Stuart Hazell: The Killer Crying In Plain Sight | World's Most Evil Killers | Absolute Crime

The country was in the grip of Olympics fever when 12-year-old Tia Sharp was first reported missing on 3 August 2012. Among the news headlines of Britain's gold medallists celebrating, reports on the hunt for Tia continued to dominate. But her grandmother's boyfriend Stuart Hazell knew exactly where she was....
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From: World's Most Evil Killers S1 E9
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[@philread7668]

Body language 'experts' always have 20/20 hindsight abilities.

[@DrunkChimp]

Funny how these charlatans only ever talk about their suspicions AFTER a conviction.

[@tayagreen7517]

I would be really worried if a body language expert was analysing me as I tend to have opposite reactions. Such as when I would get told off I would laugh to the point that if I hold it in I just end up smiling like crazy. And when I am really happy I tend to go really quiet and almost as if I am upset.

[@Lucy-el9mm]

@@tayagreen7517 both valid feelings I’m not a body language expert and could go into great depth as to why u do both. A lot of people do

[@markjones1337]

Body language experts are totally fake, like palm readers and faith healers.

[@vinny142]

@@edy1361 " Always in hindsight of course." If more people listened to what these experts have to say then more people would be able to recognise the signs of potential killer *before* the first murder. it's a simple fact that pretty much every killer has had some type of traumatic childhood and has been showing some particular signs that are unique to killers. It's also a fact that the people around those potential killers just went "he's a d*ck" and proceeded to either ignore them or beat them up. Nobody ever HELPS the people that they are worried about, but they sure are ready to tell that person what a horrible moster they are. Does having a bad childhood excuse murder? No ofcourse not, but it does explain WHY they did it, and it enables *you* to help spot them before they kill. Go talk to a psychologist or psychiatrist about what a problematic childhood can cause in young adults, and shut up about it untill you have done so.

[@micktaylor9332]

It's crazy that the police searched the grandmother's house numerous times and didn't find her. They should have been all over the attic on the first search. It seems unbelievable it's been 11 years already.

[@richardhillier1593]

Keystone cops

[@KIERNAN100]

I agree, although the first search was when she was considered missing. But they make serious errors in most cases

[@nickyjones2709]

That's the UK police for you!!!

[@nickyjones2709]

@@KIERNAN100 just like they have with the missing lady Nicola who has gone missing nearly 3weeks ago now!!!!

[@maryannemelenka9250]

They couldn’t smell door?

[@goldenrulegirl7258]

1st red flag was going from daughter to mother... yet somehow that was viewed as perfectly ok. Tragic 😞

[@briangatt2956]

Being wary of people who carry weapons is another flag up those types of people don't tend to lead full enriched lives, either.

[@merimasviland6817]

It was disgusting

[@johnmellor932]

Whether they like or not, and, not to diminish from the tragedy, but these people are under class. Dating the daughter and then mother they see nothing wrong with. The grandmother said she knew of Hazell's past but that it wasn't her business which really gives an insight into how they view the environment around them.

[@kathn5509]

@@johnmellor932 spot on!

[@MUFC1933]

A grandad should be 65 minimum Too

[@molliemae6855]

Imagine how scared and confused that little girl was when he attacked her! She loved him! She was close to him and then for him to hurt her?!! It’s sickening!

[@Thecoochincanoocheecreek]

Why those two women thought it was okay to being this man into their lives is beyond me. Once again proving that children are most vulnerable in a single mother home. Moving on from the adult daughter to grandma would make me suspicious, even if she didn’t end up missing, that behavior just screams “I want to be around your under age (grand)daughter!!”

[@largol33t1]

That's what happens when women are attracted to bad boys. I don't feel much sympathy for them when they're "shocked" that their felon boyfriend does something like this. They truly are ignorant. I could look up case after case of women who find murderers and sadistic rapists "awesome" or "sexy." Did you know Jeffrey Dahmer got a LOT of fan mail from teenage girls when he was in prison? And this guy was the real life Dr. Lecter.

[@cattfishing]

Exactly. That was his aim. To get and remain by the little girl.

[@superstormsandy8733]

I definitely agree. I watched my son and people around him like a hawk when he was younger. Both mom and grandma sound like very intelligent people 🙄 wtf aren’t they in jail? They should all have the same sentence. I hope any minors are taken away from them 💁🏻‍♀️ “grandmas in jail” 😳😤😒

[@johndownward4722]

Who cares what his upbringing was like. No excuse. I'm sick of hearing about people's bad upbringing making it almost an excuse.

[@GradKat]

I agree! I pity anyone who has a tough childhood, but as adults we are responsible for our actions; everyone has choices.

[@christinakaur8766]

Right?! He knew right from wrong.

[@ObywatelG]

Damn right

[@hospitalbeach]

Exactly what I came here to say!!

[@orcasrulex8066]

Thank you for this comment

[@johnmellor932]

I read he got stabbed 10 times in October by another prisoner leaving him critically injured.

[@dmc41987]

Good the piece of shit got what he deserved

[@briangatt2956]

Should've been 100 x

[@MUFC1933]

Yeah that’ll happen to Cons who hurt or kill Younguns

[@MUFC1933]

Yeah that’ll happen to Cons who hurt or kill kids or oaps

[@tomburton5500]

I hope this is true but can't find anything about it online. How did you hear about it?

[@jamst123]

37!!!??? Looks 57

[@tomburton5500]

What the fuck was the next-door neighbour doing saying that he'd seen her?

[@GradKat]

I think in some communities lying to the police is just the norm. And maybe the neighbour genuinely believed Hazell was innocent and was just trying to have his back. But it was stupid and wrong.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Chav council housed scum, innit!

[@vmwindustries]

Beware a person that can't keep a job, and is always looking for somewhere do nothing, and eat your food!

[@briangatt2956]

And walks around carrying a machete

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I was like that once, about 15 years ago. Didn't want to work at all. But that has changed. I now obsess over money and any annual leave I take from work ends up being wasted because I just don't know what to do with it, hence do nothing except stare at the wall or go about my usual weekend routines on a different day.

[@Dessan01]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 That’s gonna be a fun retirement man 😂

[@zerocontent6168]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 Try gaming you can also make money from it

[@Joemckenzie-85]

Beware vmwindustries

[@MUFC1933]

27:15 reminds me of the bus driver who took Jamie and even Ian Huntley on tv interview

[@lifeisshort1323]

Body language experts are a waste of time

[@BeckyGabaldon-nd3fy]

I have a 12 year old daughter and monster's like him really make it so hard for me as a mother to have my daughter to even walk to a park how heartbreaking bless this sweet girls soul God bless u sweetie rip little angel 😢

[@seedhillbruisermusic7939]

they're giving him too much credit as a calculated killer who pulled the wool over the eyes of the police. He was a disorganised murderer who only got away with it for so long because the police failed to search his attic properly. It was the fault of the police that he wasn't caught immediately, not his evil genius. I bet he couldn't believe his luck when 3 police searches failed to find the badly hidden body.

[@cocksure8430]

He must have thought he was being Columbo'd !! His tiny brain must have been doing cartwheels...major 4D checkers (or snap possibly) going on in his mind , must've been awful 👍👍👍😁

[@The3Storms]

Bingo, thank you.

[@cristinaxx6440]

Who call their “ granddaughter “ babe ?? Come on !🤢

[@dface6447]

i remember watching this tragic story unfold on the news and straight away (don’t judge etc) thinking he killed poor Tia RIP,not that it matters but the fact it took 4 searches/over a week/cadaver dogs also to find Tia seemed astounding to me at the time and still does,truly sad!! PS His past criminal history should have been jumped on instantly!!! alongside the relationship with the mother and😳 grandmother ??? i mean really????

[@superstormsandy8733]

The fact that mother and daughter are ok with “dating” the same guy is a sick but real foreshadowing of what’s to come 😠

[@TheZXKUQYB]

How do you search a house 3 times and fail so poorly? Basement or attic would be the places you would check vigorously.

[@katiemary8075]

The neighbor was obviously involved, why else would he lie for this monster.

[@GradKat]

Some people don’t think anything of lying to the cops - they see the police as the enemy. Plus the neighbour may have genuinely believed Hazell was innocent, so was helping him out with his alibi. There was never any evidence the neighbour was involved in the actual murder.

[@sarahburton3110]

RIP beautiful Angel

[@briangatt2956]

I'll bet a million quid that the motivation was sexual why would he kill her for nothing?

[@micktaylor9332]

Course it was sexual. He posed her body in disgusting sexual positions and photographed them after he had killed her. The police found the images on the memory card.

[@samuelhutchison8433]

@Darren That for me would seem to be the reason..

[@GradKat]

He had been taking furtive pictures of her undressing, and so forth. Hell is too good for that man.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

He narrowly avoided a whole life order *only* because the judge couldn't be sure whether the final photos he took of her were before or after she'd died. That has some bearing on being able to prove it to be a sexually motivated killing, so the judge couldn't just guess or jump to a conclusion as that would leave a wide open goal for an appeal.

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

I was gobsmacked at the end when all these 'experts' said it wasn't sexual. Truly head scratching moment. So they saying he just didn't like her...and that's why he killed her? Despite them saying he was sexually interested in her earlier on in the documentary and had been covertly filming her? Right...okay.

[@MrCrimsonbolt]

It seems like he just wanted to see the photo again, he knew there was no way he was going to get away with it, so once he'd seen it again there was no need to continue with the trial

[@irenegray3974]

Really searching the house 4 times shocking & not finding her. So sad😢

[@Tele999zzz]

How can you not check the damn roof??

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

It was checked multiple times and apparently the body really wasn't very well hidden. It raises some pretty serious questions IMO.

[@Highheels4ever]

Poor child, died at the hands of an evil and vile man being only 12-years-old. So tragic. Rest in Peace always, sweet angel 🙏💐♥️

[@naomib-h4857]

I almost thought he was related to that guy who set fire to his house with the kids still inside m, they kind of loom similar

[@normasouthwood3182]

You mean Philpot? "Shameless Mick" from Derby.

[@micktaylor9332]

It's crazy to think Mick philpotts wife maraid is free now. Crazy.

[@naomib-h4857]

@@micktaylor9332 I didn't realise she was out already 😳

[@godsstruggler8783]

@@micktaylor9332 Mick is due for release, too. The second woman (Moseley) is out and been given a new identity and police protection for life. We live in a sick society where everything is inversed.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Council housed chavs enjoy it!

[@MUFC1933]

When he said I know for a fact Tia walked out of that house. 🫤 🤔 🧐

[@bohdiisubaru6336]

So tragic

[@jeangemmel7895]

RIP Tia..........................you would have been 23 years old now.

[@ronniemiddlehurst8096]

Don't know why they call him a step grandfather.....her grandmother and Hazell weren't married.

[@MUFC1933]

Disgusting too from Daughter to Mother vom 🤮

[@Vixyvix01]

They were together for about a decade so that's probably why

[@GradKat]

There’s actually no such thing as a “step-grandfather”.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Stuart Hazell only avoided a whole life order due to a technicality, as it was impossible to prove whether the final photos Hazell took of Tia were taken before or after she had died. That meant the judge had to err on the side of caution because you cannot just jump to conclusions without irrefutable evidence.

[@johnferry7778]

RIP Tia..not fair.

[@jake_22332]

Why on earth didn't the police search the loft the first three times they searched the house

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

over two meters needs a safety harness!

[@Riley0509]

What is wrong with that grandmother.

[@djdoolittle1315]

He’s not the full packet. Never release him

[@seanhuds7351]

Its easy to forget the fact that most of the general public were suspicious of Hazell from the start. It's not as if it was the huge shock they make it out to be. If you guys are wondering why the police didn't find the body after searching the home 3 times? Well, within the last year, the Metropolitan police has arrested 2 members of its own force, one for the kidnap, rape and murder of a woman. The other, for being in a relationship with a known drugs dealer and gangster. Lastly, a third, high-ranking member was due to be arrested for some child sex scandal, but subsequently hanged himself before he could face justice. It's not like they hire the best of the best when it comes to British policing. When you pay peanuts, you get Monkeys.

[@cocksure8430]

There are 230,000 UK police employed workforce...... Have a think before you spout rubbish. If you took a sample of normal UK public from, lets say a city. How many of them would be s*x offenders and wrong uns from a 230,000 person sample? Thats right....far, far more than from the same sample taken from the police. The police employ human beings, lots of them. And in a group of lots, there will inevitably be wrong uns. Where do you think they should get staff from? Mars maybe? Im not pro police, but I am anti-billox spreading.

[@tonylyons2414]

I remember this,and a lot of people where so angry at the police because they searched the house 3/4 times went in the house many many times and still couldn’t/didn’t find her Took for a family member to smell something to then inform police and i dare say he had a plan at some point to move her somewhere else and maybe she’d never of been found

[@francoisona]

To be fair a neighbour that's categorical that he saw her leave house in the morning isn't going to help

[@soniacook2991]

I think he touch her and she was gonna tell on him and he silence her by killing that poor baby girl .. RIP tia beautiful girl 😇

[@taniawoodhouse6360]

there no bloody tears

[@toneo_]

How did they search the home multiple times including with dogs yet Tia's body was missed!? Crazy! 🤯 They should introduce the lethal injection for crimes like this! Deleting a young innocent life (or any life) like this is unforgivable & heartbreaking beyond words! 😔 RIP Tia

[@largol33t1]

Britain hasn't had the death penalty in decades and with the government more and more supportive of lawbreakers, it won't be long before they start legalizing stuff like theft and murder.

[@patfaulkner1938]

How do they ever expect to get away with it. Never very bright, are they. And they never have many teeth...

[@bingolingo7021]

37 years old wtf. I thought 60s

[@rob1615]

I remember the day this was on the news I can't understand why people like this want to kill kids if you want to kill anyone they should just kill themselves rather than take some innocent persons life absolute monster

[@ksavd151]

The whole community cried that day

[@juliemarkham4332]

The video states Hazel had a sexual interest in Tia, but there was no report of sexual assault. I'm of the opinion that he came onto her, and she rejected advances, causing him to strike at her and kill her. He couldn't come up with a good enough excuse of what had happened, so he just lied about it.

[@nathandyer7256]

New laws specifically for Nonces should be made right now.

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

You won't get that past royalty!!

[@motty420]

8:33 this dude kicks arse

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

He was doing a lecture tour before Christmas. I went to one of the dates and he talked about this case (among others he'd worked on) and gave some insight into how he felt about Hazell and his first impressions of meeting him. IIRC he said that Hazell seemed very confident and had answers for everything. He's also got a book out and I might buy it.

[@manichairdo9265]

I've recognised two murderers (1. killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. 2. Killed Lee Harvey,) from the outset on TV interviews but this killer fooled me. I really thought he was a heartbroken grandfather in his early 70's. How the dogs weren't triggered by the scent is surprising. I'm glad the killer got a long sentence though 50 years would be far better.

[@nera4621]

Elizabeth "Control" Yardley 🙄

[@lynseydowns8993]

How did he think he was going to get away with it? You can't just leave a decomposing body in the house, someone was always going to find it or he had to move it & dispose of it somewhere else - that's not easy

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

The body was probably supposed to have been moved at some point, except the media frenzy meant the house was surrounded and extricating the body was impossible. I think the simple, inescapble truth is that Stuart Hazell just isn't very bright.

[@rileyluce1614]

No need to check the attic blokes let’s shoot off for a pint, where’s the main suspect? Oh he nipped off to get a paper all is well

[@superstormsandy8733]

The only part I like about this episode, is that they include a body language expert. I wish they did that here 😒

[@terryschnaider5374]

Strange guy.

[@anja2716]

I DESPISE this guy!

[@cantstandlazyskanks]

Looks like Philpot..

[@mv0921_]

The grandma shud also go to jaol for.datkng a her daughters ex thats disgusting

[@fawamaco1848]

Tbh this isn't one of the most evil killers there are so many worse killers than him.

[@ryanfoxley6756]

No killers are bad their innocent humans that are normal people their locked up for nothing their heroes

[@jidonnelly3039]

​@@ryanfoxley6756I can't take your comment seriously, hero? For what stone man to take on a little girl , a man she trusted a man she loved, to sexually exploit and abuse then rid her body like she was luggage? Fucking hero, he was a pathetic excuse of a man

[@rob1615]

Anyone who murdered someone and especially a child is a monster plain and simple and you can't get worse than this

[@djdeemz7651]

There are a lot of episodes of this show its features all of the big ones

[@cocksure8430]

Im really upset by the first reply saying killers are innocent normal people..... He has used 'their' instead of 'they're' on three occasions!!! (What an attention seeking tw*t eh?🙄😂🖕)

[@trippymchippy8586]

Dude has "crime face"

[@jannowak2352]

Not all people act the same way so those experts of body language may not be correct all the time. Maybe this time it is correct but that is not allways the case

[@betterlookingthanyouravera9619]

Disgusting vile entity... Stuart Hazel I hope he never ever sees freedom... I can't comprehend why people murder especially a child.. 🙏 Rest in heaven tia ❤️

[@rob1615]

I don't think he'll ever see the light of day as a free man ever again and so he shouldn't for taking a childs life

[@pikeman80]

Aren't all killers evil?

[@JohnSmith-ei2pz]

Blair shows no shame!

[@MUFC1933]

But, not for nothing. How you are raised plays a hell of a part in how you end up. 😢😢😢

[@Dylanesque]

Not necessarily.

[@MUFC1933]

@@Dylanesque I disagree 100%

[@johndownward4722]

No it doesn't

[@Dylanesque]

@@MUFC1933 Then I'd start to question how you were raised.

[@cocksure8430]

We all agree that a bad dog is due to lack of training and care from the owner. But for some reason there are folk who feel the childs behaviour in no way represents the level of training and care from the parent/Guardian. Weird.

[@jayaybe1]

Oh, here we go. Another Mr Hindsight "body language expert" with his after the fact analysis. You're supposed to speak up BEFOREHAND mate!

[@benjo_pharmer]

It amazes me that parents are so irresponsible with their children. Why was Tia left alone with this man, especially when he wasn't even a blood relative. Obviously Hazel himself is to blame for what happened but Tia was badly let down by her mum and grandmother in terms of safeguarding. Sadly in today's woke environment where victim hood has been weaponized no one has the courage to point out the obvious bad parenting that allowed this to happen.

[@n0odles86]

He'd been with the grandmother for almost a decade. To them, he wasn't just a "man", he was family. And this was early 2010s, wokeness hadn't reached it's zenith.

[@GradKat]

He was also a drug addict and convicted criminal. Plus he was revolting. How any woman could be so desperate for a bloke she’d take her on her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, a man with so little going for him he makes Jack the Ripper seem like a desirable date, I just don’t know.

[@lenuanch8869]

Look at his a face it show the way they talked.

[@rainbowvisionart8025]

It’s that eyebrow clench to mimic hurt or helplessness that really annoys me. Poor me, poor me, feel sorry for me. He’s definitely learnt that from a young age.

[@ProDemocracy01]

The man was racist, had relationship with daughter then her mother. No good can come out of this character the family let down the poor girl. Sad very sad indeed 😭

[@Itbmurr1]

He would’ve been 86’d in an American prison. So safe place for a pedo, child killdeer, or elder abuser.

[@leeshepherd4775]

3 SEARCHES FFS PATHETIC

[@TreVader1378]

As soon as he started spouting every word of a supposed conversation, the red flags started waving all over, how many conversations can you remember every word of.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

And also talked about her in the past tense. Oops.

[@Gang-zy7lq]

The dogs for the mccanns case never wen of tha good dogs no d9nt they gerry and Kate

[@Catnipqueen]

What does that even mean

[@danandlaura707]

Boohoo

[@nathandyer7256]

What do you mean BOOHOO??

[@nathandyer7256]

If your being sarcastic then you are most likely the same as this nonce. You better speak up.

[@kingquinn3897]

@@nathandyer7256 Boohoo

[@nathandyer7256]

@@kingquinn3897 Grow up sap.