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Mary Townsend is a fictional character portrayed by Marian McLoughlin in the TV series Silent Witness.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Two Below Zero: Part 1 (season 5), they were 48 years old.
They appear in 3 episodes out of a total of 247 aired so far

Mary Townsend

by Marian McLoughlin

character

Episodes3

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    Two Below Zero: Part 1
    episode S5.E3 february 2001
    When the naked body of a young woman is found in the snow at a Norwegian ski resort, Sam Ryan is asked to represent the Townsend family whose daughter Ruth disappeared there several weeks before. The autopsy however reveals that it is in fact the body of Louise Hutton who had vanished there some 15 years previously. When Ruth's body is subsequently found, it appears both girls were strangled in a similar fashion. The police focus their enquiries on Ruth's boyfriend and on Henry Hutton, Louise's uncle while Sam seeks the advice of a university colleague and tries to draw a profile of the serial killer.
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    Two Below Zero: Part 2
    episode S5.E4 february 2001
    Sam learns more about the personality type that has now killed 3 girls.
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    Death Has No Dominion: Part 2
    episode S15.E2 april 2012
    An eye witness account and identification of a car links a youth called Lee Ness to the farm shop murders but he claims not to know the Wraith. Tom Byrne,recently widowed,and Nikki,who has just lost her father,develop a rapport whilst interviewing the parents of another supposed victim of the Wraith,who have their own views on the murderer's identity. A discrepancy in the findings of the Wraith's DNA at different crime scenes leads Harry to take samples from a rival laboratory. The result reveals an elaborately plotted revenge scenario to punish the police for the deaths of Mary and Lizzie.