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Kill Total: |
1 ? |
Kill place: |
Darlington |
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Kill date: |
April 1998 |
Victim(s): |
Julie Paterson |
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Date of Birth: |
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Marital Status: |
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AKA: |
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Occupation: |
Unemployed |
The killing had taken
place in April 1998.Harker confided to a psychiatrist that
he chopped up his victim and ate part of her body with
pasta and cheese. Harker, who has the words "Subhuman" and
"Disorder" tattooed on his scalp, claimed he strangled
mother-of-four Julie Paterson with her tights after he
"got bored" during a sex session. He told psychiatrists he
then had sex with her before chopping off her head and
limbs, slicing flesh from her thigh, skinning it and
cooking it.
The 6 foot 5inches unemployed killer bragged about
his cannibal feast and claimed to be a serial killer.
After Julie's death he boasted that he had killed two
other people, one a tramp in the North East.
The moment when police
found the missing women's torso is vividly recalled by
Detective Inspector Ian Phillips, who tells of waiting for
first light to investigate a sack found in the undergrowth
in a residential area of Darlington.
February 1999
Harker admitted to manslaughter in the death of
32-year-old Julie Paterson, on grounds of diminished
responsibility.
For years Harker fantasized about becoming a "notorious
serial killer".
Witnesses told detectives he "avidly viewed" films about
serial killers and read books on them. He boasted to
friends that he "wanted to kill someone" and had erotic
fantasies about mutilating bodies.
Judge Mr Justice Bennett
jailed Harker with a recommendation that he serve at least
14 years before any parole is considered.
May 2006
Darlington police visit
Harker in prison, they are still looking for the missing
body parts and want to conclude this investigation.
Reported to MURDERUK
by an anonymous person, that it was in fact garlic butter
and not cheese, also that the body part he ate was the
thigh.
Reported to MURDERUK
CID didn't find Julies torso... I did!!! I was on duty as
night shift police dog handler. I was sent to search areas
in Darlington for Julie a missing person. My police dog
'Tyler,' a German shepherd located her body. I notified
supervision who alerted CID. I however was not sure what I
had found at that time, as it was simply a human torso.
Police dog handler David Davies
February 2008.
