UK - Stephanie Slater, kidnapped by Michael Sams in 1992, dies of cancer

[MelmothTheLost]

Estate agent Stephanie Slater who survived eight days locked in a box after being kidnapped by crazed killer Michael Sams in 1992 dies aged 50 just 11 days after being diagnosed with cancer

An estate agent who famously survived eight days locked in a box after being kidnapped by crazed one-legged killer Michael Sams in 1992 has died of cancer.

Stephanie Slater, 50, was held in a cramped wooden coffin for over a week after she was taken captive by the convicted murderer at the age of 25.

She was snatched and held at knifepoint by one-legged Sams who pretended to be a potential buyer of an empty property in Great Barr, Birmingham.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4843742/Estate-agent-trapped-killer-1992-dies-cancer.html

This was a huge case at the time, especially as it came only 6 years after Suzy Lamplugh, a London estate agent, disappeared while meeting a potential house buyer.

It sounds as though Stephanie never completely got over her ordeal.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/stephanie-slater-abducted-and-raped-by-killer-kept-in-wheelie-bin-for-eight-days/news-story/c937281e682e354edb17ad574aca9fa0

Her shock release was a testament to Stephanie’s tenacious drive to survive, it has been revealed in a new BBC podcast, The Kidnapping of Stephanie Slater.

 

[Penny68]

In 'The Sun' newspaper today.

'Quote:
Today parole officers will decide whether the 81-year-old should be freed, meaning he could be out in days.
However, Bob, the detective chief superintendent during the harrowing investigation, is campaigning for Sams to live the rest of his life behind bars.
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Even though he is now 81 years old, hope to goodness he is not allowed out of prison.

Deranged killer told me every gory detail of how he stuffed girl in 'coffin'

AS top cop Bob Taylor sat across the prison table from sadistic killer Michael Sams, his blood ran cold. In emotionless monotone Sams told him in gory detail how he had abducted 18-year-old Julie D…

www.thesun.co.uk