In March 2013 a man walking his dog on the outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire made a shocking and grisly discovery. Dumped in a rural ditch was the body of a man who had been violently stabbed to death. Police didn’t know it yet but there was a serial killer on the loose. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s1e6: Joanne Dennehy, Pick TV 2017
For no other reason than the pleasure and gratification it offered her. During a 12-day killing spree Joanna Dennehy butchered three men and left a trail of destruction. ibid.
One of the most dangerous women in criminal history. ibid.
Footage of Dennehy in custody at Hereford police station just forty minutes after stabbing two men and leaving them for dead showed her laughing and joking with the arresting officers. ibid.
The posing of the victim’s body after death often reveals a twisted inner need. Born to Kill: Class of Evil s1e6: Joanne Dennehy, Really 2018
30-year-old Joanna Dennehy was known to have a close relationship with local criminal Gary Stretch. ibid.
‘A stable family, she grew up in a loving home.’ ibid. rozzer
The wild child also started to self-harm. ibid.
What was driving Joanna Dennehy? Dennehy would later be diagnosed with having a sadomasochistic sexual paraphilia. ibid.
Around 2012 Dennehy served a series of short sentences in prison. ibid.
Joanna Dennehy was not looking to evade capture ... Joanna Dennehy appeared oblivious to the severity of her crimes. ibid.
How did this bright girl from a good home become one of Britain’s most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers? Over two weeks in 2013 Joanna Dennehy went on a killing spree, murdering three men and attempting to kill two others. Joanna Dennehy: Serial Killer, ITV 2019
Both Dennehy and Stretch were missing: police considered them very dangerous. ibid.
Joanna Dennehy was on a mission: she had two men under her control in the car and was now hunting for more men to murder. ibid.
‘She’s got nothing to say in all of the interviews. She gives no explanation. She gives us nothing to work with. Her behaviour is quite different from the custody office.’ ibid. rozzer
In March 2013 Joanna Dennehy commenced a killing spree that shocked Britain … A psychopathic serial killer … ‘Joanna Dennehy is one of the rare human beings that exist in this world who are essentially born to kill.’ The Killer in My Family s2e1: Joanae Dennehy, Emma Kenny, Quest Red 2020
Despite showing the body in the bin to a local teenager, it’s not discovered by police and Dennehy seems to have got away with murder. ibid.
She was one of those rare individuals: a real psychopath … no sense of human balance. ibid.
In the Spring of 2013 Joanna Dennehy committed five brutal stabbings. She took three innocent lives. And devastated countless more. Over just ten days Joanna Dennehy’s violent spree victimised so many including her own family. The Murderer & Me: Joanna Dennehy, Sky Crime 2021
To the officers’ surprise, Dennehy simply accepts the arrest … Joanna’s erratic behaviour raises concern … Her condition is classified as paraphilia-sadomasochism, meaning she simply enjoys causing pain. ibid.
On 2nd April 2013 the city of Hereford witnessed two crimes so brutal and so horrific that they would thrust an otherwise sleepy community into the news headlines. In separate random assaults two men are savagely set upon while innocently walking their dogs. Joanna Dennehy: British Serial Killer aka Joanne Dennehy: Killing for Fun, Channel 5 2023
A 14 day killing spree that started over 140 miles away. ibid.
On 30th March 2013 the body of property landlord Kevin Lee was found in a ditch near Newborough in Cambridgeshire. ibid.
She returned to the Old Bailey where she was sentenced to a whole life tariff. ibid.
A body has been discovered in the countryside. But reports of further bodies point towards a serial killer. Killer at the Crime Scene s2e2, Netflix 2022
After serving time in prison, Gary Stretch met Joanna Dennehy at a bail hostel and the two became associated. ibid.
This is the story of Joanne Dennehy, Britain’s most infamous female serial killer. The Killing Spree: Hunting Joanne Dennehy, caption, Channel 5 2024
She just wanted to kill as many people as possible. ibid. rozzer
People are fixated with this case because Joanne Dennehy is female. ibid.
Only the third woman in Britain to receive a whole-life sentence. ibid. news
Two miles from the scene of the first attack John Rogers is walking his dog. ibid. caption
Dennehy is taken to Hereford police station. ibid.