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
A young man from Slovakia looking for work as a translator, Kovari met Port online in August 2014 and moved in as his flatmate. Days later, on August 28, 2014, his body was found propped up against a wall in the graveyard of St Margaret’s Church, near Port's home. gabriel-and-daniel-case
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 Despite the similarities—both victims were young gay men,
Stephen Port, a chef living in Barking, used dating apps (particularly Grindr and Fitlads) to lure young men to his flat, where he drugged them with fatal doses of the date-rape drug GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate). A chef from Gravesend, Kent, with no connection