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down his toilet. But the building’s plumbing was old and eventual-
ly, the other residents complained and called in the plumber.

Upon investigation of the apartment building’s pipes, the human

remains were easily tracked back to Nilsen’s apartment. When the

police asked him where the rest of the body was, he calmly showed

them the garbage bag of body parts he kept in his wardrobe. On fur-

ther investigation, it was revealed that there were body parts stashed

all over Nilsen’s apartment. Though he admitted to committing be-
tween twelve and fifteen murders, he was formally charged with six

counts of murders and two attempted murders.

He was found guilty on all counts in 1983 and sentenced to life im-

prisonment which he spent translating books to Braille.

In 2018, Dennis Nilsen died in prison at the age of 72 after suffering

a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He spent his final moments
laying in his own filth in his prison cell.

REFERENCES:

• Dennis Nilsen. Criminal Minds Wiki. https://criminalminds.fan-

dom.com/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen

• Serena, K. (2018, April 3). The Story Of “British Jeffrey Dahmer”
Is As Disturbing As You Think It Is. All That’s Interesting. https://

allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-nilsen

• [Fig 1] Des: Reviews are in for David Tennant’s ITV serial kill-

er drama. BT.com. Retrieved February 11, 2023, from https://

www.bt.com/tv/drama/des-itv-cast-david-tennant-air-date-film-

ing-location-true-story-dennis-nilsen

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