Dead prostitutes found in stream

LONDON - Suffolk police launched a murder investigation yesterday that links the deaths of two prostitutes whose naked bodies were found 1.5km apart in the same stream within a week of each other.

Police said a body divers found on the outskirts of Ipswich on Saturday was that of 19-year-old Tania Nicol.

The body of Gemma Adams, 25, was found in a brook last weekend.

"We are now beginning a linked murder investigation," Detective Superintendent Andy Henwood of Ipswich police said.

There were "obvious similarities" between the deaths and he urged local prostitutes to look out for one another.

- REUTERS