Episode 5 - Claire and Charlotte Hart

At 9am on 19 July 2016 Lance Hart took a shotgun to the car park of a Spalding leisure centre swimming pool where his estranged wife and daughter were going for a morning swim. He lay in wait for them under their car until they came out – he shot and killed them both with a single barrelled shotgun and then took his own life. His two sons were working away at the time and had to be told the devastating news about their mother and sister. 

This is the story of Claire Hart and her daughter Charlotte Hart. 

Information and support

·       Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans

·       National Domestic Violence Helpline UK 0808 2000 247

·       Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) Home - AAFDA

·       Women’s Aid www.womensaid.org.uk 

·       Mental health support USA I'm looking for mental health help for myself | Mental Health America (mhanational.org)

·       Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org)

References

Remembered Forever: Our family's devastating story of domestic abuse and murder: Amazon.co.uk: Hart, Luke, Hart, Ryan: 9781841883403: Books

Home | Luke and Ryan Hart (cocoawareness.co.uk)

dhr-overview-report-claire-charlotte-hart (lincolnshire.gov.uk)

Why did Lance Hart really murder his wife and daughter? | Express.co.uk

Spalding shootings: Funeral held for mother and daughter - BBC News

'You destroyed my life': Sick Spalding dad left 'revenge' suicide note before shooting wife and daughter (thelincolnite.co.uk)

Mourners turn out for mother and daughter who were shot dead by father | Daily Mail Online

Credits

Hosted and created by Clare Laxton @ladylaxton

Produced by: Clare Laxton 

https://killerinthefamilypodcast.buzzsprout.com 

Music by Tom Box and from Pixabay.