Every clue, breakthrough and piece of evidence in the Stuart Everett murder investigation

Yahoo

21-03-2025

For weeks, police desperately searched for clues as more body parts were discovered. Horrifying finds were made at beauty spots across Greater Manchester, areas popular with walkers and wildlife lovers.
Green areas became crime scenes and officers in white boiler suits became a common sight. Huge areas were shut off as an intense and wide-ranging murder probe moved at pace.
Eventually, 67-year-old Stuart Everett was identified as the victim of a horrendous killing. Officers meticulously pieced together thousands of hours of CCTV footage to track down his killer.
Only about a third of his body has been recovered. But the searches yielded enough evidence to convict 42-year-old Marcin Majerkiewicz of Stuart's murder.
These are the key moments in Operation Harker, the codename given to the probe into the grisly case…
March 27/28, 2024 - Stuart Everett was believed to have been murdered late into the 27th or in the early hours of the 28th by Marcin Majerkiewicz, at the home they shared on Worsley Road.
March 28 - Stuart's phone sent a WhatsApp message to his housemate Michal Polchowski, saying he was going to his brother's home in Derby for Easter. Prosecutors later claimed this was in fact Majerkiewicz using Stuart's phone.
March 28 - Marcin Majerkiewicz was seen to travel from his home to nearby Worsley Woods. No body parts found.
March 28 - Majerkiewicz was seen on footage to travel to Chesterfield Close.
March 29 - Majerkiewicz was seen on footage to take the bus to Boggart Hole Clough.
March 29 - Majerkiewicz was seen to travel to Linnyshaw Colliery Woods, carrying a bag for life and leaving without it.
March 29 - In the evening, Majerkiewicz took the bus to the Trafford Centre and spent £200 at Superdry, £183 at Sketchers and £3 at McDonald's.
April 2 - Majerkiewicz was seen walking into Kersal Dale, carrying a bag for life.
April 2 - That evening, Majerkiewicz googled 'best remover of stain carpet uk'.
April 3 - Phone data placed Majerkiewicz in the area of Blackleach Reservoir, where body parts were later discovered.
April 3 - A neighbour noticed black bags being moved from Majerkiewicz's home on Worsley Road.
April 4 - Stuart Everett's phone texted Michal Polchowski to say he has had a stroke and was in hospital. Prosecutors said this was Majerkiewicz pretending to be Stuart so it appeared he was still alive.
April 4 - A member of the public discovered the first body parts in Kersal Dale, calling 101 at 4.04pm. A lower torso, pelvis and thighs were found.
April 5 - Richard Ziemacki, Stuart Everett's brother, received a birthday card from Mr Everett. Majerkiewicz's fingerprints were later found on the card.
April 5 - Stuart's landlord received a text from his phone saying he was in hospital in Derby. Prosecutors said it was Majerkiewicz pretending to be Stuart.
April 11 - Stuart Everett's phone texted Majerkiewicz's phone to say: "I'm sorry things turned out this way and you are only just finding out. This is what it's like with health. It was bound to happen."
April 12 - Majerkiewicz's email account sent a note to Salford Elections saying he was 'moving out'.
April 13 - Richard Ziemacki texted his brother encouraging him to put a bet on. He received a reply with a video showing 'miserable weather' with the caption: 'I catch a cold. How you look what weather in Manchester."
April 16 - Further messages were sent from Stuart's phone about the practicalities of moving house. A skip was booked in his name.
April 19 - A large white van was seen to arrive outside the house on Worsley Road.
April 21 - Internet searches were made on Stuart's phone including: 'Police return to Kersal Dale as searches continue', 'Kersal Dale', 'Kersal Dale photos', and on ITV's website 'Murder arrest after human torso found wrapped in plastic in nature reserve', 'bail' and 'meaning of bail'.
April 22 - Majerkiewicz was seen loading items into the skip during the morning. A hacksaw and a blood stained piece of carpet were later found in the skip. Further online searches were made on Stuart's phone on the Manchester Evening News website for 'Police return to Kersal Dale as searches continue'. Then a further search for the 'police public portal'.
April 23 - Majerkiewicz was seen putting items into the skip.
April 24 - Majerkiewicz sent a video to his partner of the inside of the house on Worsley Road, with an ongoing commentary in Polish. Majerkiewicz could be heard saying that he had 'cleaned everything very nice'.
April 25 - Majerkiewicz was arrested at 1.12pm after being spotted by police.
April 28 - Bones, muscle tissue, and parts of skull and part of a neck were found wrapped in cling film at Linnyshaw Colliery Woods. A further recovery was made on May 1, of the front and back of a skull, and some skin. A hacksaw was discovered in the reservoir by an underwater search team on May 2.
April 28 - Body parts including the skull, scalp, left ear and part of the face were discovered at Blackleach Reservoir.
April 29 - Polchowski and Majerkiewicz both appeared before magistrates accused of murder and are remanded in custody.
April 29 - body parts found at land off Chesterfield Close in Eccles. Three bin bags containing human remains were recovered. One contained thigh skin and muscle, genitalia, part of the lung and skin. A second bag contained a kidney, skin and further muscle. A third bag contained the heart and part of the right lung.
April 30 - Stuart Everett was publicly identified as the victim for the first time.
May 1 - A further recovery was made at Linnyshaw Colliery Woods, of the front and back of a skull, and some skin.
May 2 - A hacksaw was discovered in the reservoir at Linnyshaw Colliery Woods by an underwater search team.
May 27 - A section of spinal column was recovered from Boggart Hole Clough.
July 22 - Police find a black bin bag at Worsley Woods containing Stuart's DNA. No body parts were discovered there.
July 23 - GMP announced that searches in relation to Stuart Everett's murder, which began on April 4 with the first discovery at Kersal Dale and lasted almost four months, had concluded.
February 4, 2025 - During a hearing at Manchester Crown Court prosecutors offer no evidence against Michal Polchowski, 68, who had been charged with murder. He had spent nine months on remand in prison before the allegation against him was dropped. Reporting restrictions, since lifted following an application by the Manchester Evening News, were imposed at the time to prevent reporting of the decision. Majerkiewicz then faced the murder charge alone.
March 3, 2025 - Six men and six women were sworn in at Manchester Crown Court as the jury for the murder trial. The trial started the following day.
March 21 - Majerkiewicz found unanimously guilty of murder.
March 28 - Majerkiewicz to face sentencing hearing, where he will get life in prison.