GUILTY UK - Victoria 'Vicky' Hall, 17, Trimley St Mary, Suffolk, 18 Sep 1999 *arrest 2023* *trial 2026*

[Rookie D]

So it would appear that the man seen in the footage who parks up his van close to the deposition site and then appears to look around on the ground, was none other than Wright himself.

Was he panicked that he had dropped something that may have implicated him?

The other footage of multiple individuals walking at the same location in the dark, seems to have been a red herring then?

 

[tes1984]

If Vicky is found on 19 September, then presumably the 7 October footage is SW revisiting the scene. He could be looking for something, or leaving something there.

The 18 October footage might well be a police surveillance team. If they set up CCTV on 19 September, then once they realised someone had been caught on CCTV on 7 October wouldn't they have staked out the site?

 

[Bickles]

It is a recognised behaviour for serial killers to revisit the scene. Sometimes to make sure they haven't left incriminating evidence behind, sometimes to see what the police investigating are doing.

Wondering if he did the same with the other known victims? I can't recall reading about it at the time.

Also thinking about how many other victims there were.

 

[Rookie D]

Based on the CCTV, Wright drove a van.

When she was abducted and murdered, Victoria Hall was wearing a black silk satin dress with a jacket.


Back in 1996, a woman named Melanie Hall was abducted in Bath

In 2009, her remains were found just off the M5 northbound at junction 14. A full set of 3 Ford keys were found close to the remains; almost certainly belonging to a Ford van.


Melanie was also wearing a silk dress (blue) and a jacket on the night she was abducted.

Is there any chance that Wright was active at all in the west of England?


We know he was active in East Anglia, and Brixton, South London, but could he have also killed in other areas of the country?


Curious

 

[Dotta]

From 2008

"Secret life of the Suffolk Strangler.​

WHEN he arrived at Seckford Golf Club for the pre-Christmas tournament,
Steve Wright looked his usual quiet self.

Nothing about his demeanour suggested anything amiss on that chilly morning,
Saturday December 9, 2006.

But the former QE2 steward
had murdered in cold blood barely 12 hours before his appearance on the course near Ipswich.

Some 36 hours later he would do it again..."

https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/35821/Secret-life-of-the-Suffolk-Strangler

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018272686137287039

 

[Rookie D]

t doesn't surprise me that Wright was guilty of killing Victoria Hall. Wright has links to that specific area, and was known to be within close proximity at the time Victoria was abducted.


For me, the most significant aspect of this particular case, is that it proves that Wright wasn't just driven by killing prostitutes, he was also driven by wanting to control, dominate and kill females who were vulnerable and he took his opportunities whenever he could.

This reminds me of the Yorkshire Ripper case, in that Sutcliffe was also not just driven by killing prostitutes. At the time the south Yorkshire police were so narrow minded in their approach and belief that anyone who wasn't a prostitute couldn't have been a victim. But the truth was far different and Sutcliffe killed whoever he felt like killing. The same concept applies to Wright.

The 7 year gap between the Victoria Hall murder, and Wright's killing spree in Ipswich in 2006, is particularly concerning.

I would suggest that he almost certainly killed several women before Victoria, AND also between her murder and those that occurred in 2006. There may have been many more victims. I think we haven't heard the last of this particularly nasty and evil psychopath.

And of course, up until today, Wright was always considered as a spree like serial killer; akin to the likes of the enigmatic Jack the Ripper.
However, we now know that Wright killed over a much longer time span, and he may have been active for decades.

A scary thought indeed

 

[Rookie D]

Could this have been Wright?

I think the photo fit is pretty close IMO

Was Wright responsible for the abduction and murder of Melanie Hall in Bath in 1996?

 

[Yellowbelly]

Based on the CCTV, Wright drove a van.

When she was abducted and murdered, Victoria Hall was wearing a black silk satin dress with a jacket.


Back in 1996, a woman named Melanie Hall was abducted in Bath

In 2009, her remains were found just off the M5 northbound at junction 14. A full set of 3 Ford keys were found close to the remains; almost certainly belonging to a Ford van.


Melanie was also wearing a silk dress (blue) and a jacket on the night she was abducted.

Is there any chance that Wright was active at all in the west of England?


We know he was active in East Anglia, and Brixton, South London, but could he have also killed in other areas of the country?


Curious

It was Robert Black's modus operandi, wasn't it, to commit a murder in one part of the country and drive the body in his van to another part of the country to dispose of it. If Steve Wright had a van then we probably shouldn't just be thinking about murders in East Anglia.

 

[Rookie D]

It was Robert Black's modus operandi, wasn't it, to commit a murder in one part of the country and drive the body in his van to another part of the country to dispose of it. If Steve Wright had a van then we probably shouldn't just be thinking about murders in East Anglia.

Great post.

Yes, I think that there are certain similarities that shouldn't be overlooked

Melanie Hall and Victoria Hall

Both abducted after leaving night clubs
Both wearing silk/satin dresses with Jackets
Both young women
Both murdered and then deposited a considerable distance from the abduction site
Wright had a van, and there were Ford (van?) keys left at the Melanie Hall deposition site


There are of course some key differences between the 2 murders, but for me, the E-Fit made in 1996 of a man seen with Melanie, closely matches that of Wright.
The shape of the mouth, the eyebrows, the eyes, shape of the face, the shape of the hairline slightly lower on the left etc...

A killer's M.O. develops and grows over time, and this is something that is variable and adaptive, and is never linear.

If I was working on the case, I would seriously consider my suggestion that Wright should be looked at for the unsolved abduction and murder of Melanie Hall in 1996.

 

[RC80]

I would suggest the Vicky Hall murder was purely on circumstances. Unfortunately she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[rvlvr]

Has Wright ever admitted to the 2006 murders? I was under the impression that he hadn’t. So it seems peculiar he’d plead guilty to Victoria’s murder? I hope he isn’t just doing this because he realises he’ll die in prison regardless - if police have some really solid evidence in this case then perhaps he was advised to plead guilty and took that on board? Might he possibly confess to further murders now?

Edited by me, 2006 not 5.

 

[tes1984]

I would suggest the Vicky Hall murder was purely on circumstances. Unfortunately she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Absolutely. SW tried to abduct another woman, so he wasn't focused on a specific victim.

We know from his later murders that he had a very short 'cooling down period' between crimes.

 

[Yellowbelly]

Great post.

Yes, I think that there are certain similarities that shouldn't be overlooked

Melanie Hall and Victoria Hall

Both abducted after leaving night clubs
Both wearing silk/satin dresses with Jackets
Both young women
Both murdered and then deposited a considerable distance from the abduction site
Wright had a van, and there were Ford (van?) keys left at the Melanie Hall deposition site


There are of course some key differences between the 2 murders, but for me, the E-Fit made in 1996 of a man seen with Melanie, closely matches that of Wright.
The shape of the mouth, the eyebrows, the eyes, shape of the face, the shape of the hairline slightly lower on the left etc...

A killer's M.O. develops and grows over time, and this is something that is variable and adaptive, and is never linear.

If I was working on the case, I would seriously consider my suggestion that Wright should be looked at for the unsolved abduction and murder of Melanie Hall in 1996.

Haven't the police got a partial DNA profile from the rope used to tie up the bin bags in the Melanie Hall case, though. They should already know if it was Wright or not on that basis, I should have thought.

 

[tes1984]

It was Robert Black's modus operandi, wasn't it, to commit a murder in one part of the country and drive the body in his van to another part of the country to dispose of it. If Steve Wright had a van then we probably shouldn't just be thinking about murders in East Anglia.

Robert Black was a long distance driver, and one of the most mobile of all UK offenders. I'm not sure that Steve Wright was ever that mobile at least in terms of his work.

The police spent millions digging into Black's background and tracing his movements back over many years. I doubt they've investigated the likes of Halliwell, Bellfield and indeed Steve Wright quite as thoroughly, although I may be wrong.

 

[Rookie D]

Haven't the police got a partial DNA profile from the rope used to tie up the bin bags in the Melanie Hall case, though. They should already know if it was Wright or not on that basis, I should have thought.

Possibly.

But it may also be a case of the various police constabularies not communicating with each other.

The police wouldn't automatically consider a killer who didn't fit the natural geo-profiling, but there have been serial killers who have indeed killed all over the country.

I also think that the partial DNA claim is a ruse; in a bid to make the culprit reassess their position.

 

[Bickles]

Has Wright ever admitted to the 2006 murders? I was under the impression that he hadn’t. So it seems peculiar he’d plead guilty to Victoria’s murder? I hope he isn’t just doing this because he realises he’ll die in prison regardless - if police have some really solid evidence in this case then perhaps he was advised to plead guilty and took that on board? Might he possibly confess to further murders now?

Edited by me, 2006 not 5.

I wonder if the recent passing of Victoria's mum had any bearing on his decision to admit his guilt. Her family has been through (and is still going through) enough, perhaps he was persuaded to admit his guilt.

He knows he's never being released.

 

[Ellymoo]

I am so relieved for Victoria and her family that he has finally confessed.

Who were the people with torches, then? Just randoms examining the scene?

 

[tes1984]

Steve Wright was certainly

Could this have been Wright?

I think the photo fit is pretty close IMO

Was Wright responsible for the abduction and murder of Melanie Hall in Bath in 1996?

Steve Wright was 38 and the photo fit depicts a younger man.

He was clearly capable of murdering Melanie Hall, but I've never seen anything to link SW to Bath. All his known offences were in areas he knew well.

It's also a big claim that the Melanie Hall DNA doesn't exist.

 

[Dotta]

Steve Wright was certainly

Steve Wright was 38 and the photo fit depicts a younger man.

He was clearly capable of murdering Melanie Hall, but I've never seen anything to link SW to Bath. All his known offences were in areas he knew well.

It's also a big claim that the Melanie Hall DNA doesn't exist.

Besides
SW seems to have lighter coloured eyes and hair.
He doesn't look like a man from e-fit (in Melanie's case) to me.

JMO