Samantha Bryan, the biological daughter of Soham murderer Ian Huntley, said she was “disgusted” after police approached her about contributing to the child killer's funeral arrangements.
The 27-year-old, who resides in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, met with two police officers on March 17, 10 days following Huntley's death, for a conversation lasting approximately half an hour.
"I had nothing to do with him in life and now I want nothing to do with him in death," she said.
Ms Bryan was informed she could potentially face liability for funeral expenses exceeding £3,000.
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"He does not deserve the dignity of a funeral after what he did. I don't want any involvement," she stated, declining both to arrange any service and to accept his remains.
Huntley, 52, was attacked at HMP Frankland in Durham on February 26 while serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for the 2002 murders of 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
The assault left him with catastrophic injuries, including skull fractures, brain damage and a broken jaw.
He spent his final days in a medically induced coma, requiring a ventilator to breathe, before dying at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle on March 7.
Ian Huntley's daughter has said she was left 'disgusted' after police asked if she wanted to pay towards his funeral
| PAAnthony Russell, 43, has been charged with murder in connection with the attack and is scheduled to appear at Newcastle Crown Court for a plea and directions hearing on April 24.
Ms Bryan only learned of her biological connection to Huntley when she was 14 years old, stumbling upon the information during a school project about crime when she spotted a blurred photograph of her mother alongside him online.
Her mother, Katie Bryan, now 45, was just 15 when Huntley, then 23, began pursuing her in what Ms Bryan's mother has described as a grooming relationship involving rape and abuse.
She fell pregnant with her daughter at 16 before eventually escaping from Huntley.
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| PADespite never meeting Huntley in person, Ms Bryan wrote to him in prison on multiple occasions from 2019, requesting a face-to-face meeting.
He acknowledged her as his daughter in correspondence but consistently refused her requests, denying her the opportunity to question him about the murders.
Ms Bryan and her mother both believe Huntley's ashes should be disposed of at sea, mirroring the treatment given to Moors Murderer Ian Brady following his death in 2017.
Katie Bryan described the police approach to her daughter as "the final indignity" of having Huntley as a biological father.
The former school caretaker was serving a minimum 40-year sentence for the 2002 murders of two 10-year-old girls
| ITV"Even in death, he is a blight on her life," she told The Sun.
Both women have emphasised that their thoughts remain with the family of the two schoolgirls murdered by Huntley in the Cambridgeshire market town of Soham.
Ms Bryan has previously expressed profound sadness that the victims' relatives were never given the full truth about what happened to their daughters.
An inquest into Huntley's death is scheduled to commence next month.
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