Dramatic moment murderer is arrested after stabbing ex-partner and autistic son
03.02.2022 - 13:43
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
This the moment a sick murderer who knifed his ex-partner and her nine-year-old autistic son to death was arrested 24 hours after the killings.
Daniel Boulton walked 28 miles to fatally stab Bethany Vincent, 26, and her nine-year-old son Darren Henson at their home in Louth, Lincolnshire.
The 30-year-old sparked a 24-hour manhunt and was eventually found and arrested on a farm, Manchester Evening News reports.
On Wednesday, February 2, he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 40 years after he was found guilty of murder.
A court was told how the defendant had developed a "hatred" for Darren, known to loved ones as DJ, and had "feared" the young boy's autism would somehow affect his own son.
Boulton “loitered for hours” outside his victims’ home before launching his attack in front of his nine-month-old baby on May 31, last year.
When emergency services arrived at the property, the nine-month-old was found crawling around the house, and the court heard the killer left a note saying: “I, Daniel Boulton, take full responsibility for 182", which was the number of the property.
Boulton then led Lincolnshire Police on a 24-hour manhunt, which came to an end when he stabbed an off-duty police officer in the leg before being tasered and arrested on a nearby farm.
The arrest was captured on camera by a helicopter tracking him from above.
Boulton, of Alexandra Road, Skegness, admitted manslaughter on the second day of his trial, as well as assault with intent to resist arrest, and burglary, before being convicted of two counts of murder.
At his sentencing hearing today, the judge told Boulton there was a possibility he may never be released.
Mr Justice Pepperall told the killer: “I’m sure that you targeted DJ because of