更新于：2026年3月7日 / 美国东部时间上午10:40 / 美联社
英国最臭名昭著的儿童杀手之一周六去世，此前他在最高安全级别的监狱车间被一名同监犯人袭击，几天后不治身亡。
52岁的前学校管理员伊恩·亨特利（Ian Huntley）于2003年因谋杀两名10岁女孩被定罪。2月26日，他在英格兰东北部的弗兰克兰监狱（Frankland prison）被人用金属棒多次击打头部，此后一直靠生命维持系统维持生命。
2002年8月4日，霍莉·威尔斯（Holly Wells）和杰西卡·查普曼（Jessica Chapman）这对好朋友离开烧烤聚会去买糖果后，从英格兰东部的索厄姆村（Soham）失踪，她们的谋杀案曾让英国陷入两周的震惊。
警方搜寻了13天，一直抱有她们可能还活着的希望。失踪前拍摄的一张两人穿着同款红色曼联足球衫的照片，成为报纸头版和新闻广播的常客，警方展开了大规模搜寻行动。
数千人前往索厄姆表达关切，当地教堂外留下了数百束花。
当一群徒步旅行者在距离村庄几英里的树林小径旁发现女孩们的遗体时，搜寻行动才宣告结束。
英国司法部在一份声明中表示：”这起谋杀案是我国历史上最令人震惊和痛心的案件之一，我们向受害者家属表示慰问。”
亨特利否认杀害了这两名10岁女孩，但在2003年伦敦中央刑事法院（Central Criminal Court）的审判后被定罪。他被判处终身监禁，建议至少服刑40年。
在狱中，亨特利多次遭遇企图谋杀，他与其他臭名昭著的杀手一样受到严密保护。2010年曾发生一起事件，他的喉咙被另一名囚犯割伤。
案发时，亨特利与霍莉和杰西卡所在小学的助教玛克辛·卡尔（Maxine Carr）同住。卡尔为亨特利提供了虚假不在场证明，随后因妨碍司法公正被判入狱21个月，现在以新身份生活。
在女孩们失踪期间，亨特利和卡尔曾多次接受记者采访。亨特利告诉记者，他认为自己是最后几个见到女孩活着的人之一，而卡尔则表示会永远珍藏霍莉为她画的卡片。
英国媒体报道称，43岁的杀人犯兼强奸犯安东尼·罗素（Anthony Russell）是导致亨特利死亡的袭击事件的责任人。
达勒姆警方（Durham Constabulary）正在调查导致亨特利死亡的事件细节，并正在为皇家检察署（Crown Prosecution Service）准备文件，考虑提出指控。
Ian Huntley, one of the U.K.’s most notorious child killers, dies after prison attack
Updated on: March 7, 2026 / 10:40 AM EST / AP Ingested
One of Britain’s most notorious child killers died Saturday, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum-security prison.
Ian Huntley, a 52-year-old former school caretaker convicted in 2003 for the murder of two 10-year-old girls, had been on life support after being hit repeatedly over the head with a metal bar at Frankland prison in northeast England on Feb. 26.
The murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman had transfixed Britain for two weeks after the best friends vanished from the village of Soham in eastern England on Aug. 4, 2002 after leaving a barbecue to buy candy.
For 13 days, police searched for the pair, holding out hope they might be alive. A photo of the girls wearing matching red Manchester United soccer shirts, taken just before they disappeared, became a fixture of front pages and news broadcasts as detectives mounted a huge hunt.
Thousands visited Soham in an enormous outpouring of concern, leaving hundreds of bouquets outside the local church.
Ian Huntley on Aug. 10, 2002, in Soham, England. Toby Melville / PA / AP
The search ended when a group of hikers discovered the girls’ remains beside a dirt path in a wooded area a few miles from the village.
“The murders of remains one of the most shocking and devastating cases in our nation’s history, and our thoughts are with their families,” the U.K. Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
Huntley denied murdering the two 10-year-olds, but was convicted after a trial at London’s Central Criminal Court in 2003. His life sentence recommended he serve at least 40 years.
While in prison, Huntley survived repeated attempts on his life, and he was kept under close protection along with other notorious killers. In one incident in 2010, his throat was slashed by another inmate.
At the time of the murders, Huntley lived with Maxine Carr, a teaching assistant at Holly and Jessica’s grade school. Carr gave Huntley a false alibi and was subsequently jailed for 21 months for perverting the course of justice. She is now living under a new identity.
Huntley and Carr often spoke to reporters during the search for the girls. Huntley had told them he thought he was one of the last people to see them alive, while Carr said she would always keep a card Holly had drawn for her.
British media have reported that murderer and rapist Anthony Russell, 43, was responsible for the attack that ultimately led to Huntley’s death.
Durham Constabulary are investigating the circumstances of the incident that led to Huntley’s death and a file is being prepared for the Crown Prosecution Service for consideration for charges.