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Stephen Shaun GriffithsSerial killer
Date of Birth: 24.12.1969
Country:  Great Britain |
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Serial Killer
The story revolves around the murder of three women connected to the sex industry in the northern English city of Bradford in 2009 and 2010. 43-year-old Susan Rushworth disappeared on June 22, 2009, followed by the disappearance of 31-year-old Shelley Armitage on April 26, 2010, and 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires on May 21 of the same year. Stephen Shaun Griffiths, a 40-year-old man, was arrested on May 24, 2010, and subsequently charged with the murders of the three women. Blamires' body parts were discovered in the River Aire in Shipley, near Bradford, on May 25. Other human tissues found in the same river later belonged to Shelley Armitage. Susan Rushworth's remains were never found.
Biography of Stephen Shaun Griffiths
Stephen Shaun Griffiths was born on December 24, 1969, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. He was arrested in May 2010 and appeared before magistrates, introducing himself as The Crossbow Cannibal. He was remanded in custody until his next court appearance, which took place on June 7 via video link from Wakefield Prison, and the hearing date for his case was set for November 16, 2010.
While in custody, Griffiths attempted suicide four times. On December 21, 2010, he was sentenced for all three murders after pleading guilty. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The police had been monitoring Griffiths for two years before he killed his first victim, and his hunting rifle was confiscated. The police contacted the housing association that owned the apartment where Stephen lived after the tenant was seen reading books about dismemberment. The association shared the police's concerns and agreed to install a better CCTV system in Griffiths' residence. At the time of the murders, the police had no evidence to impose an antisocial behavior order.
Stephen's criminal history includes a three-year sentence he received at the age of 17, when he randomly attacked a supermarket manager with a knife. While behind bars, the offender claimed to see himself turning into a killer, and psychiatrists concluded that his fantasies could lead him to commit serial killings. In 1991, he was diagnosed as a schizoid psychopath, and the following year, Griffiths was sentenced to two years in prison for holding a knife to a girl's throat.
