Police to dig for remains of student after Levi Bellfield 'confession'
Police are preparing to dig for the remains of a student allegedly murdered by serial killer Levi Bellfield.
Scotland Yard detectives visited Bellfield for a face-to-face interview on Tuesday at Frankland prison.
It is alleged he told them where he had hidden the body of Elizabeth Chau, a 19-year-old computer science student who went missing in West London in 1999.
Bellfield, a former nightclub bouncer, is already serving two whole-life terms for the murder of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22.
It is claimed he told detectives how he had murdered Miss Chau and revealed on a map where had buried her body.
His solicitor, Theresa Clark, told Sky News: “He tells me he feels it's important that her family have some closure.
“He wants to see justice done because they have had to live this for so long and that's unfair.
“He gains nothing from it, there is no positive publicity for him.”
A spokesman for the Met Police said: “On Tuesday 9 May 2023, a 54-year-old male was interviewed under caution. Inquiries continue.
“We can confirm we remain in contact with Elizabeth Chau's family. At this time we will not be providing an ongoing commentary. We have no comment to make.”
Bellfield is also said to have claimed responsibility for the murder of Lin Russell, 45, and her six-year-old daughter Megan, according to a lawyer.
The pair were found bludgeoned to death in Chillenden, Kent, in July 1996.
Ms Russell's other daughter Josie, then aged nine, suffered severe head injuries but survived.
Michael Stone, a heroin addict with psychiatric problems, was subsequently found guilty of the murders and handed three life sentences in 1998.
Stone has always protested his innocence.
Bellfield claimed responsibility for the Chillenden murders last year but later retracted the statement.
Stone's solicitor Paul Bacon told Sky News last month Bellfield has written and signed a fresh confession, saying the move "must have taken some courage and considerable soul-searching".
He added: "It will, hopefully, bring closure to the families involved.
"Now, the police need to respond and investigate these crimes afresh, to affect closure for these families."
