Elena

Sitting at the bar, Kenneth started talking to the man next to him, Dennis Nilsen, who also happened to be eating alone that day.

The conversation must have been pretty good because they spent the next several hours together, and then Kenneth agreed to join Dennis for dinner at his apartment.

After dinner, they went out to get a few bottles of liquor and then went back to the apartment to have a few drinks and just listen to some music.

Yeah.

Now, in Kenneth's presence, Dennis felt more relaxed and comfortable than he had in a long time, he said.

I guess Kenneth reminded him of his close friend from his days in the service.

Oh.

This guy's name was Derek Collins, his friend.

Okay.

And he just kind of like went back to that time.

I think he really, that was the only time he felt kind of like relaxed.

normal at ease a little bit yeah but that said the pleasantness of this whole night was offset somewhat by the frustrating and very disappointing knowledge that the next morning he was kind of would be headed to the airport to return to canada it's like the knowledge that people have free will and get to leave when they want yeah

And that's the thing.

It's like if you had actually had a great evening with him, you could try to connect with him and keep talking.

Yeah.

Now, with a mind that is healthy, you could understand that like that happened, but it's not always going to happen.

But he's not of sound mind.

Now, in his recollection of Kenneth's murder, Dennis Nilsen said, it must have been well after midnight.

All of a sudden, I was dragging him across the floor with a cord around his neck.

All of a sudden, you said?