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‘He had a history of murdering and violence against women. He was able to commit this murder with no supervision by no authority whatsoever.’ Wrongly Released: Free to Kill II: Steven Hunter, Sky Crime 2021
Sarah Cafferkey was 22 and lived in the Melbourne suburb of Bacchus Marsh … Sarah decided to leave her boyfriend [Hunter]; his alleged response was to get a friend to scare Sarah into changing her mind. ibid.
‘Ultimately pleaded guilty to murder; he was fairly non-remorseful.’ ibid. rozzer
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Best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman slipped out of the house unnoticed. Murders that Shocked Britain
One of the biggest hunts of its kind ever mounted in Britain. ibid.
Huntley had originally been ruled out of the investigation by an alibi from his girlfriend Maxine Carr. ibid.
Huntley had been investigated for a series of sex attacks. ibid.
Holly and Jessica. They were almost perfect victims ... Their crime became more symbolic. David Wilson
On August 4th 2002 two ten-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing in the small Cambridgeshire village of Soham. Their disappearance sparked the biggest man-hunt Britain had ever seen. Soham 10 Years On, Crime Channel 2012
Ian Huntley knew his victims – he worked at their school. He had been helping the police in their searches. ibid.
There was much more to Ian Huntley’s shadowy past. ibid.
The police searched the caretaker’s storage hanger and found the burnt remains of Holly’ and Jessica’s clothes. ibid.
Two bodies had been found near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. ibid.
Maxine Carr – did she know more than she let on? ibid.
I want Ian Huntley to rot in Hell. David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left a family barbecue to play outside on the sleepy streets of their rural village of Soham: their parents never saw them again. They had been murdered by school caretaker Ian Huntley. Soham: A Parent’s Tale, ITV 2012
Hundreds of others had relentlessly scoured the fields, lanes and houses in and around Soham but there was no sign of the girls. ibid.
They’d been dumped in a waterlogged ditch near an American airbase six miles from Soham. ibid.
The caretaker was later charged with two counts of murder; his teaching-assistant girlfriend Maxine Carr had provided him with an alibi and lied to the police. ibid.
Massive flaws in the system had been highlighted by the case. ibid.
The loss of Holly is still felt keenly by her whole family. ibid.
Although Mr Huntley made clear attempts to appear insane, I have no doubt that the man currently, and at the time of the murders, was both physically and mentally sound and therefore, if he is found guilty, carried out the murders totally aware of his actions. Dr Christopher Clark, consultant psychiatrist
Urgently to enquire into child protection procedures in Humberside Police and Cambridgeshire Constabulary in the light of the recent trial and conviction of Ian Huntley for the murder of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.
In particular to assess the effectiveness of the relevant intelligence-based record keeping, the vetting practices in those forces since 1995 and information sharing with other agencies, and to report to the Home Secretary on matters of local and national relevance and make recommendations as appropriate. Michael Bichard, Inquiry December 2003
A picture of innocence which broke our hearts. A man they trusted revealed as a monster. Two little girls missing from home, a huge search but a killer hiding in plain sight. Soham Revisited 15 Years On aka Ian Huntley: Soham Murders Revisited, Channel 5 2017
Soham, a quintessential English market town but a place that would become synonymous with the most appalling of crimes. ibid.
Police conducted a search of the college where Huntley worked: in the boiler room they made a grim discovery. The football shirts Jessica and Holly had been wearing when they vanished had been found – they’d been set alight and dumped in a bin. ibid.
As the trial progressed, details would emerge of the true nature of the man charged with double murder. ibid.
A huge number of errors, loopholes and missed opportunities which allowed Huntley to slip through the net. ibid.
A series of allegations of burglary, indecent assault, underage sex and rape before he moved to Soham. ibid.
The school had not checked Huntley’s references. The findings were damning. ibid.
One of Britain’s most notorious murderers. How he was faking it, and for the first time spotting how he lied. A girlfriend who covered up for him. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s2e1: Ian Huntley & Maxine Carr
Now uncovered the lies Ian Huntley told about the crime that broke Britain’s heart. ibid.
Soham: The Cambridgeshire village that became the focus of worldwide attention after the disappearance of two ten-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. ibid.
Humberside police knew all about him: eight times he’d been linked to allegations of sexual abuse and rape, mostly against girls as young as eleven. ibid.
And he then started to go further, by agreeing to a series of TV interviews. ibid.
It was Britain’s biggest manhunt ever. ibid.
But at odd moments Huntley’s face betrays him. ibid.
Maxine talking about Holly in the past tense … It did strike me at the time as slightly strange. ibid. Jeremy Thompson, reporter
But by choosing to speak on camera both Huntley and Carr made a crucial mistake. They helped to give themselves away. ibid.
On 4th August 2002, 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared while buying sweets in the sleepy Cambridgeshire town of Soham. For two weeks police and locals desperately scoured the area; it was every parent’s worst nightmare. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s1e3: Ian Huntley, Pick TV 2017
Ian Huntley had unquestionably become one of Britain’s most evil killers. ibid.
Huntley’s controlling nature would occasionally lead to violent outbursts. ibid.
Carr provided Huntley with an alibi. ibid.