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Police Hunt For Facebook Killer Ends After Man Is Found Hanged

by Peter Mychalcewycz on February 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM


A UK man suspected of murdering a woman he met on Facebook has apparently committed suicide, ending an intense police search and providing some closure to a bizarre case.

George Appleton, a 40-year-old British man, had been wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Clare Wood, a woman he had begun seeing after they met online. The relationship, which began in April, 2008 had apparently ended shortly before Wood's murder. Wood's burned remains were found in her home in Salford, a northwest suburb of Manchester earlier this week. Police had been searching in ernest for Appleton, who had tried contacting four other women on Facebook. For obvious reasons, the women were warned not to meet with him for any reason.

Appleton's body was found yesterday hanging in an abandoned building in Manchester. [From: Independent and Telegraph]

Tags: crime, facebook, murder, suicide

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