The husband of a Leeds woman who once stood trial for her murder after she disappeared is to speak out on a new, chilling documentary called The Confession next week.
The family of Patricia Hall, who was last seen at her home in Pudsey on January 27, 1992, have spent three decades fighting for answers. Her husband Keith 'confessed' to her "murder" and even stood trial but was found not guilty after his defence argued Keith had been tricked into incriminating himself – and the evidence was never heard in court.
A key part of the suspenseful documentary alludes to a mysterious phone call, showing a ringing phone being answered and a woman's voice saying "hello?" just after the detective from the time says: "To put it simply, we needed a miracle...and then suddenly..."
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Keith, now aged 66, was charged with Patricia’s killing after telling an undercover policewoman in a honeypot sting he had strangled his wife and had burned her body in an incinerator. Now, he has told the Prime Video documentary: "The only thing I know for sure is that I did not kill my wife....I wake up every day, thinking about what happened to my wife."
The two-part documentary will air on November 25 and will follow the mother-of-twos disappearance from her three-bed semi in Pudsey. It will include interviews with Keith Hall and other key family members such as Christine, Patricia’s sister.
Keith has always claimed Patricia left under her own steam after an argument. Rivers, woods and forests were searched and as months went by, West Yorkshire Police set a honeytrap for Keith - a female officer befriended Keith. He told the undercover policewoman that he strangled his wife and had burned her body in an incinerator.
But the taped confession was not heard by the jury after his defence said he had been tricked into it. The documentary will show police interviews with Keith, in which he says "I stand by my right to remain silent." And when asked if he killed his wife he is seen to say "no, no I didn't."
A large number of appeals for Patricia to return home have been made in the last 30 years, including appeals made by her husband. One appeal, shown in the video preview, hears Keith say: "Patricia if you can hear me now, we all hope that you are alive and well."
Thirty years on and the family of Patricia Hall are still demanding for an inquest to be held into her death after she vanished from her Leeds home. Keith still denies the killing his wife and her family remain convinced she is dead.
The Confession will air on November 25 on Prime Video.
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