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# Sian O'Callaghan 'knew murder suspect taxi driver through his children'
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## Sian O'Callaghan knew her murder suspect Chris Halliwell through his three
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children, it has been reported.
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TelegraphPlayer-8404899
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By [Caroline Gammell][2], Richard Savill and John Bingham 8:51AM GMT 25 Mar
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2011
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The 22-year-old was friends with the taxi driver's daughters Natasha, 19,
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Carissa, 17, and 12-year-old son Shane, according to the Daily Mirror.
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She also knew his step-children Gemma, 29, and Lorna, 26, daughters of his
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partner Heather, it is claimed.
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A friend told the Mirror that Miss O'Callaghan would have been comfortable in
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his company, saying, "Chris knows Sian so she would have not had a second
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thought about getting into a car with him."
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The hunt for the missing night-clubber turned into a double murder
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investigation on Thursday night as detectives disclosed that they had found
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her body and suspected another was nearby.
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The discovery came six days after Miss O'Callaghan was last seen alive leaving
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a club. Police said they believed they had found her body close to the
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Uffington White Horse beauty spot in Oxfordshire. In an extraordinary twist,
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officers then said they had been told about a second as yet unidentified body,
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which they have yet to find.
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## Related Articles
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* [Cab driver charged with Sian O'Callaghan's murder][3]
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27 Mar 2011
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* [Sian O'Callaghan murder][4]
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28 Mar 2011
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* [Sian murder: angry scenes as suspect appears in court][5]
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28 Mar 2011
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* [Sian police investigate missing Vietnamese woman][6]
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27 Mar 2011
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* [Second body found in murder hunt][7]
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26 Mar 2011
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* [Second victim's bones belong to woman aged between 23 and 30][8]
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27 Mar 2011
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The man arrested is believed to be 47- year-old Chris Halliwell, a taxi
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driver. The suspect is being held on suspicion of kidnap and double murder.
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Det Supt Steve Fulcher, who is leading the inquiry, said: "A 47-year-old man
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from Swindon is in custody, having been arrested for kidnap and two murders.
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"The location of two bodies have been identified to me by this individual, one
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of whom has yet to be identified formally, but I am quite clear is Sian." Mr
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Fulcher added that Miss O'Callaghan's parents Mick, 51, and Elaine, 48, had
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been told about the discovery and were deeply distressed.
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However, the detective would not be drawn on the identity - or even the gender
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- of the other body. Reports last night claimed it was that of an unnamed
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woman killed in 2001.
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Officers in the case have also been approached by police investigating the
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murder of hospital worker Melanie Hall, 25, who was last seen leaving a Bath
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nightclub in 1996 before her remains were found near the M5 in Gloucestershire
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thirteen years later.
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The developments came after the arrest of Mr Halliwell at a taxi rank outside
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an Asda store in north Swindon yesterday morning. Officers towed away his
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green Toyota Avensis. According to reports he had gone voluntarily to a police
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station on Wednesday to give a sample of his DNA after officers said they were
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looking for a Toyota Avensis cab.
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Mr Halliwell, a divorced father-ofthree, lives in Swindon with his partner,
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Heather Widdowson. Their end-of-terrace house was cordoned off yesterday.
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Forensics officers were seen searching the property and working in the back
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garden.
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Miss O'Callaghan, an office administrator, was last seen alive leaving Suju
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nightclub in the early hours on Saturday. CCTV footage showed her shortly
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before 3am and her mobile telephone was tracked to Savernake Forest, near
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Marlborough, about 30 minutes later.
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Her disappearance resulted in a major police search and more than 400
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volunteers joined the hunt.
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Her body was found more than 20 miles away near the Uffington White Horse, a
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374ft long ancient chalk figure carved into a hillside in Oxfordshire.
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Up until midday yesterday, police hunting Miss O'Callaghan believed that there
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was still a chance that they would find her alive.
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* ### [Major News »][16]
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* ### [Caroline Gammell »][18]
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