Forensic tests were not done on items found with the bodies, including the "suicide note" and a bedsheet, which were later found to have Port's DNA.
A jury ruled that all four men were unlawfully killed. gabriel-and-daniel-case
The deaths of Kovari and Whitworth, along with Walgate and the final victim, Jack Taylor, were subject to a series of inquests that concluded in December 2021. The inquest findings were scathing: Forensic tests were not done on items found
Port, having already killed Anthony Walgate in June 2014 (and received a suspended sentence for perverting the course of justice in that investigation), attempted to disguise the subsequent deaths. attempted to disguise the subsequent deaths.