Her crazed ex-boyfriend John Sweeney had battered her with an axe handle, stabbed her twice and was now about to swing the weapon down on her head. Police divers at the scene in Regent’s Canal ...

When 40-year-old nurse Delia Balmer first met serial axe murderer John Sweeney in a pub in London in the early 1990s, she had no idea how a chance meeting would change her life. The two embarked ...

In 1994, Delia Balmer was hacked to within an inch of her life by canal killer John Sweeney, now 67, who also murdered two other women and is suspected of further murders. Sweeney became known as ...

MELISSA Halstead was a model and photographer who was brutally murdered by John Sweeney. Known as the Scalp Hunter, John is suspected of killing five women, but Melissa was his first confirmed victim.

Hiring private investigator and convicted felon Anthony Pellicano, he discovered Sweeney's name change to John Maura. However, Dominick eventually came to terms with not knowing his whereabouts ...

Throughout the 2024 election, KATU News is helping you “Know Your Candidates” with a series of interviews with people who will appear on your ballot. We are asking local candidates running for ...

That’s how he learned Sweeney remained a chef but had changed his name to John Maura. Eventually, the father admitted he stopped asking for updates and lost track of his daughter’s killer.

Shaun, 44, best known as the young Inspector Morse in Endeavour, said he used the technique to try to get into the mind of Sweeney, who he was initially repelled by. He said: “I watched the ...

Melissa was working as a freelance photographer in London when she met John, but she was originally from Ohio, USA. John claimed to have met Melissa in December 1986, while he had been living in ...

This special scholarship is named in honour of AFL-CIO President Emeritus John J. Sweeney, the son of Irish immigrants, who dedicated his life to advancing the well-being of working people, making ...