The drama prioritises the victims.
In June 2002, almost 30 years after the murders of three women, Joseph Kappen was finally named as the killer – a welcome discovery, found through groundbreaking DNA methods, for both the victims' families and the investigators that had worked the case.
The nature of policing in the '70s contributed to much hard work, but also meant that some of the finer details were not picked up on. In May 2002, a DNA sample was taken from his body and it was confirmed that he was the man they had been looking for, having raped and murdered Sandra, Geraldine and Pauline.
"I thought it was natural for men to hit women," Christine said . "I thought all men were violent. He used to rape me every two weeks. It was against my will. I never wanted it.", published in 2003, points out that the police did not interfere in domestic violence incidents in the '70s, and that Christine would not press charges. The publication also detailed his "vicious temper", recalling a time that he had killed a family dog in front of his son.
"On the basis of the evidence obtained, we can say that if the suspect was alive today, he would have been arrested, interviewed and is likely to have been charged with these offences," Det Chief Supt Wynne Phillips said at the time .
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