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Murder & homicide · 2010 · 2010s

The Crossbow Cannibal

Between 2009 and 2010 Stephen Griffiths murdered three women in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and claimed to have eaten parts of their bodies. He was arrested after CCTV showed him firing a crossbow at one victim and was sentenced to life.

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