Levi Bellfield taken in 2001 at 33yrs old, show a bleached colouring of hair and eyebrows. His true hair colour is dark. Note his build and height at 6' 1." Josie Russell stated that the murderer was "tall, like my father". Josie Russell next to her father

Bellfield on holiday.

The witness who helped compile the E-fit described the main suspect as having "short blonde hair with a fringe".
Bellfield was generally clean-shaven but he would otherwise adopt a short fringe hair style. Old habits die hard.

At around 4.30 pm at the time of the murder, Isobel Cole saw "a clean-shaven man of medium build wearing a dark blue baseball cap and carrying a hammer." Bellfield was not averse to wearing baseball caps.

         
Bellfield with cap: The sun-tanned 'blonde' look in earlier years.             

An 'agitated' suspect seen driving away from the crime scene had "a round red face with chubby cheeks, short gingery blond hair with a fringe, and a fair complexion. He was aged between 20yrs and 30yrs." 

Josie Russell said the murderer got out of his car and assaulted her when she tried to run away. He was "blonde, clean-shaven, about 25 yrs old, and a tall man, like my father " (5' 11").

Pauline Wilkinson saw two men near the murder scene. "One had short blond hair 'like Robert Redford', and the other had darker hair and was carrying a clipboard." 

Redford 'look'

Bellfield with colleague carrying a clipboard.
Was Bellfield acting as a car clamper in 1996?

The murderer got out of his car before launching his murderous assault on Lin, Megan and Josie Russell, which is exactly how Bellfield committed his other crimes. He also had a propensity towards accosting schoolgirls

Bellfield's victims were all struck with a hammer from behind, and the most serious injuries invariably appeared on the left side of the head, like those seen in the Chilldenden Murders.  See Autopsy   

Bellfield was left-handed.

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