Wanting Daisy Dead

by Sue Watson

On a cold November night twenty years ago, in 2005, student Daisy Harrington left the house she shared with her fellow second-year students and went to meet a friend. She didn’t want to share with everyone who she was meeting that evening, but her housemates were busy with their own lives, and she set off alone.

Clunky

Tammy: So, today we’re talking to someone who believed for a long time that David Montgomery was guilty of Daisy’s murder. But then, six months ago, she met with his family, and along with them now wonders if the police and the courts may have got things wrong with David’s case.

Was this also meant to be in italics??

Yes. Earlier this year, I met with David’s wife and family, for the first time, and just talking with them, realising we’re all victims . . . it’s helped me, it has.

But why though?? Why go to the family of the man you are accusing of murdering your daughter?

his wife had refused to visit him, or let him see their young daughters, Cordelia and Cassandra.

When someone is innocent the family stays by them no matter what...so why didn't they?

Yes, I met with Louisa, his wife, and their – now grown-up – children, who all said they’d never believed David was capable of killing anyone. They insisted he was a kind, gentle man, and 122though they had no actual proof, they knew he wasn’t guilty. But I’d always been convinced that he was the killer, that the ‘evidence’ stacked up and he should stay in prison.

Again WHY go see them? And WHY didn't they go see him if he was so innocent?

and the people she saw as friends all seemed to have something against her.

Georgie and Dan yes, maybe Lauren but Maddie seemed more like a concerned friend as did Alex. At least from what's been said so far. Mom doubting the latter 2 for their concern and or aid to Daisy just makes her seem idiotic.

he Does he know about Maddie?

Extra word oops? Sometimes happens.

A short prison sentence for dealing doesn’t count; it must be something else that The Killer Question threatened to reveal. So what is it?

That could be it but he just doesn't care, exposing it himself and only came to learn the truth.

“Yeah, honey, I reckon I could.

I thought this person was American?

‘This is Daisy’s mum,’

Why is she with them?

I have more than one, and they’re pretty dark. I don’t want anyone to know about me, what I am, or what I did.

I keep thinking her deep dark secret is sex work

‘No, I didn’t,’ she replies bluntly. ‘I just want to know once and for all who took her, and get this over with.’ Her voice cracks with emotion.

Why is the mother there???

‘Suddenly you’re pushing back on what Teresa’s saying?’ I yell back. ‘I don’t remember you stepping in to defend me when she said I’d stolen Daisy’s coursework.

But then Georgie had caught Lauren doing that also. And adultery vs sex crimes are two different things. Of course she wouldn't be outraged for pointing out truth vs what she believes is speculation or lies.

Professor David Montgomery’s Wife Tammy: As promised earlier, we’re interviewing Louisa Montgomery, widow of David – or Professor M, as he was affectionately known by his students. Louisa: Thank you for having me . . . Tammy: My pleasure. Is it true you and David were childhood sweethearts?

Podcast transcript inconsistency. Italics, now not...?

and certainly wasn’t taking the girls into a prison – they were too young.

Bullshit that's their father and if you believed his innocence they'd be there

‘Look, Teresa.’ Dan finally steps in, if only to protect himself. ‘Regardless of who wrote the letter, if David thought it was Daisy who wrote it – then he’d still have motive to kill her. It doesn’t make him innocent because Georgie wrote the letter!’

Exactly!!!! He didn't listen when she said she didn't still broke it off and was furious with her so it's a moot point WHO wrote it.

‘Hey guys! My name’s Ali West, you might remember I was a young reporter back in the day, and I covered a lot of the story around Daisy going missing and the subsequent murder investigation – including the court case. I’m standing in for Tammy in this next interview, and the reason for this will soon become clear.’

Their doesn't seem to be a real understanding of how podcasts work...well not True Crime podcasts anyway...the guests don't take over, the hosts talk together usually, one at a time but together if there are cohosts...and it's not generally set up in this fashion. *sigh* I'm dissapointed so far. Also...pocast back to Italics? What's happening? It went from no Italics, Italics...no and back...and it keeps flip flopping...I'm so confused. Plus the internal monologing is also in Italics so...It's a lot.

‘Confused? You will be. If you haven’t already guessed, guys, today’s interview is unique. The podcast host, Tammy, and her sister, the podcast producer Tiffany, are in fact Cordelia and Cassandra – David Montgomery’s daughters.’

Bullshit. It would have been found out LONG before this reveal by anyone who had know the girls... FFS This is completely unrealistic. Do better.

‘So the girls are actually called . . . Cordelia and Cassandra, but as they have unusual first names their relationship to David Montgomery might easily have been discovered on Google. So, when starting the 202podcast, they decided to call themselves Tammy and Tiffany, giving themselves American backstories and American accents.’

*sigh*

‘Yes. Despite us being so young, there was a lot of abuse, online trolling – not aimed at us, aimed at Dad, but it was tough – and our mum suffered a lot.’

Probably some would have been aimed realistacally at them too. That's how the internet works.

but we were constantly being attacked, both online and in person,’

I thought they weren't being attacked...I thought it was all directed at their dad? that's what was JUST said not long ago...

‘No. It could be a complete stranger,’

I somehow get the feeling it's Alex...don't know why...

‘I can’t bear for you to be just inches away and I can’t have you,’ he panted in my ear, and that was it.

Ffs Dan

Tammy: Hey guys, welcome to the final dinner. Hope you’re all enjoying your pre-dinner drinks. We chose the Gin Daisy cocktail for obvious reasons. Because he arrived late, Alex Jones hasn’t had the opportunity to take part and tell us his side of things. Do we really know him? What was his relationship like with Daisy? How does he feel about his friends and former housemates? So, we’ve prerecorded an interview with him so he can share his perspective. Hey Alex. Now, we just want to clear a few things up – for our listeners, mostly. On more than one occasion this weekend, you’ve been referred to by your old housemates, and yourself, as a ‘junkie’. Is this true?

And now the podcast isn't in italics...make up your mind!!!

Transcript from The Killer Question Podcast Episode 10: Tiffany Reveals Tammy’s Secret Tiffany: Hi. Just a little reminder, I’m the producer of The Killer Question, and also Tammy’s little sister. And I’m here to tell you something, because we don’t usually keep anything back from our listeners. So, for this weekend to work, we’ve had to conceal one or two things from both our guests and our listeners. Apologies, this isn’t something we would ever normally do, but if you’d known, it wouldn’t have worked, and as you now know, this particular series of podcasts is extremely close to our hearts, and we wanted to find the killer even more than we ever have before, to clear our father’s name. So, a couple of years ago, Tammy joined a true crime chatroom, and started chatting to a guy called Alex. They got along really well, through a shared fascination of complicated, true-life murder cases. Alex was in the US and Tammy was here in the UK, but they discovered straight away that their interest had been inspired by one big case from 2005, and both had their own reasons for feeling close to the case. It was the murder of Daisy Harrington by her lecturer Professor David Montgomery.

Part italics part not...

The podcast was already up and running, but we needed IT support and financial support too. Alex said he’d help us, and give us the resources to research and hopefully discover the truth about Daisy’s murder. It’s taken two years to get to where we are this weekend, and we couldn’t have done it without Alex’s support, and his company’s expertise.

Called it

Just a month ago, my wonderful sister Tammy – aka Cordelia Montgomery – and Alex Jones were married,

Called that too just not in writing. Him being married to one of the podcasters. Clocked that at the start.

Though how did Maddie`s prints not get on the hammer??

Epilogue – A Year Later Transcript from The Killer Question Podcast Final Episode: Young, Beautiful and Dead – Interview with the Author Tammy: Today is a year since The Killer Question hosted a special weekend where five suspects, and old friends, were invited back to their university for a weekend to celebrate the birthday of their late friend and housemate, Daisy Harrington. The recently released Sunday Times bestselling book, Young, Beautiful and Dead, tells the story of what happened that weekend. When old rivalries, passions and guilt came to the surface, the electric and febrile atmosphere climaxed in an unexpected confession from the real murderer. In this final episode we’re talking to the bestselling author who knew both the victim and the killer, and attended that fateful weekend.

Again no italics

But, moving on, you might recall that Tiffany and I have been in receipt of anonymous donations 290from someone, and were disturbed to discover recently that that someone is Maddie.

My second thought was her but Alex was the first