Coroner who lost job for believing a serial killer was on the loose

Almost a decade ago, Stephanie Davies, coroner's officer for Cheshire Police, was presented with files on the deaths of Howard and Bea Ainsworth, and Donald and Auriel Ward.After conducting research into the statistics around murder-suicides , Ms Davies proposed that a serial killer could be responsible and had been operating in leafy Cheshire since 1996.But detectives did not agree and repeatedly rejected the idea of a serial killer, noting the deaths in 1996 and 1999 as two separate murder-suicides.Ms Davies’ theory would later see her suspended from her job after her 179-page report calling for further investigation into the deaths was leaked, with stories about the suspected murders appearing in the national press.Now, a new ITV documentary called 'Hunting The Silver Killer', has reinvestigated the two murder-suicides.