He had a presence, he felt powerful. He opened a Chinese restaurant in Soho before there was an established Chinatown in the area and also ran his own London nightclub until his mysterious death.He was born Frederick Percival Mills in Bournemouth, Hampshire, the youngest of the four children of Thomas James Mills, a totter and marine store dealer, and his wife Lottie Hilda Gray. Freddie Mills training in 1948 after winning the world title Credit: Hulton Archive - Getty. Mills had been a suspect in the Metropolitan Police investigation into the so-called Hammersmith Nude Murders, but his guilt was never proved. Born in Bournemouth in 1919, Freddie originally became an apprentice milkman before finding he had the skills to become a boxer. Or did he take his own life? He said "Im skint and I need two and a half grand otherwise Im going under It then appears that when Benny Huntman pondered over the request Mills responded with a threat. OMahoney, author of Wannabe in My Gang: From the Krays to the Essex Boys, said: Reggie made a confession about another murder on his death bed, didnt he? The doctor who examined Mills on the night of his death, Professor Wingate, backs up Roger's claims he was murdered. But I have been told that Freddie feared the police were closing in on him for the murders and decided to take his own life rather than face trial. It was this threat to go the press which according to Huntmans son led to an agonised decision by his father to arrange an assassination. With five women all killed by strangulation, and all left naked in the same manner, it was now clear police were hunting a serial killer. Rory Tingle For Mailonline, Notorious hitman Arthur 'Neddy' Smith 'was paid $5000 to fly across the country and murder a brothel madam' who was found dead with four bullet holes in her head, Inside the 'House of Horrors': Eerie pictures show the filthy Florida home owned by man accused of killing woman, 31, after dismembered remains were found in his front yard, Relatives' fury over murderer's memorial service in church where the wife and three children who he killed are buried, The Secret Life of Freddie Mills by Michael Litchfield is, Isabel Oakeshott receives 'menacing' message from Matt Hancock, Mark Gordon arrives at Crawley Police Station after remains found, Pavement where disabled woman gestured at cyclist before fatal crash, Pro-Ukrainian drone lands on Russian spy planes exposing location, 'Buster is next!' To read about there altercation make sure you buy Further Agony September 7th. A post-mortem by Professor Keith Simpson found the lethal shot had shattered his skull and left no exit hole. 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Sam James, 12 Ryan Mills, 10 Rob du Preez . 'Freddie made a bet and laid his life down because of that bet. [CDATA[// >