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True Crime with Elli Mac - Murdered In Mexico: The Murder Of Trish Willoughby
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Murdered In Mexico: The Murder Of Trish Willoughby

True Crime with Elli Mac

07/29/23

31m

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On February 23, 1991 Dan Willoughby and his wife Trish Willoughby arrived in Mexico with their three children for a family holiday.Later that afternoon, Dan and the children headed off to the nearby museum, whilst Trish stayed behind to have a nap as she said she was very tired.When the family arrived home, 2 hours later, the children excitedly ran into their mothers room to tell her what they had seen at the museum.But to there utmost horror, they found their mother clinging onto life.When police arrived at the crime scene, Dan them that over $400 in cash and two rings were missing from the scene, so they thought it might have been a robbery gone bad.10 days later, a woman was arrested on unrelated charges, and in her possession they found the missing jewellery Dan had described, including Trish's wedding ring.As the police got further into their investigation, they quickly realised that this woman, was not just a random woman.It turned out she was incredibly closely connected to the family. But by the time, they figured that she may have been involved in Trish’s murder, the woman had already been released and she was now missing.Who was this woman and where was she? How did she know the family and close was she to them? Was she involved in Trish’s murder? And if so, did she act alone?

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When 3-year-old Ryan, 2-year-old Hannah, 1-year-old Lydsey, and 4-month-old Danny were supposedly kidnapped on the 7th of January 2008, their parents Lam Luong and Kieu Phan, reported them missing.The following day, however, in a horrible turn of events, their father Lam Luong told investigators that they wouldn't find the children as they were all dead.When they asked Lam Luong, to take them to where the children were, Lam directed them to drive to the highest point of the 80-foot Dauphon bridge.In complete disbelief, Captain Wilson turned around in his patrol car and looked at Lam Luong and asked him “Do you mean to tell me that you threw your four children off the top of the Dauphin Island Bridge?” To which Lam Luong simply replied, “Yes”Was this true? Had Lam Luong committed this unspeakable act? If he had, why had he done it? And were the children still alive?This is the absolutely heartbreaking case of how and why, this vile person, decided to play God and murder his helpless and innocent young children in the most cruel way.

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