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Cannock Chase child killer Raymond Morris dies in jail Cannock Chase child killer Raymond Morris dies in jail
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A man jailed 45 years ago for one of the three Cannock Chase child murders has died in prison.A man jailed 45 years ago for one of the three Cannock Chase child murders has died in prison.
Raymond Morris, 84, from Walsall, was found guilty of murdering Christine Darby, seven, who went missing in 1967. Raymond Morris, 84, from Walsall, West Midlands, found guilty of murdering Christine Darby, seven, who went missing in 1967.
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said he died at HMP Preston at about 20:00 GMT on Tuesday, of suspected natural causes. The Ministry of Justice said he died at HMP Preston at about 20:00 GMT on Tuesday, of suspected natural causes.
As with all deaths in custody, an independent investigation by the prisons ombudsman will follow. As with all deaths in custody, there will be an independent investigation by the prisons ombudsman.
Seven-year-old Christine was one of three girls living in the West Midlands whose bodies were found buried in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. Seven-year-old Christine was one of three girls living in the West Midlands whose bodies were found on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire.
Diane Tift, aged five, and Margaret Reynolds, aged six, went missing in 1965 but no-one was charged with their murders. In 1965 Margaret Reynolds, aged six, disappeared from Aston, Birmingham, and Diane Tift, aged five, went missing from near her grandmother's home in Bloxwich.
They were abducted, raped and murdered before being buried. They were abducted, raped and murdered before being partially buried on Cannock Chase, a large area of heathland, woods and forestry.
The investigation that followed was one of the biggest in British criminal history. No-one was ever charged with their murders.
Morris was found guilty of Christine's murder in 1969 and made a number of failed appeals against his conviction, most recently at the age of 81. Eighteen months later, seven-year-old Christine was taken from a Walsall street by a man in a grey car.
Her body was also found on Cannock Chase. She has also been raped and murdered.
The investigation that followed the murders was one of the biggest in British criminal history.
Morris was found guilty of Christine's murder in 1969.
He made a number of failed appeals against his conviction, most recently at the age of 81.