Philip Austin: Northampton Family Murders, 2000 | Britain's Most Evil Killers | S5 E5

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Pick Crime

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A quiet street. A vanished family. A calculated plan. This is the chilling case of Philip Austin.

From a marked car tire outside Standens Barn to earrings scattered in the hallway, investigators follow a trail that begins with a DIY-store rubber mallet and ends with a Lake District arrest. What happened between a missed cinema trip, a fish-and-chip supper, and a week of silence? Why did neighbors grow uneasy before anyone knew the truth? And how did a claim of “red mist” unravel against meticulous evidence of control and planning?

Hear from family, friends, and detectives as they piece together Austin’s movements, the unsettling warning signs at home, and the forensic details that changed this from a disappearance to a triple murder inquiry. Watch to learn how one of Britain’s most notorious family annihilators was identified, located, and brought to justice — and why the sentence still ignites debate today. Stay to the end for the key decisions that proved this was no sudden snap.

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