{"id":4540,"date":"2026-03-29T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4540"},"modified":"2026-03-29T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:41:49","slug":"ian-huntleys-daughter-disgusted-over-police-questions-ahead-of-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4540","title":{"rendered":"Ian Huntley&#8217;s daughter &#8216;disgusted&#8217; over police questions ahead of funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>She had previously said her father&#8217;s ashes should be &#8216;flushed down the toilet&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Ian Huntley&#8217;s daughter was left &#8216;disgusted&#8217; over the police request for his funeral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Huntley, who murdered 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, died in hospital after he was attacked by another inmate earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Reacting to his death, his daughter, Samantha Bryan, told The Sun\u00a0that she believed her father shouldn\u2019t have the dignity of a funeral and grave&#8217; and that his ashes should be &#8216;flushed down the toilet&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The 27-year-old has now revealed she was \u2018disgusted\u2019 over a police question following\u00a0her father&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking to The Sun, she claimed: \u201cThey asked if I wanted to take on the responsibility, purely because I am his \u00adbiological daughter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThey mentioned if I did there would be quite a bill involved. I said \u2018no\u2019. He does not deserve the dignity of a funeral after what he did. I don\u2019t want any involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>She continued to explain how she had \u2018nothing to do with him in life\u2019 and wants the same in death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to pay for any funeral, and I wouldn\u2019t want to go to a funeral for him,\u201d added Ms Bryan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Her mother, Katie Bryan, dubbed the question the \u2018final indignity\u2019 of Huntley being Samantha&#8217;s biological father.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cEven in death, he is a blight on her life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It has been reported that Huntley will not be granted a funeral after his family declined a government-funded one out of respect for the families of his victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Anthony Russell, a HMP Frankland inmate\u00a0has been charged\u00a0with the murder of Huntley and an inquest into his death will begin next month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Ian #Huntleys #daughter #disgusted #police #questions #ahead #funeral<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She had previously said her father&#8217;s ashes should be &#8216;flushed down the toilet&#8217;. Ian Huntley&#8217;s daughter was left &#8216;disgusted&#8217; over the police request for his funeral. Huntley, who murdered 10-year-old girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, died in hospital after he was attacked by another inmate earlier this month. 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