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| Woman found in woodland strangled | Woman found in woodland strangled |
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| One of two women found dead in woodland near Ipswich in Suffolk was strangled, a post-mortem examination has revealed. | One of two women found dead in woodland near Ipswich in Suffolk was strangled, a post-mortem examination has revealed. |
| Remains found at Levington on Tuesday are thought to be those of prostitutes Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls but have not yet been formally identified. | Remains found at Levington on Tuesday are thought to be those of prostitutes Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls but have not yet been formally identified. |
| Five women have been found dead in the area since 2 December. One body remains in the woodland where it was found. | Five women have been found dead in the area since 2 December. One body remains in the woodland where it was found. |
| Officers are trying to establish if a jacket dragged from the River Orwell and a handbag are significant. | Officers are trying to establish if a jacket dragged from the River Orwell and a handbag are significant. |
| They have also said they would like to speak to the driver of a blue BMW car that Anneli Alderton, a murdered prostitute from Essex, was reported as getting into before her body was discovered. | They have also said they would like to speak to the driver of a blue BMW car that Anneli Alderton, a murdered prostitute from Essex, was reported as getting into before her body was discovered. |
| Map: Where the bodies were found | Map: Where the bodies were found |
| Police have now confirmed that four of the five bodies were those of women who had been murdered. | Police have now confirmed that four of the five bodies were those of women who had been murdered. |
| Three of those have been identified as Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol and Anneli Alderton. | Three of those have been identified as Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol and Anneli Alderton. |
| The dead woman whose cause of death was revealed on Thursday has not been formally identified. | The dead woman whose cause of death was revealed on Thursday has not been formally identified. |
| Police said they hoped to recover the fifth body later on Thursday | Police said they hoped to recover the fifth body later on Thursday |
| Det Ch Supt Stewart Gull said: "Formal identification of the body is taking place. The body of the other woman found near Levington remains at the site and is likely to be recovered later on Thursday. | |
| "It too will be the subject of a Home Office post-mortem examination." | "It too will be the subject of a Home Office post-mortem examination." |
| Police have previously said they believed these two bodies to be those of Ms Clennell and Ms Nicholls. | Police have previously said they believed these two bodies to be those of Ms Clennell and Ms Nicholls. |
| Mr Gull said the force had received a number of calls from the public about clothing found at different locations across Ipswich. | |
| But he said he still needed more information on certain key things, including the clothing worn by the murdered women. | But he said he still needed more information on certain key things, including the clothing worn by the murdered women. |
| "When she was last seen on 30 October, Tania Nichol was wearing a light coloured top, mid-blue cut-off jeans, and pink sparkly high heeled shoes. This is the sort of clothing that I'm particularly interested in locating. | "When she was last seen on 30 October, Tania Nichol was wearing a light coloured top, mid-blue cut-off jeans, and pink sparkly high heeled shoes. This is the sort of clothing that I'm particularly interested in locating. |
| "Gemma Adams, last seen on 15 November, was wearing a black waterproof waist-length jacket with a hood and a zip up the front, light blue jeans with studs on the pockets, a red top and white and chrome Nike trainers. | |
| "She was also carrying a black bag. | "She was also carrying a black bag. |
| "If anyone sees any of these items, please contact Suffolk Police immediately." | "If anyone sees any of these items, please contact Suffolk Police immediately." |
| I want to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious activities in lay-bys on the old Felixstowe road since Sunday Stewart Gull | |
| Mr Gull made some specific appeals in relation to Anneli Alderton, whose body was found at Nacton on Sunday 10 December. | |
| "We want to know where she was and who she was with between Sunday 3 December, when we believe she caught a train from Harwich to Colchester, and where she was subsequently seen on Thursday 7 December and mistaken for a mannequin. | |
| "Also there are two lay-bys on the old Felixstowe road, just a few hundred yards from the site where the two women were found. | |
| "We know these are well used by passing motorists and I want to hear from anyone who saw any suspicious activities in these lay-bys since Sunday." | |
| Police also want to hear from a prostitute who told a member of the press that Ms Alderton was seen getting into a blue BMW car. | |
| "We want to know more about this and when it happened," he said. | |
| Police said they had received 5,500 calls to their hotline and more than 1000 e-mails from members of the public. | |
| They also said they had been joined by 244 officers from nine other police forces and said that number is continuing to rise. | |
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