More than 30 years ago, Leeds mum-of-two Patricia Anne Hall vanished without a trace.
The clothes in her wardrobe were left untouched and her passport and bank account remain unused to this day. The 39-year-old's disappearance was reported to West Yorkshire Police by husband Keith on Saturday, January 27 in 1992.
Her car was found abandoned a mile away from her home in Moorland Drive, Pudsey. Despite extensive searches of woodland and rivers, no body has ever been found.
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After months went by without any clues to her whereabouts, West Yorkshire Police decided to set a honeytrap for Mr Hall. An undercover policewoman contacted him through a lonely hearts ad and the two embarked on a relationship.
Not long after, Mr Hall admitted that he had strangled his wife and disposed of her body in an incinerator. The "confession" was caught on tape, however, a judge ruled that it was inadmissible in evidence.
Mr Hall was acquitted by a jury in March 1994 following a nine-day trial at Leeds Crown Court. The court heard Mr Hall, a bread deliveryman, had known all along that his "girlfriend" was an officer and had wanted to trick her.
He maintains his innocence to this day and said his wife's disappearance was "a mystery". He claimed he talked about strangling his wife “because the police had talked about it to me during an interview”.
The court also heard Mrs Hall, who had had mental problems and had been treated at a psychiatric hospital, had wanted a divorce at the time. On the day she disappeared, neighbours overheard the couple arguing before she took off in the family car in the middle of the night.
A new two-part documentary, which airs on Prime on November 25, will look back on the case and feature interviews with Mr Hall and other family members. Relatives of Mrs Hall, who sold perfume as an Avon lady, are convinced she died a long time ago.
They have been unsuccessfully calling for an inquest into her death for years. Mrs Hall, affectionately known as Pat, never made contact with her sons Andrew, then nine, and Graeme, then five, nor any of her three siblings.
To this day, she is classed as missing and the case remains open.
The Confession will air on November 25 on Prime Video.
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