"[55][n 5] This officer was unconvinced by Huntley's claims and suspicious of his agitated demeanour; Huntley remained a strong suspect. After the kidnapping, both girls were killed. [194] Shy and reserved and prone to wear clothing which concealed her figure when sober, Capp became markedly flirtatious when having consumed alcohol, and is known to have occasionally engaged in exhibitionism in addition to frequently engaging in one-night stands with people she encountered in pubs and clubs. [95] To one officer, he said: "You think I've done it? [197] She later legally changed her surname to Carr in an apparent effort to distance herself from her father. He chose not to enrol in college and instead committed himself to finding employment. Kevin previously told an ITV documentary that the stress almost led to the break-up of their marriage. [96], When questioned about his failure to call emergency services and subsequent, extensive efforts to destroy evidence and divert suspicion from himself, Huntley insisted he had first become preoccupied with whether the police and public would believe the girls' deaths had been accidental, and he had decided to conceal all evidence of the deaths as opposed to either notifying police or paramedics. These disclosures revealed that not only had police failed to pursue numerous previous criminal complaints of sexual offences against underage girls and young women by Huntley, but he had then secured a job in Soham allowing him access to children. [191], An orange-petalled rose, dedicated to the memory of Wells and Chapman, was unveiled by representatives of Soham Town Council at the 2003 Chelsea Flower Show. [59], On 16 August, twelve days after the children's disappearance, Huntley and Carr were first questioned by police. Carr was charged with two counts of assisting an offender and one count of perverting the course of justice. Ian was sentenced to life sentences. We will never forget Holly but life does move on it has to. [170] Within four weeks of their acquaintance,[199] she had moved into Huntley's Barton-upon-Humber flat, and the couple informed relatives of their eagerness to start a family. Jessica had just returned from a family holiday and wanted to catch up with her friend and give her a gift that she bought for her. Investigators would later determine Wells and Chapman had most likely been attackedand possibly murderedin the dining room of College Close. And soccer star David . [6] He stressed that the cause of death was murder, adding: "Ten-year-old girls don't just drop dead. THE shocking hidden truth about the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman is revealed by the News of the World in a sensational taped dossier. Chaired by Sir Michael Bichard, the Bichard inquiry opened on 13 January 2004. (This was the only instance when a victim of Huntley had not identified or named him as being her assailant. 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. Mark Tuck informed investigators that as he had driven past the girls on Sand Street in Soham town centre at approximately 6:30p.m. on 4 August,[44] his attention had been drawn toward their Manchester United replica shirts, causing him to remark to his wife, Lucy: "Look! She was murdered alongside her best friend, Jessica Chapman. [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. [23], By contrast, Carr quickly confessed to detectives she had lied about her whereabouts and her partner's actions on 4 August as, shortly before she had returned to Soham from Grimsby three days later, Huntley had claimed to her in a phone call to have seen the two girls shortly before their disappearance, admitting: "The thing is, Maxine, they came in our house! 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. They went missing on Sunday 4 August 2002, when they were both 10 years old. [187], The marriage between Capp's parents was marred by frequent arguments. [142] When questioned about why she had then helped Huntley in extensively cleaning their home in the days after the children's murder, Carr claimed she had done so as she had always been "obsessive about tidiness. Nicola and Kevin Wells are the parents of Holly, who was murdered along with her best friend on August 4 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. 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A scenes of crime officer also testified that, despite Huntley's exhaustive efforts to remove physical evidence of his crime from his home, a forensic examination had revealed several traces of blood spattering about the hallway and main entrance to the master bedroom. 17 December 2003[151], Following the conclusion of both counsels' closing arguments, Mr Justice Moses announced the jury would begin their deliberations on 12 December. A single police officer searched his house on 5 August; no incriminating evidence was discovered, but the officer noticed numerous items of clothing on the washing line despite the fact it had been raining. Holly Marie Wells (October 4, 1991 - August 4, 2002) was a 10-year-old British girl from Soham, England. On 9 June 2003, he attempted suicide by taking 29 antidepressants which he had accumulated in his cell. Most watched News videos. On hearing this, Carr slumped forward. She wasnt and Huntley has since admitted murdering the girls. 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. Although Huntley was vetted for the post, including police checks, this failed to identify previous . Its strange being three of us, when there used to be a fourth.. [213], On 3 April 2004, the three-bedroomed house in College Close in which the murders occurred was demolished and the site levelled, with all rubble from the property being discarded in various undisclosed locations. Carr was sentenced to serve three-and-a-half years in prison for perverting the course of justice. Her parents, Kevin and Nicola, were certain she would be the first member of their family to go to university. He can't have been! Leslie, meanwhile, was due to start work at a new engineering job on Monday August 5 the day after his daughter and her friend went missing. The two photogenic 10-year-olds were the very model of typical children growing up in a "safe", quiet, English town. 13 days later after their disappearance their bodies were found on August 17th 2002 in a wooded area in LakenHeath Suffolk 10 Miles from Soham where the two Girls lived. Maxine Carr is a former teaching assistant at St. Andrew. [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. )[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. EVA REISTAD. In an effort to lose weight, she developed a habit of forcing herself to vomit after eating. School caretaker Ian Huntley is currently serving a prison sentence for the young girls' murder. [53] When he had replied Carr had not got the job, one of the girls had said, "Tell her we're sorry" before they both walked along College Street towards a bridge leading towards Clay Street. [200] Shortly thereafter, the couple moved to a ground-floor flat in Scunthorpe, where Huntley formally proposed to Carr in June 1999. 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 . [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. [165], In 1990, Huntley finished his schooling, obtaining five GCSE passes. His fingerprints were recovered from the bin. He worked as a senior caretaker there until his arrest. [138] The bath was already filled with water as he had been cleaning his dog that afternoon. The family regularly experienced financial difficulties, but Shirley would later state she "spoiled" her daughters to the best of her financial ability. He applied for this using the alias Ian Nixon. Westwood retired in March 2005. [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. e-mail; 18. shares. 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. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing from their small Cambridgeshire town on a sunny evening in August 2002. The couple married at Grimsby Register Office on 28 January 1995. Sat 21 Sep 2002 at 16:00. [159] The Huntley family were working class and at the time of the birth of their first child, lodged with Lynda's parents in Grimsby. [145] She further claimed to have referred to Wells and Chapman using past tense merely because she had worked with the children in the past. Oliver Wells was 12 when Holly . [16] Huntley's face showed no emotion as the verdict was announced; the mothers of both Wells and Chapman burst into tears. ", "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? "[79], An online book of condolence attracted more than 31,000 messages of grief and sympathy[80] and on 24 August, football clubs across Britain held a minute's silence before games. A Tim Burton Film. 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. She was born in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. [154], Minutes after the convictions, the parents of both girls granted an interview to the media. 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. [221] This resulted in his hospitalisation and a thorough search of his cell, in which a cassette tape was recovered. [22] These officers conducted extensive house-to-house enquiries across Soham;[23] their efforts to search local terrain were supported by hundreds of local volunteers[24] and, later, some United States Air Force personnel stationed at nearby airbases. "[148], Following the conclusion of the prosecution's closing argument, Coward delivered his argument on behalf of the defence. Sharon worked at St Andrews primary school in Soham. [125][126][6], At a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on 16 June 2003, Huntley pleaded not guilty to the charges of murdering Wells and Chapman, and guilty to the charge both stood accused of: conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Carr further testified to having noted a crack in the enamel of the bathtub which had not been there when she had travelled to Grimsby four days previously. Ian Huntley was found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison. I wish I could see her now, see what shed have looked like, he is quoted as telling RadioTimes in 2012 , prior to having his own kids. We do chat about her quite regularly, which I think is a very nice thing. They were determined to be among the five per cent of couples who stay together after losing a child to murder. "[82] In reference to Carr's attempts to pervert the course of justice, Latham stated that "as surely as night follows day" the two had conspired to concoct a false alibi to divert suspicion from Huntley,[82] but warned the jury Carr could only be convicted of assisting an offender if they believed she had known Huntley had murdered the girls, adding that her motive for providing lies to police with reference to the charge of perverting the course of justice was irrelevant. Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr are taken in to help police with their enquiries, When it was revealed that they had moved back into the family home, Nicola and Kevin also shared the news that they had become grandparents. Additional Score Recordings by TOM BAILEY JOHN WITT CHAPMAN. [147], Referencing Huntley's likely motive for the murders and his claims at trial that both deaths had been accidental, Latham stated: "We invite you to reject the accounts of both deaths [being accidental] as desperate lies; the only way out for him. [192], In February 1999, Huntley met 22-year-old Maxine Carr in a Grimsby nightclub. Nicola and Kevin have spoken often about their loss and how they tried to move on with their lives for the sake of Hollys brother Oliver. Soham: The Murder of Holly and Jessica 1/2 - True Crime DocumentaryTwo girls go missing from a Cambridge town in August of 2002, leaving their community reel. [228] At the time, Carr was one of four former prisoners in the UK to be given a new identity upon release. [13], The precise events after the girls entered 5 College Close are unknown, but investigators believe sections of Huntley's later claims in initial interviews granted to the media prior to his arrest and his later trial testimonysuch as that he had been cleaning his dog at the time the girls passed by his house around 6:30p.m. and that one girl had been suffering from a nosebleedmay have been true. THE community of Soham was left heartbroken when the bodies of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells were discovered in 2002. Carr only replied to his missed call at 6:23p.m. Ian Huntley accuses ex-girlfriend Maxine Carr of being a liar but hopes that she will move on after the murders of Jessica and Holly Source: Cambridgeshire Police Who is Maxine Carr? From the moment Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are discovered missing (4th August 2002) every heart rending . Between 1990 and 1996, Huntley worked in a succession of menial jobs, but seldom held any job for long. Season 1. [180] The youngest girl Huntley is known to have raped was 12 years old, with another girl he had attempted to rape being 11. It was one, almost two years before we found each other again, but grief gives you a different sense of the passage of time and it slipped by unnoticed.. [61] In this live interview, Carr corroborated Huntley's claims to have conversed with the children on their doorstep as she had been bathing before both girls had walked away from their doorstep, adding: "I only wish we had asked them where they were going if only we knew then what we know now. MAXINE Carr became one of Britain's most reviled women after she provided Ian Huntley with an alibi for the Soham murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, 20 years ago. [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.