A former Met Police detective who has worked on some of the country’s biggest crimes is pulling back the curtain to show what it really takes to solve murders.
Steve Keogh investigated homicide cases in London for 12 years, beginning with a stabbing in a drug deal gone wrong and ending with the shooting of Sgt Matt Ratana in a Croydon custody suite.
He is now sharing some of those experiences in a new documentary series premiering this Wednesday on TRUE CRIME, ‘Secrets of a Murder Detective’.
In it, Steve takes viewers behind the scenes of an investigation, walking them from the early inquiries through to the breakthrough which brought the killer to justice – and all the challenges in between.
The first episode centres on one of his own cases, the horrific murders of former Eastenders actress Sian Blake and her two young sons at the hands of their father Arthur Simpson-Kent in December 2015.
Steve sat down with Metro to discuss the series, the brutal triple-killing and the one thing about it that still ‘gives me the chills’.
‘When I look back at my career, the crimes, the murder investigations that always affected me the most were undoubtedly when it came to children,’ he says.
‘So, the way Sian and her boys were murdered at the hands of their father is probably the one murder investigation I’ve had that has affected me the most and I will always carry with me.’
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Sian’s successful acting career included the role of singer Frankie Pierre in Eastenders for a year between 1996 and 1997. She also did voiceover work and deaf language interpretation.
She had two sons with Simpson-Kent, eight-year-old Zachary and four-year-old Amon, but the relationship was not healthy.
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Jack struggles after an ultimatum from Denise, but Stacey encourages him to do whatever Denise asks. Stacey decides to help Denise get her marriage back on track, so they arrange a barbecue for both sides of baby Charli’s family.
During the barbecue, Stacey encourages Jack to focus on being there for Denise and they share a goodbye kiss. Martin walks in and is shocked to spot Stacey and Jack together.
Meanwhile, Gloria visits George on his birthday, but she angers him by protesting that he had a happy childhood. George is concerned by his own outburst and he confides in Elaine.
Elsewhere, Jean concerns Dean by calling a doctor when Jade has a bad coughing fit. Things get worse for Dean when Jade looks at his phone.
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