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Rachel Shannon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

According to police documents after murdering Wukash, Joanna called Kevin and told him that a man had died and she needed money to buy a car so that she could move his body.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

It's unknown whether she told Kevin at that point that she was responsible for this man's death or if she even told him that it took place in the home that he was renting out to her.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

But either way, he forked over the money that she asked for knowing damn well that it was going to be used to buy a car so that she could get rid of a dead body because at that point, I don't know how you can just get a call from somebody and say like, hey, there's a dead body without assuming that.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

She probably killed them or something went wrong and this person is dead because of her.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

But either way, he gave her the money.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

And after that, Joanna and Stretch purchased a green Vaxhall Astra.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

After that, the two of them took the body of Lukasz, who at that point was still in that trash bin behind the house, and they loaded him into that green Vaxhall Astra that they had just purchased.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

Then they drove around until they found the perfect spot to dump the body.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

They ultimately decided on Thorny Dyke, a ditch in a rural recluse area where they were both confident that the body would never be discovered.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

This was an area that Gary Stretch had once lived in, so he was familiar with the area and he was confident that nobody would find a body there.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

In the week after that, Kevin ordered Joanna and Stretch to move in with two new tenants.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

John Chapman and Leslie Layton at 38 Byfield.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

He had just ordered the eviction papers a few days prior and Gary Stretch and Joanna were moving in to make their lives miserable so that they would pack up and leave ASAP.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

56-year-old John Chapman was a widower who had previously served for the Royal Navy, but he was experiencing hard times when he was living as a tenant at Quicklit.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

By all accounts, John did do his best to keep his room clean and tidy,

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

but he would fall behind on rent sometimes.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

He was described as being very quiet and respectful, though he did love his alcohol and he was definitely an alcoholic.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

Those around the area remembered that when he was living there, he always came into the store too early to buy alcohol, always having to be reminded that he needed to wait until the afternoon before they could legally sell him alcohol.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

Then, like clockwork, he would always show back up in the afternoon to buy his liquor.

True Crime with Rachel Shannon
The Female Serial Killer Who Murdered Men "For Fun": JOANNA DENNEHY

While those who knew him said that he was never like belligerently drunk, he did pretty much always have a drink in his hand.