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The Story of Bennylyn and Jellica Burke

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After warning him about a murder inquiry, a police officer heard Innes say, 'She's under the kitchen floor.'

1. Lagim: A Filipino True Crime focuses on the case of Benny Lynn Burke and her daughter Jellica Burke, whose disappearance in the UK led to a murder investigation. 2. The host presents the episode as a true-crime case and explains that crimes against women and children are part of the story. 3. The episode asks how Benny Lynn, a Filipina from Manila living in Bristol, ended up trusting Andrew Innes and taking a trip to Dundee. 4. Benny Lynn lived in emergency accommodation in Kingswood, Bristol, after leaving the marital home she shared with Lexington Burke, who denied her assault allegations. 5. She worked at a care home, sold vacuum cleaners online, and supported Jellica and family in the Philippines while adjusting to life in the UK. 6. Benny Lynn met Andrew Innes on a dating website after previously meeting Lexington Burke online in 2015. 7. The narrator says Innes flew to the Philippines, married Benny Lynn in Samar in 2018, and moved with her and Jellica to Bristol in August 2019. 8. After the family moved, Benny Lynn posted photos and videos on Facebook and YouTube showing places such as Gloucester Cathedral and Buckingham Palace. 9. The relationship deteriorated after Benny Lynn made allegations of physical assault and social services became involved. 10. By late 2019, Benny Lynn and Jellica were moved into emergency accommodation, and lockdown conditions added pressure to her situation. 11. The disappearance began to draw attention in February 2021 when neighbors noticed they had not seen Benny Lynn and Jellica for about a week or two. 12. Alex Burke was due to pick up Jellica on 19 February 2021, but there was no answer at Benny Lynn’s door. 13. By 1 March 2021, social services had reported Benny Lynn and Jellica missing to Avon and Somerset police. 14. CCTV and phone records showed the pair in a Renault Scenic and then in Dundee, about 440 miles from Bristol. 15. Police went to Troon Avenue, Dundee, where Andrew Innes owned the car and lived in a house that showed signs of recent kitchen work. 16. Officers later said Innes admitted that Benny Lynn was under the kitchen floor and that he had killed her, while Jellica was with her mother. 17. The investigation later found that Innes had buried both bodies beneath a concrete kitchen floor and that recovery was difficult for the forensic team. 18. Police also found six electronic devices and evidence that Innes used dating-site data and a scraper tool to group women by age, height, weight, and number of children. 19. The episode is narrated in a detailed, chronological style with repeated reminders about the case’s impact on Benny Lynn’s family, Jellica’s death, and the Bristol and Dundee communities. 20. Listeners who want a case-driven account of online dating, cross-border policing, and forensic recovery will get the most from this episode. 21. Listeners looking for a light or low-stakes true-crime story should skip this case.

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A hopeful meeting turns into a grim forensic recovery, with the family's need for justice held firmly in view.

Hope is the first danger in LAGIM's account of a young Filipina from Manila who meets a man she has known through long conversations, travels with him by car, takes photographs, and starts preparing food at his home before pain and chaos take over.

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Press play when a hopeful first meeting becomes a harrowing case of murder, concealment, and justice for Benelin and Jellica.

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