Murder victim CCTV reveals clues

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Detectives investigating the murder of five prostitutes in Suffolk have received more than 60 calls after CCTV footage of one victim was released.

The images showed Anneli Alderton, 24, on a train in Essex a week before her body was found near Ipswich.

Police are also following up leads from 400 motorists and pedestrians who were quizzed in the town's red light area.

The police declined to confirm or deny reports a senior officer had been a client of two of the murder victims.

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.

"I'm not prepared to be drawn into how many and who and what types of people we are speaking to."

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Miss Alderton was captured on CCTV on a train from Harwich to Colchester on 3 December.

From information received, police now believe she got off the train at Manningtree station at 1815 GMT, and may have got on a train from there to Ipswich at 1843 GMT.

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Officers have asked for people who were at Manningtree at that time to come forward.

Det Ch Supt Stewart Gull said: "We are now confident that we can begin piecing together the jigsaw of Anneli's last movements."

Suffolk Police has received 186 reports from people about items of clothing found across the county.

Meanwhile, officers are sifting through information gathered from stopping motorists and pedestrians in the Burlington and Handford Road areas of Ipswich on Saturday evening.

It is believed another victim, 24-year-old Paula Clennell, was working in the area seven days earlier.

Her naked body was found in woods at Levington on 12 December.

Abduction attempt

The other murder victims are Gemma Adams, 25, Tania Nicol, 19, and Annette Nicholls, 29.

ACC Jacqui Cheer said officers hoped to stage a reconstruction of the last known movements of one of the victims later this week.

Police confirmed officers had questioned a man in relation to an "attempted abduction" in the town.

Det Ch Supt Gull said the man had been detained and released on police bail without charge following the alleged incident last month.

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He would not say whether officers were linking the incident to the murders, but he added: "Nobody has been eliminated at this stage.

"We know who that individual is. He has been released on bail. We will take further action if we think it is appropriate."

Det Ch Supt Gull said at a press conference on Sunday: "During the last 24 hours we have received a further 1,526 calls from the public offering information.

"I think that now takes us to somewhere in the region of 10,000 calls - that's a phenomenal response."

Suffolk Police said more than 500 officers were working on the investigation.

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