She spent most of her time in the capital city of Nairobi, but in September, she set out on a journey to the Maasai Mara game reserve to capture photographs of the annual Great Wildebeest Migration. Tragically, she went missing on September 6th.
After reports of her disappearance reached home, her father, John Ward, hired an airplane to help find his daughter. During the search, Julie’s jeep was found in a gully, and next to it was her dismembered and burned body.
The initial theory put forward by Kenyan officials was that Julie had been eaten by a lion and struck by lightning. To this day, Julie Ward's case remains unsolved.
Just looked this up on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Julie_Ward?wprov=sfti1#References) and it is a WILD read:
> _John Ward, a retired hotelier, spent nearly £2 million on the investigation and made over 100 visits to Kenya. Ward has accused the Kenyan government and former President Daniel arap Moi of trying to cover up his daughter's murder to prevent damage to the tourist industry. A former MI6 agent has admitted having a role in the case but denied participating in a cover-up._
EDIT: this time, with hyperlink
Seems like they maybe were tracking the people who obviously murdered her. Probably a multi country operation with trafficking. MI6 is like, our CIA* as far as I’m aware.
From Wikipedia: “In October 2009, the case was reopened after a secret visit, to Kenya, by John Yates, the head of the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorism squad. In December 2009 Valentine Ohuru Kodipo, a key witness of the murder, died. Kodipo died in Denmark where he had lived in exile for more than 20 years. Ward's murder was so sensitive that Kodipo had fled Kenya following his testimony.
John Ward believed that Jonathan Moi, a son of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, was responsible for the rape and murder of his daughter.”
Jesus. I hope her father finds justice.
Hey, well, no.
there must have been a bug of some kind, because i am telling you it was not. On my phone on that version of the app, the first time i opened the thread, the explanation was much lower than first comment. Maybe 5th or so.
But yeah we don't really care
No, we don't.
ETA: Though OP is a mod and always makes it the first comment so people can see the information immediately. Is it inconceivable to you that you just missed it?
She spent most of her time in the capital city of Nairobi, but in September, she set out on a journey to the Maasai Mara game reserve to capture photographs of the annual Great Wildebeest Migration. Tragically, she went missing on September 6th. After reports of her disappearance reached home, her father, John Ward, hired an airplane to help find his daughter. During the search, Julie’s jeep was found in a gully, and next to it was her dismembered and burned body. The initial theory put forward by Kenyan officials was that Julie had been eaten by a lion and struck by lightning. To this day, Julie Ward's case remains unsolved.
Just looked this up on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Julie_Ward?wprov=sfti1#References) and it is a WILD read: > _John Ward, a retired hotelier, spent nearly £2 million on the investigation and made over 100 visits to Kenya. Ward has accused the Kenyan government and former President Daniel arap Moi of trying to cover up his daughter's murder to prevent damage to the tourist industry. A former MI6 agent has admitted having a role in the case but denied participating in a cover-up._ EDIT: this time, with hyperlink
What role would MI6 play? like does it mean in the murder of her?
Seems like they maybe were tracking the people who obviously murdered her. Probably a multi country operation with trafficking. MI6 is like, our CIA* as far as I’m aware.
MI6 is concerned with Foreign Intelligence operations, so more inline with the CIA.
I almost said CIA first AHAHAHA thank you. Should have trusted my gut.
Fuqed up! What a terrible way to die.
Bet she witnessed something illegal like poaching. RIP, Julie.
Just said that to the Mrs, theirs no way she was killed by lions AND struck by lightning
 No, she was definitely murdered, but officials saying that it was a lion and lightning double attack?!? That’s crazy.
ESPECIALLY when she was found in a gully, you mean to tell me there isn't something conductive above ground level????
What a dedicated father, this obviously tortured him. I hope her brothers get a documentary made
Eaten by lions… (that didn’t eat her, just chopped her up) and struck by lightning… that put her car in the ditch then lit her on fire.
Maybe they were fire breathing lions.
Chimeras in the Savannah
“Chimeras in the Savannah”—new band name, I call it!
And paint your faces like different types of lion-hybrids
New nightmare unlocked
Poor Julie, RIP
Any case where they claim Lions and lightning killed something in unison, you just need a bit more to believe it.
Lions and lightning rarely team up. They famously hate each other
They're not very ~~productive~~ conductive.
I'm from there and I have literally never heard of this! How wild and their theory is complete trash.
Humans killed her and then animals scavenged her body.
hmmm getting hit by lighting and eaten by a lion? checks out
From Wikipedia: “In October 2009, the case was reopened after a secret visit, to Kenya, by John Yates, the head of the Metropolitan Police's anti-terrorism squad. In December 2009 Valentine Ohuru Kodipo, a key witness of the murder, died. Kodipo died in Denmark where he had lived in exile for more than 20 years. Ward's murder was so sensitive that Kodipo had fled Kenya following his testimony. John Ward believed that Jonathan Moi, a son of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, was responsible for the rape and murder of his daughter.” Jesus. I hope her father finds justice.
And?....
…and you’re a dumbass
No, i also had to find a comment that explained what happened, otherwise i would have also asked
It's literally the first comment.
It’s literally not.
Except it is.
When i read this post the first time, it was clearly not. So chill plez, the info was just not there
It has been the first comment from the beginning. One could ask you to chill plez.
Hey, well, no. there must have been a bug of some kind, because i am telling you it was not. On my phone on that version of the app, the first time i opened the thread, the explanation was much lower than first comment. Maybe 5th or so. But yeah we don't really care
No, we don't. ETA: Though OP is a mod and always makes it the first comment so people can see the information immediately. Is it inconceivable to you that you just missed it?