After a slightly chaotic opening involving anxiety spirals, pocket-based trouser strategy, and a traumatic passport photo, things quickly turn grim as we cover the brutal 2020 murder of 25-year-old Riches Obie in Elephant & Castle.

He had no criminal past. No enemies. Just a quiet life with his mum — until he was fatally stabbed in their flat.

Was it a robbery gone wrong? Or the fallout of a sham marriage scam involving immigration paperwork, money, and three Dutch nationals with links to international crime? Why did his mum flee to Nigeria and refuse to testify? And why did his sister step over his dying body to collect a suitcase?

A tragic, messy case. With more questions than answers.

Sources in this case include

https://news.sky.com/story/man-stabbed-former-associate-to-death-in-london-flat-then-held-his-mother-captive-after-sham-marriage-scam-row-13144561 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/riches-obi-bernadette-ortet-murder-b2552537.html https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24448307.three-jailed-elephant-castle-marriage-scam-killing/
https://www.23es.com/convictions-in-jennifer-knight-kcs-marriage-scam-murder/ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fake-groom-jailed-life-murder-113911901.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH9ELC3qels5RAIWjg80HMlMqjTbgem4IRi-bEIuNtCvwdUMK0taNjPuWoDd1lU7-t3nnmcyQAUzwEF4PynSkb7R-SxfssrHlhWGNIpWoULTYNV6G25EdcNSvn7zqe30QDhI1k9PJFcs3J-f-CbYe1RGC2JD_uzfZeZwmoIl3665 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13267985/dutch-trio-bound-gagged-marriage-scheme.html
https://totalcrime.substack.com/p/i-stepped-over-my-brothers-body-to https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13627949/Killer-bound-gagged-legal-executive-stabbed-son-death-didnt-pay-sham-marriage-scam-jailed-30-years.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/powers-and-operational-procedure/marriage-investigations-accessible#:~:text=Section%2024%20duty%20to%20report,registering%20a%20birth%20or%20death.

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