http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2989295/Suspected-serial-killer-Stephen-Griffiths-Im-a-demon.htmlBy ALASTAIR TAYLOR
Published: Today
A UNIVERSITY researcher studying serial killers was last night being held on suspicion of murdering three prostitutes.
Stephen Griffiths, 40, was arrested after CCTV footage emerged of a woman being executed with a crossbow outside his flat in Bradford - home of the Yorkshire Ripper.
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Cops fear dismembered body parts of possible victim Suzanne Blamires, 36, may have been EATEN or dumped in bin bags.
Triple murder suspect Griffiths was grabbed by armed police after a caretaker discovered horrific CCTV film of a woman being shot in the head with a crossbow.
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The footage showed the victim, believed to be prostitute Suzanne, being chased in a corridor in the early hours of Saturday outside the university researcher's flat.
She was attacked and knocked unconscious by a man who then disappeared from view.
But he returned moments later with a crossbow and fired a bolt into her head, before dragging her body away.
It is understood CCTV cameras also captured a man coming and going from the block of flats with BIN BAGS.
Police recovered partially decomposed body parts from a river in Shipley on Tuesday night.
She vanished last FRIDAY. The man with the bin bags was caught on camera over the WEEKEND.
And 40-year-old Griffiths, who has a PhD in psychology and is studying serial killers, was seized on MONDAY.
He is being held on suspicion of murdering Suzanne and two more vice girls.
They are Shelley Armitage, 31, who vanished at the end of last month, and Susan Rushworth, 43, who has not been seen since June last year.
It is feared at least one of the three may have been dismembered with a samurai sword.
And shocked detectives are investigating whether some body parts may have been EATEN cannibal-style.
They are also probing possible links to other missing or killed prostitutes including 19-year-old Rebecca Hall - murdered and dumped in an alleyway in 2001.
A source said: "We just don't know what we are dealing with at the moment. It is absolutely horrific, the stuff of hell.
"There are three missing women being looked at regarding him at present.
"But there is the obvious fear there could be more."
Griffiths uses the name Ven Pariah on a bizarre website featuring photos of more than 50 serial killers including Ian Brady, Myra Hindley and Fred and Rose West.
A neighbour described him as an "oddball" who often wears a long leather coat.
He was taken in after more than 80 cops - some armed with pistols and machine guns - swooped on his third-floor flat in a converted mill.
It is close to Bradford city centre and deep in the heartland of Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who slaughtered 13 women, mainly prostitutes, between 1975 and 1980.
The neighbour said: "The whole place was surrounded.
"I tried to walk out of my flat and police shouted, 'Get inside and stay inside.'
"You could see dozens of officers with guns. Some had machine guns. We thought they had found a terrorist.
"It was incredible. We were held for two hours while the police moved in and then broke down the man's door. He was led away in handcuffs."
The block, called Holmfield Court, is heavily covered by CCTV cameras.
And the neighbour said: "Apparently the caretaker was reviewing the footage routinely on Monday to check if there had been any problems over the weekend.
"He was stunned when he saw this woman being attacked in a corridor.
"When the police raided the flat there was no body."
Cops were yesterday combing several derelict buildings that back on to the flats.
They dug on land beside the building and searched nearby streams and drains. Forensic officers and frogmen continued to scour the River Aire at Shipley, where the body parts were seen floating by a passer-by.
A police evidence bag was seen in the boot of a car.
A spokesman said: "We haven't yet been able to identify the remains and inquiries are continuing."
Magistrates yesterday gave cops extra time to quiz Griffiths.
More details of the three possible victims emerged last night.
The first to vanish, heroin addict Susan, was last seen getting off a single-decker bus in the Manningham area of Bradford, near her home. The mother of three, who suffered from epilepsy, did not contact her family or friends again.
Nor did she use her phone or bank account.
Her son James, 23, later made a public appeal for information about her disappearance.
He said his mother had no reason to quit her home of her own accord.
Shelley was last seen in the early hours of April 27 in Rebecca Street in the centre of Bradford.
A week later police launched a poster appeal in a bid to trace her - and said they were "extremely concerned" for her safety.
Shelley, plagued by drink and drug problems, has since failed to claim benefits or use her mobile.
She is thought to have known Suzanne, who lived in Allerton, Bradford.
The disappearance of the three prostitutes will once again throw a spotlight on Bradford's notorious red-light district.
It is where the Yorkshire Ripper struck for the first time, killing vice girl Patricia Atkinson in a flat a few streets away from Susan's home.
In the mid-1990s the area was the backdrop for TV drama series Band Of Gold, about a group of women who lived and worked there.
And Rebecca Hall's 2001 murder sent shivers down the spine of the local community.
The area, just north of Bradford's city centre, remains run-down and grimy despite numerous operations to try to clear up problems of drugs, crime and prostitution.
Streets contain a mixture of commercial and residential properties. But many are abandoned and boarded up.
Those living there complain about sex workers conducting their business outside their homes and leaving used condoms and needles strewn around.
