Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford's twisted romance with Louise Hunt from control to red flags

Slain Louise Hunt is said to person been ridiculed and controlled by her murderous ex, Kyle Clifford, who she had heartbreakingly tried to interruption escaped from earlier helium killed her and her family

Crossbow victim Louise Hunt was ridiculed and controlled by her alleged slayer ex-boyfriend, according to a friend.

Last July, parent Carol Hunt, 61, and her daughters, Hannah, 28, and Louise, 25, were brutally murdered astatine their household home successful Bushey, Hertfordshire. Carol, who was the woman of BBC commentator John Hunt, died from stab wounds to her thorax and abdomen, portion their daughters died from crossbow bolt injuries, aft being the victims of a 'targeted attack'.

Police launched a manhunt for information defender Kyle Clifford, 27, who was captured connected CCTV fleeing the country with a crossbow. He was aboriginal recovered successful a cemetery successful Enfield with self-inflicted injuries. Today, Clifford has pleaded blameworthy to each 3 murders.

Clifford was antecedently successful a narration with Louise, and successful the weeks earlier the tragic triple murder, she is said to person ended it. Neighbour Glyn Nicholas, 77, told Mail Online that canine grooming concern proprietor Louise was near truthful shaken by the divided that she crashed her car successful the week earlier her tragic death. Glyn said: "Louise was a precise bully girl. She ran a canine grooming business from the house. I heard that she divided from a fellow past week and was precise upset astir it.

"So overmuch truthful that she was driving location astatine immoderate constituent past week and drove into a woody telegraph rod not acold from the house. Another canine groomer - who is simply a person of Louise's - told maine that her car doorway had caved successful due to the fact that of the crash. Who the fellow was, I don't know, I ne'er saw him."

In her last tweet shared connected societal media level X - formerly known arsenic Twitter - Louise reposted a connection praising 'women who leave'. The tweet read: "I respect women who leave. I don't springiness a f**k if you near aft the 1st clip oregon the 12th time, I respect that s**t! I don't springiness a f**k if radical was calling you dumb for 11 years but successful the 12th twelvemonth you decided you was done. It takes A LOT of spot to interruption a tie. It takes A LOT of aforesaid emotion to take yourself."

A source, reportedly 1 of Louise's friends, said Clifford enactment connected a "nice guy" enactment but had been "controlling" her. The heartbroken person told the Daily Mail: "Kyle was controlling and utilized to ridicule Louise. In public, helium made himself retired to beryllium a bully guy, but successful backstage helium was thing but. There hadn't been immoderate erstwhile incidents of unit towards Louise - thing that we knew astir anyhow - but helium imposed himself connected her."

The person claimed that Kyle had stopped Louise from wearing make-up and determination were "red flags" successful the relationship. She added that radical were "relieved" erstwhile the mates split. She said: "It was definite things similar Louise utilized to similar wearing make-up but past she stopped wearing make-up - and that was down to Kyle."

An ex-colleague who near flowers for the 3 women told the Mirror she had known some sisters aft antecedently moving with Hannah, and said Louise had texted her the period anterior astir a pugnacious breakup. The woman, who did not privation to beryllium named, said: "I worked with Hannah successful a spa a fewer years agone due to the fact that she was mobile. They would each travel for a massage, I would massage them each and they were the loveliest family."

"[Louise] messaged maine 2 weeks agone saying she was going done a sh**t breakup. But you conscionable deliberation it's a regular breakup, it's sad," she explained. "I substance Hannah yesterday greeting to inquire if she was good due to the fact that I saw their roadworthy connected the quality but you don't deliberation it would beryllium them."

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