| In the style of a Hollywood epic the tale
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| | owned several properties that they rented
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| of Mr and Mrs John Darwin had the nation
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| | out, but they were still living well
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| on the edge of their seats as it slowly
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| | beyond their means. Mr. Darwin allegedly
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| began to unfold. Ingredients including
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| | hatched a plan to disappear and for his
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| greed, fraud, and terrible deceit that
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| | wife to claim the life insurance with
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| divided a family and shook the town of
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| | which to pay off their debt and
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| Seaton Carew near Hartlepool have made
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| | eventually move abroad, although Mrs
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| this an absolutely intriguing story.
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| | Darwin disputes some of her husband's
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| It first came to the nation's attention
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| | claims.
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| on Saturday 1st December 2007 when
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| | Mrs. Darwin received £25,000 in life
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| 57-year-old John Darwin walked into a
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| | insurance from Unat Direct Insurance
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| West London police station stating his
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| | Management once her husband was
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| belief that he was a missing person, and
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| | officially declared dead in 2002.
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| that he had no memory of the previous
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| | Although the policy was actually due to
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| seven years. His sons were understandably
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| | pay out £50,000 she was given half that
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| delighted to see him as they believed he
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| | amount because a body was never found. In
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| had died in a tragic canoe accident seven
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| | addition the Darwins' £130,000 mortgage
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| years previously.
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| | was paid off by Norwich Union.
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| When he was reported missing in 2000 a
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| | In early 2007 Mrs. Darwin sold her UK
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| three day air and sea hunt was launched
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| | properties and moved abroad after
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| that ultimately cost £70,000, but all
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| | transferring the proceeds from the sales
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| that was found was his smashed up canoe
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| | to offshore bank accounts. It was only
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| and no trace of Mr. Darwin. At an inquest
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| | after John Darwin miraculously turned up
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| 13 months later, and despite never
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| | in the UK that the police tracked down
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| finding a body he was officially declared
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| | his wife in Panama.
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| dead.
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| | Since then there have been more twists
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| However, since the story of his
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| | and turns in this story as tales of the
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| 'reappearance' broke it has transpired
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| | Darwins' life together unfolds. This tale
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| that shortly after going 'missing' he
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| | will undoubtedly end up as a blockbuster
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| actually returned to the home he shared
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| | film and perhaps answer many of the
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| with his 55-year-old wife Anne, living in
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| | questions yet unanswered, including why
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| a room in the house next door that the
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| | Mr. Darwin decided to return to Britain
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| family also owned. When any family or
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| | just as the couple seemed to have
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| guests visited the family home Darwin
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| | succeeded with their audacious plan.
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| simply sneaked through a concealed hole
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| | Ultimately the couple who are both in
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| in the wall between the two properties
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| | custody will be pursued by the insurance
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| into his secret hideaway.
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| | and mortgage companies seeking repayment
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| What was not known to anyone but
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| | of the funds they paid to Mrs. Darwin,
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| themselves at the time of the "accident"
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| | and as fresh allegations and charges
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| was the fact that the couple were in tens
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| | emerge almost daily they face a very
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| of thousands of pounds of debt. They
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| | bleak future.
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