David Fuller: Man admits 1987 murders and abusing corpses

[rjfp1962]

Another monster caught by the availability of modern day DNA testing techniques..
(Apologies if a thread on this topic is already running - Had a brief look and couldn't find one..!)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-5916764...

[Last Visit]

Just been readimg about that on the news and Azra Kemal.

What a monster indeed of a man.

[Whats on Second]

The BBC report does not mention whether he was a loner, one can assume this must be an oversight.

Just shows that the prudent concealment of your stash of indecent images is paramount
in the avoidance of getting caught with millions of indecent images.

How does an electrician gain access to bodies in a mortuary at all hours ?

[juice]

Sub-Human

Must never ever see the light of day as a free man. It makes me feel ill thinking of what he did

[Petrus1983]

Literally the sickest of the sick. Jail is too good for him. Hopefully never sees fresh air again.

[juice]

"Fuller was still working for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust when he was arrested by detectives investigating the murders of Ms Knell and Ms Pier"

Jesus fking Christ

[shed driver]

Whats on Second said:

How does an electrician gain access to bodies in a mortuary at all hours ?

He will probably need to check the fridge temperatures and complete the log for this.

SD.

[Gareth79]

Interesting, apparently they identified his brother's DNA as being a close match, and then presumably looked at family and figured out that he was likely their suspect.

There's been several previous instances where long-since cold cases had perfect matches when somebody was arrested for drink-driving and a DNA sample taken.

edit: Here's one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Roy_Tutill
Murder in 1968, DNA sample extracted in 1996 after trousers kept in freezer for almost 30 years (!), a sample matched when the murderer Brian Field was arrested for drink-driving in 1999.

Edited by Gareth79 on Thursday 4th November 20:16

[beambeam1]

shed driver said:

Whats on Second said:

How does an electrician gain access to bodies in a mortuary at all hours ?

He will probably need to check the fridge temperatures and complete the log for this.

SD.

In a building that size he will likely have had access to master keys. Either his own set or a set he had copied long ago. Once you start looking closer at facilities management you'd be surprised how easy it is to shift yourself and stuff about the place unnoticed.

Utterly depraved character though, horrible to think that he desecrated at least 99 wives/daughters/sisters over the years.

[Honk]

He doesn't look the type...

[anonymous-user]

Whats on Second said:

The BBC report does not mention whether he was a loner, one can assume this must be an oversight.

Just shows that the prudent concealment of your stash of indecent images is paramount
in the avoidance of getting caught with millions of indecent images.

How does an electrician gain access to bodies in a mortuary at all hours ?

Sparkys will have access all areas working for estates / FM , so easy done. Probably worked rotating shifts too?

[Derek Smith]

Gareth79 said:

Interesting, apparently they identified his brother's DNA as being a close match, and then presumably looked at family and figured out that he was likely their suspect.

There's been several previous instances where long-since cold cases had perfect matches when somebody was arrested for drink-driving and a DNA sample taken.

edit: Here's one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Roy_Tutill
Murder in 1968, DNA sample extracted in 1996 after trousers kept in freezer for almost 30 years (!), a sample matched when the murderer Brian Field was arrested for drink-driving in 1999.

Edited by Gareth79 on Thursday 4th November 20:16

It's remarkable. There was an Italian rapist who was caught after decades when DNA from the investigation was shared with Italian police. He was done for drink drive.

[pquinn]

Probably a lot more murders and other stuff they're totally unaware of. Given they only found out about the abuse of the bodies from his own records and he was doing that up to the point he was caught.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

The fact alot of those would be disfigured, partially decomposed etc just adds to the utter disgusting depravity.

[Chrisgr31]

This occurred locally and I am very grateful that I haven't had any relatives bodies held in the mortuary at the hospital. The Kent Live website had a reporter attending the trial (it was on day 3 that he changed his plea) and yes it confirms that recent DNA advances enabled them to get a sample from some of the items held. That in turn demonstrated the family link to someones DNA already held so the Police went straight round to David Fuller to arrest him, so they could get his DNA.

It seems that he had already admitted the abuse of the corpses, and were the police have been able to identify relatives they have been notified. However there may be cases they cannot identify etc.

The coverage did explain why he had access to the mortuary and that his actions took place outside the view of the CCTV camers.

The trail was for the 2 murders, he admitted he killed the two young ladies, but pleaded diminished responsibility but on day 3 changed his plead and admitted to murder.

All so harrowing fro the victims relatives.

[98elise]

beambeam1 said:

shed driver said:

Whats on Second said:

How does an electrician gain access to bodies in a mortuary at all hours ?

He will probably need to check the fridge temperatures and complete the log for this.

SD.

In a building that size he will likely have had access to master keys. Either his own set or a set he had copied long ago. Once you start looking closer at facilities management you'd be surprised how easy it is to shift yourself and stuff about the place unnoticed.

Utterly depraved character though, horrible to think that he desecrated at least 99 wives/daughters/sisters over the years.

Maybe not master keys (I've never worked in a place that did have master keys) but as you say building maintenance teams will have access to every area of the buildings they maintain. That's just part of the job.

Thee will be routine checks to be done everywhere, plus ongoing maintenance and repairs.

I've worked in loads of sensitive buildings (hospitals, government buildings, airports, stations, even security services). We pretty much had access everywhere.

[Al Gorithum]

I don't understand why the Police are informing the surviving relatives. Surely they're better off not knowing (aside from the murder victims relatives)?

I wouldn't want to know!

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I most definitely wouldn't want to know. What good would it serve being told that?

[anonymous-user]

Al Gorithum said:

I don't understand why the Police are informing the surviving relatives. Surely they're better off not knowing (aside from the murder victims relatives)?

I wouldn't want to know!

Yes adds nothing really.

I do wonder though he only killed 2.

[Al Gorithum]

The Spruce Goose said:

Al Gorithum said:

I don't understand why the Police are informing the surviving relatives. Surely they're better off not knowing (aside from the murder victims relatives)?

I wouldn't want to know!

Yes adds nothing really.

Yes, it'll ruin the lives of 78 families for no benefit whatsoever. Pointless and cruel.