Quick Info
| Nationality | British |
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Latest News about Leah Croucher
The Search for Leah Croucher: A Parent's Nightmare began broadcasting at 9pm on U&W. The documentary draws on rare access to the family and covers her vanishing in 2019 through to the discovery of her body.
Her mother Claire spoke to local station MKFM on the eve of the documentary's launch about the family's ongoing torment and the petition for Leah's Law. She said the family refuses to say the suspect's name, but wants his face and name public because he has not been charged.
UKTV commissioned a two-part true crime documentary, The Search for Leah Croucher: A Parent's Nightmare, told through the eyes of her parents. The series was produced by Impossible Factual, with international distribution handled by ITV Studios, and it was made with the family and Thames Valley Police.
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Leah Shannon Croucher was a young woman from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, whose disappearance on 15/02/2019 became a long-running missing persons case. She was 19 when she vanished while walking to work. Her body was found in October 2022, and an inquest concluded in June 2024 that she had been unlawfully killed. |
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Personal Life
| Disappearance | She left home on the morning of 15/02/2019 to walk to work and never arrived. Her family reported her missing later that day. |
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| Discovery of Remains | Police received a tip on 10/10/2022 that led to a murder investigation, and her body was found in October 2022, less than half a mile from her home. |
Relationships & More
| Suspect | Neil Maxwell, a sex offender, was named by the inquest as the person responsible for her unlawful killing. He had died by suicide before her body was found. |
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Family
| Parents | John and Claire Croucher |
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| Brother | Haydon Croucher, who died by suicide about nine months after Leah went missing, according to the family, who said he never recovered from her disappearance. |
| Sister | Jade |
Career
| Notes | At the time of her disappearance she was walking to her workplace in Milton Keynes. |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. A police search involved more than 50 officers at times, and reward banners for information about her whereabouts were hung from bridges across Milton Keynes. | |
| 2. Her parents said the family had been severely let down by the police and the probation service after the inquest. | |
| 3. A television documentary titled The Search For Leah Croucher: A Parent's Nightmare was announced, told through the eyes of her parents. | |
| 4. Her mother Claire has campaigned for a petition known as Leah's Law, aimed at changing British legislation so that a similar case does not happen to another family. |
