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Police linking prostitute murders | Police linking prostitute murders |
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The body of a woman found in a pond in Suffolk is that of missing prostitute Tania Nicol, police have said. | The body of a woman found in a pond in Suffolk is that of missing prostitute Tania Nicol, police have said. |
Det Supt Andy Henwood said there were "obvious similarities" between the death of the 19-year-old and that of another prostitute Gemma Adams, 25. | Det Supt Andy Henwood said there were "obvious similarities" between the death of the 19-year-old and that of another prostitute Gemma Adams, 25. |
Ms Adams' body was discovered in a brook near Hintlesham on 2 December and Miss Nicol was found near Copdock Mill on Friday in the same water stream. | |
Police said further tests were needed before causes of death were known. | Police said further tests were needed before causes of death were known. |
The women, who were friends and lived in Ipswich, had been working as prostitutes in the city's red light district. | |
Det Supt Henwood said they were be treating the deaths as "linked investigations". | Det Supt Henwood said they were be treating the deaths as "linked investigations". |
"There are obvious similarities between Tania's and Gemma Adam's disappearances and subsequent deaths," he said. | "There are obvious similarities between Tania's and Gemma Adam's disappearances and subsequent deaths," he said. |
The body of Gemma Adams was found last week | |
"However we will be seeking further information from specialist advisers to confirm this view." | "However we will be seeking further information from specialist advisers to confirm this view." |
Ms Adams disappeared after leaving home on 15 November to go to work. Ms Nicol went missing on 30 October. | |
Their naked bodies were found about two miles apart. | |
Det Supt Henwood said inquiries were continuing to "try to ascertain where and when Tania's and Gemma's bodies were placed in the water and the circumstances of their deaths". | |
He said officers were seeking to trace the clothing they were wearing on the nights they went missing. | |
Post mortem examinations have been carried out on both bodies but police said more tests were now needed. | |
They said there was no evidence that either woman had been sexually assaulted. |