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The second suspect was arrested from his home in the red-light district of Ipswich, Sky News reported.

The bodies of Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell,Gemma Adams and Annette Nicholls were found dumped naked around Ipswich in the space of a ten-day period beginning December 2. Three of the bodies were found near the main road and the rail line between Ipswich and Trimley. Two others were discovered near the same road in areas south and southwest of Ipswich.

The man arrested on Monday from Trimley St Martin, 13 kms southeast of Ipswich, has been identified in news reports as Tom Stephens, 37. He has been quoted telling The Sunday Mirror that he is innocent. However, he has admitted to knowing all five victims.

8220;I8217;m not entirely sure I have tight alibis for any of the times of the murders. But I8217;m not worried about being charged because I8217;m innocent,8221; The Sunday Mirror quoted him as saying.

Stephens told the daily that his house had been searched on November 22, about a week before the first body was found.

Clennell 24 died of compression to her neck, and Alderton 24, was strangled, a senior pathologist determined. Post-mortem reports on the bodies of Nicol 19, and Nicholls 29, reached no conclusion on the cause of death.

An inquest into the death of Adams 25 was opened and adjourned last week. The pathologist reached no conclusion about the cause of her death either.