UK UK - Victoria 'Vicky' Hall, 17, Trimley St Mary, Suffolk, 18 Sep 1999

[jaejae]

Here is another recent report in this case:

Hunt for Vicky Hall's killer 'very much ongoing', say police

 

[dotr]

Clothing and accessories similar to those worn by Vicky Hall on the night she was last seen, including a black size eight dress with a frilly hem, chunky open-toed size five sandals, a brown tailored jacket and a wooden hair clip Picture: SUPPLIED BY SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY
Sept 17 2020 rbbm.
Cold case detectives make 'significant progress' in Vicky Hall murder investigation
''Detectives investigating the murder of a Suffolk teenager in 1999 have made “significant progress” since the case was reopened last year, police have revealed.''

''Vicky, aged 17, was last seen alive in the early hours of Sunday, September 19, 1999, in High Road, Trimley St Mary, after a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Felixstowe.

Last year, 20 years since her murder, police reopened the two-decade cold case murder investigation after new information came to light – with a new team of detectives working the case.

More than 9,000 statements, documents, messages and reports from the original investigation have been reviewed by detectives to assess the movements of more than 70 people on the night in question, police said''

''Police are making a specific appeal to anyone who was either walking or driving in Trimley St Mary, between 2am and 4am on Sunday, September 19, 1999, to make contact and provide their details, as this information will help to fill any gaps and greatly assist the inquiry.''

Vicki’s clothing and personal belongings she had with her the last time she was seen alive have never been found.

''For the first time last year, details about some of Victoria’s personal belongings were disclosed as follows:

- a black oval shaped New Look purse with a zip fastener, containing a house key on a distinctive fob with ‘Vicky’ across the top and ‘Victoria’ down the sides

- a Rimmel lipstick in a black plastic case, the colour of which is believed to have been ‘Zorro’

- the inner soles of one or both of Victoria’s shoes had been fixed with Sellotape.''

''CCTV footage was also released as part of last year’s renewed appeal which depicted individuals at the field in Creeting St Peter where Victoria’s body was found captured during the month following her death.''

 

[altojack]

So close to yet another anniversary. Someone, somewhere knows something that could help the police solve this case. Such a sad case.

 

[dotr]

Suffolk police press release:

Victoria Hall murder inquiry reopened 20 years on

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl from Trimley St Mary, as Suffolk Police reveal that the investigation into her murder has been reopened.

Victoria Hall left home on the evening of Saturday 18 September 1999 to go for a night out with a friend at the Bandbox nightclub in Bent Hill, Felixstowe.

The girls left the club at around 1am the following morning, Sunday 19 September, and stopped to get some food at the Bodrum Grill in Undercliff Road West, which is on the roundabout junction with Garrison Lane.

They then began walking home to Trimley St Mary, parting at around 2.20am on High Road, near to the junction of Faulkeners Way. Victoria was just yards away from home. This was the last time she was seen alive.

When Victoria’s parents woke-up the next morning and discovered that she had not returned home, the police were called and a missing person inquiry commenced.

Five days later, on Friday 24 September, Victoria’s naked body was found in a ditch beside a field by a dog walker in Creeting Lane, Creeting St Peter, approximately 25 miles away from where she was last seen. None of her clothes or possessions have ever been found.

A murder inquiry was then launched under Operation Avon, which at the time was one of the largest investigations ever undertaken by Suffolk Constabulary. Despite this, and after the passage of 20 years, Victoria’s killer has still not been brought to justice.

Operation Avon is a now a live investigation again being run by a new team, after receiving fresh information not previously known in the inquiry and new lines of enquiry are actively being pursued.

Suffolk Police are again issuing images of the dress, jacket & shoes that Victoria was wearing the last time she was seen and also a wooden hair slider that has not previously been released. These can all be seen in the gallery below.

Additionally, detectives can reveal for the first time further details regarding the belongings Victoria had on her that night, which are as follows:

• a black oval shaped New Look purse with a zip fastener, containing a house key on a distinctive fob with ‘Vicky’ across the top and ‘Victoria’ down the sides
• a Rimmel lipstick in a black plastic case, the colour of which was ‘Zorro’
• the inner soles of one or both of Victoria’s shoes had been fixed with Sellotape.

CCTV footage is also being issued which has not been previously released. This was captured at the entrance to the field in Creeting St Peter the month after Victoria’s body was found, during October 1999.

The first clip shows a van stopping at the field entrance, before reversing and then driving forward to the entrance again and stopping, at which point the driver gets out and enters the field, appearing to look around at the ground near the entrance point.

The second clip shows a group of people with torches going into the field area under the cover of darkness.

Detective Chief Inspector Caroline Millar, the Senior Investigating Officer, said: “Suffolk Police has not given up - and will never give up - on catching the person or persons responsible for Victoria’s murder.

“New information and lines of enquiry that were not previously known to us are being actively pursued by the Major Investigation Team, renewing hope that Victoria’s killer will be caught.

“By reissuing the images of Victoria’s clothing and providing the additional information about some of her other belongings, I am hopeful that this may jog someone’s memory who could have seen them deposited somewhere.

“I am also extremely keen to trace the people in the CCTV images at the field in Creeting St Peter – I would really like to know who they are and what they were doing there.

“If you provided information in the original inquiry, think back and come forward if there is more you can tell us, or if you did not come forward at the time with information you had, now is the time to do so.

“This was an horrific crime committed against a girl who was two weeks away from celebrating her 18th birthday. Victoria’s adult life was just about to begin when she was torn away from her loving family, who have now been without her for a longer time than they had her – no one should have to experience the pain that they have.

“We now have another opportunity to obtain justice for Victoria and her family. The killer has lived with their guilt for the past 20 years and fresh information could make a significant difference to helping us solve this murder. It is never too late to contact us.”

Anyone with information should contact the Major Investigation Team by calling the dedicated hotline number: 0800 096 1233 (between 8am and 10pm today and tomorrow). Outside of these hours, and from 10pm onwards on Friday 20 September, the number to call is: 01473 613513.

You can also provide information via our online portal here: Public Portal

Alternatively, contact the charity Crimestoppers 100% anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their online form: www.crimestoppers-uk.org

Victoria Hall murder inquiry reopened 20 years on

Bumping the cctv, that is one creepy looking scene, looks like something out of a movie.

 

[altojack]

Bumping the cctv, that is one creepy looking scene, looks like something out of a movie.

It is quite creepy down that lane especially at night. It is just a little country road, no street lights in that vicinity.

 

[dotr]

It is quite creepy down that lane especially at night. It is just a little country road, no street lights in that vicinity.

Would the perps have to be familiar with the area to know that it is so dark, considering that they all seem to have brought flashlights with them?

 

[altojack]

Would the perps have to be familiar with the area to know that it is so dark, considering that they all seem to have brought flashlights with them?

I don't think the perp necessarily brought a torch with him.. you'd have to be familiar with the lane to know it's dark down there. Narrow and twisty road too, you eventually reach a small village/hamlet about half mile to a mile past the site.
MOO at the time was that it had to be someone local or they drove down that lane to get to work, so they knew the area. Or even someone who lived down in the village.

 

[dotr]

Includes different cctv.
Sept 18 2020
Detectives say they have made 'significant inroads' in investigation into murder of Victoria Hall,17 | Daily Mail Online
''Significant inroads have been made in the investigation into the murder of teenager who went missing on her way home from a nightclub 21 years ago, a detective has said.''

''Officers have taken 90 calls or messages from members of the public following the renewed appeal, the force said, creating new lines of inquiry.''

''Police said the movements of more than 70 people on the night in question have already been assessed in great detail, by reviewing more than 9,000 statements, documents, messages and reports from the original investigation.

Officers are also continuing to work through more than 1,200 links to people and vehicles.

They are making a specific appeal to hear from anyone who was either walking or driving in Trimley St Mary between 2am and 4am on Sunday September 19 1999.''

 

[altojack]

Cold case detectives make 'significant progress' in Vicky Hall murder investigation

From one of our local papers.

 

[dotr]

Public Portal
Murder of Victoria Hall 19/09/1999 reopened
The Joint Norfolk and Suffolk Major Investigation Team are investigating the circumstances around the murder of Victoria Hall on 19th September 1999

''Details of Incident
Victoria Hall, aged 17 years old, was abducted from the area of Faulkeners Way in Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe during the early hours of Sunday 19th September 1999. Five days later, on Friday 24th September 1999, her body was found in a ditch in Creeting St Peter, approximately 25 miles from where she had last been seen. A murder inquiry was then launched under Operation Avon and on the 21st anniversary of the day Victoria was last seen alive Suffolk Constabulary are appealing for anyone who was walking or driving in Trimley St Mary 2am-4am 19th September 1999 or who have any information that would assist the invstigation to come forward.

Since the investigation became live again last year, the inquiry team have made significant progress and undertaken a huge amount of work.

Detective Chief Superintendent Eamonn Bridger, Head of Crime, said "Despite the passage of 21 years since Victoria was so cruelly torn away from her family, we remain positive and determined to find a breakthrough in this case and to deliver justice for them"

"When the reinvestigation into the abduction and murder of Victoria was launched last year, a dedicated Operation Avon team was set-up to pursue new lines of enquiry and to identify fresh opportunities from the original investigation.


"The work undertaken so far has been vast and the team – with the assistance of numerous other colleagues - have made significant inroads. There is still much to do and we remain fully committed to completing this.


"Officers have remained in contact with Victoria’s family throughout this process, providing them with continued support and keeping them updated as to the progress of the investigation.


"Everyone was encouraged by the support we received from members of the public last year and we are grateful to all the people who contacted us with information.


"We still believe there are people out there who will know something very significant about this case, but have still as yet not told us. It is never too late to come forward and we are ready to take their call.


"We know allegiances can change over the years and someone who may have been compelled to keep a secret to protect another person may no longer feel the same obligation.


"Any information we are given will be treated with the utmost confidence. Please help us to solve this shocking crime and provide Victoria’s family the answers they deserve."


Victoria’s clothing and personal belongings that she had about her person the last time she was seen alive have never been found. 　


Images of the dress, jacket, shoes and a wooden hair slider that Victoria was wearing the last time she was seen are again being issued.


For the first time last year, details about some of Victoria’s personal belongings were disclosed as follows:

A black oval shaped New Look purse with a zip fastener, containing a house key on a distinctive fob with 'Vicky' across the top and 'Victoria' down the sides

A Rimmel lipstick in a black plastic case, the colour of which is believed to have been 'Zorro'

The inner soles of one or both of Victoria's shoes had been fixed with Sellotape''

 

[Pinkizzy]

I do wonder what made him kill all those people since he didn't sexually assault any of them. What sort of motive could there possibly be? I understand some people are just psychopaths but there's got to be a trigger from his past surely? You don't just wake up one day and decide to start murdering women.

Even if it was Wright I still think it's a good possibility that he'd chosen Vicky before hand as I theorised in a previous post. It's said that he lived in the area so maybe he'd seen her out and about and taken a fancy to her or even just seen her earlier that day. To be grabbed in that 200 yard walk to her house by a randomly wandering perp is almost unbelievably unlucky so I really do think that the perp was ready and waiting for her to return from that night out.

I read a heart breaking interview with her dad where he said they'd only let Vicky go out as it was so close to her 18th birthday, if she'd been a month younger they'd have stopped her going. That to me sounds like it was probably her first proper night out, just so tragic.

Didn't Wright masterbate after strangling them? Murder was a sexual thrill for him

 

[Pinkizzy]

Steve Wright met his wife Pamela in Felixstowe in 2001, before he moved to Ipswich.

 

[Pinkizzy]

Dbm

 

[Pinkizzy]

Dbm

 

[Pinkizzy]

It would be interesting to compare where he lived and worked with the location of his deposition sites. He lived in Norwich, Ipswich, Chislehurst and Felixstowe. He managed pubs in Brixton, Norwich, Plumstead and Norwich plus many more.

 

[altojack]

It would be interesting to compare where he lived and worked with the location of his deposition sites. He lived in Norwich, Ipswich, Chislehurst and Felixstowe. He managed pubs in Brixton, Norwich, Plumstead and Norwich plus many more.

He has certainly been around. When this first came to light it raised red flags for me as I believe there was one or two murders in Norwich around the time he was there. JMO as I no longer have that information. The murders in Norwich were in The Eastern Press, sorry can't even remember the dates.

 

[Pinkizzy]

He has certainly been around. When this first came to light it raised red flags for me as I believe there was one or two murders in Norwich around the time he was there. JMO as I no longer have that information. The murders in Norwich were in The Eastern Press, sorry can't even remember the dates.

He lived and worked in Chislehurst. His grandparents lived in Friston, his first wife was from Milford Haven and his second wife was from Hartlepool. He may have killed someone near Middlesbrough and many more. He was a proper predator.

 

[robertcampion]

There were quite a lot of murders and disappearances in Norwich and Ipswich in the 90s and early 00s when Wright was around. Yet once he was imprisoned they seemed to stop. Natalie Pearman (1992), Kellie Pratt (2000), Amanda Duncan (1993), Michelle Bettles (2002) to name a few. All fit his M.O. Be a bit of a coincidence if at the same time Wright lived in the area there was another serial killer living there who happened to have the same M.O, who then decided to stop once Wright got banged up. Norfolk police have always shown little to no interest in the cases though. Same with mainstream media for some reason. Didn't Wrights dad live in Trimley? Wright was definitely familiar with the area at least.

 

[altojack]

There were quite a lot of murders and disappearances in Norwich and Ipswich in the 90s and early 00s when Wright was around. Yet once he was imprisoned they seemed to stop. Natalie Pearman (1992), Kellie Pratt (2000), Amanda Duncan (1993), Michelle Bettles (2002) to name a few. All fit his M.O. Be a bit of a coincidence if at the same time Wright lived in the area there was another serial killer living there who happened to have the same M.O, who then decided to stop once Wright got banged up. Norfolk police have always shown little to no interest in the cases though. Same with mainstream media for some reason. Didn't Wrights dad live in Trimley? Wright was definitely familiar with the area at least.

Thank you @robertcampion for those names. I used to work in Norwich back in the day and lived out Near East Dereham. I just couldn't remember any of the names of those girls.
You are quite correct, the media didn't seem to pick up on the Norwich deaths. They just faded away.
Wright was very familiar with the area, running a pub in Norwich if my memory is correct and yes, his father lived in Trimley. Which brings us back to Victoria.

As I have no links just memory of these events p, lets just put all of this down to JMO.

 

[Tom Stannard]

An arrest has been made today according to this article at ITN.