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| South Yorkshire guesthouse murder: police investigate suspect sightings | |
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| Detectives hunting a man in connection with the murder of a guest house landlady are investigating reported sightings of the suspect. | Detectives hunting a man in connection with the murder of a guest house landlady are investigating reported sightings of the suspect. |
| The search for John Heald, 53, is concentrating on the Rotherham area of South Yorkshire after members of the public reported sightings in the town and in nearby Mexborough. | The search for John Heald, 53, is concentrating on the Rotherham area of South Yorkshire after members of the public reported sightings in the town and in nearby Mexborough. |
| The public have been warned not to approach him as police consider him "a dangerous man". | The public have been warned not to approach him as police consider him "a dangerous man". |
| Heald is wanted in connection with the murder of Bei Cater, 49, who was found dead at Morayland Hotelin Bridlington, East Yorkshire, late on Friday night. | Heald is wanted in connection with the murder of Bei Cater, 49, who was found dead at Morayland Hotelin Bridlington, East Yorkshire, late on Friday night. |
| Humberside police revealed he is also wanted in connection with a serious offence in Rotherham. | Humberside police revealed he is also wanted in connection with a serious offence in Rotherham. |
| Heald, who is from South Yorkshire, was believed to have been staying at the guesthouse before Cater was killed. | Heald, who is from South Yorkshire, was believed to have been staying at the guesthouse before Cater was killed. |
| Det Supt Mathew Hutchinson, leading the search for Humberside police, said: "There have now been reported sightings of John Heald in Rotherham and Mexborough and we have officers on the ground here to locate him. | Det Supt Mathew Hutchinson, leading the search for Humberside police, said: "There have now been reported sightings of John Heald in Rotherham and Mexborough and we have officers on the ground here to locate him. |
| "John Heald is a dangerous man and he needs to be found and arrested as a matter of urgency. He is wanted for a serious offence in the Rotherham area as well as for the murder of Bei Carter in Bridlington and I believe that people here in this local area know him and may well know where he is. | "John Heald is a dangerous man and he needs to be found and arrested as a matter of urgency. He is wanted for a serious offence in the Rotherham area as well as for the murder of Bei Carter in Bridlington and I believe that people here in this local area know him and may well know where he is. |
| "It is absolutely imperative that anyone who has seen this man or has any information about his whereabouts calls the police now and tells us what they know." | "It is absolutely imperative that anyone who has seen this man or has any information about his whereabouts calls the police now and tells us what they know." |