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 with a man named Jason Godfrey, in January 2013. When Sharon met him at Ballarat train station for their first date, 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 house.

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 she'd met online just a few hours earlier. She left for her date around 9pm, and 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. Luke persuaded Kayleigh to lie to her parents in order to meet him. On Friday 13th, November 2015, Kayleigh went to meet Luke for the first time.

Finding herself alone for the first time in many years after 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 concerns about Lorraine's 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 Clare's father nor her brother warmed to Appleton. Her relationship started to get rocky, and after discovering that Appleton was having affairs with other women, Clare attempted to end it.

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 Nicole's car, but she never made it home.

When teenager Carly Ryan went online to meet new friends, she thought she'd 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 Carly's mother, Sonya, and Brandon's stepfather, Shane. Little did they know, Brandon wasn't the man they thought he was.