40-year-old Stephen Port of London (pictured) has been accused of killing four men he allegedly met on various gay dating apps over a period of 15 months.
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According to prosecutors, Port’s victims included 23-year-old Anthony Patrick Walgate, whose body was found in June 2014; 22-year-old Gabriel Kovari, whose body was dumped near a cemetery in August 2014; 21-year-old Daniel Whitworth, whose body was discovered near the same cemetery as Kovari’s a month later; and 25-year-old Jack Taylor who was found murdered in September 2015.
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Prosecutors claim Port met all four men online. After getting together, he offered them large amounts of GHB. GHB, which is sometimes referred to as liquid ecstasy, lollipops, or liquid E, is a narcotic sedative that often results in loss of consciousness. In addition to murder, police are also charging Port with four counts of “administering a poison with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm.”
Port is currently in custody waiting to appear before a judge on Wednesday.
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Billy Budd
The horror.
Stache99
Wow and he lured them in with that face? Damn. I should visit London then.
This has a Jeffrey Dalmer feel to it. Except the whole cannibalism thing..I think. He’s another Necrophiliac freak.
Stache99
I used to do GHB. I can see why he used it though. It’s almost tasteless if you mix it in with some fruit juice. Horrible way to die though. Believe me I’ve OD on it and I thought I was going to die.
charlie_jackpot
These guys were all so young. I think of some of the stupid things I did when I was at University – meeting guys off telephone chatlines – and how lucky I am that nothing truly bad happened.
We need safe places for people to meet without all the drama and drugs – but infortunately for a lot of guys on the London scene I think drugs is seen as an essential part of it. And for evidence of that go to Chariots in Vauxhall and try and find someone who can get a erection
Brian JC Kneeland
Life in prison – no parole!
Giancarlo85
If you’re going to meet someone off the internet, meet them in a very public place and be very wary and suspicious. Don’t accept drinks from strangers.
John Clerkin-Whitcomb
Always the pretty ones…..
Kangol
So Jeffrey Dahmeresque, right down to those dead blue eyes and blond hair.
I feel very saddened by the deaths of these four trusting young men, whose lives really didn’t have a chance to develop and grow.
I just hope the authorities do a thorough investigation to make sure he didn’t snuff out more lives. What a f*cking monster, but they come in all forms.
Let’s all hope we do not encounter someone like this ever.
skcord
Shades of American Horror Story: Hotel….
SeeingAll
If it’s London, you don’t say Dahmeresque. You say Nilsenesque.
SeeingAll
@Kangol: I agree. Blondes are evil.
SeeingAll
@Brian JC Kneeland: They had the trial already ?
Arcamenel
Another white serial killer.
eclecticstarz
What i find puzzling is that it took so long to catch him. The victims must of been linked very quickly and a cyber trail left. The drug and method used must of let them know that they were dealing with a serial killer. They were all found in the same area. Having said all that I will wait till I hear more but its quite sad [or disgraceful] that he was not caught sooner, if indeed it is him.
JerseyMike
OMG!! they didn’t see that face before they got there.. This is why I go to no ones house I meet online.. If you want to ride this horsey you will have to come to me.. Don’t care for the random hookups anyway
SeeingAll
@Arcamenel: We white people have some serial killers, too, ya know. In fact, they seem to represent every race equally( the serial killers in the U.S., for example, being mostly white, about 12 percent black, 8 percent Hispanic, ten percent gay, etc). But not as far as sex goes : serial killers are 95 (approximately) percent male (the female serial killers most often being multiple poisoners).
blackberry finn
@Arcamenel: Because no matter the story, there’ s always one pressed bitch to racialize it.
BigG
Never trust a guy with hair like that. Creepy
SFHandyman
It’s a toupee. He is totally bald on top.
He put a suicide note in one victim’s hand that said he’d killed the first victim and then committed suicide.
Sebizzar
I’m disgusted. My heart drops every time I have to read something like this. It’s bad enough that anxiety prevents me from socializing, and I’ve already read all the Dahmer-like murder cases (which put so much fear into me that I didn’t want to leave the house). I’ve gotten over those a bit… but this just puts me back to square one. Ugh, all these young gay lives being cut short, and by other fellow gay men. It’s infuriating and scary, you just can’t trust anyone, ever.
R.I.P.
moldisdelicious
One of the reasons why I deleted all those apps. Too many crazies. Bad enough, there’s a lot if unnecessary nonsense to deal with. It’s not necessary so whatever with that.
GayEGO
This reminds me of Jeffrey Dahmer from Wisconsin back in the 1980s, he not only murdered gay guys but he tortured them and committed heinous crimes against them.
SeeingAll
@GayEGO: Why, out of all the gay serial killers, does he remind you specifically of Dahmer ?
alphacentauri
I’m not surprised this guy was on apps like Grindr, etc.