Julie Ward (28) was a wildlife photographer who was murdered while on a solo photography safari at the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya. Her body was found burned and dismembered a week after she went missing. Kenyan officials stated that Julie must have been struck by lightning and eaten by lions; however, her father was not willing to accept that explanation and continued to dig for answers. Julie's father continued to push for answers until it was revealed that the coroner's report on his daughter's body had been altered. The report revealed that instead of having gnawed marks on her bones, his daughter's bones had been cut by a sharp blade indicating that she had been murdered. Julie's father, John, spent more than £2 million seeking answers to his daughter's death and has visited Kenya over 100 times in an effort to find more answers.
To date, there have been two trials concerning the murder of Julie Ward. The first of the two trials was held in 1992 when two park rangers were tried for murder; however, they were both acquitted. A second trial was held in 1998 and the head park warden was tried for the crime; however, he too was acquitted of the crime. John believes that the Kenyan government has played a significant role in covering up his daughter's death in an attempt to prevent it from impacting the tourist industry. Despite many investigations, the case of Julie Ward's murder has never been solved.
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unsolved murders and mysteries
Misteri / Thriller*graphic warning * I'm interested in this stuff so why not make a book on it these are real life murders that were never solved or I just had to write about them cause they are creepy :) #250 #972 Mystery / Thriller
