WOOTTON MURDER: CCTV images released of prime suspect

Anxiang Du arrived in Northampton
on Friday

Police have released CCTV images of the Coventry businessman wanted in connection with the murder of a family of four in Wootton.

The pictures show 52-year-old Anxiang Du leaving Birmingham and arriving at Northampton train stations.
Mr Du is the main suspect in the stabbing of Jifeng Ding, 46, Helen Chui, 47, Xing Ding, 18, and 12-year-old Alice Ding at their home in Pioneer Close, Wootton. The family were found by police at 6pm on Sunday (May 1).

Detective Superintendent Glyn Timmins, leading the investigation into the murders, provided a chronology of Mr Du's actions on Friday, April 29.

He is believed to have left for his work as in Birmingham's Pavilion shopping centre at 10.30am.
A CCTV image shows him entering Birmingham New Street Station at 11.22am, along with another picture showing him arriving at Northampton train station at 12.35pm.
He is then believed to have been in the Northampton Town Centre bus station at about 1pm, after which point there are no further sightings of Mr Du.
Mr Du, who is described as 5ft 9ins tall and of slim build, was captured on CCTV wearing a white baseball cap, brown waist length coat, grey trousers, a blue woollen top, black leather shoes and carrying a yellow Adidas rucksack.



Mr Du pictured leaving
Birmingham New Street

 

DS Timmins, said: “I would like to appeal again to members of the public who may have seen Mr Du or the silver five door Vauxhall Corsa registration BG60 PMO, to call the police immediately.
"The Friday in question was day of the royal wedding and would be a memorable day, and there may be people who recall seeing him on them.
“We would advise you not to approach him or the vehicle under any circumstances.
“In particular we would like to appeal to the Chinese community or indeed anyone with information, and urge them to report anything either to the police or confidentially to Crimestoppers.
“We have more than 60 officers dedicated to investigating these murders and are keen to speak with anyone with information in relation to this incident.
“We do not believe that these murders were gang related and are working on the assumption that the motive relates to business associations and a financial dispute over a considerable amount of money between Mr Du and the Ding family, including some civil court activity the day before he went missing.
“We have so far been unable to trace the vehicle despite use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology.
“We believe that Mr Du could be anywhere in the country, and at this stage there is nothing to indicate that he may have left the country or indeed that he even has his passport with him.”
Mr Du was reported missing by family members to the police on Saturday, May 30 after they found a suicide note from him.
Witnesses to this incident, or anyone with information, should call Northamptonshire Police on 03000 111 222 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.