In January 2018, in a quiet flat in Rugby, a three-year-old girl stopped breathing. Her mother, Louise Porton, told paramedics she had simply found her daughter in bed, unresponsive. No obvious cause of death was found. Seventeen days later, the child’s sister was dead too. Both girls, described by those who knew them as golden, were gone. Porton insisted their deaths were unexplained, but evidence from her mobile phone told a different story…

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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.

Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.

Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.

Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.

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MUSIC:

Illusion by Cody Martin

Creeper by Hill

Enigma by Hill

Pursuit Of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge

Road To Nowhere by Caleb Etheridge

Gravity by Caleb Etheridge

The Last Straw by CJ Oliver

Dragonsilk by Cody Martin

Every Life Matters by Cody Martin

Realm Of Men by Cody Martin

Rhosphere by Cody Martin

Sabotage by Cody Martin

Tainted By Darkness by Cody Martin

The Birth Of A Planet by Falls

Dark Hour by Falls

Dystopia by Ian Kelosky

Constant Surveillance by JCar

Grim History by Lost Ghosts

Memories Of Future Events by Hill

First To Strike by Moments

Forgotten Road by Moments

Steadfast by Moments

After The Fall by Wicked Cinema

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COURT DOCUMENTS / LAW PAGES

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Porton-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Louise-Porton-26549-1.law

NEWSBANK

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ONLINE

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/live-louise-porton-murder-sentence-16514708#1727669

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/louise-porton-murder-family-children-16685142

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/louise-porton-murder-rugby-photograph-15920020

https://rugbyobserver.co.uk/news/mother-of-rugby-woman-who-murdered-her-children-found-dead-reports/

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4400819/sex-worker-mum-louise-porton-posted-f-the-haters-on-facebook-after-murdering-her-two-daughters-then-paid-shameless-tribute-to-mommys-angels/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9878001/mum-of-louise-porton-disowned-killed-kids/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10879949/double-child-killer-louise-porton-mum-found-dead/

https://rugbyobserver.co.uk/news/full-report-evil-mum-squeezed-the-life-out-of-her-daughters-14381/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-48870537

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/funeral-lexi-scarlett-louise-porton-16858244