I'm sick of hearing about defendants laughing, joking and doing things like waving and grinning at the victims family in court. One giggle or hideous comment and the judge should put them back in their cell for the remainder of the trial. 3 months of this behaviour in a murder trial is just unbelievable!
Rhys was just an innocent bystander him and his family had never done anything to elicit this behavoir at all. This guy is a clearly mentally disturbed and should never be let out.
And the worst part of it is that while all the evidence was being read in court, Rhys's mother was understandably upset and crying at hearing it all and the judge had told her, through her solicitor (I think it was) that if she was going to keep getting upset in court then they would have to ask her to leave as it could influence the jury's decision. I mean, that's her son they're talking about and she's supposed to just sit there and not show emotion while they stand and have a laugh and joke when they're up for murder?
VeganVampire That's one of the reasons why I could never work in courts. Not only because I hate confrontations, but also because it'll be too hard for me to not punch someone like those murderers in the jaw.
I was already crying by the time he said that..so I let out a squeel at that point....omg. little does the father know, that sentence will stay with me forever.
It’s so sad to think that If rhys got in the coaches car.. he would’ve still been alive and if he finished practise a couple minutes later. It’s so scary how things can suddenly happen :( bless him
R.I.P Rhys, you deserved an amazing life to grow up and be successful and maybe have kids with the person of your dreams.But 11 spiteful people took it away from you. Have a better peaceful life in the better world in heaven.R.I.P Rhys
When the mother talked about how she was holding Rhys and telling him that he'll be fine I couldn't hold back my tears anymore. This case is so incredibly sad. May he rest in peace.
The detail that you go into is absolutely insane, you work so hard and it doesn’t go unnoticed. You’re always so respectful, you should be proud of yourself! RIP Rhys 💙
usually i'm okay while watching this type of stuff because i've always had a fascination about true crime but....this case made me cry a lot. This poor kid was barely beginning his life before he had snatched it away from him and i especially feel bad for his parents.
Same here, this is the very first time I've cried watching one of her videos (and ive watched a ton up until now). The mom talking about the scene and all really did it for me, I feel so bad for that poor family
Same here!! Ive watched nearly all of her videos (minus baby p because that one is too hard for me to watch) but this is the one that broke me inside, i was sobbing listening to it! The stadium clap for him was beautiful to watch but i was crying so much :((
Cant believe some of the lads parents were trying to help them cover it up. I would be disgusted if that was my son!! It would be really hard but i would turn him in to the police.
They would have 1) wanted to protect their children, 2) wanted to protect their gang, and 3) wanted to protect themselves because if they gave in a gang member to the police (even if it was their own child) they could be hurt or even killed by the gang themselves
I cried when you showed the Everton team and fans honoring Rhys. Beautiful video. Thank you for taking your time with it and including so much information and the home videos of Rhys.
I just don't understand gangs. It doesn't make sense to me that a group of people would want to commit crimes and cover them up. An innocent 11 year old boy was murdered and these Croxteth Crew pricks were totally fine with covering it up and preventing the family from finding peace. I don't understand how anyone could be so unfeeling and cruel. It sickens me.
maiburntdownmykitchen again Yeah, but there are too many cases where these gangs hurt a lot of innocent bystanders whether they intended to or not. And majority of the times it’s over stupid and petty war about turfs and stuffs.
@@narararamammily5386 it’s easy to think that when your on the outside looking in ..most were dragged up by their parents and most probs live in poverty so the only thing they have is the gangs. I cannot make any excuses to why he done it , but once your in a gang you live by the rules ..even if it’s an innocent bystander . That’s the life they live.
Gonna need tissues for this one, I grew up in the same area, he was supposed to go to high school that I had friends in. Still makes me cry all these years later
Laura There are so so many true crime cases that are really heartbreaking and hard hitting like the murder of James bulger and the Madeline mcann case too I honestly feel SO bad for parents who lost thier children to murder no parent should have to go through thier world being hurt or killed 😔
There are so many shooting threats at my school, and my school kinda cares?? Basically they asked over the pa for people to stop lol. American public schools are fucked
Eleanor this is incredible!! You deserve a huge pat on the back for delivering this HUGE and confusing case so clearly, logically and eloquently. So glad they all got charged and sentenced, no amount of time will bring back Rhys but Sean deserves to rot in jail.
Could you cover the case of David Blake who went missing from Kennesaw, Ga, USA. I live here and it feels as if he is forgotten. He went to the high school just down the road from me. He was an avid hiker and hiked Kennesaw Mountain regularly, so he knew the terrain. He even had gear that he didn`t bring the day he went missing. His car was found in an overflow parking lot I`ve been to a thousand times, with his keys in it, but no David. It`s a very odd case and again, it`s like he`s been swept under the rug. Nobody is talking about him and everyone has hushed theories but quickly moves on. I know its quite a short case and maybe you could combine it with other short cases in one video, I just want to see if I can get his name out there because it breaks my heart.
wow I can't imagine knowing someone who has gone missing and it seems like everyone has moved past it, I hope Eleanor sees this. Are you commenting on other true crime channels too? Buzzedfeed Blue does unsolved crimes. I hope that some day people will learn what happened to David
I lived in a small town when I was on the highschool soccer team. I remember there was a day we weren't allowed to practice outside because it was a gang initiation day and the initiation was to shoot a woman or a child. Even though the gang was located in a town a half hour away we had to take precaution. Gangs are vile groups that don't simply stay in one location. This could have easily been an initiation, a case of wrong place at the wrong time.
When I was in college, there was always once a year a gang initiation week. For the whole week, none of the guys would let any of their girl friends go anywhere alone, even in the middle of the day on what was normally a very safe campus. Punks from the gangs would travel into several different surrounding towns trying to harm women.
I’m from the us so it’s weird to hear how surprised they were that there’s a firearm. Kids are killed here everyday it almost normal. It’s hard to believe that to other countries it’s a once in a lifetime thing to hear about someone get shot in your area.
It really is very very rare in the UK... even in big cities.. almost noone is armed. Those that are are usually gang members. Even when people are shot, it's usually gang members targeting each other (which was actually the case here, Rhys was sadly caught in the crossfire). It's pretty much unheard of for members of the general public to be armed, and handguns were banned after the 1996 school shooting in Dunblane which killed 16 5/6 year olds and their teacher, and injured all but 1 in the class. (Thomas Hamilton's guns were legally held). The police aren't routinely armed either. The UK has many issues, but gun crime isn't a major factor. Knives are another matter.. although I live in the Scottish Highlands where in a 40 minute walk into the town centre, you will be lucky to see another house or a single car, never mind a person . the road is single track and the main walkway is through the forest/mountains/by the loch.
SOO TRUE . i hear gunshots all the time in my neighborhood and you just keeping doing whatever you’re doing , it’s not your busy and it’s an everyday thing
yeah, I felt the same way cause I live in a country from central America so this is an everyday thing for us. When she said that usually if you're not part of the gang then you're safe I was like "I wish it was like that here", apart from getting caught in the crossfire... gangs here have an initiation dare where they have to kill an innocent to prove themselves, so nobody is safe.
It’s insane to me. I live in Oklahoma....so there’s quite a lot of backwater attitude here. If someone were to even mention that they wished we had gun laws similar to that in the UK, there’d be huge gun rallies to oppose it. And I don’t mean just hunters. It’d be huge gatherings of people who carry any and every gun they can get their hands on.
kayla clark It’s less because they are their children, it’s more because there members of the same gang. The parents wouldn’t give their child up because then they might be killed or harmed themselves.
I knew a pèdofile who's parents claimed that he was with them on the night of him se-ually assaulting a 13 year old friend of mine. Parents can be fucking wild
kayla clark ok i am from liverpool not to far away from croxteth and just to explain to you here in liverpool we are very family orinetaded and we are very strong on loyalty , you would be disowned or possibly meet the same fate as reece if you were not to protect your family . I hope this helped you however my brother was shot in the chest by another boy. My brother acc would not give evidence to his shooter because of loyalty they were from the same gang i kind of understand the mothers and parents with not grassing (giving evidence against their child) but i do not condone the sick actions carried out by their children ! I hope this helps you 😚💖
I swear, Eleanor has the most UA-cam video hustle on this entire platform, I love your content and we can tell you put so much effort into your videos ❤️
Abra AWE-bruh Singleton my first comment, before I watched the video was about this lol. Everything I’m learning from watching her videos. Football pitch=Soccer field/ Car Park=Parking lot etc....
Wow, I'm from Liverpool and I remember exactly when this happened - I was the same age as Rhys at the time (a fellow Evertonian too!) and everyone in the city was so shocked. Croxteth is such a bad area in Liverpool and it is absolutely filled with gang violence, my mum actually worked in Croxteth at this time so I saw firsthand how bad the area and those surrounding it were. It was absolutely tragic that a young kid with his whole life ahead of him got caught in the middle of this - and it is scary to think that I could have easily been in Rhys' shoes just as much. Thanks for covering this you did a really good job, I'm loving the videos keep up the good work
I say it every time, but I can’t imagine losing a child. The pain that Mom and Dad must feel every day of their life just isn’t fair. My heart goes out to them ♥️
I'll never ever forget this case, my dad and brother were working down the road from where it happened. Those parents who covered for their kids should be given life! Rest peacefully Rhys 💙
I do prefer the longer videos but I agree with you about every victim deserving to have their story heard so I think you should cover stories that you're interested in and think need to be heard by the public more even if they are short. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into every video whether it's 15 minutes or 1 hour :) x
this is a case I’m most extremely into, I’ve watched little boy blue and the programme that was on the other day over this case, it breaks my heart that he lost his life due to this teenage gang ☹️ it tells you not to take life for granted. I love your true crime videos. The editing on this video is amazing, you should be so proud of yourself ! X
If my kid ever murdered someone no matter how heartbreaking it would feel I’d still tell the police. Because yea I care about my kid but I have to think about the family who lost their family member and will never see them again
@@charlotteatkinson722 well obviously thats bad but its very hard to not love your kid unconditionally no matter what they do. i guess you dont know unless you have kids. noone is ready for that moment when your kid does something inexcusable but youve loved them their whole life and im pretty much impossible to stop loving someone instantly when you have for so long. love and like are different things. you dont have to like them. but they are still your kid and they always will be.
I kinda feel sorry for him.... he was born into it. he was just a boy but he has been groomed for crime since infancy. It's like being born in a cult, it's extremely hard to get out. Of course, I feel even more sorry for Rhys's family, but I just hope the system can actually rehabilitate him in these critical years of his life, and give him a good chance at being a good member of society instead of just punishing him making him even more angry and dangerous.
@@HamelinSong I was born into an illegal fighting ring, I was trained from the age of four to fight, I was taught to be able to use weapons in a fight by the age of 8. I was brutally beaten and fought illegally until I was 19. I actually as stabbed in the eye during a fight for money and I lost the sight in my right eye at 13. My dad taught me not to fear the police or anyone, I was born into something a lot worse than a pathetic little gang yet I didn’t kill a kid trying to prove myself. Don’t feel sorry for a killer, especially the killer of a young child. The way the acted in court alone should be proof enough of how vile they were, a kid was killed and they didn’t care at all. Never feel sympathy for people like that. They deserve to stay in prison for life, they don’t deserve sympathy at all. He even stabbed someone in prison, that alone shows how evil and vile he is. He won’t change.
I'm glad they did 1 minute clap for him, he way everyone described him, he was energetic and just overall happy, so clapping seems so right. Bless that little innocent boy
Poor baby! Let's hope Mercer never gets out, it doesn't seem like he is getting any less dangerous. In all fairness, with parents like that no wonder these guys ended up in a gang. Like what the hell, why would you assist your kid knowing they murdered someone, a child no less?
For the past month, I’ve watched all your crime videos. Everytime I drive somewhere, at night before bed & when getting ready. You’re addictive to watch and I’m so thankful I came across you! I love crime shows/movies in general. I just went on a ride along police day last week and am in nursing , after graduating I’m going into crime forensics to be a nurse forensic. Super excited, you’ve helped motivate me to further it!
I absolutely appreciate how sensitive and professionally you narrate these cases. We all know that we'd never wish for any of our family or friends would end up in one of these but I'd feel so much better knowing someone as professional as you would be doing it! Much love to ya! ♡♡
I remember this happening, I was the same age as Rhys. At the time this happened I was super excited to be starting my first year of secondary school in the next few weeks and I just remember being so upset that this poor boy would never experience that, he had everything taken away from him and I was so devastated for him.
i’ve watched a LOT of these videos and this is the first one to make me cry, i don’t know what the difference was, i think it was hearing it so personally from the mother, i cant imagine how horrible that moment would be.
I love all of your true crime videos, long or short! But the hour long ones are a BLESSING. You research and present these so well, and your personality adds so much to the videos. Keep it up
That was just excellent, Eleanor! WOW, so much good information. How dumb was that Shawn kid to ruin his entire life at the age of 16, not to mention steal a little boy's entire life. Dangerous, indeed. I feel so terrible for Rhys Jones' family, but what a wonderful thing the local football club did for them. RIP, sweet pea.
I've been binge-watching this channel lately and this is the first video that brings tears to my eyes, that minute of applause at the game really got me
I absolutely love your channel!! I have been a true crime junkie for years and your channel is my absolute favorite. I love the clips from families and friends of the victims because it just adds so much more to their stories. You are the BEST!!
Totally new to the solved crew, but you are honestly the most honest and unbiased crime reporter I've seen, I can really tell you're primarily concerned with facts rather than drama, which is really refreshing to see. Think I've watched about 20 videos today, keep up the great work! xx
This is actually unreal, I’m bloomin psychic, I’ve been binge watching you’re vids and the Rhys Jones case came on the tv on an advert a couple of days ago, and I said to my mum, Eleanor hasn’t done this on her channel, and now you’ve got a video on it! I’m legit psychic xx 😂😂💜
That's a bit of a stretch! If you were 'legit' psychic you would have had a premonition that Eleanor was 100% going to do a video on Rhys. Saying to your mum "Eleanor *hasn't* done this on her channel" ....legitimate psychic lmao
I always watch your crime videos, they are so good! I especially watch it when I’m getting ready for college, relaxing and before I’m sleeping... I’m even watching a crime video now! Keep doing you and keep up with the amazing work!❤️
You are so great, keep up the good work! I'm from Sweden so I watch a lot of "English speaking" crime truth youtubers and you are so far my favorite one, no doubt! All love to you!
There's something about this case that's always got to me more than any other case and rhys's dad saying "you couldn't touch him. he wasn't yours anymore, he was a crime scene" absolutely crushed me
So excited for this vid I watch the documentary on this poor little boys case awhile ago and it makes me cry to even hear his name more people should know about this ☹️❣️❣️
I have watched since your very first few case videos and wow have you improved so much . I don’t even watch anyone else and girl are you beautiful !! Even with no makeup . I am so in love
i never really cry over your cases, but this one really got to me. the part about his favorite football team and their appeal and public statements really did break my heart.
This is so detailed and informative, well done you for always taking so much time to research and put your videos together. Such a tragic case, I remember it so well. Love to ya 💛✨
Being from the US, it's actually quite jarring having to remind myself how different the rates of and reactions to violent crime between our two countries are. First, to be brutally honest, if a single child was killed in the crossfire of a gang shooting, it likely wouldn't be that big of a news story unless it happened in a pretty small/rural town. Multiple death shootings have become so common that a lot of those don't even really get widespread news coverage. Not that the cases don't deserve it, just that it would be an almost constant stream if every murder became big news, especially in big cities. Second, the idea that a parent would hear "your child has been shot" and automatically assume it was a pellet gun is mind-boggling to me. Here, anyone would immediately know that it was a real gun if it was stated that way. I wish this weren't the case, but it really did make me stop and realize how much different life is over in the UK. It's deeply upsetting to realize how "normal" these things are treated as being in this country.
Hi. Im in the UK. Obviously there is a lot more gun crime in the U.S. However your idea of it being peaceful here isn't really true. Of course, little villages are peaceful like everywhere. But cities and bigger towns have a lot of violent crime. The thing is, guns are legal in the states but not here so they are rarer here. That doesn't stop violent crime though. We have a MASSIVE amount of knife crime. Watch this video which is cctv from residential streets in London. ua-cam.com/video/kbigeSOh2Q0/v-deo.html It might go a little way to show what it's like here. The main reason the parents thought he maybe got shot with a pellet gun is because he was 11 and not in a gang. A parent of a child in a gang who heard their child had been shot wouldn't assume it was a pellet gun. I've only been to Texas in the U.S. And I found the ordinary person in the street to be far more friendly than people in this country. People here are mostly paranoid, untrusting and wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire. That's nothing to do with violent crime, just an observation about the general way people are. I'm not trying to get into a "my country is more ghetto than yours" discussion, I just want to address your inaccurate idea of the UK. God bless.
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey Thanks for pointing this out, because just like the UK has more violent crime than you would think, the majority of the US is more peaceful than you would think. Most violent crime, especially shootings come from several large cities such as Chicago and New York were the rate of these crimes is so frequent that when talked about as a country as a whole, makes the US look very violent.
little villages tend to be peaceful but major cities always have a stabbing, gangs are always committing arson, robbery, petrol bombing etc. it’s easy to think that the UK is peaceful and non violent but there’s a lot of ‘dirty’ crime here- often very messy.
@@jackwatson3944 i mean you say american standards and i assume you mean crime rates- that might have something to do with the 262 million population difference- and easier access to firearms- and corrupt judicial system...yeah not a fair comparison. ignorant to see UK as tame and safe when you’re comparing it to a country over 10x it’s size. UK is just as guilty as being gruesome and cruel.
@@jackwatson3944 i assumed we were discussing just general crime- murder would be a rarity in comparison to America but it still happens here alarmingly often, i hope you’re not desensitised to it. again, murder in the USA would be so much easier to execute and ultimately get away with due to access to firearms and the judicial system. murder in the UK is a lot harder as it would require a knife or something not as quick as a gun. it tends to be a slower death, an easily investigated death. but if you compare the UK to a country with a similar population and similar laws when it comes to firearms, you’d see we aren’t innocent, we aren’t peaceful and we aren’t tame. comparing a crime rate of a city where access to a firearm is relatively easy to two countries in which possession of a firearm is illegal and access to a gun license is police issued
i never get emotional during a case but as soon as his favorite team came out and did that for his parents.... chills and tears were very real at that point
I'm sick of hearing about defendants laughing, joking and doing things like waving and grinning at the victims family in court. One giggle or hideous comment and the judge should put them back in their cell for the remainder of the trial. 3 months of this behaviour in a murder trial is just unbelievable!
VeganVampire They should give them a worse sentence when they do that
Raegan Lee Agreed
Rhys was just an innocent bystander him and his family had never done anything to elicit this behavoir at all. This guy is a clearly mentally disturbed and should never be let out.
And the worst part of it is that while all the evidence was being read in court, Rhys's mother was understandably upset and crying at hearing it all and the judge had told her, through her solicitor (I think it was) that if she was going to keep getting upset in court then they would have to ask her to leave as it could influence the jury's decision. I mean, that's her son they're talking about and she's supposed to just sit there and not show emotion while they stand and have a laugh and joke when they're up for murder?
VeganVampire That's one of the reasons why I could never work in courts. Not only because I hate confrontations, but also because it'll be too hard for me to not punch someone like those murderers in the jaw.
“you couldn’t touch him. he wasn’t yours anymore, he was a crime scene” is the most heartbreaking sentence i’ve ever heard😭
Same. I nearly cried
I was already crying by the time he said that..so I let out a squeel at that point....omg. little does the father know, that sentence will stay with me forever.
@@codieknowles19official I'm so sorry for your loss
Agreed
@@codieknowles19official if you're lying, that's fucked up.
It’s so sad to think that If rhys got in the coaches car.. he would’ve still been alive and if he finished practise a couple minutes later. It’s so scary how things can suddenly happen :( bless him
Marveymillsgirl-Ikr... If things had been slightly different, he’d probably still be here.
Marveymillsgirl it kinda makes you think too, how many of these situations WE narrowly avoid every day without realizing it
It still makes me shudder today
Or if the coach hadn't asked him, he'd probably have been gone before anything happened
C.o.R .....I’ve never thought of that....
‘He wasn’t yours anymore, he was a crime scene’
That’s so sad. Rest in peace, Rhys❤️
Rips for Rhys 😔
R.I.P Rhys, you deserved an amazing life to grow up and be successful and maybe have kids with the person of your dreams.But 11 spiteful people took it away from you. Have a better peaceful life in the better world in heaven.R.I.P Rhys
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Rest In Peace ❤️😔
That's really sad. It's true, and horrible all at the same time
When the mother talked about how she was holding Rhys and telling him that he'll be fine I couldn't hold back my tears anymore. This case is so incredibly sad. May he rest in peace.
'Every victim deserves to have their story told equally'-This is why the videos you make are so important👌❤
I read that as she said it lool😂
I made the comment 1k
unknown me to lmao
@@xxcxxy that seems to happen to me a lot. It's kind of weird now
as i read she said it lol
He used to live down the road from me and was always asking if anyone wanted any of his biscuits he was such a darling❤️
Realy? Poor Rhys ...😢
Aw poor soul, rest in peace rhys 💗 he seemed like a loving young boy
Fucking lies
Charmaine Gray his dad was my dads boss
Charmaine Gray May he rest In peace poor young boy he didn't deserve this ❤️❤️
The detail that you go into is absolutely insane, you work so hard and it doesn’t go unnoticed. You’re always so respectful, you should be proud of yourself! RIP Rhys 💙
Kim Kmt oh my god your profile picture! I used that in a history PowerPoint as it was something to do with a pope so I used it as a laugh! 😂😂😂
pineapple fan hahaha 😂 I always forget what it is until I comment on a vid and then it’s like “ahh there it is” 😂
Kim Kmt 1000th like of ur comment, I’m proud
Helena Xx
Lol. I’m proud of you!
am i the only one who is binge watching her channel during quarantine.
Sarah Njeri me too 😂
same !🤪
No ur not 👀✨
Why is this me😭
No
usually i'm okay while watching this type of stuff because i've always had a fascination about true crime but....this case made me cry a lot. This poor kid was barely beginning his life before he had snatched it away from him and i especially feel bad for his parents.
Ditto! Hearing his coaches and parents talk about him and what happened tore me on two!
Same here, this is the very first time I've cried watching one of her videos (and ive watched a ton up until now). The mom talking about the scene and all really did it for me, I feel so bad for that poor family
Same here!! Ive watched nearly all of her videos (minus baby p because that one is too hard for me to watch) but this is the one that broke me inside, i was sobbing listening to it!
The stadium clap for him was beautiful to watch but i was crying so much :((
Ir right this one and the case of james bulget
Bulger
Cant believe some of the lads parents were trying to help them cover it up. I would be disgusted if that was my son!! It would be really hard but i would turn him in to the police.
lea martin normal parents would, but the lads parents were gang members as well. So they’re used to crimes and stuff.
The kids were scum, the parents are gonna be scum. You can’t expect anything more from vermin
They would have 1) wanted to protect their children, 2) wanted to protect their gang, and 3) wanted to protect themselves because if they gave in a gang member to the police (even if it was their own child) they could be hurt or even killed by the gang themselves
lea martin wait why is Eleanor’s face on your name?
@@ameyakobbanna1249 it means she's a channel member
I cried when you showed the Everton team and fans honoring Rhys. Beautiful video. Thank you for taking your time with it and including so much information and the home videos of Rhys.
alexi b me too so sad
Me, too. It was heartbreaking.
same
I am a massive Everton fan and it made me proud when Anfield played Zcars for Rhys
Pearl Kelly same here
I just don't understand gangs. It doesn't make sense to me that a group of people would want to commit crimes and cover them up. An innocent 11 year old boy was murdered and these Croxteth Crew pricks were totally fine with covering it up and preventing the family from finding peace. I don't understand how anyone could be so unfeeling and cruel. It sickens me.
Allison Driscoll not all gangs are like that though.
I don't think we'll ever understand. People are fucking cruel. Chose love and family not gang life it's not fucking worth it
maiburntdownmykitchen again Yeah, but there are too many cases where these gangs hurt a lot of innocent bystanders whether they intended to or not. And majority of the times it’s over stupid and petty war about turfs and stuffs.
@@narararamammily5386 it’s easy to think that when your on the outside looking in ..most were dragged up by their parents and most probs live in poverty so the only thing they have is the gangs. I cannot make any excuses to why he done it , but once your in a gang you live by the rules ..even if it’s an innocent bystander . That’s the life they live.
one of the most painful parts of this case to me involves the coach. i can’t imagine the unbelievable guilt he must have
is it bad i say ur disclaimer along with you?
Paige Probert I say it too!! Lol
LOL!! Me to!
Paige Probert I say it too hahahh
same omg lmao
Me too aha
this is such a sad story :( but i love your solved cases so much. you tell them in the most respectful way
Gonna need tissues for this one, I grew up in the same area, he was supposed to go to high school that I had friends in. Still makes me cry all these years later
Ive never cried so much. My daughter is 11 in July and I can't even imagine what this Mother is going through. RIP gorgeous boy ❤
Laura
There are so so many true crime cases that are really heartbreaking and hard hitting like the murder of James bulger and the Madeline mcann case too I honestly feel SO bad for parents who lost thier children to murder no parent should have to go through thier world being hurt or killed 😔
I forget how foreign shootings are in other countries and I find that really sad that I think its normal.
i know me too. in america i feel like no one would work this hard to find the shooter because it happens so often that we’re desensitized to it :(
I hate that it’s “normal”. It shouldn’t be.
My school gets so many shooting and bomb threats they don’t even bother to notify anyone anymore
it's really depressing that there are so many you don't even remember them all.
There are so many shooting threats at my school, and my school kinda cares?? Basically they asked over the pa for people to stop lol. American public schools are fucked
Eleanor this is incredible!! You deserve a huge pat on the back for delivering this HUGE and confusing case so clearly, logically and eloquently. So glad they all got charged and sentenced, no amount of time will bring back Rhys but Sean deserves to rot in jail.
Could you cover the case of David Blake who went missing from Kennesaw, Ga, USA. I live here and it feels as if he is forgotten. He went to the high school just down the road from me. He was an avid hiker and hiked Kennesaw Mountain regularly, so he knew the terrain. He even had gear that he didn`t bring the day he went missing. His car was found in an overflow parking lot I`ve been to a thousand times, with his keys in it, but no David. It`s a very odd case and again, it`s like he`s been swept under the rug. Nobody is talking about him and everyone has hushed theories but quickly moves on. I know its quite a short case and maybe you could combine it with other short cases in one video, I just want to see if I can get his name out there because it breaks my heart.
wow I can't imagine knowing someone who has gone missing and it seems like everyone has moved past it, I hope Eleanor sees this. Are you commenting on other true crime channels too? Buzzedfeed Blue does unsolved crimes. I hope that some day people will learn what happened to David
Kendall Rae would probably do a video on this
Sadly his remains were found
Renee Davis when
Try contacting Stephanie Harlowe she makes similar visions in the US x
I lived in a small town when I was on the highschool soccer team. I remember there was a day we weren't allowed to practice outside because it was a gang initiation day and the initiation was to shoot a woman or a child. Even though the gang was located in a town a half hour away we had to take precaution. Gangs are vile groups that don't simply stay in one location. This could have easily been an initiation, a case of wrong place at the wrong time.
When I was in college, there was always once a year a gang initiation week. For the whole week, none of the guys would let any of their girl friends go anywhere alone, even in the middle of the day on what was normally a very safe campus. Punks from the gangs would travel into several different surrounding towns trying to harm women.
So they become gang members if they harm a woman or a child? Disquieting and pathetic. Real old school gangsters would be ashamed.
This is a British case in liver pool
@@elliealice3850 There's plenty of gangs in the UK.
I started bawling my eyes when they all gathered on the Everton stadium. What a lovely tribute to this innocent little boy. May he rest well 💞
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I’m from the us so it’s weird to hear how surprised they were that there’s a firearm. Kids are killed here everyday it almost normal. It’s hard to believe that to other countries it’s a once in a lifetime thing to hear about someone get shot in your area.
It really is very very rare in the UK... even in big cities.. almost noone is armed. Those that are are usually gang members. Even when people are shot, it's usually gang members targeting each other (which was actually the case here, Rhys was sadly caught in the crossfire). It's pretty much unheard of for members of the general public to be armed, and handguns were banned after the 1996 school shooting in Dunblane which killed 16 5/6 year olds and their teacher, and injured all but 1 in the class. (Thomas Hamilton's guns were legally held). The police aren't routinely armed either. The UK has many issues, but gun crime isn't a major factor. Knives are another matter.. although I live in the Scottish Highlands where in a 40 minute walk into the town centre, you will be lucky to see another house or a single car, never mind a person . the road is single track and the main walkway is through the forest/mountains/by the loch.
stabbings are more common than shootings in the UK I'd say.
SOO TRUE . i hear gunshots all the time in my neighborhood and you just keeping doing whatever you’re doing , it’s not your busy and it’s an everyday thing
yeah, I felt the same way cause I live in a country from central America so this is an everyday thing for us. When she said that usually if you're not part of the gang then you're safe I was like "I wish it was like that here", apart from getting caught in the crossfire... gangs here have an initiation dare where they have to kill an innocent to prove themselves, so nobody is safe.
It’s insane to me. I live in Oklahoma....so there’s quite a lot of backwater attitude here. If someone were to even mention that they wished we had gun laws similar to that in the UK, there’d be huge gun rallies to oppose it. And I don’t mean just hunters. It’d be huge gatherings of people who carry any and every gun they can get their hands on.
Dang parents really be protecting their murdering children?
kayla clark It’s less because they are their children, it’s more because there members of the same gang. The parents wouldn’t give their child up because then they might be killed or harmed themselves.
I knew a pèdofile who's parents claimed that he was with them on the night of him se-ually assaulting a 13 year old friend of mine. Parents can be fucking wild
parents are protecting criminals all the time
You dont know what youd do till you had kids and this happened to so stfu 😂😂😂😂
kayla clark ok i am from liverpool not to far away from croxteth and just to explain to you here in liverpool we are very family orinetaded and we are very strong on loyalty , you would be disowned or possibly meet the same fate as reece if you were not to protect your family . I hope this helped you however my brother was shot in the chest by another boy. My brother acc would not give evidence to his shooter because of loyalty they were from the same gang i kind of understand the mothers and parents with not grassing (giving evidence against their child) but i do not condone the sick actions carried out by their children ! I hope this helps you 😚💖
I swear, Eleanor has the most UA-cam video hustle on this entire platform, I love your content and we can tell you put so much effort into your videos ❤️
I never knew people in the UK call line-ups "identity parades." Cool.
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Calm down 😂
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@Evie Monroe some people are very upset about that, it's understandable. I would make the distinction too, but someone beat me to it
I'm English and have never heard it be called an identity parade before.
Abra AWE-bruh Singleton my first comment, before I watched the video was about this lol. Everything I’m learning from watching her videos. Football pitch=Soccer field/ Car Park=Parking lot etc....
Wow, I'm from Liverpool and I remember exactly when this happened - I was the same age as Rhys at the time (a fellow Evertonian too!) and everyone in the city was so shocked. Croxteth is such a bad area in Liverpool and it is absolutely filled with gang violence, my mum actually worked in Croxteth at this time so I saw firsthand how bad the area and those surrounding it were. It was absolutely tragic that a young kid with his whole life ahead of him got caught in the middle of this - and it is scary to think that I could have easily been in Rhys' shoes just as much. Thanks for covering this you did a really good job, I'm loving the videos keep up the good work
You can just tell he would’ve grown up to be such a good guy. Rest easy Rhys😔❤️
Not only that I reckon he would have become a brilliant footballer
I say it every time, but I can’t imagine losing a child. The pain that Mom and Dad must feel every day of their life just isn’t fair. My heart goes out to them ♥️
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It really is devastating; I'm too young to really know his parents but my mum has seen his mother working in the nearby Tesco and it's just really sad
I love that you cover all of these cases in the UK that I have never heard about over in the US. Makes for some great binge watching!
This case genuinley made me cry. The poor lad. Only 11 years old😭 i cant even begin to imagine how terrifying it was for everyone involved.😲
I'll never ever forget this case, my dad and brother were working down the road from where it happened. Those parents who covered for their kids should be given life! Rest peacefully Rhys 💙
Instead of a minute of silence, they did a minute of applause... instantly bawling. Great job on this video. Thanks for all your hard work.💙
I do prefer the longer videos but I agree with you about every victim deserving to have their story heard so I think you should cover stories that you're interested in and think need to be heard by the public more even if they are short. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into every video whether it's 15 minutes or 1 hour :) x
this is a case I’m most extremely into, I’ve watched little boy blue and the programme that was on the other day over this case, it breaks my heart that he lost his life due to this teenage gang ☹️ it tells you not to take life for granted. I love your true crime videos. The editing on this video is amazing, you should be so proud of yourself ! X
If my kid ever murdered someone no matter how heartbreaking it would feel I’d still tell the police. Because yea I care about my kid but I have to think about the family who lost their family member and will never see them again
to be fair if my kid murdered anyone they would no longer be my kid
@@charlotteatkinson722 depends on the motive. might be self defense or manslaughter
@@AlyxAesthetics true but like i mean if they actually MURDERED someone like in cold blood cause they were just a bad person yk?
@@charlotteatkinson722 well obviously thats bad but its very hard to not love your kid unconditionally no matter what they do. i guess you dont know unless you have kids. noone is ready for that moment when your kid does something inexcusable but youve loved them their whole life and im pretty much impossible to stop loving someone instantly when you have for so long. love and like are different things. you dont have to like them. but they are still your kid and they always will be.
This case is in the news again today, Mercer is trying to get his sentence reduced. Disgusting
I would of added another 20 years to his sentence
@@Matthewgriffiths18 agreed, just for attempting an appeal. When he loses the appeal, give him double.
I kinda feel sorry for him.... he was born into it. he was just a boy but he has been groomed for crime since infancy. It's like being born in a cult, it's extremely hard to get out. Of course, I feel even more sorry for Rhys's family, but I just hope the system can actually rehabilitate him in these critical years of his life, and give him a good chance at being a good member of society instead of just punishing him making him even more angry and dangerous.
@@HamelinSong I was born into an illegal fighting ring, I was trained from the age of four to fight, I was taught to be able to use weapons in a fight by the age of 8. I was brutally beaten and fought illegally until I was 19. I actually as stabbed in the eye during a fight for money and I lost the sight in my right eye at 13. My dad taught me not to fear the police or anyone, I was born into something a lot worse than a pathetic little gang yet I didn’t kill a kid trying to prove myself. Don’t feel sorry for a killer, especially the killer of a young child. The way the acted in court alone should be proof enough of how vile they were, a kid was killed and they didn’t care at all. Never feel sympathy for people like that.
They deserve to stay in prison for life, they don’t deserve sympathy at all. He even stabbed someone in prison, that alone shows how evil and vile he is. He won’t change.
@@HamelinSonggood thing he`ll rot in prison then
I'm glad they did 1 minute clap for him, he way everyone described him, he was energetic and just overall happy, so clapping seems so right. Bless that little innocent boy
GIRLIE YOU'RE SPOILING US WITH THESE VIDS! THANK YOU SO MUCH! :)
Poor baby! Let's hope Mercer never gets out, it doesn't seem like he is getting any less dangerous.
In all fairness, with parents like that no wonder these guys ended up in a gang. Like what the hell, why would you assist your kid knowing they murdered someone, a child no less?
You are legit one of my favourite youtubers
For the past month, I’ve watched all your crime videos. Everytime I drive somewhere, at night before bed & when getting ready. You’re addictive to watch and I’m so thankful I came across you! I love crime shows/movies in general. I just went on a ride along police day last week and am in nursing , after graduating I’m going into crime forensics to be a nurse forensic. Super excited, you’ve helped motivate me to further it!
You watch Eleanor's vids when you're driving. How'd you manage that?
As a lad from liverpool myself the last thing anyone wants to do is snitch, but in this case many people respect what the boy x did
I agree! In many respects boy x was a victim aswell
this case affected me so much, can't stop sobbing. absolutely tragic
Same man
The estate still hasn't healed but on the tree that it went down by, there are Everton shirts left on them in his memory, it really is beautiful
PLEASE DO BABY P CASE OMGMG
mood yes!!!
mood I've never heard of that case but it sounds interesting I hope she does do a case on it
oh god yeah i remember that :/
This would be a good but heart breaking case baby p
Just googled it, I'm thoroughly horrified.
I absolutely appreciate how sensitive and professionally you narrate these cases. We all know that we'd never wish for any of our family or friends would end up in one of these but I'd feel so much better knowing someone as professional as you would be doing it! Much love to ya! ♡♡
Watching these people shocked there was a firearm anywhere near their neighborhood as an American citizen 👁👄👁
Me a Brazilian living in Europe (most here collect em but don’t use on humans)
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@@user-ye9bc7nw2c how is not murdering someone being a pussy? make it make sense you dickhead
@@jiminjams52 its not so easy to collect them anyway
@@jiminjams52 army!!
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tay more is clearly a Troll, and probably a child.
I remember this happening, I was the same age as Rhys. At the time this happened I was super excited to be starting my first year of secondary school in the next few weeks and I just remember being so upset that this poor boy would never experience that, he had everything taken away from him and I was so devastated for him.
RIP Rhys Jones
I’m absolutely addicted to you!! I watch your videos while I’m doing my nails, while I’m in the bathtub or when I’m on my bike😂 love you girl
mfly aha her videos are good ngl x
ALL THIS AMAZING CONTENT? ME? BLESSED? YES
no joke this kid passed away on my 1st birthday, i feel so bad for this little boy. rest in peace Rhys
His murderer was convicted a day before my 3rd birthday :(
@@katiethornton7488 idk if you are making fun of them but they might have missed a word or something and didn't notice it so ..
i’ve watched a LOT of these videos and this is the first one to make me cry, i don’t know what the difference was, i think it was hearing it so personally from the mother, i cant imagine how horrible that moment would be.
I love all of your true crime videos, long or short! But the hour long ones are a BLESSING. You research and present these so well, and your personality adds so much to the videos. Keep it up
That was just excellent, Eleanor! WOW, so much good information. How dumb was that Shawn kid to ruin his entire life at the age of 16, not to mention steal a little boy's entire life. Dangerous, indeed. I feel so terrible for Rhys Jones' family, but what a wonderful thing the local football club did for them. RIP, sweet pea.
WE LOVE CONSISTENT TRUE CRIMES 😭❤️
I remember this murder case. I would of been 7 at the time. Shocking and good of you to put the effort uploading these videos.
I've been binge-watching this channel lately and this is the first video that brings tears to my eyes, that minute of applause at the game really got me
When Rhys’ mum was talking it absolutely broke my heart 💔
What a bunch of gutless cowards gangs are ..
My heart goes out to Rhys's family ..
Fly high mate playing soccer with angel wings ..
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You do realise people form countries say diffrent things. Fs😂😂
I absolutely love your channel!! I have been a true crime junkie for years and your channel is my absolute favorite. I love the clips from families and friends of the victims because it just adds so much more to their stories. You are the BEST!!
Yes. I love her and John Lordan. They keep me interested and watching anything they put up.
The recognition by the football team for Reese is so sweet, that’s a way to go, being recognized and loved by your community
the cases that you cover don’t normally bring me to tears but this one just hit different...it’s so tragic
im from liverpool & i remember all of this happening, its such a heartbreaking case but im glad rhys’ story is still being told 💛
Grace Speed I remember I was out playing and my mum came out and found me. Saying there had been a murder nearby so i needed to stay inside
You’re so respectful when talking about these cases which is very refreshing. Poor Rhys RIP ❤️❤️❤️
Young life lost ❤️. I respect how much justice you gave to this case even if it’s solved you deserve so much more subscribers you’re beautiful ❤️
That moment you hear her describe all the happy thing about someone in past tense-
Totally new to the solved crew, but you are honestly the most honest and unbiased crime reporter I've seen, I can really tell you're primarily concerned with facts rather than drama, which is really refreshing to see. Think I've watched about 20 videos today, keep up the great work! xx
Please could you cover the Tia Sharp case? No one seems to remember her. Love your videos by the way 💜
Abbi Colman This!!! Please do Tia Sharp, she's so forgotten about ❤
I remember her!
I was only searching to see if she had done a video on her yesterday, hope she does one on her soon💗
Abbi Colman LordanArts did a pretty good video on her case if you’re interested
I learnt about her case when we reanacted the investigation.
This is actually unreal, I’m bloomin psychic, I’ve been binge watching you’re vids and the Rhys Jones case came on the tv on an advert a couple of days ago, and I said to my mum, Eleanor hasn’t done this on her channel, and now you’ve got a video on it! I’m legit psychic xx 😂😂💜
Charlie Amelia I think u mean psychic ?
Alexxa Ring 😂 Hehe, yeah, you can tell I was rushing to type this, thanks 😂
Not something to joke about.
miss snowrose I wasn’t joking about anything, this cause was very serious I’m just saying it was a weird coincidence
That's a bit of a stretch! If you were 'legit' psychic you would have had a premonition that Eleanor was 100% going to do a video on Rhys. Saying to your mum "Eleanor *hasn't* done this on her channel" ....legitimate psychic lmao
Her eyeliner is always so good! So jealous 😭
He’d still only be 25 years old were he still alive today, RIP young man💙
I always watch your crime videos, they are so good! I especially watch it when I’m getting ready for college, relaxing and before I’m sleeping... I’m even watching a crime video now! Keep doing you and keep up with the amazing work!❤️
The fact that it connected to the Jimmy Mizen case was shocking, that's crazy! Didn't see that coming at all...
Cayla Eason I missed that part where does she talk about that cuz I wanna hear it again I just watched jimmys case!
whitney nicole around 53:10 she talks about it :)
I literally freaked like what a small world.
IM GLAD THAT THIS WAS POSTED ONE MINUTE AGO, I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCHHH
You are so great, keep up the good work! I'm from Sweden so I watch a lot of "English speaking" crime truth youtubers and you are so far my favorite one, no doubt! All love to you!
This case is just absolutely heartbreaking :( RIP Rhys
There's something about this case that's always got to me more than any other case and rhys's dad saying "you couldn't touch him. he wasn't yours anymore, he was a crime scene" absolutely crushed me
Cheeky.....my favorite British term. What a tragedy for that family.
I remember this case, so sad. R.I.P Rhys ❤. Loving your hair & lip colour as always! XOXO
So excited for this vid I watch the documentary on this poor little boys case awhile ago and it makes me cry to even hear his name more people should know about this ☹️❣️❣️
This story still breaks my heart till today. I remember how much news coverage this got when it happened. Rest in peace Rhys ❤️
I really like how empathic you are while telling a story. And you're beautiful! Thanks for the video ✌🏻
I have watched since your very first few case videos and wow have you improved so much . I don’t even watch anyone else and girl are you beautiful !! Even with no makeup . I am so in love
I literally sobbed at the series on this😔. Heartbreaking. I also sent you a DM on Twitter about a unsolved case in Scotland😊x
Haven’t headed this case in a while so much love to you Eleanor and what you do for victim and their families 💓
The detail you give is amazing totally worth that 55 minutes of my life R.I.P Rhys 💙
Honestly one of the most underrated UA-camrs out here, keep up the great work
You tell an awesome story girl!! Sad story for sure!!
Could you cover the case of Victoria Climbiè? A very very sad upsetting case 😪
Yasss so excited for a long video 💗💜💙💚 this will make work go by so much faster. . Happy Saturday girl hope your weekend is amazing 😘
If only he took that car ride back home 💔
i never really cry over your cases, but this one really got to me. the part about his favorite football team and their appeal and public statements really did break my heart.
rhys would of been 23 this year
25 now, he was the same age as me x
10 minutes in and I can’t believe have well you put these vids together!
Actually yes I can because you’re so amazing
This is so detailed and informative, well done you for always taking so much time to research and put your videos together. Such a tragic case, I remember it so well. Love to ya 💛✨
I haven't cried for any of your cases. Up until this one. This one absolutely broke my heart. Holy crap.
Being from the US, it's actually quite jarring having to remind myself how different the rates of and reactions to violent crime between our two countries are.
First, to be brutally honest, if a single child was killed in the crossfire of a gang shooting, it likely wouldn't be that big of a news story unless it happened in a pretty small/rural town. Multiple death shootings have become so common that a lot of those don't even really get widespread news coverage. Not that the cases don't deserve it, just that it would be an almost constant stream if every murder became big news, especially in big cities.
Second, the idea that a parent would hear "your child has been shot" and automatically assume it was a pellet gun is mind-boggling to me. Here, anyone would immediately know that it was a real gun if it was stated that way.
I wish this weren't the case, but it really did make me stop and realize how much different life is over in the UK. It's deeply upsetting to realize how "normal" these things are treated as being in this country.
Hi. Im in the UK. Obviously there is a lot more gun crime in the U.S. However your idea of it being peaceful here isn't really true. Of course, little villages are peaceful like everywhere. But cities and bigger towns have a lot of violent crime. The thing is, guns are legal in the states but not here so they are rarer here.
That doesn't stop violent crime though. We have a MASSIVE amount of knife crime. Watch this video which is cctv from residential streets in London. ua-cam.com/video/kbigeSOh2Q0/v-deo.html
It might go a little way to show what it's like here. The main reason the parents thought he maybe got shot with a pellet gun is because he was 11 and not in a gang. A parent of a child in a gang who heard their child had been shot wouldn't assume it was a pellet gun.
I've only been to Texas in the U.S. And I found the ordinary person in the street to be far more friendly than people in this country. People here are mostly paranoid, untrusting and wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire. That's nothing to do with violent crime, just an observation about the general way people are.
I'm not trying to get into a "my country is more ghetto than yours" discussion, I just want to address your inaccurate idea of the UK.
God bless.
@@WakeyWakeyEggsandBakey Thanks for pointing this out, because just like the UK has more violent crime than you would think, the majority of the US is more peaceful than you would think. Most violent crime, especially shootings come from several large cities such as Chicago and New York were the rate of these crimes is so frequent that when talked about as a country as a whole, makes the US look very violent.
little villages tend to be peaceful but major cities always have a stabbing, gangs are always committing arson, robbery, petrol bombing etc. it’s easy to think that the UK is peaceful and non violent but there’s a lot of ‘dirty’ crime here- often very messy.
@@jackwatson3944 i mean you say american standards and i assume you mean crime rates- that might have something to do with the 262 million population difference- and easier access to firearms- and corrupt judicial system...yeah not a fair comparison. ignorant to see UK as tame and safe when you’re comparing it to a country over 10x it’s size. UK is just as guilty as being gruesome and cruel.
@@jackwatson3944 i assumed we were discussing just general crime- murder would be a rarity in comparison to America but it still happens here alarmingly often, i hope you’re not desensitised to it. again, murder in the USA would be so much easier to execute and ultimately get away with due to access to firearms and the judicial system. murder in the UK is a lot harder as it would require a knife or something not as quick as a gun. it tends to be a slower death, an easily investigated death. but if you compare the UK to a country with a similar population and similar laws when it comes to firearms, you’d see we aren’t innocent, we aren’t peaceful and we aren’t tame. comparing a crime rate of a city where access to a firearm is relatively easy to two countries in which possession of a firearm is illegal and access to a gun license is police issued
i never get emotional during a case but as soon as his favorite team came out and did that for his parents.... chills and tears were very real at that point