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The body of a woman found near Ipswich has been identified as missing prostitute Paula Clennell. | The body of a woman found near Ipswich has been identified as missing prostitute Paula Clennell. |
The 24-year-old found in woodland in Levington, had been strangled a post-mortem examination has revealed. | |
Ms Clennell's body was one of two found at the site on Tuesday by police investigating three other murders. | Ms Clennell's body was one of two found at the site on Tuesday by police investigating three other murders. |
Police believe the body of the second woman - lying around 150 yards away - is that of missing prostitute Annette Nicholls, 29, and also from Ipswich. | Police believe the body of the second woman - lying around 150 yards away - is that of missing prostitute Annette Nicholls, 29, and also from Ipswich. |
Suffolk police have not yet formally identified the second body. | Suffolk police have not yet formally identified the second body. |
Officers are trying to establish if a jacket retrieved from the River Orwell and a handbag are significant. | Officers are trying to establish if a jacket retrieved 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 |
Ms Alderton, whose body was found on Sunday, had also been strangled. | Ms Alderton, whose body was found on Sunday, had also been strangled. |
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. |
The other three women have been idenitified as as Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol and Anneli Alderton. | The other three women have been idenitified as as Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol and Anneli Alderton. |
A friend of Paula Clennell, who gave her name as Sherri, said: "This has made Paula look like a real down and out, you know, some people might even think that, 'oh they're a waste of space' and we're better off without them anyway, type of thing. | A friend of Paula Clennell, who gave her name as Sherri, said: "This has made Paula look like a real down and out, you know, some people might even think that, 'oh they're a waste of space' and we're better off without them anyway, type of thing. |
"But that isn't the case at all because Paula was a lovely person and she was never aggressive and she was always helpful and she had three beautiful little girls, even though she didn't have the care of them anymore. | "But that isn't the case at all because Paula was a lovely person and she was never aggressive and she was always helpful and she had three beautiful little girls, even though she didn't have the care of them anymore. |
"It still remains that she gave birth to them and she looked after them for quite a few years, you know, until things went wrong." | "It still remains that she gave birth to them and she looked after them for quite a few years, you know, until things went wrong." |
Map: Where the bodies were found | Map: Where the bodies were found |