Ian Huntley, the Soham killer, is to be cremated in the coming days after nobody claimed responsibility for his remains. His body had been left in a hospital mortuary since his death earlier this month.
Huntley, 47, was convicted in 2003 for the murders of 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham, Cambridgeshire. He was serving a life sentence at HMP Frankland when he was attacked by another prisoner, sustaining injuries that led to his death after life support was withdrawn.
Prison authorities contacted potential family members, including his mother and biological daughter, but neither wished to arrange a private funeral. A source told the Daily Star that the cremation will be conducted without ceremony, and his mother will receive the ashes at a later date.
The decision to cremate him quietly comes after efforts to find someone to take ownership of his body were exhausted. An insider noted that no one in Soham would want a peaceful send-off for the child killer.
