arson firegeezer on 28 Aug 2008 10:43 am
“Mystery Mansion” Family Still Missing
FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING FIRE IN SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, TUESDAY (Firegeezer story HERE) the family of three are still missing.
Christopher Foster, 50, wife Jillian, 49, and daughter Kirstie, 15, have not been seen since Monday night when they attended an outdoor barbecue at a friend’s house. Other guests there said that the Fosters showed no signs of unease or anything out of the ordinary.
Christopher, Jillian and Kirstie Foster photographed
Monday night at the barbecue outing.
Police officers and fire crews have been unable to search the property as the building is still unsafe. It is not yet known if the missing family were in the house at the time of the fire.
Foster has a shady past as the owner of a major business that has just been wound up from bankruptcy, a case where a presiding judge branded him as “untrustworthy” after transferring assets from his failing company into another company he had set up under a similar name so he could carry on trading.
Foster had also tried and failed to prosecute a case against two men that he claimed were blackmailing him over a failed land deal in Cyprus.
Friends noted that he was obsessed with security, surrounding his 6-acre homestead with high walls, alarms and a large bank of CCT cameras. The police have located the CCT unit in the house and are studying the tapes now.
BBC News reports HERE that neighbors of the Fosters never saw them or had any interaction with them in the four years they lived at the estate.
The Telegraph has a video showing an aerial view of the estate:
