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Five young women vanished off the streets of Ipswich during a five-week period in late 2006.

Working in one of the oldest professions put the missing women at risk. The secrecy required to operate in the red light district meant there were no

witnesses.

As darkness descends upon Ipswich every night, so does a heightened sense of fear, which is not apparent in the daylight.

I don't feel very safe at the moment, hence why I'm on the bus. I don't want to walk out in the dark at night on my own.

Detectives have spent the day trying to cast more light into the shadowy world of Ipswich's red light district

to try to answer the question, who murdered five prostitutes.

Is there a serial murderer on the loose in East Anglia?

Welcome to Season 8, episode of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true

crime.

This is part one of a two-part case.

The second instalment will be available in four days.

This is the final case of season eight.

At around 9pm on November 1st, 2006, Kerry Nicholl reported her 19-year-old daughter, Tanya, missing.

Kerry had last seen Tanya two days earlier when she left their home on Wolverstone Close in Ipswich just after 10.30pm.

Tanya told her mother she planned to get the bus from Belmont Road into the town centre to meet friends. She pulled on a black jacket before heading out the

door in blue jeans and sparkly pink high heels. Kerry was naturally concerned about her daughter's well-being.

Their relationship had been strained for several years.

She knew Tanya had struggled with drug use,

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