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Netflix's 'Who Killed Jill Dando?' offers 6 theories about the murder of the BBC TV presenter. Here they all are — and 4 details the documentary missed.
Netflix's 'Who Killed Jill Dando?' offers 6 theories about the murder of the BBC TV presenter. Here they all are — and 4 details the documentary missed.
Eammon JacobsJan 12, 2024, 20:36 IST
English television presenter Jill Dando on UK, 30th October 1996, and archive footage in Netflix's "Who Killed Jill Dando?" showing the e-fit of a suspect.Colin Davey/Getty Images/Netflix
British TV presenter Jill Dando was assassinated on her doorstep in 1999.
The British public was left shocked when popular television presenter Jill Dando was murdered in front of her home in April 1999.
The 37-year-old journalist was best known for presenting BBC series "Crimewatch" alongside Nick Ross.
Netflix's new true-crime docuseries "Who Killed Jill Dando?" guides viewers through the investigation into her assassination, as detectives who worked on the case give unique insights into the hunt for her killer.
The documentary also touches on Barry George, who was convicted of killing Dando in 2001 and given a life sentence, before being acquitted of the crime in 2008.
Here are the theories presented in the documentary about Dando's death — and the interesting details that the Netflix series doesn't cover.
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Theory: Bob Wheaton.
Bob Wheaton in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
Theory: Jon Roseman.
Jon Roseman in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
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Theory: Serbian retaliation.
Archive footage of Jill Dando's appeal for aid during the Yugoslav conflict in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
Theory: A drugs gang.
Former Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
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Theory: Sweating man.
Archive footage showing the e-fit of the sweating man in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
Theory: James Shackleton.
Archive footage of James Shackleton in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix
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Missed detail: A Serbian opposition journalist was murdered in a similar way to Dando two weeks before her death.
Slavko Curuvija at a press conference in Belgrade in November 1998.ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)
Missed detail: An unsubstantiated claim suggested Jill Dando was investigating a pedophile ring inside the BBC.
Disgraced British entertainer Jimmy Savile.REUTERS/Paul Hackett/Files
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Missed detail: Gangland assassination.
Mark Williams-Thomas attends the ITV Gala at the London Palladium on November 24, 2016, in London, England.Karwai Tang/WireImage
Missed detail: Barry George sued News Group Newspapers
Barry George in the "Who Killed Jill Dando?" Netflix docuseries.Netflix