Talk:Murder of Amanda Dowler

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[edit] Dubious statement

I've removed the following statement:

"Four years after Dowler's disappearance, people continue to lay tributes at the site where her remains were discovered."

Reference: Mastris, Charis. "How did it happen here? Trying to understand the tragic death of Milly", Newsquest Media Group, February 8, 2006.

In fact, the referenced news story was originally published in 2002 [1], shortly after Dowler's remains were discovered, so the above statement cannot be inferred from it. As if to confuse matters, the story has been republished on a number of different Newsquest websites, with different dates attached (example: [2]). 217.155.20.163 19:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing information relating to the article

Some of the information such as potental clues regarding the case are missing form this article. This includes the mystery dna cup link to an article of clothing. thie N registerd Red Daewoo Nexia, the involvement of the FBI in improving the quality of some of the CCTV footage especialy the Image showing the dark showdey figure believed to be Milly. there is more but i think this a good palce to atart filling in gaps. Also i think that a backgorund to mily before she was abducted and some mention of her family would also improve the article.


[3], [4],[5],[6],[7] [8], Mystery dna link

[9], [10], red Daewoo Nexia

These are just a few of th article from thhe bbc to help et started.--Lucy-marie 19:20, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Criminal

Please dont reinsert the criminal infobox as this is a highly libellous statement that has huge potential to upset her friends and relatives, SqueakBox 01:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

how is it liableness to use a template in a different way other tahn the way it was intended. It cannot be liable as it does not say she was any form of criminal with any form of criminal conviction. it simply stated the information relevant to the victim.--Lucy-marie 00:13, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

The infobox was created by Wikipedia:WikiProject Criminal Biography and is intended to be used to individual criminals. It is not permitted to use on criminal victims who have not committed any crimes. Wooyi 01:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA review — kept

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Ruslik 09:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] source

"Levi Bellfield, 39, of West Drayton, west London, was convicted of killing Amelie Delagrange, 22, and Marsha McDonnell, 19.... The former bouncer is also due to be questioned over the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, who went missing on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey on 21 March 2002." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7227830.stm

[edit] Can we be precise here?

Is Bellfield the prime suspect, as mentioned in the lead, or a prime suspect, as mentioned at the bottom of the "Investigation" section? They're not necessarily quite the same thing. Loganberry (Talk) 21:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

He is THE prime suspect. Other notable killers such as Ian Huntley were always considered suspects simply because of the nature of their crimes but with Bellfield there is actually compelling evidence available which suggests he is the prime suspect in the murder enquiry. The most compelling piece of evidence is that a car regularly used by Bellfield was captured on CCTV parked at the spot where Milly vanished 25 minutes after her last sighting. Bellfield denies he was in the car and claims it was stolen. Of course such evidence simply makes him a suspect and does not mean he is guilty. Innocent until proven guilty after all.

There have been a few cases where a convicted killer has been the prime suspect of an unsolved murder. The most famous ones are the Suzy Lampugh case in which John Callan is believed to be the prime suspect and The Vicky Hamilton & Dinah McNicol murders of the early nineties in which convicted killer Peter Tobin is the suspect (the bodies of the girls where found in a house which used to belong to him). In these cases police do not have enough evidence to charge the suspect however the parents of the victims are convinced that the killers are behind bars.

This whole article could do with a rewrite.

Humanracer (talk) 22:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)