In addition to the murder, Luke D’Wit also forged the couple’s will and administered medication under the false identity of an invented doctor.
This Wednesday, the 20th, a court in England declared Luke D’Wit guilty of the murder of Stephen It is Carol Baxter. The 34-year-old IT professional allegedly killed the couple to inherit the company.
As reported by UOL, the trial, which has already lasted five weeks, has not yet come to an end, as the Sentence will be determined this Friday22. The prosecution believes he will be sentenced to life in prison or get 30 years in prison.
Stephen It is Carol they owned Cazsplash, a company specializing in bath mats. Before her murder, the couple lived in a house valued at R$6.4 million (around one million pounds) in the Essex region, in West Mersea, England.
A short will found by authorities mentioned Luke as a “dear friend” and future director and CEO of the company. However, after an investigation, the police discovered that the document was not the original, kept in the possession of the couple’s lawyers.
The murder
On April 9, 2023, the daughter of Baxter found the bodies of the parents without injuries or any obvious cause of death. Weeks later, toxicology test results revealed that Carol It is Stephen died after receiving a lethal dose of fentanyl.
D’Wit He was the last person to have contact with the two, on April 7th. The investigation revealed that he had installed a camera in the house to watch the deaths of the elderly that he himself had caused.
In all my years as a police officer, I can say that Luke D’Wit He’s one of the most dangerous men I’ve ever met. I have absolutely no doubt that if he had not been captured he would have committed more murders. He would befriend people and pretend to be an upstanding, helpful, and kind member of the community. The reality is much more sinister. He is a cold and calculating killer.”, he said Rob Kirby, Detective Superintendent of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, in a statement.
Fake ID
D’Wit he knew Carol in 2014, when he started working for her as an IT consultant. Since then, he has developed more than 20 fictional characters to communicate with her, including a doctor named “Andrea Bowden”.
In recent years, the fake doctor conducted supposed medical treatment for Carol. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s and the treatment purposely worsened her condition every day.
To convince Carol, D’Wit introduced the elderly woman to other invented people who were supposedly treated by “Andrea Bowden”. He communicated with her via WhatsApp groups, email and even created new voices to send audio messages.
The police also found metal studs on pill packaging in Carolhospitalized for ingesting these items.
