Suzy Lamplugh: 40 Years On with Former DCI Michael Barley
Published: July 13, 2026
Duration: 42:52
Forty years after the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh, former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Michael Barley returns to True Criminals to revisit one of Britain's most haunting unsolved cases. As the officer who established the original incident room on the night Suzy vanished and remained involved in the investigation for more than a decade, Mike offers an extraordinary insider's account of the decisions, frustrations and missed opportunities that shaped one of the UK's most notorious missing person investigations.
In this exclusive interview, Mike reflects on the original inquiry, the emergence of prime suspect John Cannan, and reveals wh...