CALLOUS KILLER
Fentanyl murderer who poisoned married couple may have killed his dad and grandfather, police fear as they launch probe
He was jailed for life in March after fatally poisoning a married couple
A MURDERER who poisoned a married couple is being investigated for killing his own dad and granddad.
Cops have launched a probe into fresh fears twisted Luke D’Wit, 34, may have taken the lives of his two family members before administering a deadly dose of fentanyl to Stephen and Carol Baxter.
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The IT worker, who sought to benefit from a will he faked, was caged for life in March following the killing of the millionaire couple.
Cops are now exploring the possibility D'Wit was responsible for the death of his dad Vernon.
The murderer's dad was prescribed fentanyl shortly before he was found dead at his home in 2021.
The death of D'Wit's granddad is also being looked into as part of the detectives' review.
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Essex Police has said officers "will not hesitate to act" if they come across fresh evidence.
A spokesperson said: "Up to the conviction and sentence of Luke D'Wit, our determined focus has been securing justice in relation to the murders of Carol and Stephen.
"As with any investigation of this magnitude, everything we have uncovered is being reviewed and should anything suggest this has been the case we will not hesitate to act."
Because of the subtle nature of poisoning, police are keen to find out if there were any more victims before D'Wit was caught.
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Det Supt Rob Kirby said there is "absolutely no doubt" D'Wit would have carried out more subtle murders had he not been jailed.
Fentanyl is an extremely strong synthetic opioid which is about 100 times stronger than morphine.
Chilling voice notes of handyman, 34, who adopted 20 alter egos before poisoning couple - as he's convicted of murder
D'Wit, who worked for the Baxters at their home in Mersea Island, Essex, targeted them with a ";web of deception and manipulation".
He crafted 20 alter-egos to control Stephen and Carol - including a theatre producer called Jenny and a doctor from the States.
He then sickeningly poisoned the couple with fentanyl and rewrote their will "in order to profit from their deaths".
Sentencing, Mr Justice Lavender said he “ended the lives of Carol and Stephen Baxter and caused grief and misery to the lives of others”.
The couple's daughter Ellie described in her harrowing victim impact statement how she found her parents "stiff, stone cold, blue and leaking from their mouths" in their home.
She said she never knew “emotional pain could physically hurt so much”.
She added: “It was like my insides were on fire. I screamed and screamed but nothing I done was helping.
"I pleaded for them to wake up. I begged them. But of course they could not wake. The next time I saw mum and dad they were in body bags.”
Ellie described stroking her mum's hair and kissing both her parent's heads after the tragic discovery.
Chilling footage showed the killer, who claimed to be like an "adopted son" to the couple, leaving the home after killing Carol and Stephen.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard how he had set up a camera using the iHeart home security app to watch the couple die.
Police were able to recover cached images, which showed Stephen, 61, and wife Carol, 64, slumped in their armchairs in a conservatory.
CCTV also showed D'Wit checking his phones as he went round to the couple's home on the night they died.
The court was told this was to make sure they were "incapacitated" before he went inside to clear up cups that contained the drug.
Their bodies were discovered in a conservatory on April 9 when daughter Ellie popped round.
In a harrowing 999 call, she can be heard screaming as she tells the operator: "I need an ambulance right now."
Ellie then yells out "they're f***ing dead! They're frozen" as she attempted to smash the conservatory glass.
D'Wit then takes over the call as Ellie weeps in the background and tells the call handler: "I'm a friend."
He continued: "They are dead. They are both just cold.”
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The killer was described as "very calm and plausible"; and explained he was the last person to see Carol and Stephen alive.
He told officers in bodycam footage how he "literally ran from home" to the couple's house after learning they were dead and "smashed the back doors in".
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