Bobbi-Anne McLeod, 18, was attacked with a claw hammer in Plymouth last November as she waited at a bus stop. Cody Ackland, who admitted her murder last month, led a 'double life', police said, and was obsessed with the notorious American killer Ted Bundy.
Ian Wilkinson, senior crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service in the south-west of England, said:"Bobbi-Anne was just 18 years old when her life was taken away in the most cruel and shocking manner.
He led a"double life" involving a morbid interest in serial killers, police revealed, particularly the US killer Ted Bundy, whose kidnap and murder of young women bore similarities to the killing of Ms McLeod. "When Ackland realised there was a potential - no matter how small - that she could identify him subsequently, he chose to abduct Bobbi-Anne, moving her into the footwell of his Ford Fiesta."Police believe Ms McLeod was still alive when Ackland drove her to a car park on Dartmoor. Pic: Devon & Cornwall PoliceHe then drove Ms McLeod, whom police believe was still alive, to Bellever Forest car park on Dartmoor, 19 miles away.
Police say there was no evidence of a sexual attack or motivation and that Ms McLeod did not know Ackland. "[There was] a really significant level of dark, explicit, graphic material. He had used the internet to search for baseball bats, balaclavas, waterproof clothing, DIY websites for cutting tools and hammers.
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