Murder suspect who is 7ft 3in now linked to THREE killings and two random stabbings Five people now arrested in connection with Operation Darcy probe He left Newborough, Cambs, with his tattooed lover Joanna Dennehy Now police are linking three murders in Cambridgeshire over weekend Three suspected linked murders were today being investigated by detectives after two bodies were found dead just five miles from where a builder was stabbed to death. Kevin Lee, 48, was found near Newborough, Cambridgeshire, on Saturday, and his death was then linked to two separate incidents in Hereford, Herefordshire, on Tuesday which saw two men stabbed. Now the bodies of a man in his 30s and another man in his 50s have been found by a farmer in a remote dyke at a field-side in Thorney, Cambridgeshire - just a ten minute drive from Mr Lee's body. Arrested: Gary Stretch (left) was arrested along with tattooed lover Joanna Dennehy (right) in Herefordshire Cambridgeshire Constabulary today said detectives were linking the three murders. Officers believe the three men were killed over the Easter weekend and their bodies dumped at the two locations. The force said a total of five people have now been arrested in connection with the investigation, which they are calling Operation Darcy. Gary Stretch, 47, who stands at 7ft 3in, and Joanna Dennehy, 30, who were arrested in Hereford after a nationwide manhunt, yesterday both remained in custody. A 32-year-old man and a 23-year-old man arrested in connection the investigation into Mr Lee's murder have been released on bail. Leslie Layton, 36, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court yesterday. Layton, from Orton Goldhay, Cambridgeshire, was charged with perverting the course of justice and remanded in custody until his next appearance on April 10 at Peterborough Crown Court. Cambridgeshire Constabulary Detective Superintendent Jeff Hill said: "This inquiry is a priority for the force and we have a large team of detectives working on it. There will also be extra police officers out on patrol in the areas where the bodies were discovered. These events are naturally very concerning and local people are understandably shocked by what has happened. He added that the deaths are suspected to be linked and are being 'treated as part of the same isolated incident over the Easter weekend'. 'I would like to stress I believe there is no ongoing risk to the public,' he added. Probe: Police searching the scene today at Thorney, Cambridgeshire, where two bodies were found in a ditch Builder Mr Lee, of Fletton, Cambrideshire, was stabbed to death and his body dumped in a ditch on Saturday. He had last been seen at 2pm on Good Friday and was reported missing later that day. A post-mortem examination revealed he died from stab wounds. Four days after his death police were called by a farmer at 11.30am to say he had found two bodies in the dyke in Thorney. Post-mortem examinations are due to take place tomorrow at a hospital. Tonight the spot where the bodies were found in Thorney was surrounded by a large outer cordon and smaller inner cordon. The narrow country road was closed to traffic. Officers in dry suits recovered the bodies using an inflatable platform late in the evening, while an inflatable dinghy was also on standby. The two men stabbed in Herefordshire remained in hospital in Birmingham, West Midlands. One was described as having serious injuries and the other was said to be in a critical condition. Superintendent Ivan Powell of West Mercia Police, said: "We are in the very early stages of our investigation, but what I can say at this stage is that these appear to have been two separate, unprovoked assaults on members of the public. It is not thought that the victims are either known to each other or know their attackers. We're working very closely with our colleagues in Cambridgeshire Police.'