Ian Huntley's daughter 'wants first meeting to ask for truth about Soham child murders'

The daughter of Soham murderer Ian Huntley wants to meet him for the first time to find out the truth about his heinous crimes, it has been reported. Samantha Bryan, 25, has asked to meet Huntley - the monster who killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - in prison, according to the Mirror.

The daughter of Soham murderer Ian Huntley wants to meet him for the first time to find out the truth about his heinous crimes, it has been reported. Samantha Bryan, 25, has asked to meet Huntley - the monster who killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - in prison, according to the Mirror.

The disappearance of the 10-year-old best friends from a family barbecue in August 2002 sent shockwaves across the country. School caretaker Huntley, now 49, joined the search in the sleepy Cambridgeshire town of Soham.

Huntley spoke to the media about last seeing the two girls outside his home, but it later emerged he had murdered them. More than 20 years on, his daughter wants to meet him and find out what happened.

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According to the Sun, Samantha asked him: “If my existence means anything to you, I’m pleading with you to finally reveal the whole truth about the murders of Holly and Jessica. It’s time that everyone was given some peace.”

Huntley hasn’t given the full details to the grieving families and claimed in court that Holly and Jessica died by accident.

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He alleged Holly drowned in his bath while he suffocated Jessica unintentionally to stop her from screaming. The girls had left their family party to go for sweets from a vending machine at a local leisure centre.

On their way back, the pair walked past where Huntley lived in the school’s caretaker residence. Huntley lured them inside before killing them and later hiding their bodies in a ditch close to an RAF base about ten miles from their home.

Samantha said: “I have written to my biological father Ian Huntley and asked to meet him for the first time. I’m begging him to find the courage to finally tell the truth. I have asked to meet face to face so he can tell me in his own words.”

Aged 14, Samantha found out by accident that Huntley was her dad. Her mother Katie was 15 when she had a relationship with Huntley who was 23 at the time.

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She said: “I have been haunted by the death of Holly and Jessica. I’ve had counselling and it has affected everything from my jobs to relationships. I have suffered constant nightmares.

“People still stop me in the street and say, ‘Your father is a monster’ or ‘I know who your dad is’, so by meeting him I have nothing to lose. He has become a bogeyman, like the Yorkshire Ripper or Fred West. But you have to confront your demons.”

Huntley, who won’t be considered for release until 2042 at the earliest, resides in HMP Frankland, in Durham.

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