Candles are lit in remembrance of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman inside St Andrew's Church August 18, 2002, in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England Scott Barbour/Getty Images Tap Here To Add Us Weekly As A Trusted Source Add as a preferred source on Google Days after he was attacked by another prisoner, one of the United Kingdom's most notorious child killers is dead, according to reports. Ian Huntley was removed from life support on Saturday, March 7. The former school caretaker, 52, was serving a life sentence for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.