Soham murders
2002 double homicide in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Amiee Chapman, who were lured into the home of a local resident and school caretaker, Ian Kevin Huntley,[1] who subsequently murdered the children — likely via asphyxiation — before disposing of their bodies in an irrigation ditch close to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk. The girls' bodies were discovered on 17 August 2002.[2]
Jessica Chapman Holly Wells | |
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Born | Jessica: (1991-09-01)1 September 1991 Holly: (1991-10-04)4 October 1991 Soham, Cambridgeshire, England |
Died | Both c. 4 August 2002(2002-08-04) (aged 10) Soham, Cambridgeshire, England |
Body discovered | 17 August 2002 Lakenheath, Suffolk, England |
Resting place | Soham Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England 52.325126°N 0.347461°E / 52.325126; 0.347461 |
Known for | Victims of child murder |
Huntley was convicted of the murder of both girls on 17 December 2003 and sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment, with the High Court later imposing a minimum term of 40 years. His girlfriend, Maxine Ann Carr — the girls' teaching assistant — had knowingly provided Huntley with a false alibi.[3] She received a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for conspiring with Huntley to pervert the course of justice.[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.[5][6]