THE MAN SUSPECTED of killing Red Cross worker Angela Hoyt -her ex-boyfriend Martin Collett – has been found dead after a nationwide manhunt which lasted several days.
Hoyt was found dead at the pair’s home in Hatfield, about 30km north of London, last Tuesday. It’s now believed that a row over a video posted on Facebook ultimately led to her death.
The Telegraph reports that days before Hoyt’s death, she had contacted police to report Collett for harrassment, after he had accessed her Facebook and email accounts. A friend of Hoyt’s has revealed that the aid worker was furious after Collett posted an anti-Israeli video on her Facebook page. She feared that the video would put her in danger, as she was working for the Red Cross in Pakistan.
Hoyt, a native of Canada, declined police offers to remove Collett from their house, as she said she wanted the split to amicable. She was found strangled to death, and three days later Collett’s body was found on a railway line. An investigation has been launched into police handling of the her case.
The Vancouver Sun reports that Collett had taunted Hoyt’s twin sister Ami when she contacted him via Facebook telling him that she had wanted her sister to leave him for good. He messaged back that it was a shame she “could not be more persuasive”.
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