What happened to serial killer Robert Black as 'harrowing' Netflix series debuts
Netflix has released a true crime documentary about serial killer Robert Black who murdered young girls in the 1980s.
Netflix has released a "harrowing" true crime series that has left viewers questioning what happened to Robert Black.
Born in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Robert Black was employed as a delivery driver for a London-based poster firm, exploiting his van to abduct and kill four young girls throughout the 1980s.
He managed to evade capture for nine years by depositing their bodies across different police force boundaries, but in 1990, a witness spotted him attempting to snatch another girl.
Prior to this moment, there had been a nationwide hunt for the killer responsible for the deaths of Jennifer Cardy, nine, Susan Maxwell, 11, Caroline Hogg, five, and Sarah Harper 10.
The newly launched two-part Netflix documentary features interviews with police officers and the victims' relatives as they remember the "harrowing" investigation that culminated in his capture.
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After his arrest in 1990, Robert Black was found guilty of murdering Susan Maxwell, Caroline Hogg and Sarah Harper four years afterwards.
He received life sentences for killing these girls, but it was not until 2011 that he was also found guilty of murdering his first known victim Jennifer Cardy in 1981.
Black was sentenced to serve a minimum of another 25 years behind bars for Cardy's murder alone.
However, just five years following his conviction for this fourth murder, Black passed away aged 68 in Maghaberry Prison, near Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
In the wake of his death, Devon and Cornwall Police revealed they were merely weeks from bringing murder charges against Black for the disappearance of 13-year0old Genette Tate, who went missing in 1978.
At the time, the BBC reported that officers were "devastated" they couldn't bring charges against Black for Tate's murder prior to his passing.
Det Supt Paul Burgan confirmed: "Early indications from the Crown Prosecution Service is that it was probable that we would have charged Robert Black with Genette's murder.
"We were very close to a decision by the CPS."
Manhunt: The Child Snatcher is available to watch on Netflix.
