Son hid mum's Pembroke Dock murder amid Covid and lived with body

Covid lockdown allowed son to live with his mom's body for two months — what the police found in their flat shocked everyone

Covid-19 gave the world a lot of things nobody asked for, but perhaps the most chilling was the realization that “she’s isolating” could double as a murderer’s alibi. On February 20, 2021 (per a report by the BBC) police in Pembroke Dock forced open the door of a one-bedroom flat on Market Street after neighbors reported something that had been nagging at them for weeks: the bedroom window had been open all winter. What officers found inside had…

Shocking new documentary reveals local man murdered mother then lived with her body

The horrifying story of a Pembrokeshire man who bludgeoned his mother to death during lockdown and then lived with her body for two months is the…

Son hid mum's Pembroke Dock murder amid Covid and lived with body

Judith Rhead was bludgeoned to death by her son, who was meant to be her carer during Covid.

Herald journalists feature in BBC documentary about Judith Rhead’s murder

A NEW BBC documentary examining one of Pembrokeshire’s most disturbing crimes will be broadcast this week — and includes contributions from two journalists closely involved in reporting the case at the time. The programme, The Truth About My Murder: A Killing in Lockdown, focuses on the killing of Judith Rhead by her son Dale Morgan at her Pembroke Dock flat during the Covid-19 pandemic. Morgan was jailed for life in October 2021 after admitting…