A new Channel 5 documentary on the murder of Caroline Crouch will air tonight.
Caroline: The Murder That Fooled the World will explore the investigation that uncovered the dark truth after the 20-year-old was found dead in her home near Athens on May 11 last year.
The British mum is believed to have family from Liverpool - and her body was discovered after her husband, Babis Anagnostopoulos, reported the crime to the police.
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The married couple shared an 11-month-old daughter, who was found unharmed after the incident.
The 33-year-old initially told officers his wife had been killed during a robbery at their home, but a statement by the Hellenic police said he later confessed to committing her murder.
It said: “Investigation of the homicide of a 20-year-old native that took place on 11 May, 2021 in Glyka Nera.
"The perpetrator is her 33-year-old husband, who confessed to his act.”
Anagnostopoulos was a helicopter pilot, who is believed to have completed his training in Liverpool.
He married Mrs Crouch in May 2018 after they met while he was on holiday to Alonissos.
According to the Daily Mail, Miss Crouch's diary entries revealed she had wanted to divorce Anagnostopoulos and take custody of their daughter.
Anagnostopoulos claimed his wife's death was the result of a botched robbery for 37 days and attended a memorial service on the island where his wife grew up to appeal for information on the alleged killers.
According to Sky News, he told Greek television: "I cannot describe it. I hope this will not happen to anyone else.
"Police are doing their job and they will catch them. I hope what my family and the family of my wife has been through will not happen to anyone again."
However, the police found no trace of the gang and data downloaded from Mrs Crouch's watch conflicted with his version of events.
According to the Mirror, police said Anagnostopoulos confessed to suffocating his wife with a pillow, before he staged a fake robbery and killed their dog so he could raise his daughter outside of prison.
Anagnostopoulos is awaiting trial and has reportedly told police he killed his wife in a "blurred state" after she threatened to divorce him.
However, Prosecutor Giorgos Noulis has argued he should face premeditated murder charges and was in a "calm state of mind", according to ekathimerini.
He said in a report published in November: "He had no inhibition to go through with the act despite the fact that she was the mother of his child.
"The victim was just 20-years-old while he was 13 years older and should have been her protector."
Caroline: The Murder That Fooled the World airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 5
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