Man convicted of murdering stepdaughter at Preston student accommodation
Nathan Owens, 34, has been convicted of murdering his 19-year-old stepdaughter, Carla Georgescu, at her university accommodation in Preston. Prosecutors said he travelled there after becoming jealous of her planned trip to Romania to meet a man she had met online, and described his sexual fixation on her as a key part of the case.
Carla was found dead on 5 February, initially believed to have died by suicide. CCTV and car data contradicted Owens’s account of the journey, while investigators said he searched online about suspicious-death inquiries and wiped devices after returning home. Jurors reached their verdict in under four hours; Owens did not give evidence, and the precise events inside the flat remain unclear.
In short
- Nathan Owens was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter, Carla Georgescu.
- CCTV and car data undermined his account of travelling to Preston.
- The jury reached its verdict in under four hours.
Explained simply
Carla Georgescu was a 19-year-old student living in university accommodation in Preston. Nathan Owens, her stepfather, was accused of travelling to see her after learning she planned to visit Romania to meet someone she had met online.
The case concerned what happened in Carla’s flat on 5 February, when she was found dead. Investigators examined CCTV, car data and searches on Owens’s devices as they assessed his account of the journey and the circumstances of her death.
The case drew attention to how evidence gathered from digital devices and travel records can help establish events when the precise circumstances inside a home are unknown.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “‘Sexually obsessed’ stepfather convicted of murdering student, 19, at her university accommodation after being ‘consumed by jealousy’”.