Crime Linking Assessment
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Operation Sumac was a linked series investigation conducted by Suffolk Constabulary into the murders of five women whose bodies were found in various locations around Ipswich during December 2006
Crime Linking Assessment
• Victimology
• Deposition Sites
• Pathology
• Other Additional Feature
Victimology
• All victims female;• All similar ages, early twenties;• All reported to be drug abusers;• All worked as street prostitutes;• All operated from the same confined catchment
area;• Each victim was know to travel in the vehicle driven
by the client;• There was an association between each victim;
Pathology
• Cause of deaths similar• No evidence of sexual assault• No evidence of defence wounds• No sign of trauma to the body
Other additional features
• Not possible to establish the place of death• Some victims continued to operate after the
discovery of earlier victims; coupled with the absence of defence wounds may indicate victims were comfortable in the presence of the offender[s]
Evidence Search
Forensic Evidence
Verdict
21 February 2008, after eight hours of deliberation, the jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict against Steve Wright on all five
counts of murder22nd February he was sentenced to five terms of
life imprisonment