‘Serial killer’ prime suspect named in confidential report
POLICE CONDUCTING REVIEW OF CASES OVER THEORY MASS MURDERER WAS RESPONSIBLE
THE prime suspect in the case of a potential serial killer feared to have been preying on elderly couples since the 1990s has been named in a confidential report.
According to a document seen by a national newspaper, similarities between five murder-suicides in the north west mean they could have been the work of the same killer.
SALFORDIANS are being asked to send in videos, pictures and poems for a project capturing the historic summer of 2020.
People who live or work in Kersal, Riverside and Irwell are being asked to document their experiences of the past few months.
The project - one of the pre-Factory events being held by Manchester International Festival
It examines the deaths of Howard and Bea Ainsworth in 1996 and Donald and Auriel Ward in 1999, which took place two miles apart in Wilmslow. - is being led by visual artists at Paradise Works - an independent, artist-led initiative providing studio and project space.
Content will be collected and edited together to make a collaborative film to be premiered at the end of the year.
The call is also open to all of Salford, but the artists have chosen to focus primarily on the
It also calls for a review of three more cases in the north west, including the deaths of Michael and Violet Higgins at their home in Didsbury in 2000, and Kenneth Martin, 77, and his wife Eileen, 76, at their home in Davyhulme, Trafford, in 2008.
In each case the man is suspected of killing the woman before taking their own life. The 179-page report, written by the senior coroner’s officer for Cheshire, Stephanie Davies, identifies a male suspect, according to reports.
He lives in the north, it is reported, but cannot be named for legal reasons and strongly denies any involvement.
In both Wilmslow cases both couples were discovered lying on blood-soaked beds in their nightclothes.
Similarities between the cases included the extremity of violence, with knives left in bodies at the crime scene; injuries to the head from a blunt weapon and stab wounds; and the fact that the women had been left with their nightdresses lifted.
In both Greater Manchester cases, the female victim was stabbed in the neck and suffered ‘blunt force trauma’ to the head.
It is said Cheshire police have contacted GMP as part of the review.
Cheshire Police’s head of crime, Det Chief Supt Aaron Duggan, is leading the review of the report. In a statement last
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eastern area of the city.
Visual artist Danielle Swindells said: “The aim of the project is to establish a social connection between people living in the east Salford area and the artists in Paradise Works studios - through the production of a collaborative film.
The deadline for submissions is August 31. Find out more at mif. co.uk/capturing-summer-2020. week he said: “The contents of the report and its conclusions are being considered by detectives.
“At this time there is no reason to believe that the cases were not investigated by the police appropriately. They were also the subject of inquests. For these reasons, the constabulary has not reopened the cases. However, this decision will remain under review.”
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