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Diana
Inspector
Username: Diana
Post Number: 388
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 2:06 pm: | 
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I had always pictured JTR as taking off from the scene of the crime at a dead run, and heading straight back to whatever place he lived where he would quickly dart in and hide.
But what if Long and Halse were right and that apron piece only got put there between 2:20 and 2:55? That would mean he was hanging around.
That might not be so stupid as it sounds. If there were a fair amount of people on the streets and if he could blend in, it would look a lot better than tearing down the street and drawing attention to himself. Also, he gets to watch the reaction to his handiwork. And by waiting for the excitement to die down a bit he lessens the chances of some zealous cop tailing him home.
Then I remembered the man seen at the Nichols crime scene by Patrick Mulshaw. "Another man then passed by, and said, 'Watchman, old man, I believe somebody is murdered down the street."
The A-Z says a man was seen walking up Buck's Row as Dr. Llewellen was doing his examination, possibly the same one who had accosted Mulshaw.
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David O'Flaherty
Chief Inspector
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 603
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 2:17 pm: |
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Hi Diana
I don't mean to be following you around today  I just want to say that despite my doubts on the "hanging around" theory on another thread, that I don't think it's a stupid idea. I also agree with you that there would have no tearing down the streets.
Cheers,
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Maria Giordano
Inspector
Username: Mariag
Post Number: 158
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2004 - 3:05 pm: |
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I think it makes a lot of sense, if we think that Jack was grounded enough to be able to control himself.
I don't think the killer was a slavering maniac, but if he was a paranoid schizophrenic he would probably have been loathe to be around other people; uncomfortable around strangers. I've always imagined that he slunk away to gloat over the thrill of the murders and relive the experience. Either way,though, if he was a cold-dare I say it?- psychopath or a pathetic paranoid, he certainly could have been together enough not to call attention to himself by running or giving the appearence of fleeing.
Hide in plain sight is the way to go.
Mags
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Dustin Gould
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 10:39 pm: |
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I feel, even if Jack was sociopathic and mentallly grounded, he still most likely would have made a hasty exit back to his place of residence. Not necessairly running down the streets, mind you. But not exactly sticking around, either.
While the arguement could be made, that staying in the vicinity to gloat over his actions, might have absolved him of suspicion (because the police may be of the opinion, that no guilty party would be stupid enough to do so), I still think he would have followed his instincts, and fled. Just to be on the safe side. Especially if he was had suffered a degree of splatter during the process.
Betting dollars to donuts, he probably came back at a later time, to relive the moment. As many serial killers often do. |
ex PFC Wintergreen
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 5:41 pm: |
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Psychopaths are extraoridanry risk takers, and we also know of serial killers who revel in the pandemonium that they cause. So unless he was covered with blood it seems likely he would hang around or at least come back with masturbatory glee to witness a scene that only he knows he was the catalyst for.
Serial killers love the feeling of power and how more powerful would you feel than in that situation. It also give him a longer period of time to get glimpses of the dead body that he would store up and use later in his indulgences of the palm. It almost seems inconceivable that he wouldn't take these rare opportunities to add to the feeling he was God and touch himself.
Wintergreen |
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