THE haunting final minutes before a crossbow killer murdered a BBC star’s family have been revealed.
Carol Hunt, 61, Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28, were found dead at the family home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in July.
Kyle Clifford pleaded guilty to murderPA
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Louise’s ex Kyle Clifford was arrested following a manhunt but was unable to be interviewed while he was treated for an injury in hospital.
The 26-year-old appeared at Cambridge Crown Court today where he dramatically changed his plea on three counts of murder to guilty.
He also admitted false imprisonment after tying Louise up and two counts of possession of offensive weapons.
Clifford denied raping Louise on July 9 – the same day the family were killed – and will stand trial for that count on March 3.
HORROR TIMELINE
The incident, on Ashlyn Close, is understood to have begun around 6.30pm.
Brave Hannah managed to phone police to tell them her mum and sister had been shot and she feared “she was going to die”.
The phonecall then cut off before she managed to re-establish contact and an ambulance was called.
An inquest also heard how she text an unnamed person to reveal she had been “tied up”.
She then begged them to call the police as the suspect was still in the house.
Armed officers arrived at the home around 7pm to find the front door open and Louise tied up with duct tape.
Tragic Hannah was lying in the main doorway and been shot with a crossbow but was still alive.
Mum Carol had been stabbed in the knee, hands, back and torso with the ten-inch butcher’s knife.
It is understood the BBC racing commentator John Hunt was informed of the tragedy as he returned from work at Lingfield Park.
A manhunt was launched for Clifford, with armed police carrying out a raid on his home in Enfield, North London.
He was found injured in a cemetery two days later at 6pm after shooting himself in the chest with a crossbow.
ARMY MISFIT
Clifford dropped out of the Army after two years, according to a former colleague.
They claimed the killer never fitted in at the Queen’s Dragoons after joining in 2019.
It was also claimed Clifford had failed phase one training at ATC Pirbright in Brookwood, Surrey.
His former colleague said: “Kyle didn’t change throughout service. People got so frustrated with him.
“Everyone had to pick up the slack. He wasn’t a good soldier.”
After the Army, Clifford took a number of low-paid jobs before finding work in private security.
One of his jobs for six months in 2023 was at Amthal, a fire and security installation company in St Albans, Herts.
One of three children, Clifford’s older brother Bradley, 30, is serving a life sentence for the murder of a young moped rider who smashed a bottle against his car during a row in 2017.
He was given a minimum 23-year tariff after ramming his 18-year-old victim at 60mph with his Ford Mustang before beating him as he lay fatally injured.
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