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Eleanor Neale

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4048 total appearances

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Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

into the pond where it was eventually found.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

Somewhere along the way, he had also placed an order on Amazon for a big plastic tarp and a bungee cargo net.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

By now, he will have been very aware of the intensifying investigation into Sarah's disappearance.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

I mean, it was the main news story in London already by day two.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

He will have been stressed.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

But just the concept of a murderer having a day off of work for stress afterwards, it's laughable, isn't it?

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

On March 7th, 72 hours after murdering Sarah, it's the day before he was about to be arrested in his home, Wayne Cousins takes his two kids out to play for the very last time.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

but he doesn't take them to a park or to a soft play area.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

He took them to the plot of land that he owned where he was storing his murder victim's body.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

And it's unclear actually when he used those builder's bags to transport her body into the pond, the idea that it could have actually been then while his kids were playing meters away

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

It just makes you feel sick.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

The following day was March 8th.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

Wayne was still off of work for stress, and it seemed that he spent most of his day just at home.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

Around 10 past seven that night, he tried to wipe his phone completely.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

He reset the whole thing to factory settings, deleting absolutely everything he could on there.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

And it's not 100% clear what kind of evidence he felt like he was getting rid of, maybe like location data, but no doubt there were a lot of important things on that phone that were probably caught in the crossfire.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

We can only imagine pictures of his kids, his wife, their memories.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

And he's willing to delete it all forever in order to get away with the rape and murder of a young woman.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

A little under an hour later, the police knocked on Cousin's door and arrested him.

Outlore with Eleanor Neale
Sarah Everard: The Murder that Changed Everything in the UK

After that brief conversation where he was still mostly denying the accusations against him, police took him into custody at Belmarsh Prison.