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Monstrous mountain of evidence stalls inquiry into necrophiliac David Fuller who murdered more than 100 women

An investigation into Fuller's crimes was announced in November 2021, in which, families of the more than 100 dead women victims have been consulted

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KENT, ENGLAND: The "unexpected volume of evidence" has delayed an inquiry report into the heinous crimes of David Fuller, who sexually assaulted corpses in hospital mortuaries where he worked, Daily Mail reports. As the electrician at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Fuller had complete access to the facility and was able to commit the horrifying crimes. He was found guilty of two counts of murder and sexual abuse of corpses, both at Tunbridge Wells and Kent and Sussex Hospital and will now serve the rest of his life in prison. 

Sexual offenses against 78 deceased women were committed by him between 2008 and 2020. After pleading guilty to the horrendous murders of Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in 1987, he received two life sentences at Maidstone Crown Court on December 15, 2021. He was sentenced to 12 years for crimes against the bodies in the morgue and since then, more victims of sex crimes in the mortuaries have been identified.

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There have been an additional 16 charges brought against the Necrophiliac murderer as a result of the 10 dead women victims who have not been identified yet and the 13 identified victims. The Secretary of State of Health and Social Care announced the investigation into Fuller's crimes in November 2021. The families of the more than 100 dead women victims have been consulted.

The inquiry's "phase 1" report was due to be released by the end of this year. This will look into how Fuller was able to commit his crimes on dead bodies and "why they went unnoticed." The Daily Mail report states that the initial report will now not be released until "the first half of next year." 

The families have been updated by Sir Jonathan Michael, chair of the Independent Inquiry. A statement from the inquiry reads, "The volume of evidence the Inquiry has and continues to receive, and the number of witnesses to interview, is far greater than anticipated."

The statement continued, "In order to ensure all evidence is considered analyzedysed thoroughly, the Inquiry will therefore require more time than originally planned. Sir Jonathan Michael and his team are committed to being thorough and will balance that with working at pace. This means that the Inquiry's initial report on matters relating to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust will now be published in the first half of 2023."

The extra charges filed against Fuller are "not currently expected to change the timeline of our work," the statement read.

MEAWW reported earlier that the offenses done by Fuller came into the light after the investigators linked him with one of Britain's longest unsolved double killings more than 30 years ago. The investigators linked Fuller with the 30-year-old case with the help of a DNA breakthrough before recovering the stash of his gruesome videos of him abusing a corpse.