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They spent almost two weeks interviewing witnesses in Kenya and collecting more DNA samples, but ultimately, momentum in the case slowed down and no arrests were made.

By 2012, John Ward firmly believed that a prominent political player, who he referred to as Mr. B, was the mastermind behind Julie's murder.

He wrote a lengthy article for the March 2012 issue of Nairobi Law Monthly titled, Mr. B Killed Julie, in which he laid out his entire theory.

I wasn't able to get my hands on a copy of that piece for this episode, but Grace Masilla wrote about it in her book and explained that John was very convinced this well-known figure called the shots when it came to why Julie was killed and how her murder was covered up.

John had previously told reporter Kate Alderson that at one point he'd interviewed the political figure's driver, who said he'd witnessed Julie's murder after she'd accidentally come across a group of gun and drug smugglers in the reserve and been killed because she'd seen something she shouldn't have.

But John's accusations about this Mr. B didn't result in that guy getting charged with anything.

It did prompt the man to issue a public denial to Kenyan newspapers, though, which I have to assume Mr. B did anonymously since I couldn't find his true identity reported anywhere.

When John was previously interviewed by The Nation in 2011, he told reporters that he was absolutely convinced a conspiracy was to blame for why his daughter's murder had never been solved.

He wrote in his book, The Animals Are Innocent, quote, you say to yourself, no matter what it is going to take, these people are not going to get away with it.

But in the end, you are one individual against a state and it is not easy, end quote.

In 2020, John was back in news headlines yet again, talking about Julie's case and still claiming that a political conspiracy was to blame.

By this point, though, he had some compelling proof and new witnesses to back up his theory.

In February of that year, Kenya's president, Daniel Moy, who'd been in power when Julie was killed, died.

And John said the former president's death triggered many people in Kenya to finally come forward with important information, information they'd been too scared to share while President Moy was alive.

John claimed that one witness had revealed to him that Daniel's son, Jonathan Moy, was in the reserve when Julie was killed, and that the former president himself had helped cover up his son's involvement in the crime.

John alleged that this witness alleged that Jonathan and some of his friends had been drinking in the park on September 6th, 1988, and stumbled across Julie while she was on her way to Nairobi taking pictures of wildlife.

They abducted her, sexually assaulted her, and took her to a farm that Jonathan owned in the reserve, and then later disposed of her body.

Unfortunately, in May and June of 2023, within several weeks of one another, Jan and John Ward died at the age of 89, unable to prove their claims or present them to a governing body.

Today, their sons, Tim and Bob Ward, continue to keep asking questions and putting pressure on law enforcement to explore the Moy family as possible suspects.

Nick Craven reported for the Daily Mail that Julie's brothers are convinced that Jonathan Moy was involved in their sister's murder.