Monster who murdered 16-year-old girl and dumped body in forest died in horror accident after release from prison

An investigation has revealed that a monster who murdered a 16-year-old girl and dumped her body in a forest died in a horrific accident after his release from prison.

Thomas Purcell, 36, was found guilty of killing Megan McAlorum in 2004 after picking her up from a diner.

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The schoolgirl was discovered with 54 skull fractures in a forest in Belfast.

Purcell was sentenced to life but was released in 2021 after serving 15 years.

An investigation revealed that the monster Drive in Oxford on 4 March, when he took control of his MG ZS and crashed into an oncoming delivery truck.

He was hospitalized, but ten days later his life support was turned off.

The Oxford Coroner's Court was told he had suffered “multiple serious injuries” and may have been severely disabled during his recovery.

Local coroner Nicholas Graham determined that his death was the result of a road traffic accident.

He said Purcell may have been “tired or distracted” at the time of the crime. horror.

The murderer was only 16 when he beat Megan to death on Easter Sunday 2004 on her way home from a night of drinking.

He then went to a hospital where he pretended to have chest pains in order to provide an alibi.

Callous Purcell dumped the teenager's body in a ditch and then called police to claim he found her half-naked.

He later pleaded guilty to murder, telling a psychologist: “I met the girl, we had sex, I got angry and killed her, that's all.”

Purcell had a number of previous convictions, including robbery, assault, harassment and traffic offenses.

In July 2002 – two years before Megan’s murder – he caused $250,000 in damage to a gazebo at Sir Richard Branson’s country house in Oxford.

When she spoke about her sister’s death, documentary “Britain's Deadliest Kids,” Lynne McAlorum recalled when she learned of Megan's death.

She said: “There were two policemen and my mother was sitting there. They just said: 'It's your daughter.'

“It was very hard. It was unbelievable to see my mother and father. My family was never the same after that.”

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