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Double murderer John Sweeney dies in prison
A man who killed and butchered two women before dumping their bodies in canals has died in prison. John Sweeney, 69, is understood to have died of cancer at HMP Whitemoor, in Cambridgeshire, on Friday, August 14.
TL;DR
- John Sweeney, 69, died of cancer in HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire.
- He was known as the "Canal Killer" for murdering and dismembering two ex-girlfriends.
- Melissa Halstead's body was found in a Rotterdam canal in 1990; Paula Fields' remains were discovered in London's Regent's Canal in 2001.
- The heads and hands of both victims were never recovered.
- Sweeney also launched an axe attack on another girlfriend, Delia Balmer.
- Police found over 300 demonic, misogynistic paintings, sketches, and poems by Sweeney that contained clues to his murders.