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Ellen Carole Kemp

Age: unknown

Sex: female

Date: 8 Aug 1985

Place: Caterham, Surrey

Ellen Kemp was killed by her husband whilst the she slept on the night of 8 August 1985.

Her husband said that he killed her whilst having a nightmare about killing Japanese soldiers.

Psychiatrists described the attack as a 'Night Terror'.

They had been married for 11 years.

He was tried for her murder but acquitted in January 1987. He had spent a year on remand.

Her husband was branded the 'Dream Killer'. After the trial he married another woman in December 1988.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see What Do They Know

see Caterham Mirror - Friday 02 January 1987

see Sunday Mirror - Sunday 04 December 1988