The brother of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh last night demanded police quiz a serial killer over her suspected murder.
Richard, 61, who lives near Aberdeen, spoke out after detectives arrested Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright just over a week ago on suspicion of killing 17-year-old Victoria Hall.
The teenager’s naked body was found dumped in a ditch 22 years ago.
Wright – serving a lifetime in prison for murdering five women in 10 days in 2006 – was originally linked to Suzy’s murder two years after he was jailed – and both had worked aboard the QE2 at the same time in the 1980s.
Suzy, 25, left her west London offices in 1986 to meet a mystery client known only as “Mr Kipper” for a flat viewing in Fulham and was never seen again.
She was declared dead, presumed murdered, seven years later.
Officers ruled Wright out in 2012, believing that psychopath John Cannan a more likely suspect – but no one has ever been convicted of her killing.
Wright’s own dad, Conrad, even questioned if his son had been behind Suzy’s abduction after discovering a picture of them together in the 80s.
Asked if he thought Wright should be quizzed about Suzy’s murder, Richard said: “If he has been linked, if the police thought it was relevant, then it would be worthwhile.
“I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t speak to Wright about Suzy’s murder.
“They are trying to solve another case and are probably concentrating on that one.
“But if Wright’s dad thought he was a possibility, it would be good to know whether he was around at the time in Fulham and Putney.
“I think that would be the interesting thing, if he could be placed at the scene.”
Wright, 63, who is already serving a life sentence for the murders of five women, was arrested at Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire last month over Victoria’s murder.
She was last seen on September 19, 1999, after a night out with pals at a nightclub in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
But she never returned home and her body was discovered five days later in a water-filled ditch 25 miles away near Stowmarket. None of her clothes or possessions have ever been. found.
Wright had been living in the area at the time. Scotland Yard previously probed links between the former forklift truck driver and Suzy, after they discovered he was working as a steward aboard the QE2 at the same time as her.
Wright’s ex-wife, Diane Cole, told how she had watched her husband flirt with Suzy onboard the luxury liner when she worked there as a hairdresser alongside Gary Lineker’s future wife Michelle Cockayne.
Suzy went missing on July 28, 1986, after going to meet a client known as “Mr Kipper” – which she marked in her diary.
Diane, now 65, previously told how strange it was that despite headlines around Suzy’s disappearance, Wright had steadfastly refused to acknowledge he knew her. And she revealed he had shore leave around the time of Lamplugh’s disappearance.
She also told how he used the word “kipper” as slang for face.
Speaking at the time, Diane, who married the serial killer in 1987 but divorced only two years later, said: “I really want him to tell us if he killed Suzy for my peace of mind – for her family’s sake.
“I always felt he was capable of killing somebody. In temper, he was capable of anything.”
It’s thought Wright regularly met up with Suzy when he later moved to Brixton in south London, where he ran a pub.
However, it was Cannan, 67, a serial rapist and convicted murderer, who was identified by detectives in 2002 as Suzy’s likely killer.
Last night, Richard spoke of his 35-year search for justice and begged for answers that would help him find his sister’s body and lay her to rest.
He said: “What’s difficult is not knowing where she is.
“It would be lovely to have somewhere where we could place her, rather
than where whoever killed her has left her.”
Richard’s plea comes after former Scotland Yard detective, David Videcette, who spent five years researching a book called Finding Suzy, said Cannan should never have been named by police because there is “not a shred of evidence” linking him to the crime.
A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said: “We are not able to issue any further guidance in respect of the suspect and will not be commenting on any names put to us.”
