Police checks: The whereabouts of Murdoch is being compared to unsolved crimes. [File photo] (Getty Images)
Police have begun a review of unsolved rape and murder cases across Western Australia, to determine whether there are any links to convicted killer Bradley John Murdoch.
The 47-year-old was sentenced yesterday to 28 years in jail for the shooting murder of Peter Falconio and the abduction of Joanne Lees on of the Stuart Highway in 2001.
Murdoch already has a police record in WA.
Superintendent Jeff Byleveld says police are constructing a timeline of Murdoch's movements in the years before his arrest, to see if he is connected to other violent crimes.
"The trial itself brought him into focus so our people started looking from there," he said.
"Methodology that he's employed in this event would be of interest to any investigator I think, I'm sure nationally he's being looked at now by every jurisdiction.
"We're going to look at all our outstanding cases, those of significance of course, and see where Mr Murdoch was on those days and see if we can perhaps plot him through his time in WA and if he's connected to any of these events."
West Australian Police have begun a review of cold cases in their state following Bradley John Murdoch's conviction for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.

Police believe that Murdoch from Broome, in northern Western Australia, could be responsible for the Claremont serial killings in Perth during 1996 and 1997. Police have also indicated that they will be exploring the possibility that Murdoch had been responsible for the disappearance of Hayley Dodd, 17 from Badgingarra and the disappearance of a woman from Broome in 1996.

Police will examine the details of the Falconio trial to construct a timeline of Murdoch's whereabouts. Police Sargeant Graham Clifford said "Murdoch's methodology and criminal profile were being scrutinised".