Serial Killer (Ripper) On The Loose in England 5 Dead So far

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A psychologist working with police investigating the murder of prostitutes in Ipswich says the recent deaths may be part of a larger killing spree.
Five bodies have been found near Ipswich over the past fortnight.

Dr Ian Stephen said: "The killer is losing control and there is a compulsion taking over."

Police in Norfolk have confirmed they are looking at possible links with at least four unsolved cases of missing or murdered prostitutes in the county.

A Norfolk Police spokesman said: "We are continuing to check our databases to see there is any information within the inquiries into prostitute murders that have occurred in Norfolk over recent years which may assist Suffolk Police with their inquiry.

"At this time there is nothing to suggest there are any links. However, we will continue to check and share information with Suffolk Police."

The bodies of Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, and Anneli Alderton, 24, were found in rural locations around Ipswich between 2 and 10 December.

On Tuesday two more bodies were found which police believe "may well be" missing prostitutes Paula Clennell, 24, and 29-year-old Annette Nicholls.

A number of other women have vanished or been killed in similar circumstances in East Anglia over the past 13 years.

'Running out of victims'

Among the unsolved cases being looked at for possible links is the murder of Natalie Portman, 16, who was strangled in Norwich in 1992.

Mandy Duncan, 26, of Woodbridge, Suffolk, vanished in 1993 while working as a prostitute in Ipswich.

Kellie Pratt, 29, disappeared from the red light area of Norwich in 2000 and Michelle Bettles, 22, was found strangled three days after disappearing from the same area of the city in 2002.

Her body was found in woods near Scarning and no-one has been charged over her death.

A Suffolk police spokesman said officers are liaising with other forces, but added: "We are not looking at any other connections at the present time."

Forensic psychologist Dr Ian Stephen, who has worked on previous serial killer cases, says he thinks the murderer is likely to try to kill more women.

He said: "What may be an issue is that when he starts running out of prostitutes not becoming available, he will see any woman who's out on the street at night on their own as a prostitute and will target them as a possible victim."

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Scary stuff lets hope they catch him soon its like something out of a movie watching it on the news everyday a body seems to be found

[Izzy]

We're used in the western world to serial killers taking months or even years to rack up their tally - this is 5 in 10 days, the bastard is on a frenzied killing spree

[Jim]

Being in East Anglia, it's all over the place up here. It's weird how it's gone from a side article to national news in, like Izzy said, a matter of days.

He said: "What may be an issue is that when he starts running out of prostitutes not becoming available, he will see any woman who's out on the street at night on their own as a prostitute and will target them as a possible victim."

  I don't care how far down the road it is, my girlfriend isn't going anywhere on her own. 

[anythinggoes]

Being in East Anglia, it's all over the place up here. It's weird how it's gone from a side article to national news in, like Izzy said, a matter of days.

He said: "What may be an issue is that when he starts running out of prostitutes not becoming available, he will see any woman who's out on the street at night on their own as a prostitute and will target them as a possible victim."

  I don't care how far down the road it is, my girlfriend isn't going anywhere on her own.?

Well its like 100 miles from me but we are classed as East Anglia as well and yeah it was all over the local news at first and then the nationals got hold of it and fuck like two bodys found today they were only announced missing yesterday and one of the girls had done an interview on the news saying she was scared but needed the money but she was weary of getting in car, which begs the question do these girls know the killer.

Scary shit

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Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- A prostitute who was one of five suspected victims of a U.K. serial killer gave a television interview four days before she vanished.

Paula Clennell, 24, was filmed on Dec. 5 as she continued to walk the streets in the red light district of Ipswich, in the eastern English county of Suffolk, even though the body of one local prostitute had already been found and another was missing.

``I need the money,'' Clennell told regional broadcaster ITV Anglia. ``I am a bit wary about getting into cars.'' Clennell was last seen on Dec. 9. Police believe two bodies found in Suffolk yesterday were Clennell and another prostitute Annette Nicholls, 29, although that has yet to be formally confirmed, Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull said at a televised news conference today.

If responsible for five murders, the perpetrator would be the worst serial killer of prostitutes in the U.K. since Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, and he is killing at a faster rate. Sutcliffe was sentenced to life in prison in 1981 for murdering 13 women, some of them prostitutes, in the north of England between 1975 and 1980. The unknown serial killer called Jack the Ripper killed at least five prostitutes in east London in 1888.

``We will do everything we can to support the police in the difficult and challenging work that they do,'' Prime Minister Tony Blair told lawmakers in Parliament today.

Downing Street

Downing Street officials have spoken to Alastair McWhirter, the most senior police officer in Suffolk, to ensure he has all the resources he needs, Blair's spokesman Tom Kelly told reporters.

``We all want this monster to be caught and to be locked up,'' David Cameron, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, said.

Prostitution is not formally illegal in the U.K., though many activities linked to it, including soliciting in a public place and living off immoral earnings, are outlawed. The government has published proposals to allow mini-brothels of two or three prostitutes working together in a private house, though no decisions have been taken.

In Suffolk, five bodies have been found in 10 days within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of each other. All were naked and close to a main road, the A14, which runs to the nearby port of Felixstowe.

They appeared to have been killed somewhere else, Gull said. ``We have not found what appear to be murder scenes,'' he said. ``What we are dealing with appears to be deposition sites where the bodies have been dumped and left.''

Bodies In Stream

Gemma Adams, 25, was found in a stream near Ipswich on Dec. 2. Tania Nicol, 19, was found two miles away in the same stream Dec. 8. Anneli Alderton, 24, was found in woodland Dec. 10. She was asphyxiated and may have been strangled, Gull said.

Initial tests by pathologists on Adams and Nicol haven't conclusively established how they died. There were no obvious signs of sexual assault against Adams, Nicol or Alderton.

A member of the public found the fourth body yesterday near the village of Levington, only two miles from Suffolk Police Headquarters. About 40 minutes later police officers in a helicopter spotted the fifth body nearby.

One of the bodies found yesterday was only 20 feet from a road. ``Possibly, he wanted us to find her,'' Gull said.

``The first two bodies were in water, possibly to destroy forensic evidence,'' Clive Sims, an Ipswich-based forensic psychologist told Sky News. ``The last three bodies have been discarded basically at the road side. He may be trying to challenge the police.''

It was possible there may be more than one killer, Gull said. Police have received more than 2,000 calls from the public after making appeals for information. There have been no arrests so far, he said.

A pair of shoes, thought to belong to Adams, has been found. It was possible the killer may have left DNA at the locations where the bodies were discovered, Gull said.

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A 48-year-old man has been charged with murdering five women whose bodies were found in countryside near Ipswich.

Stephen Wright was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home in the London Road area of the town.

He has been charged with murdering prostitutes Gemma Adams, 25, Anneli Alderton, 24, Tania Nicol, 19, Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

Police said the first man arrested Tom Stephens, 37, has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Detectives said Mr Wright would appear before magistrates in Ipswich on Friday morning.

Det Ch Supt Stewart Gull said: "You will be aware that on Monday 18 December, as part of our investigation into the murders of five women in the Ipswich area, we arrested a suspect at his home address in Trimley.

"The next day, Tuesday 19 December, a second suspect was arrested in Ipswich.

"There have been significant ongoing inquiries and interviews during the period that these men have been in custody.

"As a result of these inquiries, the 37-year-old man from Trimley was this evening released on police bail pending further inquiries. Police will not name this man at this stage.

"The second man, Stephen Wright, from Ipswich, has been charged with the murder of all five women."