Police have arrested a psychopath who raped and killed a 21-year-old woman in Brighton and who had escaped from an open prison.
Keith Whitehouse was found to be missing at 8.15pm yesterday (Saturday 17 February) when a roll call was taken at Leyhill Prison in Gloucestershire.
The 56-year-old inmate had not been seen for three and a half hours.
He has since been arrested by Gloucestershire Police and returned to custody.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary tweeted: “We’re pleased to report that absconder Keith Whitehouse has been arrested by our colleagues in Gloucestershire. Thank you for your RTs and help with the appeal.”
Whitehouse killed Suzanne Bromiley in a graveyard in Brighton in 1991 while he was on release from Risley Prison in Warrington.
He forced her to have sex at knifepoint, hit her over the head with a brick and stabbed her in the head. Detectives had to use dental records to identify her.
Whitehouse had been serving a 30-month sentence for kidnap until he absconded four months earlier.
No one had been searching for Whitehouse until he killed Miss Bromiley after meeting her at a day centre for unemployed people in Brighton.
He is currently serving a life sentence for manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary described Whitehouse as dangerous and said this morning before his arrest: “If you see him, he should not be approached and you should call 999.”
He was said to be mentally ill with a psychopathic personality disorder.
