Claremont: The Claremont Serial Killings

Lance Williams was the main suspect as being the Claremont Serial Killer for 10 years, and today it was revealed scientists once believed they found a possible match between his hair and that found on the third victim, Ciara Glennon. During his final day on the stand, retired forensic scientist Martin Blooms revealed in 2002, scientists did suspect a match had been made between the hair from Lance Williams and hairs found on Ciara Glennon’s body, following testing on Mr Williams hair after he was arrested. Lance Williams was arrested in 1998 and interrogated by police for 17 hours. Shortly after his arrest, Lance Williams voluntarily offered his DNA samples for testing, He was placed under intense scrutiny by police, who openly followed him to and from work every day for years. In 2002, they conducted the test, which at the time was designed to exclude suspects, but forms shown to the court on day 39 revealed at least one hair recovered from Ciara’s shirt as well as her skirt noted that it “possibly matc