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With the Dennis Nielsen committed to stand trial for the murders of six men and to the

attempted murder of two others, the public and press questioned how he could have gotten

away with the crimes for so long. The reality was that most of Nielsen's victims were

social outcasts without solid family structures or fixed addresses. Many associated with drug

users and sex workers who were unlikely to approach the police, making it easy for their

disappearances to go unnoticed. In fact, of the 15 men Nielsen claimed to have murdered

only three, Billy Sutherland, Kenneth Ockenden and Stephen Holmes were ever confirmed to have

been reported missing. The Guardian newspaper reported that Nielsen

insulated himself from detection by choosing victims who were, quote, young, homeless,

down and out homosexuals and surmised. The reason why nobody knew that Nielsen was

killing was that nobody except Nielsen knew that any killings were going on. The article

also highlighted how the banality of Nielsen's public persona cloaked his true character. Quote,

nobody knew or even suspected because Nielsen not only possessed all the trappings of a thoroughly

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