{"id":7105,"date":"2021-11-12T15:31:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1502686"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:40:08","slug":"what-happened-to-grace-millane-the-true-story-behind-itvs-social-media-murders","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-happened-to-grace-millane-the-true-story-behind-itvs-social-media-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Grace Millane? The true story behind ITV\u2019s Social Media Murders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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ITV\u2019s Social Media Murders<\/a> is exploring three real-life cases which resulted in the death of a young person, while looking into the unfortunate role social media played in bringing together the culprit and the victim.<\/p>\n

One of those cases is the tragic death of Grace Millane \u2013 a 22-year-old British backpacker who went missing while on a Tinder date in Auckland in 2018.<\/p>\n

A week after Grace\u2019s disappearance, 26-year-old Jesse Kempson was arrested and later convicted of Grace\u2019s murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Using exclusive interviews with the investigators closest to the case, combined with revealing CCTV and police interview footage with the culprit Jesse Kempson, Social Media Murders tells the story of a truly chilling case that sparked worldwide media attention.<\/p>\n

Other individuals also speak for the first time, including Grace\u2019s friends, a fellow traveller and a former flat-mate of Kempson who recounts her own experience of knowing the killer and the suspicions she had of him prior to the event.<\/p>\n

So, what exactly happened?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the case featured in the new ITV series.<\/p>\n

Who is Grace Millane and what happened to her?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Grace Millane was a British tourist who went missing in Auckland while backpacking.<\/p>\n
After graduating from the University of Lincoln with a bachelor\u2019s degree in advertising and marketing, Grace embarked on the adventure of a lifetime travelling to South America and then New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Grace landed in New Zealand for a two-week stay on 20th November 2018 and travelled around the Upper North Island. She arrived in Auckland on 30th November.<\/p>\n
On 1st December, she was seen in Victoria Street in Auckland\u2019s central business district.<\/p>\n
She was last seen at 9:41pm at the CityLife Hotel on Queen Street with Jesse Kempson, who it later emerged she\u2019d met via Tinder and had arranged to meet with the day before her 22nd birthday.<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s parents became worried when she didn\u2019t reply to the birthday messages they sent her on 2nd December and the police started to investigate after her parents reported her missing.<\/p>\n
Police initially said that there was \u201cno evidence of foul play\u201d, but later gathered evidence that she was \u201cno longer alive\u201d. Kempson was subsequently charged with her murder on 8th December.<\/p>\n
On 9th December at around 4pm, Millane\u2019s body was found in the Wait\u0101kere Ranges around 19km (12 miles) west of central Auckland.<\/p>
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