[50], In July 1998, police were notified that Huntley had sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in September 1997, having also threatened to kill the child if she informed her mother. [74], The following day, Cambridgeshire Deputy Chief Constable Keith Hodder released a press statement to the media confirming the discovery of the children's bodies, adding that both families had been informed of the developments and that although positive formal identification would take several days, investigators were as "certain as [they] possibly could be" the bodies were those of Wells and Chapman. Ian Huntley was found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison. Ian Huntley is found guilty of murdering both Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. [224] Following Huntley's admission of guilt, this victim issued a press statement in which she confessed to feeling "a massive sense of relief", but concluded this statement with the sentence: "Yet, I still feel upset that Huntley was left at large, resulting in the deaths of two innocent children. 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[173] Rumours of Huntley's sexual interest in underage girls soon became community gossip, and he was regularly insulted by neighbours and colleagues. It was startling to see the previous fiance of Ian Huntley grinning in an outdated interview movie as she mentioned the victims, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, with a BBC reporter. [38], Maxine Carr was born Maxine Ann Capp. Each room of Huntley's home had evidently been recently and meticulously cleaned[101] with what was later described as being a "lemony" cleaning fluid,[102] but the search of the home revealed many items of "major importance" to the investigation. He applied for this using the alias Ian Nixon. Holly and Jessica both lived close to each other in the Cambridgeshire town of Soham in the United Kingdom and . Music Composed and Conducted by: David Newman. I was stood on the front doorstep grooming my dog down. [229] Carr won an injunction on 24 February 2005, granting her lifelong anonymity on the grounds that her life would otherwise be in danger. He was just six years old at the time of his sisters murder. Two girls go missing in August of 2002, leaving their community reeling. [57], On 6 August, Huntley drove from Soham to Grimsby to pick up Carr. This was supported by the headteacher of St Andrew's Primary School, who told reporters: "The possible danger from strangers is something we have impressed upon [the children] from an early age. To these questions, Carr explained that her first impression had been that Huntley had "had a woman in the house", adding their bedding had been washed shortly before 4 August. Both services were held at St Andrew's parish church and officiated by Tim Alban Jones, and the girls were buried in adjacent graves in Soham's Fordham Road Cemetery, following ceremonies attended by only family and close friends. Today marks 20 years since schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells vanished from a family barbecue and later turned up dead. Episode 2 of Soham: The Murder of Holly & Jessica airs tonight (March 10) on Channel 5 at 9pm. Oliver Wells was 12 when Holly . The person responsible for this abduction and assault was also believed to have followed a 12-year-old girl in the same area, although in this instance, his car had been fitted with number plates which had been stolen in Nottinghamshire. Others said that, contrary to her televised claims, Carr had been socialising in Grimsby town centre on the night of the girls' disappearance, and was not at home in Soham as she had claimed to the media. He was reportedly awarded 2,500 in legal aid to pursue this claim. 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. He regularly travelled to Cambridgeshire from East Anglia on his days off to help his father, and soon developed aspirations to become a school caretaker himself. We slept on it for a long . On 4th August 2002, 10-year-old school friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were enjoying a . 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. Coward concluded his closing argument by requesting the jury deliver a verdict of manslaughter in relation to both deaths.[150]. 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. [216], Huntley was transferred from Wakefield prison to Frankland prison on 23 January 2008. [92] Carr also displayed a thank-you card to this reporter which had recently been given to her by Wells on the last day of the school year. 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,[1] who subsequently murdered the childrenlikely via asphyxiationbefore disposing of their bodies in an irrigation ditch close to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. [71], The funeral services for Wells and Chapman were held on consecutive days in September 2002. [192] This employment was initially voluntary work, but Carr later became a teaching assistant in the school's Year 5 class. He also ran the London Marathon for the charity in 2012. "[55][n 5] This officer was unconvinced by Huntley's claims and suspicious of his agitated demeanour; Huntley remained a strong suspect. Huntley's precise motivation for voluntarily informing police of his encountering the children outside his home is unknown; it is speculated he chose to do so out of concerns. He can't have been! FRIENDS Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing in August 2002 and their bodies were not found until more than a week later. He conceded his client was guilty of physical responsibility for the girls' actual deathsas Huntley had admittedand therefore deserved punishment, but argued that the prosecution had failed to provide definitive proof that Huntley had intended to murder the children or cause them bodily harm. Lyrics by: Alan Menken. [14], The prosecution contended at Huntley's trial that a likely sexual motive existed for the murders. On this occasion, Carr had been drinking with a former boyfriend named Paul Selby when Huntleya casual acquaintance of Selbyapproached the two and initiated a conversation. [9], Following several weeks of mistreatment, Huntley's wife announced her intention to leave him. [114][n 11] She was further charged with two counts of assisting an offender on 17 January 2003. [39], On 12 August, police launched a media appeal to trace the driver of a four-door, dark green saloon car. Howard Gilbert, then-headteacher of Soham Village Collegehaving admitted the college's failure to check Huntley's references prior to offering him employmentlater said that he would not have employed Huntley if he had been aware of the burglary charge, as one of Huntley's key responsibilities was to ensure security in the school grounds. They both lived in the village of Soham in Cambridgeshire, where they went to St Andrew's Primary School. [23], While held on remand at Holloway Prison,[116] Carr regularly enquired as to Huntley's welfare,[117] and wrote several letters in which she professed her continued love for him. She briefly worked alongside her mother in a fish processing plant as she considered which career path she should choose before enrolling at the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education, having chosen to study general care. Couple's daughter Holly and best friend Jessica Chapman killed in 2002 . The funeral services for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were held on consecutive days in September 2002. Episode 2. [203] He soon found new employment at a finance company in Binbrook while Carr maintained her employment packing fish at a local fish processing factory. [19] Following subsequent frantic efforts by the families of both girls to locate their daughters, Wells and Chapman were reported missing by their parents at 9:55p.m.[20], Police immediately launched an intensive search for the missing children. Here, his mental state was assessed by Christopher Clark, a consultant forensic psychiatrist, to determine whether he suffered from any form of mental illness and whether he was mentally competent to stand trial. These findings ultimately led to the tightening of various procedures within the Criminal Records Bureau system, including compulsory checks into potential criminal backgrounds of people who apply to work with children.[243]. Shortly thereafter, she briefly worked as a junior care assistant at a care home for the elderly in Grimsby, then returned to work alongside her mother as a labourer at Bluecrest fish processing plant. [110] She had therefore later agreed to concoct a false story with her partner to support his version of events. The inquiry scrutinised the investigation by Cambridgeshire Police into the children's disappearance and murder, as almost two weeks had elapsed following the disappearance of Wells and Chapman before Cambridgeshire Police became aware of Huntley's previous criminal background, despite his claims to be the last person to see the children alive. Referencing Carr's conscious efforts to deceive the police and media alike, Latham stated: "She had the prospect of marriage, a baby, a nice home and a new start. For the first five months after Holly died we broke down together, but after that we processed our grief at different speeds. Huntley's parents had separated in 1993. In what Huntley had believed would be his posthumous confession, he claims to have confessed to having murdered both girls to Carr prior to their arrest and his plans to confess to authorities, to which, Huntley alleged, Carr had slapped his face and informed him to "pull [himself] together" as she did not wish to lose the teaching position she had yearned for all her life. [136], On 1 December, Huntley testified before the court in his defence. [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. 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. This revealed that the car had also been recently, extensively cleaned, but traces of a mixture of brick dust, chalk and concrete of the same type used to pave the road leading to where the girls' bodies would be discovered were found around the wheel arches and on and around the pedals. Christopher Clark, consultant forensic psychiatrist, reciting the conclusions of his assessment of Ian Huntley's mental state (2002)[121], Having been declared mentally fit to stand trial, Huntley was faced with a sentence of life imprisonment if a jury could be convinced of his guilt. [30] Police also investigated the possibility that the girls had arranged to meet someone they had contacted via an internet chat room, but this was soon ruled out. [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. "[69][n 8], By the second week of the children's disappearance, Huntley had begun to lose weight and was displaying visible symptoms of insomnia. "[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. 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. [82] As such, she was found not guilty of assisting an offender. The girls' bodies were discovered on 17 August 2002. [222][223], In April 2007, Huntley confessed to having sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl he had dragged into an orchard in 1997. [17], When they met, Huntley temporarily worked for an insurance company in Market Rasen. Produced In Association With Silver Screen Partners III and MTM Enterprises, Inc. "The Roger Rabbit's Little OddParents". RMG6JATP - The parents of murdered Soham schoolchildren Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, from left, Leslie and Sharon Chapman and Kevin and Nicola Wells, arrive at the Old Bailey in London, where the prosecution is expected to outline its case at the trial of Ian Huntley and his former girlfriend Maxine Carr. This had included fibre evidence retrieved from Huntley's vehicle, clothes and carpets which had been a "precise match" to the Manchester United shirts the girls had been wearing at the time of their disappearance. PARENTS of pupils at an Ulster primary school are petrified that a "Holly and Jessica" - style tragedy could strike . Two decades on, where are their parents now, and how have they moved on from the awful tragedy? [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. When they were returning home, they were lured into the local resident, Ian Kevin Huntley's home. One heartbreaking aspect of the murder of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was that parents everywhere could imagine that these could have been their children. [82], In his opening statement on behalf of the Crown, prosecutor Richard Latham QC described the last day of the friends' lives and how, by "pure chance", they had happened to pass by Huntley's home at a time when Carr was not present. The couple married at Grimsby Register Office on 28 January 1995. Parents of murdered Soham girl Holly Wells have become grandparents. Both girls had been missing for thirteen days when their bodies were found, and their corpses were in an advanced state of decomposition. I wish I could see her now, see what shed have looked like, he said. A physical description of each girl was also released to the media, describing them as being white, about 4ft 6in (137cm) tall, and slim. The girls had been at a Wells family barbecue before sneaking out to buy sweets. [4], The search for Holly and Jessica in the thirteen days of their disappearance has been described as one of the most intense and extensive in British criminal history. [192], In February 1999, Huntley met 22-year-old Maxine Carr in a Grimsby nightclub. Where do Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton live? THE community of Soham was left heartbroken when the bodies of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells were discovered in 2002. The court also heard the reading of statements from the families of the Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, who Mr Huntley is accused of murdering. Maxine Carr is a former teaching assistant at St. Andrew. Most watched News videos. August 4th, 2002: Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, wearing red Manchester United shirts, go missing from their homes in Soham, Cambridgeshire, eastern England, after last being seen at a family . Sign up for Bustle UK's twice-weekly newsletter, featuring the latest must-watch TV, moving personal stories, and expert advice on the hottest viral buys. Today, August 4, marks 20 years since schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets. Episode 1. Nicola and Kevin Wells are the parents of Holly, who was murdered along with her best friend on August 4 2002. Its strange being three of us when there used to be a fourth.. Jessicas parents are Sharon and Leslie Chapman. Shortly thereafter, Huntley obtained employment as a barman in a local pub. [8] Another woman living in nearby Little Thetford claimed to have seen two girls whose appearance and clothing matched those of Wells and Chapman walking past her home the morning after they had been reported missing. [153] The results of this inquiry were published that June.[237]. e-mail; 18. shares. [24] One of these officers observed three vertical scratches on Huntley's left jaw, each measuring approximately three centimetres (1.2in), which he claimed had been recently inflicted by his dog. Huntley further alleges Carr had encouraged him to burn both bodies in an attempt to destroy all forensic evidence linking him to the crime. [121][122] On 8 October, Huntley was deemed mentally competent to stand trial.[122]. [3] She received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiring with Huntley to pervert the course of justice. They were 17 and 14 at the time of their sisters murder. Two years later, on 21 March 2010, he received non life-threatening injuries to his neck after his throat was slashed by convicted armed robber Damien Fowkes. Holly Wells was a British murder victim from Soham, Cambridgeshire. Your tears have never been for them; only for yourself. Thank you! [180] The youngest girl Huntley is known to have raped was 12 years old, with another girl he had attempted to rape being 11. We suggest that this whole business in the house was motivated by something sexual. Performed by Frankie Goes to . [183] Huntley severely restricted and supervised any contact she held with her family or social acquaintances. [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. Watch on . The Soham murders were a double child murder committed in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England on 4 August 2002.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 childrenlikely via asphyxiationbefore disposing of their bodies in an . After the kidnapping, both girls were killed. Songs by: Van Dyke Parks. He also told Good Morning Britain in 2015: We still think of Holly every day. As for Hollys younger brother Oliver, who was six-years-old at the time of her murder, hes gone on to have a family of his own with his partner Lydia. [14] In any event, the cause of death of both girls was later ruled to be asphyxiation. Huntley had never been convicted of any of these criminal allegations; his burglary charge had remained on file. [14] Pathological evidence retrieved from the bodies indicating at least one of the girls had been subjected to a sexual assault either before or after her murder was not disclosed to the jury at Huntley's trial. Includes summary of election income, expenditures and surplus campaign funds. Sharon worked at St Andrews primary school in Soham. Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones. 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. [193], Several of Capp's colleagues later remarked how they found her to be a distant and immature figure with few friends or hobbies. Between 1992 and 2002, he had committed many acts of physical and sexual violence against women and children for which he had been unpunished. Following the separation of his parents in 1993, Huntley chose to use his mother's surname. While townsfolk are determined to remember Holly and Jessica, acts of remembrance in Soham are expected to be low-profile. Here is a timetable of the main events in the search for missing 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Browse the directory of real estate professionals at realtor.com. On one occasion, he beat his wife so badly she suffered a miscarriage. On hearing this, Carr slumped forward. Jessica and her friend Holly Marie Wells were both killed by Ian Huntly and his girlfriend Maxine Carr. She lost her life at the hands of Ian Kevin Huntley when she was 10 years old. We will never forget Holly but life does move on it has to. . [171] This complainant stated Huntley had threatened to kill her before assaulting her. Wed, 17 Dec, 2003 - 13:00. Huntley denies murdering the two girls and Carr, a former classroom assistant at . Original Songs by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Will Jennings, Robert Folk, Iwao Takamoto. Girl who thinks she might be Madeleine shunned by family for giving hope to McCanns, Ant and Dec defend Saturday Night Takeaway pranks in wake of Ofcom complaints. 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The families of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells have laid the girls to rest at small private funerals almost a month after the 10-year-old best friends went missing. [21] Over 400 officers were assigned full-time to search for the girls. There's two little Beckhams over there. The Bichard Inquiry Report of 2004 was commissioned by the government following the conviction of Ian Huntley for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2003. [181][n 13], Following his arrest, several former girlfriends and sexual partners stated that Huntley presented himself as a charming and considerate man in the early stages of a relationship, but would become domineering and violent upon having established control. 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