<p>In August 2020 Katie Simpson was brutally murdered by Jonathan Creswell, the partner of her older sister.</p><p>For months he convinces her family, the hospital, the pathologist and even the police that she'd taken her own life. </p><p>He portrays himself as the Good Samaritan, who'd tried to save her.</p><p>But for a small group of people, close friends and family, a Detective Sergeant and journalist Tanya Fowles, the truth about how she'd died might never have come out.</p><p>For the first time, Tanya reveals how in the weeks after Katie's death, while she'd been asking questions of the police about Creswell, she receives a phone call from someone employed by one of Northern Ireland's politicians.</p><p>The message is clear, unusual and unnerving. </p><p>The journalist has no idea how her caller knew she was enquiring about the case as she hadn't published a word about it yet.</p><p>But it convinces her more than ever that there is definitely more to Katie's death than suicide.</p>

Assume Nothing

BBC Radio Ulster

15. A Political Call

DEC 27, 202525 MIN
Assume Nothing

15. A Political Call

DEC 27, 202525 MIN

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<p>In August 2020 Katie Simpson was brutally murdered by Jonathan Creswell, the partner of her older sister.</p><p>For months he convinces her family, the hospital, the pathologist and even the police that she'd taken her own life. </p><p>He portrays himself as the Good Samaritan, who'd tried to save her.</p><p>But for a small group of people, close friends and family, a Detective Sergeant and journalist Tanya Fowles, the truth about how she'd died might never have come out.</p><p>For the first time, Tanya reveals how in the weeks after Katie's death, while she'd been asking questions of the police about Creswell, she receives a phone call from someone employed by one of Northern Ireland's politicians.</p><p>The message is clear, unusual and unnerving. </p><p>The journalist has no idea how her caller knew she was enquiring about the case as she hadn't published a word about it yet.</p><p>But it convinces her more than ever that there is definitely more to Katie's death than suicide.</p>