In a 2019 television documentary, retired Detective Chris O'Connor said that there was "broadly speaking perhaps up to a dozen" victims for the investigation.[19] The first victim was a 14-year-old girl who was abducted from her home in Hampton in February 1985.[7][31] During her assault, the attacker told her, "My liberty, my freedom, is more important than your life".[19][4] An intimate swab was taken from the victim.[19]