Ian Huntley killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman on August 4, 2002, after they left a family barbecue to buy sweets in Soham, Cambridgeshire. He lured the girls into his home and murdered them, then dumped their bodies in a ditch about 12 miles away. Two weeks after they disappeared, their bodies were found in a ditch near an airbase.
Suspicions arose about Huntley after he gave detailed interviews to the media. In prison, Huntley rarely had visitors and stayed away from fellow inmates, preferring to sketch in his cell, according to sources. He spent much of his time alone in his cell in Frankland Prison, fearful of being attacked or poisoned by inmates, sources said.
Sutcliffe was in a terrible state when they took him to hospital. He was massively overweight and could barely breathe due to Covid.
Huntley made matchstick models and stored food from prison stores due to paranoia about being poisoned, sources described. He moved around Durham's Frankland Prison's landings in leggings while carrying out cleaning duties, a source noted. ' Huntley watched as Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe was taken by ambulance from Frankland Prison shortly before his death in 2020, a source reported.
A source described, 'Sutcliffe was in a terrible state when they took him to hospital. ' The same source added, 'He was not speaking and Huntley was watching when he was taken out. Some of the prisoners were shouting, 'Let him die,' which was grim.
He was not speaking and Huntley was watching when he was taken out. Some of the prisoners were shouting, 'Let him die,' which was grim. Huntley saw him go.
' Huntley's cell was 8ft x 4ft with magnolia cream walls, a blue mattress, green bedding, and a painted cork noticeboard, according to sources. He requested conversion to the Muslim faith to improve his prison life, sources said, but the outcome of this request is not specified. Huntley's entire belongings fitted into two plastic sacks and will be offered to his next of kin, believed to be his mother Lynda Richards, 71, sources indicated.
His mother Lynda Richards is left to arrange a private service for her son at a secret location, sources stated.