Husband's appeal over stabbed wife

12 April 2012

The husband of a mother brutally stabbed to death on her way to work appealed for help in catching her killer as a police manhunt for the knifeman continued.

Carmelita Tulloch was attacked just after 9am on Tuesday in a residential street and knifed repeatedly as she fell to the ground and screamed in terror.

The 51-year-old was just five minutes from her home and only yards from a primary school when she was subjected to the "frenzied" assault in Wickham Street, Vauxhall, south London.

Mrs Tulloch's family - who include two daughters and a grandchild - and neighbours have been left devastated by her murder.

Her husband, Prince Tulloch, 42, told London's Evening Standard: "I can't think of any reason why anyone would want to hurt her. Everyone around here knew her and loved her - no-one has got a bad word against her.

"Somebody out there knows what's happened. They have to come forward and speak up. What I want most in this world is to find the killer, I won't be able to rest until until he is caught."

A post-mortem examination on Mrs Tulloch's body was being carried out at Greenwich mortuary.

Police attempted to reassure local residents, who were already concerned about drug addicts and violent crime in the area, and are now worried that a knife attacker is on the loose.

Detective Superintendent Julian Worker, who is leading the inquiry, said: "I understand there will be community concerns and I would like to reassure people that we are putting in every resource in an effort to investigate this crime."

The suspect, who was wearing a distinctive, loose-fitting grey winter woollen hat about 8in to 10in high, was seen fleeing the scene towards Jonathan Street. It is likely he would have been covered in blood.

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