Stephen Oladimeji K Akinmurele was a Nigerian-English serial killer who was charged with murdering five elderly people between 1995 and 1998.
13 Facts About Stephen Akinmurele
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Stephen Akinmurele's third suspected crime was the murder of Jemimah Cargill.
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Stephen Akinmurele had a history of mental illness and had committed crimes against the elderly from the age of 11.
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Stephen Akinmurele was drawn to situations in which he would encounter the elderly with the police asserting he got a "kick" out of killing old people.
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Stephen Akinmurele confessed to a number of the murders but killed himself before his trial.
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The victims in the case were all senior citizens; the lead investigator in the case noted that Stephen Akinmurele had a "pathological hatred" of old people.
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Stephen Akinmurele was dubbed the "Cul-de-Sac Killer" due to his choice of elderly victims living in quiet suburban streets.
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Stephen Akinmurele used batteries bound together to make a cosh, which was found beneath Eric's body.
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Stephen Akinmurele was arrested and charged with their murders on 1 November 1998.
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Stephen Akinmurele died in a flat fire in Blackpool in October 1998, prior to the murder of the Boardmans.
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Stephen Akinmurele claimed that he had killed the man and buried his body on a cliff overlooking the sea.
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Stephen Akinmurele died by suicide in Manchester Prison in August 1999, just weeks before his trial.
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Stephen Akinmurele hanged himself from a window with a ligature.