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| Third body found in murder hunt | |
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| Police investigating the murders of two Ipswich prostitutes say a third woman's body has been found. | Police investigating the murders of two Ipswich prostitutes say a third woman's body has been found. |
| The body was discovered by a walker on Sunday afternoon in an area of trees at Nacton, outside the town. | The body was discovered by a walker on Sunday afternoon in an area of trees at Nacton, outside the town. |
| Officers have said it is too early to link the death to those of Gemma Adams and Tania Nicol, whose bodies were found on the opposite side of Ipswich. | |
| The area has been sealed off and police say the incident is being treated as an "unexplained death". | |
| Ms Adams, 25, and Ms Nicol, 19, both worked together and went missing from the red light area of Ipswich. | Ms Adams, 25, and Ms Nicol, 19, both worked together and went missing from the red light area of Ipswich. |
| Ms Adams vanished on November 15 and was found in a stream at Hintlesham, Suffolk, on 2 December. | Ms Adams vanished on November 15 and was found in a stream at Hintlesham, Suffolk, on 2 December. |
| Miss Nicol had disappeared on 30 October and her body was discovered on Friday in the same stream at Copdock, near the town. | Miss Nicol had disappeared on 30 October and her body was discovered on Friday in the same stream at Copdock, near the town. |
| Both were found naked. | Both were found naked. |
| Det Supt Andy Henwood said they were treating the deaths as "linked investigations" and that there were "obvious similarities" between the disappearances and subsequent deaths. | Det Supt Andy Henwood said they were treating the deaths as "linked investigations" and that there were "obvious similarities" between the disappearances and subsequent deaths. |
| Discovery | Discovery |
| BBC correspondent Steve Martin said the latest body was found by a woman out walking in a wooded area just off the A14 around two miles outside Ipswich. | BBC correspondent Steve Martin said the latest body was found by a woman out walking in a wooded area just off the A14 around two miles outside Ipswich. |
| He said the body was found on the opposite side of the city to the two previous discoveries. | He said the body was found on the opposite side of the city to the two previous discoveries. |
| Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on both of the murdered women's bodies, but police said more tests were now needed. | Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on both of the murdered women's bodies, but police said more tests were now needed. |
| They said there was no evidence that either woman had been sexually assaulted and there were no obvious signs of injury to either body. | They said there was no evidence that either woman had been sexually assaulted and there were no obvious signs of injury to either body. |
| Officers are still seeking to trace the clothing the two dead women were wearing on the nights they went missing. | Officers are still seeking to trace the clothing the two dead women were wearing on the nights they went missing. |