Ian Huntley's chilling question to police before arrest for Soham murders 20 years ago
ok.co.ukThis year marks 20 years since Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by school caretaker Ian Huntley.Their deaths, known as the Soham murders, sent shock waves across the world, and the hunt to find them in their 13-day disappearance has been described as one of the most intense and extensive searches in British criminal history.
Huntley was convicted of the double murder on December 17 2003. It transpired he had lured the girls into his Cambridgeshire home where he subsequently killed them - likely via asphyxiation - before dumping their bodies in a ditch.
But before he was under any suspicion, Huntley granted several television interviews to media outlets such as Sky News and the BBC, during which he talked about his 'dismay' at being the last person to see the girls alive.
By the second week of the children's disappearance, he'd almost become an unofficial spokesman for the people of Soham. He also frequently quizzed the police about their investigation.
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