Look forward to reading it myself and for Jackie's reference too.
The Jeremy Bamber crime scene photo that one woman will never forget
She wrote regular letters
The Jeremy Bamber crime scene photo that one woman will never forget
She wrote regular letters to Bamber himself
BY HOPE WOOLSTON
14:14, 15 JAN 2020
UPDATED15:00, 20 JAN 2020
White House Farm at Tolleshunt d'Arcy Essex
Carol Ann Lee was 16 during the summer of 1985 when five members of the same family were shot dead in a farm in Essex
Little did this girl know that one day she would be exchanging regular letters with their killer, Jeremy Bamber, the man convicted of murdering his own family to get his hands on his inheritance.
Carol, an author and autobiographer, decided she wanted to find out more after seeing a documentary about the notorious White House Farm murders.
She started work on her book in 2012 and even wrote to Bamber himself, who is serving a whole-life sentence and to this day protests his innocence
From the photos she’ll never forget, to the 'charming' letters she received from Bamber, here are the shocking things she learnt while investigating White House Farm murders.
Carol and Bamber exchanged regular letters in her time working on the book.
She said: "He comes across as very charming, but manipulative.
"He is very much in control of the information he wants to discuss."
The author claimed Bamber would not reply to questions about certain subjects, particularly his adoptive sister Sheila's personal life, who was initially blamed for the case in a murder-suicide theory.
"What once was very frequent contact started to slow down," she said.
"He wanted to be able to tell his story of innocence, and convince the world that he did not kill his family."
Carol said that she always tried to keep an open mind on Bamber's guilt, but found his behaviour was hard to ignore.
She said: "He could be very personable, and would ask how I was, but he was very aware of his life.
"He offered to proof read my book, and point out any mistakes that I had made
"I told him that that wasn't going to work."
Carol claims to have seen photos that very few people have laid eyes on, and there is one she will never forget.
After seeing the tragic and horrific bloodbath that police were met with when they first discovered the bodies, she explained:
"One picture that I saw said to me that the person who did it was very good with a gun.
"This person was not at all shaky and knew how and where to shoot.
"This case got to me like nothing else has.
"I cannot get the pictures of the crime scene out of my head."
Carol has spoken with Bamber,
friends and the family of the victims and police officers who dealt with the case.
She explained: "You have to get so involved with the stories that you end up dreaming about them.
"I have so many dreams about White House Farm.”
In Carol’s personal opinion, she is 100 per cent sure that Bamber was the one to kill his family, and said she will be the "first to apologise" if he is ever acquitted.
She explained: "He will never stop appealing because he has nothing to lose.
"If he admits to his crimes, he might get parole but he will come out as a child killer.”
Carol's book, The Murders at White House Farm: Jeremy Bamber and the killing of his family.
The definitive investigation was first published in 2015.
She was approached by production company New Pictures who said they were going to be creating a TV drama about the crime.
She was asked to be a consultant for the production, and gave them a huge amount of her research to make the series.
Carol said: "It was very strange to see the actors as the characters.
"They worked so hard to make sure that they portrayed the true characters."
She also got to be an extra in a courtroom scene.
The fictional version of Bamber's trial in the TV drama was filmed at Chelmsford Court Court, in the very next room to where the actual trial happened.
