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Burial grounds of the Ipswich Serial Killer discovered ???

Police fear worst over body finds

Detectives hunting the serial killer of three prostitutes now "fear the worst" as specialists continue to comb the bleak woodland where two more bodies were found.

Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged full support for officers working on the case, as the News of the World offered an "historic" £250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.

A Home Office pathologist is examining the body of one of the two women, which detectives said had been removed from woods at Levington, Suffolk, to allow Dr Nat Cary to carry out post-mortem tests.

Suffolk police said the second body - found about 150 yards away - would be moved on Thursday. Officers said they were still unable to confirm that the dead women were missing prostitutes Paula Clennell, 24, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

The women were the fourth and fifth found dead near Ipswich in a 10-day period. Fellow Ipswich prostitutes Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, and Anneli Alderton, 24, were found dead in nearby villages.

The two naked bodies were discovered close to the A14 dual carriageway which runs south of Ipswich and links the port of Felixstowe with the Midlands.

Detective Chief Superintendent Stewart Gull said detectives are sure that none of the five women died where they were found. "We have not found what appear to be murder scenes," he said.

"What we are dealing with appear to be deposition sites where the bodies have been dumped."

He said police chiefs were "emotionally overwhelmed" after learning five prostitutes had been found dead. He said there was "stunned silence" when a meeting of police commanders was given the news.

"These tragic events have clearly overwhelmed us... emotionally," said Mr Gull, who is leading the hunt for the serial killer targeting women in the Ipswich red light area.

posted by The One Ocean @ 12/13/2006 12:31:00 PM