Talk:John Duffy and David Mulcahy

A fact from John Duffy and David Mulcahy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 January 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that psychological offender profiling was used by British police for the first time in capturing John Duffy, the so-called Railway Killer?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/January.

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Birth Dates

Does anyone know the birth dates of either of these men? I can't seem to find them anywhere. Codu ^(t)⁄_(c) • 17:36, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

FreeBMD has only one birth entry for a Duffy, John F born in 1958 here, mother's name Westwick, registered December 1958, in Tynemouth. There are five birth entries for a Mulcahy, David, but with no other details it is not possible to determine which might be the correct one. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:51, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Assertions as fact

Such profiling became immediately commonplace in policing thereafter.

This enquiry led him to set up Investigative Psychology in which he has become an acknowledged expert in the field.

Anything to support them ?

90.206.116.233 (talk) 22:00, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Surprising there is not more detail, including mention of this case, at David Canter. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]