Cold case detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering two women from Tunbridge Wells more than 30 years ago.
The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said the suspect, aged 66, from Heathfield, East Sussex was detained yesterday (Thursday 3 December).
His arrest was in connection with the deaths of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in 1987.
Wendy Knell, who was 25, was discovered dead in her bedsit in Guildford Road, Tunbridge Wells on Tuesday 23 June 1987.
She had been sexually assaulted and beaten to death.
Five months later, on Tuesday 24 November 1987, Caroline Pierce, aged 20, was murdered after being attacked outside her bedsit home in Grosvenor Park, Tunbridge Wells.
Caroline was also suspected to have been sexually assaulted and her body was found the following month, on 15 December, in a field near St Mary in the Marsh, Romney Marsh.
The case has remained unsolved and subject to periodic reviews by cold case detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate.
Families of both victims have been informed of the arrest and are being kept updated.
In 2017, Wendy Knell's family, and Kent Police, made this plea for information.
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