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The Chillenden Murders: Who Killed Lin and Megan? has dropped on Netflix and it’s already made it into the streamer’s top 10 most-watched.
Everything you need to know about Josie Russell’s life now
- The Chillenden Murders: Who Killed Lin and Megan? initially aired on Channel 5 two years ago but the hour-and-a-half documentary has now been dropped on Netflix. The one-off special delves into the horrific events of July 1996 when mum Lin Russell and her two children Josie, nine, and Megan, six were attacked in Chillenden, Kent.
- The family were approached by a man down a country lane who went on to tie them up before attacking them all, including their dog Lucy, with a hammer, murdering all of them but Josie. She managed to survive the brutal attack but suffered severe head injuries.
- After the traumatic incident, Josie and her dad Shaun Russell relocated to Gwynedd, North Wales, where they previously lived before moving to Kent. Josie went on to earn her design and textiles degree at Bangor University and continues to work as an artist today, selling her work online and at exhibitions.
- Josie was about to utilise her trust fund and compensation from the Criminal Injuries Board in 2012 to buy back her childhood home in Snowdonia, Wales, which she now shares with her fiance Iwan Griffith. Josie recently shared on Instagram that she and Iwan have been together for 20 years.
- Michael Stone, the man who attacked Josie and her family in 1996, was arrested the following year and given three life sentences. He continues to protest his innocence but his second appeal was rejected in 2005.
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