S7 Ep. 6 The Grooming and Murder of Breck Bednar
Blue Murder Club · Carol Whiffen, Lauren Strutt
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Show Notes
On the morning of Monday 17th February 2014 a call was made to emergency services in Essex by 18 year old Lewis Daynes. In this call Lewis requested police assistance, admitting he had just stabbed his friend to death in the bedroom of his flat. This was the the horrific end to what had been a years worth of on-line manipulation and grooming of 14 year old schoolboy, Breck Bednar.
Every parents nightmare, when Breck's mum felt something was amiss with her son's new online friend, she made Breck break off the friendship with this man who no one had ever seen in real life. She even reported him to the police...
Breck's family did everything possible to keep him safe from this on-line predator but ultimately it wasn't enough and Breck's young life, so full of promise was snatched away that awful February day.
With the current focus of child on child crime we decided to cover this case and bring some attention to the charity that Breck's mum, Lorin has set up in his name, which provides information and support in child safeguarding.
Online Safety | Breck Foundation
Here is Breck's story 💙💙
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