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Police investigating the murders of five women in Suffolk have questioned drivers in efforts to establish the last movements of one of the victims. Police investigating the murders of five women in Suffolk have questioned drivers in an area where one of the victims, Paula Clennell, was last seen.
Officers were talking to motorists in Ipswich's red light area to work out the last movements of Paula Clennell. The 24-year-old is thought to have been on Handford Road, Ipswich, a week ago.
Miss Clennell, 24, was thought to have worked on Handford Road a week ago. Meanwhile, the release of CCTV images of another victim, Anneli Alderton, on Saturday, led to 26 calls to police.
Drivers were asked if they were in the area at the time. The prostitute's naked body was found in woodland at nearby Levington on 12 December. The police have declined to confirm or deny newspaper reports that a senior officer had been a client of two of the prostitutes killed in Ipswich.
The other four murdered women are Anneli Alderton, 24, Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, and Annette Nicholls, 29. Assistant Chief Constable Jacqui Cheer told the BBC: "We've said repeatedly that we have not interviewed anybody. We have spoken to a number of people.
All worked as prostitutes and all were drug users. "I'm not prepared to be drawn into how many and who and what types of people we are speaking to."
Police said all the women were found naked.
Map: Where the bodies were found Map: Where the bodies were found
Miss Clennell was strangled and Miss Alderton died from a "compression to the neck". Motorists travelling along the Handford Road were asked if they were in the area a week ago, where Miss Clennell is believed to have worked.
The causes of death for Misses Nicol and Adams have not yet been ascertained. Her naked body was found in woodland at nearby Levington on 12 December.
Questioning drivers is the latest attempt by police to jog the memories of members of the public. Anneli Alderton was pictured on a train from Harwich on 3 DecemberThe other four murdered women are Anneli Alderton, 24, Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, and Annette Nicholls, 29, who all worked as prostitutes.
Det Ch Supt Stewart Gull said none of the murdered women had suffered "self defence wounds", nor had any of the women showed any evidence of sexual assault.
On Saturday, police released CCTV images showing the final train journey taken by Miss Alderton.On Saturday, police released CCTV images showing the final train journey taken by Miss Alderton.
She caught the 1753 GMT train from Harwich to Colchester on 3 December - a week before her body was found near Ipswich. ACC Cheer said: "We have lots of new information that has come in overnight. That will now be analysed.
Satellite images of key locationsSatellite images of key locations
"By teatime we had had 26 calls about the CCTV on Anneli and we are analysing that information."
Miss Alderton caught the 1753 GMT train from Harwich to Colchester on 3 December - a week before her body was found near Ipswich.
Police said Miss Alderton was three months pregnant when she died.Police said Miss Alderton was three months pregnant when she died.
Det Chf Supt Stewart Gull said none of the murdered women had suffered "self defence wounds".
Nor had any of the women showed any evidence of sexual assault.
Conservative leader David Cameron told the BBC the killings had highlighted the dangers posed by drugs and the lack of treatment centres to help addicts.
He said: "In many of our towns and cities there is this terrible connection between drugs and prostitution where young women are put at incredible risk.
"We have got to have more treatment, particularly residential treatment, to get people off the streets."
Drug treatment
On Saturday police appealed for help at the start of Ipswich Town's football match against Leeds United.On Saturday police appealed for help at the start of Ipswich Town's football match against Leeds United.
A minute's silence was held at Portman Road and prayers said for the dead women.A minute's silence was held at Portman Road and prayers said for the dead women.
Police confirmed they were interested in speaking to 50 to 100 people, and said some had been spoken to and some were still to be questioned. Police confirmed they were interested in speaking to 50 to 100 people.
POLICE PHONE NUMBERS Suffolk hotline: 0800 096 1011Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111POLICE PHONE NUMBERS Suffolk hotline: 0800 096 1011Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111
Assistant Chief Constable Jacqui Cheer said: "A good way to describe the progress we are making would be to compare the investigation to a jigsaw. Some had been spoken to and some were still to be questioned, but no-one has been interviewed under caution about the murders.
"We have constructed the edges, now we have to fill in the middle." More than 300 registered sex offenders in the county have also been contacted.
Officers have also contacted more than 300 registered sex offenders in the county. Detectives revealed they also want to speak to a man named as Andrew Purdy, 44, a property developer from Holbrook, who attended a memorial service for the five women in the company of a prostitute.
Suffolk Police said a detective inspector was liaising with members of the press in case they found out information which could help catch the killer.
They have also said they want to speak to a man who attended a memorial service for the five women in the company of a teenage prostitute.
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