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| Body of third prostitute found | Body of third prostitute found |
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| Police investigating the murders of two Ipswich women say the body of a third woman is also that of a prostitute in the town. | |
| The woman's body was discovered by a walker on Sunday afternoon in trees at Nacton, outside the Suffolk town. | The woman's body was discovered by a walker on Sunday afternoon in trees at Nacton, outside the Suffolk town. |
| Police said it was too early to link the death to those of Gemma Adams, and Tania Nicol, who were found two miles apart in the same stretch of water. | Police said it was too early to link the death to those of Gemma Adams, and Tania Nicol, who were found two miles apart in the same stretch of water. |
| Detectives said the discovery was being treated as an "unexplained death". | Detectives said the discovery was being treated as an "unexplained death". |
| Ms Adams, 25, and Ms Nicol, 19, worked together and went missing from the red light area of Ipswich. | Ms Adams, 25, and Ms Nicol, 19, worked together and went missing from the red light area of Ipswich. |
| Ms Adams vanished on 15 November and her body was found in a stream at the village of Hintlesham, Suffolk, on 2 December. | Ms Adams vanished on 15 November and her body was found in a stream at the village of Hintlesham, Suffolk, on 2 December. |
| Ms Nicol disappeared on 30 October and her body was discovered on Friday in the same stream at Copdock, near Ipswich. | Ms Nicol disappeared on 30 October and her body was discovered on Friday in the same stream at Copdock, near Ipswich. |
| Wooded area | Wooded area |
| Both were found naked and Det Supt Andy Henwood said they were treating the deaths as "linked investigations" and that there were "obvious similarities" between the disappearances and subsequent deaths. | Both were found naked and Det Supt Andy Henwood said they were treating the deaths as "linked investigations" and that there were "obvious similarities" between the disappearances and subsequent deaths. |
| He said it was "very rare" to have a linked murder investigation and they were now reliant on information from the public to help move the inquiry forward. | He said it was "very rare" to have a linked murder investigation and they were now reliant on information from the public to help move the inquiry forward. |
| The Reverend Andrew Dotchin, vicar of Whitton, Ipswich, who knew Ms Nicol, said people were very worried. | The Reverend Andrew Dotchin, vicar of Whitton, Ipswich, who knew Ms Nicol, said people were very worried. |
| He said: "I think there is a great deal of concern that a serial killer is at large. | He said: "I think there is a great deal of concern that a serial killer is at large. |
| "There is a sense of concern for our town, a sense of concern for the girls that are still on the street." | "There is a sense of concern for our town, a sense of concern for the girls that are still on the street." |
| Mr Dotchin said he came into contact with Ms Nicol about two years ago. | |
| He said: "She was one of a number of youngsters who used to gather near the church. That was how I got to know her. | He said: "She was one of a number of youngsters who used to gather near the church. That was how I got to know her. |
| "For the little time I knew Tania I got a sense that she was a girl who was frightened about how her life was going to turn out." | "For the little time I knew Tania I got a sense that she was a girl who was frightened about how her life was going to turn out." |
| Gemma Adams was last seen on 15 November | Gemma Adams was last seen on 15 November |
| The third body was found by a woman out walking in a wooded area just off the A14 around two miles outside Ipswich. | The third body was found by a woman out walking in a wooded area just off the A14 around two miles outside Ipswich. |
| Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on both murdered women but police said more tests were now needed and these could take up to six weeks. | Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on both murdered women but police said more tests were now needed and these could take up to six weeks. |
| Detective Chief Inspector John Quinton said there was no evidence either woman had been sexually assaulted and there were no obvious signs of injury. | Detective Chief Inspector John Quinton said there was no evidence either woman had been sexually assaulted and there were no obvious signs of injury. |
| The clothing worn by the two women on the nights they went missing has yet to be found. | The clothing worn by the two women on the nights they went missing has yet to be found. |
| Det Ch Insp Quinton said Suffolk detectives were liaising with colleagues in Norfolk where police had investigated the murder of three prostitutes in recent years and the disappearance of a fourth. | Det Ch Insp Quinton said Suffolk detectives were liaising with colleagues in Norfolk where police had investigated the murder of three prostitutes in recent years and the disappearance of a fourth. |
| Police have also appealed for the clients of both Ms Nicol and Ms Adams to come forward. | Police have also appealed for the clients of both Ms Nicol and Ms Adams to come forward. |