lover seem to have had a totally different media coverage than the woman found in the river. This despite all the hall marks of intrigue, wealth, high society and even African cults.

It appears the missing baby that the two refused to share the location of, has now been found dead. So why has a case with Nigerian cults, a wealthy aristocratic English family, and a socially misfitting rapist partner of the family's daughter, on the run for weeks for no apparent reason, not been discussed and dissected to the nth degree?
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She didn't vanish under unusual circumstances, she ran away with her partner. what we have here is someone who had everything, was financially secure with no need to worry or likely even need to earn a living. After a series of stupid choices is now likely to spend a significant amount of time behind bars, along with her partner who will probably receive an even harsher sentence.
 
sidimmu said:
Well could be down to local media as well, but I have found this being covered but not as often as NB.
I did wonder how it had gone 40 odd days without a post on here about them though, as its been in the news since they went on run near manchester.
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I would have thought such a case had everything possible to pique the media and the public's interest, yet a depressed common or garden missing housewife made the front pages for weeks, not that either life was less worthy, but the media coverage was markedly different.
 
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I would have thought such a case had everything possible to pique the media and the public's interest, yet a depressed common or garden missing housewife made the front pages for weeks, not that either life was less worthy, but the media coverage was markedly different.
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No one can successfully identify what will pique the media and what wont, I'd imagine half of it is down to timing and luck.
 
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Did you not make a thread at the time OP? A missed opportunity.

A very sad case, with a horrible ending.
 
Uther said:
Did you not make a thread at the time OP? A missed opportunity.

A very sad case, with a horrible ending.
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No, in the grand scale of current affairs neither case caused me sleepless nights or anything beyond mild "Poirotesque" interest, if i am to be brutally honest, but the media coverage variation of the cases is interesting to me.
 
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and a socially misfitting rapist partner
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wasn't that like 33 years ago when he was 15?
Maybe if they hadn't been some media manhunt for 2 people, who at the time had committed no crime other than being in a relationship against her wealthy families wishes... then they would have been living a normal life and the baby would be fine.

What's the real story of why they went on the run from her aristocratic family? it seemed like they may have been fearing for their safety.

threats made against the man? the woman scared she would be abducted and imprisoned by her wealthy relatives at some mansion kept as a prisoner?

but ofcourse it's all because the guy raped someone when he was 15, why do you think these biased stories have been in the newes for months? some rich guy related to her has been paying for the media coverage obviously.

I doubt we will ever know the real truth unless she speaks to the press about it, obviously the guys a rapist scumbag because that's the perception the media wanted to give, so whatever he says will all be lies init...
seems the woman had plenty of chances to call for help if she needed to escape from the "rapist" shopping trips at tescos, hotel stays and food banks...
 
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arknor said:
wasn't that like 33 years ago when he was 15?
Maybe if they hadn't been some media manhunt for 2 people, who at the time had committed no crime other than being in a relationship against her wealthy families wishes... then they would have been living a normal life and the baby would be fine.

What's the real story of why they went on the run from her aristocratic family? it seemed like they may have been fearing for their safety.

threats made against the man? the woman scared she would be abducted and imprisoned by her wealthy relatives at some mansion kept as a prisoner?

but ofcourse it's all because the guy raped someone when he was 15, why do you think these biased stories have been in the newes for months? some rich guy related to her has been paying for the media coverage obviously.

I doubt we will ever know the real truth unless she speaks to the press about it, obviously the guys a rapist scumbag because that's the perception the media wanted to give, so whatever he says will all be lies init...
seems the woman had plenty of chances to call for help if she needed to escape from the "rapist" shopping trips at tescos, hotel stays and food banks...
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That's more like it!! See, there's a discussion, high emotion, a dialogue and controversy to be had in this story, yet some of the media seemed to mid page it....or plain ignore it.
 
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maybe this just wasn't on social media, the algorithm decided ?
but regular medias been covering it for a while following the car crash ... maybe just a lack of video coverage - GenZ do like videos to watch on their mobiles, police search look more extensive/manned than Bully.
 
It is strange how long it took to find them considering how many cameras there are everywhere and how much of a surveilllance society some people seem to think we live in.
I don't suppose anyone would have cared much if there hadn't been a baby involved. I also wonder if it might have been a much bigger story if the press hadn't latched on to the Nicola Bulley case first...
 
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Uther said:
It is strange how long it took to find them considering how many cameras there are everywhere and how much of a surveilllance society some people seem to think we live in.
I don't suppose anyone would have cared much if there hadn't been a baby involved.
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The baby is what made the case. They went on the run with a baby that had had no health checks. They didnt care about the couple.
 
arknor said:
wasn't that like 33 years ago when he was 15?
Maybe if they hadn't been some media manhunt for 2 people, who at the time had committed no crime other than being in a relationship against her wealthy families wishes... then they would have been living a normal life and the baby would be fine.

What's the real story of why they went on the run from her aristocratic family? it seemed like they may have been fearing for their safety.

threats made against the man? the woman scared she would be abducted and imprisoned by her wealthy relatives at some mansion kept as a prisoner?

but ofcourse it's all because the guy raped someone when he was 15, why do you think these biased stories have been in the newes for months? some rich guy related to her has been paying for the media coverage obviously.

I doubt we will ever know the real truth unless she speaks to the press about it, obviously the guys a rapist scumbag because that's the perception the media wanted to give, so whatever he says will all be lies init...
seems the woman had plenty of chances to call for help if she needed to escape from the "rapist" shopping trips at tescos, hotel stays and food banks...
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If they were not chased by the police at the request of the family the baby would have been ok.

I find it strange they ran away yet, 200 officers were assign to this case.if it were anyone else would they even bother to assign 2 officer's.

3 days they found the baby, yet could not find a woman's body in a smaller area for a month.

"the couple refused to tell police where the baby was, sparking a massive hunt across a wide area of the Sussex countryside."
 
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