A chef from Gravesend, Kent, with no connection to Barking, Whitworth met Port on a dating app in September 2014. On September 20, 2014, he was found dead in the exact same spot as Gabriel Kovari, propped against the same churchyard wall. The Cover-Up and Fake Suicide Note
The coroner found that "fundamental failings" by the Metropolitan Police probably contributed to three of the four deaths. gabriel-and-daniel-case
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. A chef from Gravesend, Kent, with no connection
Stephen Port was sentenced to a whole-life order in November 2016, meaning he will never be released. The case spurred intense scrutiny of police procedures in the UK and led to the BBC drama Four Lives , which detailed the failings of the investigation. Port, having already killed Anthony Walgate in June
Despite the similarities—both victims were young gay men, both were found in the same spot, both died of GHB overdoses, and both had their mobile phones missing—police treated the deaths as "unexplained" rather than suspicious. Inquest Findings and Police Failings