Topping, Alexandra (22 February 2017). "Helen Bailey trial: fiance Ian Stewart found guilty of author's murder". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 October 2021.

Could the police have found Bailey sooner? It took three months and many hours of police time before she was discovered in the four-metre-deep pit, which police only found after speaking to the house’s former owner. Kent says “everyone was duped in the early stages”, but adds: “There were many lines of inquiry, and I’m immensely proud of the painstaking investigation that found [Bailey].” Had the body not been found “it’s difficult to see where a conviction would have come from”, he says. Following Stewart's conviction, the police began to re-examine the death of his first wife, Diane, in 2010. [53] On 21 August 2018 he was arrested and questioned on suspicion of her murder. [54] Subsequently charged with his wife's murder, Stewart appeared at St Albans Crown Court on 6 July 2020. He was remanded in custody until a plea hearing scheduled for 21 September 2020. [55] [56] In November 2021, Stewart pleaded not guilty to the charge. [57] Police located the jeans in Fucci’s bedroom during a search warrant. The jeans and the drain of the bathroom sink tested positive for the presence of blood, the affidavit stated. We’ve got no financial footprint. As far as we know, she hasn’t accessed any of her bank accounts. She didn’t take out big sums of money before, if she had planned to disappear … There is no digital footprint, no social media, and this is from a woman who was quite hot on social media. There is absolutely nothing,” Wheatley says. An inmate also said Fucci asserted that he was "real" because he stabbed a girl face to face, unlike others who resorted to shooting someone. What possible sentence didAiden Fucci face?

'SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH HIM'

The jury heard of several sightings of Bailey after the time at which the prosecution alleged that the murder had taken place. One of Bailey's neighbours gave evidence that she had seen the author walking her dachshund Boris "between 15:40 and 15:50" on the day of her disappearance. Two other neighbours said they had seen her walking her dog that day between about 13:20 and 14:20. [42] A further witness claimed to have seen Bailey in Broadstairs after her alleged murder, but admitted under cross-examination that he had not thought about the sighting until a journalist from The Sun had interviewed him; he accepted that the sighting could have been in March, before Bailey was reported missing. [43] Bailey wrote five books of "teenage angst" in the Crazy World of Electra Brown series: Life at the Shallow End (2008), Out of my Depth (2008), Swimming Against the Tide (2009), Taking the Plunge (2009), and Falling Hook, Line & Sinker (2010). [8] She was nominated for a " Queen of Teen" award in 2010. [2] [9] In Running in Heels (2011), she featured a new character, Daisy Davenport. [10] Bailey also wrote books for younger children, including the Willow the Woodsprite series, the Topaz series, and the Felicity Wishes series. [11] In all, she had 22 books of short stories, picture books and young-adult fiction published. [5] [12] Slawson, Nicola (23 January 2017). "Helen Bailey's mother 'uneasy' about murder suspect, trial hears". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 13 March 2017. Helen Bailey: Ian Stewart 'tried to sell author's flat' ". BBC News. 16 January 2017 . Retrieved 16 January 2017. Helen's mother Eileen Bailey testified that Helen had been concerned that she was sleeping excessively, and about her state of mind. The prosecution stated that traces of anti-insomnia medication had been found in Bailey's body. [37] In the weeks prior to her death, Bailey had made internet searches for "I'm so tired, falling asleep at work" and "falling asleep in the afternoon". [38] [39]

Ian Stewart: Helen Bailey's killer charged with murder of wife". BBC News. 6 July 2020 . Retrieved 6 July 2020. Helen Bailey murder case: Remains found at author's home". BBC News. 15 July 2016 . Retrieved 15 July 2016. He trained as a mechanic and plays amateur football and had just started a new job in the offshore industry. Helen Bailey murder trial: Cafe owner 'saw author after disappearance' ". BBC News. 15 February 2017 . Retrieved 17 February 2017.

Helen Bailey murder trial: Author 'seen' after 'time of death' ". BBC News. 14 February 2017 . Retrieved 17 February 2017. Helen Bailey, "Queen of Teen" ". HelenBaileyBooks.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016 . Retrieved 11 July 2016. In it she described meeting Ian Stewart, referred to as the “gorgeous grey-haired widower”, in October 2011, just eight months after the death of her husband. They met through an online group for people who had lost their spouses; Stewart’s wife, Diane, died in 2010. He was arrested, three months after Bailey went missing, on 11 July. His first response was: “You’re joking,” followed by: “Bloody hell, why?” and then: “Have you found Helen?” Helen Bailey: Author 'drugged and suffocated' ". BBC News. 10 January 2017 . Retrieved 10 January 2017.