DRIVER, TERRY: Crime Stories TV -
Abbotsford, British Colombia: Police investigate a crime scene on the banks below a canal. Behind the tapeline the victim of a brutal attack. Crime Stories s1e2: Terry Driver, Court TV 1998
October 1995: A 16-year-old girl stumbles out of the dark into MSA General Hospital. She is confused and covered in blood. Nurses discover a massive fracture in her skull that will be fatal if left untreated. The girl’s name is Misty Cockerill. ibid.
Fishermen gathering at Vedder canal between Abbotsford and Chilliwack spot the naked body of a young woman. ibid.
Within a week 85 investigators are on the case. ibid.
You have scientific proof that number one, he touched the letter that confesses to the murder; number two, the bite mark itself matched to him; and number three, his DNA was found in the bite mark. ibid. Mike Olsen, Abbotsford forensics
DROLLINGER, ROGER: Very Bad Men TV -
Some very bad men kill for pleasure but they get an even bigger thrill leading others down the sadistic path. Very Bad Men s4e5: Thrill Kill
Hollandsburg, Indiana: a gang of four men storms into a rural home with loaded shotguns and malicious intent. ibid.
A marauding gang led by a bloodthirsty killer guns down four innocent young brothers … Roger Drollinger is convicted of murder and given four Life sentences. ibid.
DRUHAN, MARY: Trial & Error TV -
The fire brigade came quickly but it was already too late. The house – tinder dry, derelict, and scheduled for demolition – had gone up like a torch. No-one could be sure if the occupants had got out. They were a random shifting population of down-and-outs. Trial & Error: Mary Druhan, Channel 4 1993
Another homeless person was found guilty of setting the house on fire. That made Mary Druhan guilty of murder twice over, killing two men, a friend and a lover. ibid.
We believe that Mary Druhan, for ever one of life’s casualties, is now a victim of a miscarriage of justice. ibid.
Justice was uneasy about the conviction of Mary Druhan … ‘Absolutely no forensics.’ ibid.
How little and unreliable the evidence. ibid.
DRYMAN, FRANK: Crime Stories TV - Huffington Post online -
A local shepherd spotted something unusual at the edge of his field. Crime Stories: The Kid with the Hollywood Haircut, CTV 2010
The murdered body of local Shelby businessman Clarence Pellet. ibid.
The waitress described a young hitchhiker wearing a light grey suit who was standing on the corner waiting for a ride. She saw Clarence stop his car and offer the stranger a lift. As part of her description she told the police that the young man was sporting a ‘Hollywood haircut’. ibid.
He was sent to a federal prison ... In 1969 Dryman was paroled to his brother who lived in California. He worked there for two years and even married a young widow. Then in October 1971 without warning Dryman vanished leaving no trace. ibid.
When Clem Pellet was a boy his father told him that his grandfather had been murdered by a hitchhiker. Forty-eight years later at the age of 56, Clem found some old newspaper clippings that outlined the details of his grandfather’s killing. ibid.
Clem, a dentist from Washington State, believed he had found Frank Dryman, now known as Victor Huston. ibid.
Helena Mont – The ageing Frank Dryman, a notorious killer from Montana's past, had hidden in plain sight for so long that he forgot he was a wanted man.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview with The Associated Press, Dryman detailed how he invented a whole new life, with a new family, an Arizona wedding chapel business – and even volunteer work for local civic clubs.
‘They just forgot about me,’ said Dryman, in his first interview since being caught and sent back to the prison he last left in the 1960s. ‘I was a prominent member of the community.’
That is, until the grandson of the man he shot six times in the back came looking. The Huffington Post article Matt Gouras, 15th June 2010, ‘Frank Dryan, Fugitive, Hid in Plain Sight for 40 Years’
DU, ANXIANG: A Killer's Mistake TV -
‘They opened a Chinese medicine shop and they had three shops.’ A Killer’s Mistake s1e9: Anxiang Du
The Dings’ had set up a partnership with another family. But not all was at it seemed between the couples … The attack was in the kitchen of the house. ibid.
With all four dead … [Anxiang] wiping out an entire family. ibid.
DUDDY, JOHN: see SHEPHERD’S BUSH POLICE MURDERS
DUFFY, JAMES & GEORGIOS KAKAVELOS: People Magazine Investigates TV -
He said, I’m going to need a car. I’ll show you where everything is. People Magazine Investigates s6e9: Gone in the Night, rozzer, ID 2022
Allyzibeth LaMont was living with her friend [Jenny] … She hadn’t heard from Ally since the previous day … They then proceeded to the Local No. 9 to speak to the manager … They do notice her manager Duffy is behaving abnormally. ibid.
Mr [Georgios] Kakavelos [owner] is being cagey about sharing what’s on his phone … They feel he knows more about James Duffy than he is letting on. ibid.
From that point on Mr Duffy told us his whole story. James Duffy informed us that Kakavelos had come up with a plan so that she did not report him for fraud. ibid. rozzer
DUFFY, JOHN & DAVID MULCAHY: Born to Kill? TV - World’s Most Evil Killers TV - The Railway Killers TV -
In the mid-1980s a series of brutal rapes spread fear throughout north London. As the violence intensified serial sadists would turn to murder. What drove this twisted team? And were they born to kill? Born to Kill? s6e2: Duffy & Mulcahy, Really 2017
‘Alison [Day] had been strangled with an item of her own clothing.’ ibid.
Two lifelong friends John Duffy and David Mulcahy … Mulcahy’s adult life had followed a similarly haphazard trajectory … David Mucahy was a happily married man. John Duffy was less sociable but had also married in 1980 … Duffy’s wife had accused him of raping her at knifepoint. ibid.
Duffy was finally arrested; when police search his family home they found an important clue [string] that also implicated him in murder. ibid.
Coaxing the truth [in prison] from Duffy required gentle persuasion. ibid.
In February 1988, 29-year-old carpenter John Duffy was on trial for rape and the murder of three women. He was one half of a terrifying duo who’d become infamous across London. The newspapers had dubbed them the Railway Killers. World’s Most Evil Killers s2e7: The Railway Killers: John Duffy & David Mulcahy, Sky Living 2018
But over a decade later Mulcahy was still free and Duffy had had enough. ibid.
London, December 1985: ‘Detectives are certain she [Alison Day] was the third woman to die at the hands of a sex attacker stalking the railway.’ The Railway Killers aka Manhunt s1e1, news, Channel 5 2021
The Metropolitan Police set up ‘Operation Lea’ to investigate Alison Day’s murder. ibid. caption
Surrey police launch an investigation into Maartje’s murder. No link is made with the Metropolitan Police search for Alison Day’s killer. ibid.
‘You’ve got two offences that are miles apart. The common factor at that stage to initially link the two was railway stations. Were they using the railway system as a means of travelling? … Are we looking for a British rail employee?’ ibid. ex-rozzer
On June 4th 1986, Professor Peter Vanezis confirms the murders of Alison and Maarje are linked. ibid. caption
‘It’s the biggest rape hunt in Britain. At least 23 separate attacks. Two men are alleged to be responsible for a brutal series of assaults over the last three years.’ ibid. BBC London news
April 1986: Police are investigating the murders of two women found near railway stations. They have linked the killings to a series of 23 rapes. The Railway Killers aka Manhunt s1e2, caption
Anne Lock’s body had lain undiscovered for nine weeks. ibid. caption
‘Suspect 1,194, John Francis Duffy … was the first suspect to come in with a solicitor, and he was also the first one to refuse blood samples.’ ibid. rozzer
‘Police knew they were looking for another man. He was still out there.’ The Railway Killers aka Manhunt s1e3, rozzer
With pressure mounting, the police decide to arrest David Mulcahy … David Mulcahy’s DNA links him to the attacks on the au pairs. ibid. captions
David Mulcahy is convicted of 7 rapes and 3 murders. ibid.
DUGGAL, ROHIT murder: see LAWRENCE, STEPHEN
DUGGAN, MARK murder: Lawful Killing: Mark Duggan TV - Huffington Post -
Tottenham August 2011: ‘There is intelligence to suggest that Mark Duggan is currently in possession or control of about three firearms and is looking to take possession of a firearm at the scene.’ Lawful Killing: Mark Duggan, rozzers’ briefing, BBC 2016
The police shooting of Mark Duggan in August 2011 triggered the worst riots in modern British history. People died in those riots … There is still no agreement about what actually happened when Duggan was stopped by armed police on that summer’s day. ibid.