Woman missing for 17 years

[matchmaker]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

BBC said:

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman from Inverclyde who was last seen in public 17 years ago say they are following up lines of inquiry.

Margaret Fleming was reported missing by her carers six weeks ago but the last independent sighting of the 36-year-old was in 1999.

Her house in Inverkip has been searched and the garden dug up.

Police went to Ms Fleming's house on 28th October about a social work issue. Her carers said she had left that day.

They later reported her missing.

Police have also confirmed that Margaret Fleming's carers assisted with her finances.

Wonder what has happened here?

[number 46]

She missing but the money isn't??

[anonymous-user]

What a coincidence that the police just happened to visit the day she was reported missing,

[Vantagemech]

I was expecting it to be she showed up after 17 years, came home to this

[cymtriks]

Vantagemech said:

I was expecting it to be she showed up after 17 years, came home to this

Funnily enough I think I'd come home to that if I left any woman alone for 17 years, they always claim it's the other way around, but the reality is different. I can think of a few women I've known whose kitchen's looked not unlike that!

[All that jazz]

Is it just me that is struggling to make sense of the story ?

blurb said:

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman from Inverclyde who was last seen in public in 1999.

Margaret Fleming was reported missing by her carers six weeks ago but the last independent sighting of the 36-year-old was 17 years ago.

If she hasn't been seen for 17 years ago then why has it taken her carers 16 years and 46 months before suddenly deciding that it might be best to mention it to someone?

[Du1point8]

All that jazz said:

Is it just me that is struggling to make sense of the story ?

blurb said:

Police investigating the disappearance of a woman from Inverclyde who was last seen in public in 1999.

Margaret Fleming was reported missing by her carers six weeks ago but the last independent sighting of the 36-year-old was 17 years ago.

If she hasn't been seen for 17 years ago then why has it taken her carers 16 years and 46 months before suddenly deciding that it might be best to mention it to someone?

She was last seen outside by the general public 17 years ago, aka shes a recluse.

For the past 17 years she has had carers, but they have not seen her for 6 weeks.

[All that jazz]

OK so

blurb said:

Police have also confirmed that Margaret Fleming's carers assisted with her finances.

[...]

checks on education, employment, health and welfare records had shown no trace of her.

[...]

Detectives said the carers had told them they believe Ms Fleming had "a private side to her life" and friends they were not aware of.

But wait...

blurb said:

Police officers went to Ms Fleming's house on 28th October about a social work issue.

Umm how? There's no official trace of her and basically doesn't exist so how and why are the police suddenly visiting this person about a "social work issue", whatever one of those is?

Fishy much? And none of the immediate neighbours have seen her AT ALL?

[fttm]

All that jazz said:

OK so

blurb said:

Police have also confirmed that Margaret Fleming's carers assisted with her finances.

[...]

checks on education, employment, health and welfare records had shown no trace of her.

[...]

Detectives said the carers had told them they believe Ms Fleming had "a private side to her life" and friends they were not aware of.

But wait...

blurb said:

Police officers went to Ms Fleming's house on 28th October about a social work issue.

Umm how? There's no official trace of her and basically doesn't exist so how and why are the police suddenly visiting this person about a "social work issue", whatever one of those is?

Fishy much? And none of the immediate neighbours have seen her AT ALL?

Don't go getting ideas

[Chicken Chaser]

Sounds like she died years ago, carers have disposed of the body and kept drawing her finances until police need to speak to her, likely about finances then said carers make up story about going missing...

[r11co]

Chicken Chaser said:

Sounds like she died years ago, carers have disposed of the body and kept drawing her finances until police need to speak to her, likely about finances then said carers make up story about going missing...

Kinda looks that way, dunnit!

[Gecko1978]

r11co said:

Chicken Chaser said:

Sounds like she died years ago, carers have disposed of the body and kept drawing her finances until police need to speak to her, likely about finances then said carers make up story about going missing...

Kinda looks that way, dunnit!

Could be a bit worse....got sick or was abused by them and got to point of needing medical help an they prevented her getting it, with a view to still keeping her money. So end of day we could be looking at murder not just financial crime.

[hidetheelephants]

I don't believe it's possible to draw incapacity benefit for any length of time without interacting with the DWP or the NHS fairly regularly, never mind 17 years; this smells like yesterday's fish.

[All that jazz]

hidetheelephants said:

I don't believe it's possible to draw incapacity benefit for any length of time without interacting with the DWP or the NHS fairly regularly, never mind 17 years; this smells like yesterday's fish.

blurb said:

checks on education, employment, health and welfare records had shown no trace of her.

What incapacity benefit?

[hidetheelephants]

All that jazz said:

hidetheelephants said:

I don't believe it's possible to draw incapacity benefit for any length of time without interacting with the DWP or the NHS fairly regularly, never mind 17 years; this smells like yesterday's fish.

blurb said:

checks on education, employment, health and welfare records had shown no trace of her.

What incapacity benefit?

Person with learning difficulties living with carers; I suppose the carers might have done that out of the goodness of their hearts, but I'm presuming money is changing hands at some level so it has to come from somewhere.

[Camoradi]

Property owned by carers, so housing benefit? Best behaved tenant a landlord could wish for....

[matchmaker]

I've just seen her carers interviewed on BBC Scotland. According to them, she moved to Poland and is now a gangmaster recruiting agricultural workers.

That's some story!

[Dogwatch]

matchmaker said:

I've just seen her carers interviewed on BBC Scotland. According to them, she moved to Poland and is now a gangmaster recruiting agricultural workers.

That's some story!

Obvious job for a recluse!

[SantaBarbara]

If she was getting any DWP money, there should be evidence of its payment and receipt

[SantaBarbara]

hidetheelephants said:

I don't believe it's possible to draw incapacity benefit for any length of time without interacting with the DWP or the NHS fairly regularly, never mind 17 years; this smells like yesterday's fish.

Some years ago you would have a payment book with Counterfoils in it that you cashed every week of fortnight at the
Post Office usually