Deadly Dates

In 2012 when Nadine Aburas from Cardiff met New Yorker Sammy Almahri on a Muslim dating site he seemed charismatic and glamourous He said he was a successful businessman and showered her with gifts Their online relationship became intense communicating at all hours of the day and night Little did she know the nightmare that was about to take place

29 year old Ballarat mum Sharon Siermans was looking for love when she began chatting online to a man named Jason Godfrey in January 2013 They arranged their first date but when Sharon met him at Ballarat train station he looked nothing like he did online Sharon was so embarrassed to be seen with him in public that she made a catastrophic decision she invited him to her housenbsp

28 year old Ashley Pegram was a mum to three young children Lonely and depressed Ashley began to use dating apps to meet guys On Friday 3rd April 2015 Ashley hastily arranged to meet a guy shed met online just a few hours earlier She left for her date around 9pm She was never seen again

Kayleigh was 15 years old when 27 year old Luke Harlow contacted her out of the blue online He bombarded her with messages saying she was pretty special and that he should be her boyfriend Lukenbsppersuaded Kayleigh to lie to her parents in order to meet him On Friday 13 November 2015 Kayleigh went to meet Luke for the first time

Finding herself alone for the first time in many years following the death of her husband 62 year old Lorraine Long decided to try online dating In 2009 she met Robert Wiesner on an online dating site Lorraine and Robert quickly hit it off and the relationship flourished But friends and family had misgivings about Lorraines new man

In April 2007 lonely and looking for love Clare Wood met 40 year old fairground worker George Appleton online At first it seemed to be the perfect relationship But neither Clares father nor her brother warmed to Appleton and her relationship started to cause friction Discovering that Appleton was having affairs with other women Clare attempted to end the relationship

When young mother Nicole White met Jonathan Harris online he seemed to be just the rugged type of man she found attractive CCTV footage from their second date at Jeepers Bar showed their evening getting off to a great start At the end of the evening the pair drove off in Nicoles car but she never made it homenbsp

When teenager Carly Ryan went online to meet new friends she thought shed met the boy of her dreams in 18 year old musician Brandon Kane They chatted intensely online for months always under the watchful eyes of both Carlys mother Sonya and Brandons stepfather Shane Little did they know Brandon isnt the man the thought he wasnbsp