[38] These appeals for information on the whereabouts of Wells and Chapman produced over 2,000 phone calls and tips from the public, with all information obtained entered into the investigation's HOLMES 2 database. [21] Over 400 officers were assigned full-time to search for the girls. [188] She performed poorly academically, but always aspired to become a teacher. [6], The two girls and a friend named Natalie Parr played computer games and listened to music for about half an hour. The two were best friends and had been spending time with each other for the past couple of days. Ian was sentenced to life sentences. He further elaborated that a deciding factor to dispose of the bodies in this particular location had been that RAF Lakenheath was just two miles from the home of his disabled grandmother, and that if eyewitnesses spotted his vehicle, he could falsely claim his purpose for being in this vicinity had been his decision to visit his grandmother. [12] Huntley evidently lured the girls into his house, stating that his girlfriend, Maxine Carrthe girls' teaching assistant at St Andrew's Primary Schoolwas also in the house; she was in fact visiting her mother in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. In his early years, he frequently threw tantrums in order to get his mother's attention; childhood friends later remarked how afraid he was of his stern father. Ian Huntley's account of Holly drowning after falling into his bath . I hope the next time I see him, it will be like we saw our daughtersand it will be in a coffin. At about 6:15 p.m., Wells and Chapman decided to purchase some sweets at a nearby store (via Chilling . After two months of courtship,[163] Huntley proposed to Evans. ', "Huntley's Question to Police: Am I a Suspect? Miss ya! Ian Huntley worked as a caretaker at the school both girls attended. Following a heated argument in mid-1979, Shirley ordered her husband to leave the household. The victim of this assault later said that Huntley had not been the perpetrator of her assault. Morris stated that the most likely cause of death of both girls had been asphyxiation. One of the issues scrutinised by the Bichard report surfaced almost immediately when Humberside Police stated their belief that it was unlawful under the Data Protection Act to hold data regarding criminal allegations which had not led to a conviction; this claim was criticised by other police forces who thought this too strict an interpretation of the Act. [15][16] Chapman's Nokia 6110 mobile phone was switched off at 6:46p.m.[17][1][18], At 8:00p.m., Nicola Wells entered her daughter's bedroom to invite the girls to say goodbye to her house guests, only to discover both children were missing. ", "Police Reveal Horrors of Bodies in Ditch", "Last Farewell: Holly Buried in Private Service with Flowers from The Beckhams; Jessica is Laid to Rest 24 Hours Earlier as The Two Families Grieve Alone", "Police Identify Holly and Jessica's Bodies", "Soham Murders: Why Did Ian Huntley Kill Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman? His fingerprints were recovered from the bin. A month later, Huntley was charged and remanded in custody at HM Prison Wolds for one week after another 18-year-old Grimsby woman claimed Huntley beat and raped her while she was walking home from a local nightclub. Their daughters best friends who were just 10 years old were murdered by Ian Huntley after he lured them back to his house in August 2002. He was also forbidden from initiating contact with his baby daughter or her mother. Huntley admitted having sex with this woman, but insisted the act had been consensual. It was a job she returned to in the years following her daughters murder. PARENTS of pupils at an Ulster primary school are petrified that a "Holly and Jessica" - style tragedy could strike . Investigators located and seized this vehicle from a caravan park in Wentworth on 7 August; this lead also proved fruitless. I've just watched the programme. And the intensity of your grief does diminish as the years pass., He added: Grief Encounter helped us learn how to manage our grief and that is why I will never stop supporting this charity.. The stated purpose of the Bichard inquiry was: 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. Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, working for the . They were 17 and 14 at the time of their sisters murder. )[177][n 12], By 2001, Huntley's proven and alleged criminal activities had been reported to Humberside Police on ten occasions and to the social services on five occasions. [162] The bullying Huntley endured escalated when he entered Healing Comprehensive School aged 11, resulting in his academic performance waning. No family members are expected to take the stand. Your tears have never been for them; only for yourself. His erratic behaviour and apparent distress led to him being prescribed anti-depressants on 13 August. The victims were two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman, who were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Kevin Huntley, who subsequently murdered the children, before disposing of . "[157], Huntley avoided eligibility for a whole life tariff as the passing of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 had been one day after his conviction; thus taking effect on 18 December 2003 and applying solely to murders committed on or after this date. [82] As such, she was found not guilty of assisting an offender. [76] The Reverend Tim Alban Jones officiated at this service, saying: "Would not the best and most lasting memorial to these two lovely young girls be a change for the better in how we behave towards each other? [153] The results of this inquiry were published that June.[237]. ", "Huntley Must Serve 40 Years at Least, Judge Rules", "Trail of Underage Sex and Violence that Led to Murders", "Rootless and Troubled Lives of Couple Suspected of Killing Holly and Jessica", "Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells: 18 Years on From The Soham Murders", "Ex-detective Says 'Unspectacular' Huntley Did Not Stand Out", "Former Neighbour Describes Huntley Paedophile Slurs and Former Girlfriend Reveals His Violent Behaviour", "He Charmed, Bullied and Lied His Way Through Life", "School Admits Huntley References Not Checked", "Maxine Carr is One More Huntley Victim: Why Do We Demonise Her? At age 10, Wells and Chapman went missing from the Wells home on August 4, 2002, and were found dead on August 17, 2002, after going missing for almost two weeks. [132][4], Referencing the likely motive for the girls' murder and the cause of death of each victim, Latham stated that due to the extensive state of decomposition of the bodies, the coroner had been unable to determine the precise cause of death of either child, or whether the girls had been sexually assaulted before or after death. Two decades ago, 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by their school caretaker Ian Huntley. Each of these girls was at least one year younger than himself; none of these relationships lasted longer than a few weeks. [168] The marriage was short-lived due to Huntley's volatile temper, which surfaced within days of their marriage. Holly's parents, Nicola and Kevin Wells, think the girls are . [85][86], In the weeks following the disappearances, Huntley reluctantly[87] granted several television interviews to media outlets such as Sky News and the regional BBC News programme, BBC Look East, speaking of the general shock in the local community and his dismay at being the last person to see the children alive. [16] Huntley's face showed no emotion as the verdict was announced; the mothers of both Wells and Chapman burst into tears. [48] The initial speculation by the jogger had been that these mounds of earth might have been the burial locations of the two missing girls. An overnight examination revealed the two mounds of earth to be badger setts. [6][7] Before leaving home, Chapman informed her parents of her intention to also give her friend a necklace engraved with the letter H she had purchased for her on a recent family holiday to Menorca. Their disappearance attracted international media attention and precipitated the biggest ever manhunt in Britain. [98], The same evening, police conducted a thorough search of both 5 College Close and the grounds of Soham Village College where Huntley worked as a senior caretaker[100] as the couple remained under police watch at separate locations outside Soham. [192], In February 1999, Huntley met 22-year-old Maxine Carr in a Grimsby nightclub. "[143], Questioned about the efforts she had made to mislead both police and the media to divert suspicion from her partner, Carr emphasised she had only lied to police, the media and "anyone who asks" to protect Huntley, who had repeatedly assured her of his innocence of any wrongdoing and his fear of being "fitted up"[144] by police for the girls' disappearance should they discover the 1998 rape allegation made against him. Best friends Holly and Jessica were just 10 years . Jessica was a schoolgirl. Holly wouldve been an auntie to her brothers children. Chapman was described as being tanned, with shoulder-length, brown hair; Wells was described as being fair, with blonde hair. Minutes after their daughter's 8:30p.m. curfew had expired, Nicola Wells phoned the Chapman residence to ask if the girls were there, only to learn Leslie and Sharon Chapman were worried that their youngest daughter had not returned home. That involved at all costs protecting Ian Huntley. [42], Shortly after the children's disappearance, Staffordshire Police contacted the investigating officers to report their suspicions the girls could have been abducted by the same man responsible for an abduction in their jurisdiction the previous year, in which a six-year-old girl had survived an indecent assault by an abductor who was still at large and whose green Ford Mondeo had number plates which had earlier been stolen in Peterborough. When Huntley became aware of Clift's presence, he abruptly closed the boot. Testimony from Carr had indicated her suspicions sexual activity had occurred in their home in her absence as, although Huntley had insisted throughout their relationship that Carr perform all domestic chores, she noticed that he had washed the quilts, pillow cases and sheets of their bed in her absence. Huntley saw the girls and lured them back to his house on the pretence that their teaching assistant Maxine Carr, his girlfriend was also at the house. "[28], Suspecting the children had been kidnapped, investigators questioned every registered sex offender in Cambridgeshire and neighbouring Lincolnshire. On 9 June 2003, he attempted suicide by taking 29 antidepressants which he had accumulated in his cell. Westwood retired in March 2005. [207][n 16] No background check was conducted before or after this job interview,[108] and although Huntley lacked extensive experience in this form of employment, his application for this position was successful. [230], At least a dozen women have been falsely identified as being Carr and either persecuted or physically attacked due to false stories speculating as to her whereabouts and new identity which have been printed in tabloid publications. Episode 2. Carr only replied to his missed call at 6:23p.m. [82], In a reference to Huntley's claims both girls' deaths had been accidental, Latham stated that "only one person knows what happened" after the friends entered his home. Jessicas parents are Sharon and Leslie Chapman. [238] Further criticism was directed at the force for their initial failure to scrutinise Carr's claims to have been in Soham on the date of the children's disappearance. [118] Carr only severed contact with Huntley in December 2002. Carr's decision to corroborate Huntley's lies to investigators and media in the early stages of the police investigation briefly resulted in police discounting Huntley as a suspect before eyewitness accounts of Carr's whereabouts on 4 August and a search of mobile phone and telephone records proved the, Huntley had attempted to burn these clothes in the late evening of 4 August; the, Investigators later discovered that a week before his arrest, Huntley had taken his car to an. "[109] According to Carr, Huntley then informed her the children had entered their home in order that Wells could stanch her nosebleed. C ya around school! The two photogenic 10-year-olds were the very model of typical children growing up in a "safe", quiet, English town. [226] She was given a secret identity to protect her from threats of attack from vengeful members of the public[227] in addition to being provided with a new home in an undisclosed location. Following their separation, Huntley had distanced himself from his father for several years. While returning to 4 Redhouse Gardens,[11] Wells and Chapman walked past the College Close home of Ian Huntley, the senior caretaker at the local secondary school. The injuries Huntley received in this attack resulted in his being unable to attend the hearing at which his minimum term of imprisonment was decided. A taxi driver stated he had seen him "thrashing his arms" as he struggled with two young girls inside his vehicle as he drove on the A142 south of Soham towards Newmarket around the time that the girls were last seen. Today's service is a small milestone in our shared journey of grief and sorrow it is our hope that we may perhaps draw a line under one phase of our grieving and begin to look forward. Referencing one of the 1998 rapes he had committed but had earlier claimed to her to have been falsely accused of in this phone call, Huntley then began voicing concerns as to again being falsely accused of involvement on this occasion, also claiming his previous arrest had caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. [239], The inquiry also severely criticised Humberside Police for deleting information relating to the previous criminal allegations against Huntley, and also criticised Cambridgeshire Police for not following standard vetting guidelines. Via this hobby, he became familiar with the environs of RAF Lakenheath. The last piece of footage of Wells and Chapman depicts the children walking onto a car park on the grounds of Soham Village College. Where do Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton live? On hearing this, Carr slumped forward. The case reached court, but the prosecution offered no evidence, resulting in a judge ordering the offence to lie on file. Speaking previously to the Radio Times, Oliver admitted that he thinks about his sister often. Investigators were able to obtain extensive footage of the children's movements following their departure from the Wells household. We have the professionals you need. The parents of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have long been commended for their dignity and grace during what can only be described as unimaginable heartbreak. The Wells family had moved out of the house they raised Holly and her younger brother Oliver in, as the memories were too painful. [241], The Bichard inquiry recommended a mandatory registration scheme for people working with children and vulnerable adults such as the elderly and mentally handicapped. [173] Rumours of Huntley's sexual interest in underage girls soon became community gossip, and he was regularly insulted by neighbours and colleagues. Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Connie Booth. [49], One person who claimed to have spoken with the girls immediately before their disappearance was 28-year-old Huntley, who informed investigators on 5 August he had had a brief conversation with both girls on his doorstep the previous afternoon. He was never charged with this offence, but subsequently confessed to this attack in April 2007. In the summer of 2002, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, went missing from their home in Soham. [69] However, prior to his trial, a criminal profile had resulted in his being ruled by an eminent criminal psychologist as a "latent, predatory paedophile"[175] who had lured Wells and Chapman into his home in a moment of opportunism. Holly's parents moved out of the home where she had spent her last day, enjoying a family barbeque with best friend Jessica, who had rushed . A prisoner who is serving a life sentence for the notorious murders of British schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman is in hospital after having . Holly Wells was a British murder victim from Soham, Cambridgeshire. On August 17, police arrested Ian Huntley and his girlfriend, Maxine Carr, for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. He also told Good Morning Britain in 2015: We still think of Holly every day. [6] He stressed that the cause of death was murder, adding: "Ten-year-old girls don't just drop dead. [166] He also viewed himself as something of a ladies' man, and was scrupulous about his personal appearance and personal hygiene. We had a flood. [129] Latham described how mobile phone records and eyewitness accounts placed Carr in Grimsby on the evening in question,[130] showing the statements she had given to police and press had been false. Several of Carr's former partners would later inform reporters they found her to be an. Maxine Carr is found not guilty of helping Ian Huntley in relation to the deaths of the girls but guilty of lying to the police about what happened. [165], In 1990, Huntley finished his schooling, obtaining five GCSE passes. [113] Carr was also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice on this date. Holly Marie Wells and her Best Friend Jessica Aimee Chapman went Missing on 4th August 2002 as they were walking along a Street in Soham, England. 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. "[17] Huntley did not reply to this message. The couple married at Grimsby Register Office on 28 January 1995. The costs of imposing this order have been reported by differing tabloid newspapers as being between 1million and 50million. There's no trace of the building which once stood there, nor a memorial to the two young girls murdered inside. Today marks 20 years since schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells vanished from a family barbecue and later turned up dead. [39][n 3] The community held a candlelight vigil on 7 August. [154], Minutes after the convictions, the parents of both girls granted an interview to the media. [82], Over the course of three days, Latham outlined the efforts of both defendants to divert suspicion away from Huntley, and Huntley's own efforts to destroy all physical and circumstantial evidence linking him to the crime,[24] but despite these efforts, investigators had retrieved enough evidence to show the children had been murdered within his home andwithin approximately twelve hours of their deathstransported in his vehicle to the location where their bodies were discovered on 17 August. And hes even walked the Great Wall of China to raise funds for it. The Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Tom Lloyd, was also subjected to severe criticism as his force had failed to contact Humberside Police during the investigation into Huntley's criminal background prior to his securing employment at Soham Village College. [192] This employment was initially voluntary work, but Carr later became a teaching assistant in the school's Year 5 class. my tongue piercing hurts after 3 years,

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