Killamarsh killings

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Killamarsh killings
Tributes left at the police cordon on Chandos Crescent four days after the killings
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Location	Chandos Crescent Killamarsh, Derbyshire (suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire)
Coordinates	53°19′19″N 1°19′07″W / 53.321862°N 1.318482°W / 53.321862; -1.318482Coordinates: 53°19′19″N 1°19′07″W / 53.321862°N 1.318482°W / 53.321862; -1.318482
Date	07:26 BST (UTC+1) 19 September 2021
Attack type	Suspected mass murder
Deaths	4
Victims	John Paul Bennett (age 13) Lacey Bennett (age 11) Connie Gent (age 11) Terri Harris (age 35)
Perpetrators	Damien Bendall (charged)
Verdict	Investigation ongoing

At 07:26 BST on 19 September 2021, police officers were called to a residential property on Chandos Crescent in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, an outer suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Three children and one adult were found dead inside the property, with the incident being treated as a suspected mass murder.^[1] A criminal inquiry is currently ongoing, and on 22 September, 31-year-old Damien Bendall of Killamarsh was charged with four counts of murder and later rape of a girl under 13 in connection with the incident.^[2][3][4]

Incident[]

Killamarsh is a former coal mining town situated in far northern Derbyshire. It is located close to the border with South Yorkshire, across which lies the city of Sheffield, of which Killamarsh has become an outer commuter suburb as Sheffield has expanded to the south and east.

Police officers from the Derbyshire Constabulary attended to reports of a disturbance at a residential property on Chandos Crescent, close to Killamarsh town centre, at 07:26 local time on 19 September 2021. Arriving at the property, officers located the remains of three children and one adult inside. The victims were later named as siblings Lacey Bennett (aged 11) and John Paul Bennett (aged 13), their mother Terri Harris (aged 35), and Lacey's friend Connie Gent (aged 11); the two siblings and the mother lived together at the property, while Gent was staying at the property for a sleepover.^[1]

See also[]

• Shiregreen child murders (2019)
• Derby arson attack (2012)
• Sheffield incest case (2008)
• Ughill Hall shootings (1986)

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