news uknews crime 8405913 ----- # Sian O'Callaghan 'knew murder suspect taxi driver through his children' ## Sian O'Callaghan knew her murder suspect Chris Halliwell through his three children, it has been reported. 400 227 TelegraphPlayer-8404899 [Link to this video][1] By [Caroline Gammell][2], Richard Savill and John Bingham 8:51AM GMT 25 Mar 2011 The 22-year-old was friends with the taxi driver's daughters Natasha, 19, Carissa, 17, and 12-year-old son Shane, according to the Daily Mirror. She also knew his step-children Gemma, 29, and Lorna, 26, daughters of his partner Heather, it is claimed. A friend told the Mirror that Miss O'Callaghan would have been comfortable in his company, saying, "Chris knows Sian so she would have not had a second thought about getting into a car with him." The hunt for the missing night-clubber turned into a double murder investigation on Thursday night as detectives disclosed that they had found her body and suspected another was nearby. The discovery came six days after Miss O'Callaghan was last seen alive leaving a club. Police said they believed they had found her body close to the Uffington White Horse beauty spot in Oxfordshire. In an extraordinary twist, officers then said they had been told about a second as yet unidentified body, which they have yet to find. ## Related Articles * [Cab driver charged with Sian O'Callaghan's murder][3] 27 Mar 2011 * [Sian O'Callaghan murder][4] 28 Mar 2011 * [Sian murder: angry scenes as suspect appears in court][5] 28 Mar 2011 * [Sian police investigate missing Vietnamese woman][6] 27 Mar 2011 * [Second body found in murder hunt][7] 26 Mar 2011 * [Second victim's bones belong to woman aged between 23 and 30][8] 27 Mar 2011 The man arrested is believed to be 47- year-old Chris Halliwell, a taxi driver. The suspect is being held on suspicion of kidnap and double murder. Det Supt Steve Fulcher, who is leading the inquiry, said: "A 47-year-old man from Swindon is in custody, having been arrested for kidnap and two murders. "The location of two bodies have been identified to me by this individual, one of whom has yet to be identified formally, but I am quite clear is Sian." Mr Fulcher added that Miss O'Callaghan's parents Mick, 51, and Elaine, 48, had been told about the discovery and were deeply distressed. However, the detective would not be drawn on the identity - or even the gender - of the other body. Reports last night claimed it was that of an unnamed woman killed in 2001. Officers in the case have also been approached by police investigating the murder of hospital worker Melanie Hall, 25, who was last seen leaving a Bath nightclub in 1996 before her remains were found near the M5 in Gloucestershire thirteen years later. The developments came after the arrest of Mr Halliwell at a taxi rank outside an Asda store in north Swindon yesterday morning. Officers towed away his green Toyota Avensis. According to reports he had gone voluntarily to a police station on Wednesday to give a sample of his DNA after officers said they were looking for a Toyota Avensis cab. Mr Halliwell, a divorced father-ofthree, lives in Swindon with his partner, Heather Widdowson. Their end-of-terrace house was cordoned off yesterday. Forensics officers were seen searching the property and working in the back garden. Miss O'Callaghan, an office administrator, was last seen alive leaving Suju nightclub in the early hours on Saturday. CCTV footage showed her shortly before 3am and her mobile telephone was tracked to Savernake Forest, near Marlborough, about 30 minutes later. Her disappearance resulted in a major police search and more than 400 volunteers joined the hunt. Her body was found more than 20 miles away near the Uffington White Horse, a 374ft long ancient chalk figure carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire. 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