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    Who is Aman Vyas and where is he now?

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    AMAN Vyas was convicted of the rape of three women and murder of a fourth in 2020 and is now in prison.It took a decade for Vyas to be put away for his crimes, but how did he evade capture?Aman Vyas was seen on CCTVCredit: PAWho is Aman Vyas?Aman Vyas is a convicted murderer and rapist.The serial rapist was dubbed the “night stalker” but it took a decade for him to be found guilty of his crimes and be sent to prison.His crimes covered a small area of Walthamstow, Greater London, centred around Markhouse Road.Between March 24 and May 30 in 2009 Vyas committed multiple crimes.Read more on newsHis first crime took place on Tuesday March 24, 2009 when he followed a woman back to her flat and went into her property.Vyas punched her repeatedly in the face, raped her and left.Just a few weeks later on April 22 he approached a woman looking to buy drugs.She agreed to take him somewhere to buy them but he pulled out a knife and forced her down an alleyway.Most read in The SunHe then punched her, raped her and left the scene.A week later on April 29 another woman was found injured by police.She said she cannot remember her walk home that night.What happened to Michelle Samaraweera?Vyas’ last attack was the murder of Michelle Samaraweera.Michelle was a 35-year-old widow who lived on her own in Hainault but had a boyfriend in Walthamstow.On May 30, 2009 she was captured on CCTV at a shop in Markhouse Road before Vyas entered the same shop.Michelle then walked along Queens Road where there is a small park.Members of the public heard screams coming from the park at 1:30am but it was around 5.15am when a dog walker found Michelle’s partially clothed body.A post-mortem examination revealed that she had been strangled and sexually assaulted.Michelle Samaraweera was murderedCredit: PA:Press AssociationHow long will Aman Vyas spend in prison?Vyas was sentenced to life in prison.The judge recommended he would serve 37 years for the murder of Michelle.With time served already served in custody, both in England and in India, Vyas will serve 34 years and 312 days from the day of sentencing in 2020.He was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Thursday August 20, 2020 for the murder as well as five counts of rape, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, ranging from 14 to 18-and-a-half years for each count.How did Aman Vyas get caught?In November 2010, 60,525 posters showing the CCTV image of the suspect from a shop in the area were dispatched to addresses in the Walthamstow area.A man who received a poster recognised the suspect and informed police.Vyas worked with the man’s family member.A water bottle that the family member had drank from was given to police and used to link Vyas to the crimes.Police found that a month after Michelle’s murder, Vyas purchased a one-way ticket to India.A manhunt was launched to find Vyas and extradite him back to the UK.READ MORE SUN STORIESOn October 4, 2019 Met Police officers escorted him from India Ghandi Airport in New Delhi to London Heathrow.Enquiries revealed that Vyas was staying in New Zealand and Singapore over the ten years before going back to India where he was caught. More

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      Who was Silas Duane Boston and what did he do to Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton?

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      SILAS Duane Boston was charged with murdering British couple Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton in 1978. Here’s everything we know about the murderer as well the victim’s tragic deaths — which are dramatised in the new series Dead in the Water.Silas Duane Boston with his two sons in the 80sWho was Salis Duane Boston?Silas Duane Boston was a former resident of Sacramento, California. In 1986, he shot his wife, Mary Lou, point-blank in the head after she said she wanted a divorce and hoped to take their two sons away.Ten years after his wife’s murder, Boston fled rape charges in California, moving himself and his boys, Vincent and Russell, to Belize to start a new life.It was here where Boston committed his next heinous crime, this time in front of his two sons.  Read More on Serial KillersOn December 16, 2016, he was arrested from a Paradise convalescent home for the murders of Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton after a decades-long investigation. He was then charged with the English couple’s killings, whose bodies were found by fishermen about 200 yards off the coast at Punta de Manabique, Guatemala, on July 8, 1978. “It was never a second thought that dad would kill me if I got in his way – he’d threatened to many times.”Boston’s son VinceThe victims had been tortured, tied to heavy engine parts, and thrown into the sea.Why did Salis Duane Boston kill Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton?Chris Farmer and Peta Frampton, both from Manchester, England, were fresh university graduates who had decided to take a year off to travel.Most read in The SunThe couple travelled to Australia before embarking on their journey to America.They informed their parents via letter that they had encountered Boston while in Belize and had chartered his boat to transport them to Mexico.In 1978, Boston welcomed Frampton and Farmer on board his boat for a two-week sailing experience.However, the situation quickly escalated when Boston had a falling out with the couple, resulting in him bludgeoning them. He then shackled their bodies to engine parts before throwing them overboard to their deaths.Their bodies were eventually discovered off the coast of Guatemala, before being quietly buried.The murders are dramatised in the new Prime Video series Dead In The Water, where Boston’s son Vince reveals how his dad pressured him into keeping silent about his horrific act. Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Vince says: “He told us that snitches were the worst thing a man could be, and that if we ever said anything to anyone about what we’d seen, or if the authorities found out, we’d be next to die.“I knew he had killed my mother in cold blood, so I really feared him and, for a long time, said nothing.”“It was never a second thought that dad would kill me if I got in his way – he’d threatened to many times,” he added.Boston’s mother told her grandson: “I don’t want to lie to you kids. There is no Santa Claus and your mother is never coming back.“Your dad killed her because he didn’t want to lose you kids.A 38-YEAR-OLD COLD CASE:
      June 29, 1978: Peta Frampton sent a letter to her parents saying they had met Boston and were chartering his boat to Mexico. She said his two sons were also on board.
      June and July 1978: Sometime after the letter was sent, Boston murdered Frampton and Farmer.
      July 8, 1978: The bodies of the couple were found off the coast of Guatemala.
      It became a cold case until it was relaunched thanks to an investigation into the 1968 disappearance of Boston’s former wife, Mary Lou Boston.
      December 1, 2016: Boston is arrested over Farmer and Frampton’s deaths.
      December 8, 2016: He was charged with their murders.

      When can you watch Dead in the water on Amazon?Dead in the Water was based on the book of the same name by Penny Farmer.The true crime programme premiered on February 28, 2024You can watch it on Amazon Prime Video. More

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      Why did Yolanda Saldívar kill Selena Quintanilla?

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      THE murder of Selena Quintanilla shocked the Tejano community – and the world. Selena’s killer was crazed fan Yolanda Saldívar, who was head of the Selena fan club and knew the Quintanilla family personally.
      Convicted murderer Yolanda Saldívar was president of Selena’s fan club
      Why did Yolanda Saldívar kill Selena Quintanilla?
      Yolanda Saldívar was the president of Selena Quintanilla’s fan club and she also managed the singer’s clothing boutiques.
      In 1995, Selena’s father, Abraham, was informed by boutique employees that Saldívar had stolen over $60,000 from the company.
      After he looked into the situation, he became convinced that Saldívar was embezzling money.
      Abraham confronted her and immediately sacked her from all her duties relating to the Selena franchise.

      However, Saldívar still had financial documents that Selena needed, and so the crazed fan told the singer to meet her at a motel so they could exchange the records.
      Saldívar kept delaying the handover of the documents, reportedly telling Selena she had been sexually assaulted in Mexico to delay the exchange further.
      The pair finally returned to the motel and Saldívar handed over the documents, but as Selena turned to leave the room, she pulled out a revolver and shot the singer in the back.
      Selena ran towards the motel lobby for help, chased by Saldívar. The beloved singer was taken to hospital but later died from blood loss.
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      Saldívar was arrested after a 9.5-hour standoff with police in which she threatened to kill herself.
      Carlos Valdez, the lead prosecutor in Saldívar’s murder trial, explained why Saldívar wanted to kill Valdez.
      He said, “Yolanda wanted to kill Selena because Selena was firing Yolanda. She wouldn’t exist if she didn’t have Selena.”
      “And if she didn’t work for Selena, she didn’t want to work for anybody.”
      Who is Yolanda Saldívar?
      Yolanda Saldívar was a former nurse who became Selena’s fan club president after attending one of Selena’s concerts.
      Saldívar contacted Selena’s dad, Abraham Quintanilla, about starting a fan club, which he agreed to.
      She was later given the responsibility of running Selena’s clothing boutiques and became increasingly close with Selena and her family.
      The club grew to over 1,500 members in its first four years, but questions over Saldívar’s leadership of the fan club developed.
      After the shooting, Saldívar was apprehended by police. She maintained that the shooting was accidental.
      However, the prosecution pointed out that Saldívar was a trained nurse but did not try to help Selena after she was shot.
      Yolanda Saldívar knew Selena and her family personally for years before the shootingCredit: AP:Associated Press
      Where is Yolanda Saldívar now?
      Yolanda Saldívar pleaded not guilty, claiming she had meant to use the gun on herself.
      But a jury took less than 3 hours to convict Saldívar.
      On October 24, 1995, she was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison.
      In 2019, she requested a new trial, claiming the prosecutor withheld exculpatory material evidence. Her request was dismissed.
      Saldívar is still in Mountain View Prison in Texas for the murder of Selena.  
      However, she may not be behind bars for much longer as the convicted murderer will be eligible for parole in 2025.
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      Yolanda will star in a new docu-series about Selena’s murder, where she speaks about her working relationship and friendship with the beloved star.
      In the trailer, she says, “I knew her secrets, and I think the people deserved to know the truth.”
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      Vegan Jodie Marsh slammed by fans as she brands meat-eaters ‘serial killers’

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      VEGAN Jodie Marsh has been slammed by fans as she branded meat-eaters ‘serial killers’. The 44-year-old, who founded Animal Rescue Fripps Farm in 2020, is a huge animal lover and has been vegan for a number of years.
      Jodie Marsh was slammed for her choice of jumperCredit: Instagram
      The star is a big animal loverCredit: John McLellan
      Jodie recently shared a snap of her with a jumper making reference to American serial killer Jeffery Dahmer.
      Her jumper said: “I don’t eat dead bodies, but you crack on Jeffrey Dahmer.”
      Many non meat-eaters praised her choice of outfit, asking where she bought it, but some weren’t so impressed.
      One said: “Is that really making out that all meat eaters are serial killers? Pathetic!”
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      Jodie replied: “All meat eaters are paying someone else to repeatedly murder for them.
      “So indirectly yes I guess they are all serial killers. But I think the jumper is funny anyway.
      “It’s not meant to offend anyone.
      “If it does offend though then that’s good as maybe it makes people think about what they’re putting in their mouths.”
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      Meanwhile someone else said: “Omg that jumper…I got to own one.”
      Another joked: “I need this jumper.”
      Last month Jodie was told to get her boob job checked by fans after she was kicked in the chest by an emu.
      The star is in charge of 300 animals at her farm.
      Sharing a snap of her showing off a huge mark on her chest, Jodie said: “Steph and I have matching boob bruises.
      “Mine is slightly worse than hers. FARM LIFE.”
      Jodie confessed: “Mine is from a flying kick from an emu!!”.
      Many rushed to the comments section to share their concerns.
      One said: “Omg that looks sore , but go get it checked out Jodie, better to be safe hun.”
      Another wrote: “Please be careful with boobs maybe wear boob protection.”
      Jodie decided to quit showbiz when her mum was diagnosed with cancer in 2020.
      She fulfilled her dream by setting up a farm.
      Jodie has been vegan for a number of yearsCredit: Getty More