LONDON – A convicted double murderer was found guilty Thursday in the 2002 slaying of Milly Dowler, a case that had transfixed Britain after the schoolgirl went missing.
Dowler, 13, was abducted while heading home from school in Walton-on-Thames in the county of Surrey south of London, sparking a nationwide search. Her remains were found in woodlands six months later by mushroom pickers.
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A jury found that Levi Bellfield, already spending life in prison for two murders, was responsible for Dowler’s death. He has been told he will never be released.
He has also been convicted of attempted murder in a separate case. His intended victim was in court Thursday when the jury reached its verdict in Dowler’s slaying.
All of the attacks happened near bus stops, earning Bellfield the name “The Bus Stop Stalker” in the British press.
Dowler’s mother and sister were overcome with emotion when the verdict was announced.
Bellfield, 43, is likely to receive another life sentence for Dowler’s killing.
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