SOLVED: The Horrific Murder of Alice Ruggles
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Who was Alice Ruggles?
We are going to be discussing the murder of Alice Ruggles. Alice Ruggles was born on Christmas Eve on December 24th, 1991 to her parents, Sue Hills and Clive Ruggles. She had two older siblings, Nick and Emma, and a younger brother, Patrick. Alice and her family grew up in the very small town of Turlington in Leicestershire, England. I do apologize if I pronounced that town name wrong.
What was Alice's early life like?
Her family was described as being very close-knit. They had a family group chat on WhatsApp that they used to text back and forth every single day, even after all of the Ruggles children grew up and moved out of the house. Even after doing so, they all stayed in constant contact. Then every year around Christmas time, all of the kids would come up to celebrate Alice's birthday, even though everyone lived scattered across the country. Alice was described by her family as having an outgoing and happy personality. She was the type of person who would always make her presence known. She was known to make jokes and make everybody around her laugh and play little mischievous pranks on her siblings. She was known to be witty, smart, and come up with jokes on the spot. She wasn't afraid to be the center of attention, being a natural entertainer. She sang at school concerts and performed in numerous plays.
For her senior year, she chose to move schools to attend the Leicester High School for Girls, where her mother Sue worked. This transition was easy for her though, because she was very good at making friends. When she was younger, she had started on the fencing team, and it became a big part of her life, competing in many competitions over the years. When she was 18 years old and it was time to start university, she was choosing schools based on how good their fencing team was. Ultimately, she chose Northumbria University about 200 miles north of her hometown of Turlington. She joined their fencing team and even became the captain of the team. She did this at the same time as she worked towards her degree in product engineering.
She graduated by 2014 and went on to get a job with the UK broadcasting company Sky in Newcastle, England. She absolutely loved city life in Newcastle so she decided to stay there for the time being, living with a couple of roommates in a flat in Gateshead. she was independent, intelligent, and confident, and she could hold her own and take care of herself. By 2015, Alice met a 25-year-old man named Tremond Dillon, who went by Harry, so that is what I will call him for the rest of the video. So Harry was born in India, and he was the only child to his parents, However, him and his parents often moved around because his father was in the army, so he ended up moving to the UK. When he graduated from high school, he went on to study strategy management at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in Scotland. Then, once he was finished with his degree, he graduated and decided to enlist in the British army. Once he was in the army, he was stationed in Afghanistan and he served a non-combat position.
While there, he often used Facebook to stay in contact with friends and family who lived back in India as well as Scotland. By 2015, he had been scrolling through a friend's pictures on Facebook and that is when he noticed Alice. It was a picture of her that her friend had posted of her while they were on vacation in Sri Lanka. Her kind smile and bright face immediately caught his eye, so he left a comment on this picture to point out just how beautiful she was. It read, Alice noticed the comment, and she decided to go ahead and look at the profile of the person who left this comment. And what she saw when she looked at his profile was a guy who was very good-looking, And just by the way he looked in his photos, she could tell that he cared about his appearance and he took care of himself. She thought that he must be a nice guy to leave such a nice comment about her on a friend's photo. And given that they had mutual friends in common, it's not like he was some totally random dude who was just stalking this profile and left this comment.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who was Alice Ruggles?
0:00–0:24
2
What was Alice's early life like?
0:24–3:50
3
How did Alice meet Harry Dillon?
3:50–8:54
4
What were the signs of Alice's troubled relationship?
8:54–19:58
5
What actions did Alice take to seek help?
19:58–27:24
6
How did the police respond to Alice's complaints?
27:24–36:35
7
What escalation occurred leading up to Alice's murder?
36:35–38:50
8
What was the outcome of Alice's case?
38:50–56:35