FORENSIC
INVESTIGATORS:
STEPHEN DEMPSEY
Bethany Tuffley
The Victims
• Stephen
Dempsey
• 34
• Shot through
the heart with
a bow and
arrow, then
dismembered
his body and
kept it in the
freezer.
• Ezzedine
Bahmad
• 42
• Stabbed 37
times and his
throat was
slashed, then
his body was
disposed at
Pittwater
The Killer and Accomplice
• Richard Leonard
• 21 at the time of the
second murder
• Had a fascination
with knives and bows
and arrows
• Devil worshipper
• Denise Shipley
• 19 at the same time as
the second murder
• Was “attracted to
Richard’s violence”
• Knew about Stephen
Dempsey’s body and
helped Richard with his
second murder
First Pieces of
Evidence
■ Wounds on arms and hands, he fought back
■ In the gutter around 60 metres away the car the
ignition key was found
■ There was a blood soaked fingerprint on the
keys
■ Blood Smears in the front and back seats
indicated there was more than one person