Search of suspected serial killer's home to take at least two weeks

THE mother of suspected murder victim Susan Rushworth spoke of her anguish yesterday as police were expecting to spend two more weeks searching the home of her alleged killer, the self-styled "Crossbow Cannibal".
By The Newsroom
Published 31st May 2010, 00:54 BST
Updated 31st May 2010, 10:38 BST

More on the Bradford killings, with video

Speaking from her Bradford home, Christine Thompson, 72, revealed she was holidaying in Greece when she heard police were holding a man over the murders of her daughter and two other women, Shelley Armitage and Suzanne Blamires.

The Yorkshire Post understands that forensic officers will take at least another fortnight looking for clues at the Bradford home of alleged serial killer Stephen Griffiths, who called himself the "Crossbow Cannibal" when he appeared in court on Friday.

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Griffiths, 40, of Thornton Road, was studying for a PhD on 19th-century Bradford homicides before he was charged with murdering the three women, who all went missing while working as prostitutes.

Body parts belonging to Ms Blamires, 36, were found in the River Aire at Shipley on Tuesday. It is believed that human remains recovered from the river on Saturday were also hers.

The bodies of Miss Rushworth, 43, and Miss Armitage, 31, were still missing last night. The river search is expected to continue for several days.

Police are trawling through several months of closed circuit TV footage from Bradford's red light district to find out more about the women's movements before they went missing.

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