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Suspect in Prostitute Slayings Arrested (UK Ripper)
AP on AOL News ^ | December 18, 2006 | MARTIN BENEDYK

Posted on 12/18/2006 7:50:38 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

IPSWICH, England (Dec. 18) - Police hunting a suspected serial killer following the murders of five prostitutes in eastern England arrested a 37-year-old man on Monday and cordoned off a group of houses.

The man was arrested at his home in Trimley St. Martin, near the port of Felixstowe, Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull said in a brief statement to reporters. He declined to say where the suspect was being held.

"He has been arrested on the suspicion of murdering all five women," Gull said.

News reports identified the suspect as Tom Stephens, who was quoted in the Sunday Mirror newspaper as saying he knew all five women, and that he had been interviewed four times under caution - meaning that he was regarded as a potential suspect - by police investigating the slayings.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ripper; uk

1 posted on 12/18/2006 7:50:40 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

The pics on this guy's myspace site remind me of Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates.


2 posted on 12/18/2006 7:51:56 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

"British police arrested
grocery worker Tom Stephens,
here in an undated Web site photo,
in connection with the murders
of five prostitutes near Ipswich, England."
3 posted on 12/18/2006 7:53:44 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: mewzilla

Yeah. How about that one with the freaky eyes.


4 posted on 12/18/2006 8:47:57 AM PST by GnL
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To: GnL
Yeah. How about that one with the freaky eyes.

Phrenology lives!

5 posted on 12/19/2006 12:37:11 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: Winniesboy

lol


6 posted on 12/19/2006 12:39:09 AM PST by monkapotamus
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