A man has been charged with murdering two women, including one who remains missing after being seen in an off licence last month.
Naomi Hunte, 41, was stabbed to death at an address in Greenwich, southeast London, on Valentine’s Day last year. A post-mortem examination gave her cause of death as a stab wound.
A second woman, Fiona Holm, 48, was last seen leaving a shop in Bromley on 20 June this year, and has not been heard from since. She was reported missing on 29June with her disappearance initially treated as a missing person investigation.
Due to the out of character nature of her disappearance and the amount of time since she was last seen alive in Verdant Lane, the Metropolitan Police are now treating it as a murder investigation.
Carol Cooper, 65, was initially arrested on 18 February 2022 on suspicion of Hunte’s murder and was bailed pending further enquiries before being released under investigation.
He was re-arrested on 11 July on suspicion of Holm’s murder and subsequently charged with the murders of both women.
Cooper was known to both women, with searches currently ongoing to find Holm’s body at addresses and some open areas in southeast London.
The families of both women have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers. The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards has also been informed.
Cooper, of Broadfield Road, SE6, is due to appear at Bromley Magistrates Court later today.
Officers are appealing for anyone with any information relating to Fiona’s disappearance to contact police via 101 or Tweet @MetCC quoting 22MIS023317.