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Leanne Abducted and Murdered
Tiernan found dead after abduction 9 months earlier
My Opinion on the case
My opinion on this case is that the crimes committed were completely avoidable and pointless. It shouldn't have happened in the first place. John Taylor had no reason to commit this crime and it's terrible. This crime ruined the Tiernan's lives just because Taylor decided to do it. I feel this way because first obviously it's abduction and murder those are devastating experiences not just for the victim but for those around them. But, also because of Taylor's disregard of others. How can a person just decide to do this? Hearing about cases like this makes my expectations in huamnity fail cause they don't think about what their actions will do to the victim, and everyone else to close to them.
On November 26 2000, 16 year old Leanne Tiernan was abducted on her way home in West Yorkshire, England after shopping with her friend Sarah Whitehouse. 9 months later, a man walking his dog found her buried in a shallow grave inside a floral duvet cover. She had a black plastic bag over her head held in place by a dog collar, scarf, and a cable tie. Her wrists were bound in cable ties and she was wrapped in green plastic bag liners. A few days before the body recovered a retired couple saw a man carrying a floral bag from his car to the woods. The pathologist found that she had not been there since November, she had been strangled and stored in low temperatures.
John Taylor was a poacher seen in the Lindley woods where Leanne's body was found. At Taylor's house, the police found the cable ties which were unusual because they were used for exclusively for Royal mail. They also found another collar of the dog. Then small amounts of Taylor's hair were found in the scarf that showed the hair shafts matched Taylor.
After searching over 800 houses, 1500 gardens, outbuildings, sheds on her route home they realized there was hair on the dog collar. This is the was first time for a British criminal case to use dog DNA for evidence. It was sent to a university in Texas for analysis. Police found that the dog belonged to John Taylor as well as the dog supplies. It would have been perfect evidence, but the dog died so police couldn't link it to Taylor.
Effects of This Case
Taylor was arrested in October 2001. He was sentenced to 2 life sentences and given an additional 2 life sentences for other crimes he had committed. This event was important enough to be in the news because Taylor committed crimes before, and it devastated the Tiernan family. It was also the first British case to use animal DNA. That significance shows even the most unlikely evidence can have a huge impact on a case. People should care about this because it could happen to anyone. It doesn't just happen to others, so everyone should be more cautious.