Serial killer Steve Wright is known to have been arrested on suspicion of the homicide of a 17-year-old woman who went lacking 24 years in the past.
Victoria Hall was on her manner dwelling from a nightclub when she vanished in September 1999. Her bare physique was present in a ditch 5 days later.
Wright, 65, often called the “Suffolk Strangler”, is serving a complete life sentence for the murders of 5 girls. They had been killed over a 10-day interval in December 2006 and their our bodies dumped in Ipswich.
Suffolk Police reopened their investigation into Miss Hall’s killing in 2019 after receiving contemporary witness data – which they’ve by no means expanded upon.
A person – who the pressure didn’t identify on the time – was initially arrested in July 2021 in reference to {the teenager}’s homicide then subsequently launched from police custody beneath investigation.
He had not beforehand been arrested as a part of the inquiry.
Suffolk Police has now stated the identical man was re-arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of homicide and brought into police custody for questioning.
The pressure stated he was once more launched beneath investigation pending additional inquiries.
Sky News understands that man is Wright, who stays in jail.
Suffolk Police has stated the pressure isn’t commenting on the person’s identification.
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Wright was convicted of murdering Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls.
Miss Hall, from Trimley St Mary in Suffolk, went out on the night of 18 September 1999 with a pal to the Bandbox nightclub in Felixstowe.
The women left the membership at round 1am and parted methods at round 2.20am, yards from Miss Hall’s dwelling.
That was the final time she was seen alive.
The pressure launched a lacking individual inquiry after Miss Hall’s mother and father wakened that morning and found she had not returned dwelling and referred to as the police.
Her physique was discovered on 24 September 1999 by a canine walker within the village of Creeting St Peter, round 25 miles from the place she was final seen.
Her clothes or possessions have by no means been discovered.
Suffolk Police proceed to ask for anybody with details about Miss Hall’s loss of life to contact them.
Source: information.sky.com”