He reported the findings to his supervisor, Gary Wheeler and both men returned to the property the following morning at 7.30 a.m. Nilsen was eventually caught when the other tenants living in the same block of flats complained to the landlord about drain blockages.Ī Dyno-Rod employee (a London based plumbing company), Michael Cattran, responded to the complaints on February 8, 1983, where he uncovered flesh-like substances in the drains and small bones. All You Need to Know About Marilyn Bonachea from 'Cocaine Cowboys'.All the Songs From 'Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami'.He would often store bodies under his floorboards.
He would then dissect and dispose of his victim's bodies by burning them or flushing their remains down the toilet.
The majority of his victims were vulnerable, gay men who would be lured back to his flat often after Nilsen befriended them at the pub.Īfter each murder, Nielsen would sit with his victim's lifeless bodies, observing a ritual of bathing and dressing the body. "When the time comes, I'm probably going to scatter his ashes in the sea in Fraserburgh." Who was Dennis Nilsen?ĭennis Nilsen, a former civil servant from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, murdered and dismembered several of his victims at two addresses in Muswell Hill, North London- Melrose Avenue and later Cranley Gardens. "I thought it was an insult," Austin said. In a feature in The Times, Nilsen reportedly told Austin he wanted his ashes to be scatted "at the bottom of the garden" at his former home in Melrose Avenue, the location where he had burnt the remains of his victims. He was cremated in June 2018 and his ashes were returned to his next of kin, Mark Austin. The post-mortem report detailed Nilsen's cause of death as a pulmonary embolism and retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Nilsen died two days later on May 12, 2018, having served 34 years of his full-life sentence.
He was found to have a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm which was repaired but he later suffered a blood clot as a complication of the stomach surgery.
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Nilsen had been serving his life sentence at Her Majesty's Prison Full Sutton when he was taken to hospital on complaining of severe stomach pains. He was 72-years-old at the time of his death. How did Dennis Nilsen die?ĭennis Nilsen died in York Hospital on May 12, 2018. He joined the likes of killers Stephen Port, Christopher Halliwell, and Peter Sutcliffe. Nilsen was one of a growing list of British criminals who have received a whole life tariff, meaning he would never be released from prison. He was jailed for life in 1983 with a recommendation he serve a minimum of 25 years after being convicted of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder. The documentary features recordings made by Dennis Nilsen from his prison cell, where he details his life and the horrific crimes he committed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.īetween 19, Nilsen, murdered at least 12 young men and potentially many more at two addresses in North London. Memories of a Murder: The Nilsen Tapes is the latest true-crime documentary on Netflix you do not want to miss.
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