With all the turmoil and disruption in my hometown, I could not possibly ignore the stories being written about one of the most audacious serial murder cases in the UK.
The 13th December, the front page of the Telegraph: five pictures of five young women were regimentally placed under the banner headline: “Five bodies in just 10 days”. This was the morning after the discovery of what turned out to be the last two bodies on the outskirts of Ipswich. This is the spin placed on the story; the frenetic nature of which is hard to deny when the first quote used is that of Stewart Gull, the leader of the investigation announcing that “It is such a fast-moving inquiry, it is almost a crime in action”. Caroline Davies speculates about the identity of the two bodies found the day before and then gives an impression of this fast paced section of the enquiry.
In a case with so many people involved, this short beginning to the daily coverage of the Telegraph is garbled. It moves all over the place because of the order in which these announcements came. There seemingly was no call for an ordered structure. With so many young girls involved it is not clear who is who just from the text alone and therefore relies heavily on the five pictures above.
The Story, being several days old at this point, this short piece seems to be trying to do too much.
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