Twenty years ago, a young African boy was murdered in a brutal ritual. His torso was found floating in the River Thames Now, the police are appealing for information about the case
Aidan Minter was walking across Tower Bridge in central London heading for a business meeting."The tide was quite high at the time, I thought it was a tailor's mannequin," Aidan recalls. He rarely speaks about the case. "Then it came under the bridge, and that's when I saw the detail - the wounds and the body itself."It's a memory Aidan lives with to this day. "I do think about him. I'll never forget it for as long as I live.
Tests showed that Adam had been aged between four and seven years old and had lived in Africa until shortly before his death. Traces of cough syrup were also found in his stomach. If he had been unwell, had those who killed him been concerned enough to give him medicine? Or did they use it to make him drowsy before the murder?
Council workers found bizarre, ritualistic objects in her home. At a court hearing to take the children into care, the woman - Joyce Osagiede - told a story of cults, killings and of sacrifices.DS Nick Chalmers searched Joyce's home and found clothes with the same "Kids & Company" label and in the same sizes as Adam's orange shorts. Joyce was arrested.
Pollen samples in his gut showed he had been living in the south-east of England for only a matter of days or weeks before his death. But there was clear evidence Ojo was involved in human trafficking and so he was put under surveillance. Within hours of being released, he was back talking to his criminal associates organising the illegal entry of Nigerians to the UK. He was considered to be a major player in a gang smuggling people into the country.In July 2003, after following his every move and identifying his criminal associates, 21 men and women were arrested in co-ordinated raids at nine addresses across London.
He also accused a different woman of leading the sacrificial ceremony back in September 2001. Police placed an undercover officer in her church for months - but detectives would conclude that there was no basis for the claims.The non-denominational service was attended by a handful of police officers who had worked on the case from the start - including DS Nick Chalmers and Will O'Reilly, soon to be promoted to detective chief inspector.
Ria Matthes, a social worker assessing benefit claims, met Joyce and her two girls on several occasions when they were in Hamburg. She also remembers seeing Joyce twice with a small boy in the summer of 2001 who she now realises may well have been Adam. Which would make her her one of the last people to see him alive.Ria Matthes, a social worker in Hamburg, met Joyce and saw her with a young boy who may have been Adam.
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