Gaia Pope-Sutherland investigation final report
Factual summary of a published IOPC investigation, covering the incident, key findings and outcome.
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- Published
- 2023-10-10
- Force involved
- Dorset Police
What was investigated
Investigation into the Dorset Police response to a missing person report made in respect of Miss Gaia Pope-Sutherland. Miss Pope-Sutherland's body was found 11 days after she had been reported missing on 7 November 2017.
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Last reviewed: 13 July 2026 · Next review due: 13 January 2027
This is a factual summary of a report published by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Individuals are referred to exactly as the source report anonymises them. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with the IOPC · Summarised 2026-07-13.