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Sixteen year old Leanne Tiernan went missing from Leeds City Centre in November 2000. It took nine months for police to find her body.
Ten months later, a forensic investigation of hairs found on Leanne’s body led police to suspect poacher John Taylor for her murder, and to conclude that he’d kept her dead body in his freezer for months on end. But this was the first of many shocking revelations about Taylor’s life and the death of Leanne Tiernan.
Killer in the Woods is the story of one man's obsessive desire to control and kill women. For years John Taylor roamed wastelands and woodlands looking for his next victim. But it was only when he kidnapped and killed Leanne that his secret life, and his past crimes, came to light.
The film charts the unravelling of Taylor’s past – his sad-masochistic tendencies and his revelation to one girlfriend that he wanted to sleep with her fifteen-year-old daughter.
It features exclusive access to the police investigation, interviews with those who knew Taylor including a past girlfriend who details his disturbing sexual behaviour, and moving testimony from Leanne Tiernan’s family.