Police say both women knew Carl Cooper
A man has been charged with murdering two women, one of whom went missing after a trip to the off-licence.
Carl Cooper, 65, is accused of killing Naomi Hunte, 41, and Fiona Holm, 48. Mr Cooper, who knew both women, is due before Bromley magistrates later.
Ms Hunte was found stabbed to death in Congleton Grove in Plumstead, south-east London, in February 2022.
Ms Holm has been missing from Hither Green, south-east London since 29 June. No body has been found, police said.
Mr Cooper, of Broadfield Road in Hither Green, was arrested on suspicion of Ms Hunte’s murder in February 2022 and subsequently bailed and then released under investigation.
Both women’s families have been updated and the police watchdog has been informed, Scotland Yard said.
It confirmed that Ms Holm’s case was initially treated as a missing person investigation.
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