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Billie-Jo Jenkins and her accused foster father: Wanted man or witch hunt?
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Billie-Jo Jenkins and her accused foster father: Wanted man or witch hunt?

The foster father of a 13-year-old schoolgirl had a three-minute window to kill. Why would he do it? And what evidence divides the experts?

Billie-Jo Jenkins was a talented 13-year-old schoolgirl who had found what appeared to be the perfect foster family: four daughters, a mum who was a social worker and a dad who was a deputy headteacher.

Sion Jenkins was an upstanding member of an affluent town’s community. But he had secrets. Like the lies about his academic qualifications and the affair with a teenage girl who looked a lot like Billie-Jo.

When Billie-Jo was found dead in her garden in 1997, it was Sion who called 999. Detectives first arrested a mysterious figure, known as Mr B.

But then they turned their attention to Billie-Jo’s own foster father.

He had just a three-minute window to have killed the 13-year-old. Could he have done it? And why?

What followed was a roller-coaster of a police inquiry, prosecution and series of trials.

For her series ‘Who Killed Billie-Jo’ podcaster Naomi Channell has gone back to the schoolgirl’s friends, family and the inquiry team to find out more about what happened.

You can listen to her series here:

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