Serial killer Levi Bellfield could be asked to pinpoint the spot he claims to have buried Elizabeth Chau’s body
POLICE are set to drag killer Levi Bellfield out of prison for him to pinpoint the spot where he claims to have buried a student he has confessed to murdering.
The fiend has offered to take them to the ‘remains’ of student Elizabeth Chau who vanished aged 19 in April 1999.
It comes as police prepare to search for Elizabeth’s body at a nature reserve near Kempton Park racecourse in Surrey after interviewing Bellfield, 54, at Frankland Prison this week.
If they fail to locate her remains they are likely to whisk Bellfield from jail so he can walk them to the spot.
We told last month how he had written a signed confession to Vietnamese Elizabeth’s murder, which his solicitor Theresa Clark handed to the Metropolitan Police.
And two Met detectives this week quizzed Bellfield – whose victims included schoolgirl Milly Dowler, 13 – over Elizabeth and he drew maps of the scene.
His confession details how he was with an associate as he claims he bundled her into a van on the day she disappeared after handing in a Thames Valley university assignment.
Last night a source said: “Although Bellfield has drawn maps for police, they are likely to need him to locate the body, if it is there.
“They will use state of the art equipment and all the resources at their disposal to try to find remains without him.
“But it is a big location and he knows the area well so may have to walk them there.
“He has offered to help after making the confession and sticking to it when they interviewed him in jail.
“And the Met detectives have told him they are very likely to need him – so they will have to come and take him to the scene.
“But that would obviously require a bit of planning as it’s a huge risk to have him out of jail and they would have to mount a huge security operation.”
It was revealed yesterday that police are preparing to dig at the site where Bellfield has said he buried Elizabeth in woods.
Police are understood to be keeping Vietnamese Elizabeth’s family – who live in London – up to date with developments.
Bellfield’s solicitor, Theresa Clark, has said the killer “wants to see justice done” and “gains nothing” from his confession.
He is also being investigated over five attempted murders that he detailed in his statement.
And the Criminal Cases Review Commission is probing a separate confession – which we revealed – to the killilngs of Lin and Megan Russell in Kent in 1996.
Michael Stone was jailed for their murders but has always denied involvement.
Bellfield was convicted in 2008 of killing Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22, plus the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, 18, in south-west London in 2003 and 2004.
Three years later he was finally nailed for the 2002 killing of Surrey schoolgirl Milly.
He is serving two whole-life tariffs.
The Met said: “On Tuesday 9 May 2023, a 54-year-old male was interviewed under caution. Inquiries continue.
“We can confirm we remain in contact with Elizabeth Chau’s family.
“At this time we will not be providing an ongoing commentary.”