Serial killer Steve Wright, who is serving life sentences for multiple murders, has been questioned by police about a series of unsolved cases. Suffolk Police stated that Wright, 68, is not currently a suspect in any of these cold cases.
The serial killer was jailed for life in 2008 for the murders of five women in Ipswich between October and December 2006. In February, he received an additional life sentence after pleading guilty to the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall in September 1999.
Following his guilty plea for Victoria Hall's murder, Suffolk Police decided to investigate whether Wright might have been involved in other unsolved disappearances or murders. "Following his sentencing for the murder of Victoria Hall earlier this year, he has been interviewed in prison about other unsolved cases," a police spokesperson confirmed to the BBC. "In the cases where we have DNA we have sought to use it to eliminate him from inquiries."
Wright's admission to Victoria Hall's murder was notable, as he had never admitted to the murders of the five other women for which he was convicted in 2008. Those victims were Tania Nicol, Gemma Adams, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell, and Annette Nicholls.
Criminologist Prof David Wilson suggested that Wright might be willing to confess to other crimes, pointing to the cases of Kellie Pratt, who disappeared in Norwich in 2000, and Amanda Duncan, who went missing in Ipswich in 1993. However, police declined to specify which cold cases were discussed with Wright.
Victoria Hall was abducted in the early hours of September 19, 1999, after leaving a nightclub. Her body was discovered five days later. Wright had also faced charges related to the attempted kidnapping of Emily Doherty, but he unexpectedly pleaded guilty to murder and kidnap charges concerning Victoria Hall just before his trial was set to begin.
Police confirmed that Wright was not asked again about the five murders from 2006, for which he has already been convicted. He is currently serving his sentences in prison and was told he would likely die in custody upon his sentencing in February.