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Kazzi
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, June 01, 2003 - 9:29 am: |       |
Can anyone help me? I am doing a project and the question is why couldn't the police find JtR. Please help. I need some ideas. Thanx. |
Andrew Spallek
Sergeant
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 14
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 4:56 pm: | |
Hello Kazzi,
I would say there are are primarily two reasons JTR was never caught:
1. The police were looking for the worng sort of suspect. They were seeking a raving lunatic, whereas today we know that most serial killers have a fairly normal appearance and mannerism.
2. JTR posses a remarkable combination of skill and luck in avoiding detection in the act.
It must also be remebered that:
1. JTR might have died or fled before being captured.
2. JTR might have indeed been captured or at least identified by police, but not prosecuted for lack of evidence or because successful prosecution waqs doubful (as in the case of insanity).
Andy
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Brian W. Schoeneman
Inspector
Username: Deltaxi65
Post Number: 272
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 10:55 pm: | |
Kazzi,
The police did as much as they could have done back then.
They were extremely limited in both manpower, technology and funding.
Give what they had to use back then, they did a commendable job. Even today, with the resources of a major metropolitan police force it would be difficult to catch the Ripper.
It was almost impossible back then.
B |
Andrew Spallek
Sergeant
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 15
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 1:44 am: | |
Quite true, Brian, especially about the lack of modern technology. Yet I remember reading that most murders were solved in that era. Of course, JTR's contemporary, the Thames torso murderer, was also not caught.
Andy
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Jennifer D. Pegg
Sergeant
Username: Jdpegg
Post Number: 43
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 6:50 am: | |
i might add the police did not have much experience of this kind of thing!
and 3. the suspect was dead!
not saying any of this is particularly true
jennifer |
kazzi
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 2:11 pm: | |
Thank you |
Kazzi
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 2:12 pm: | |
Thank you B, Andy and Jennifer this will help a lot for my work. I may need to rewrite a few things though. Damn!
Kazzi |
RebeccaJones
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, August 29, 2004 - 3:49 pm: | |
Im doing an essay on why the police couldnt catch JTR for my GCSE, and i need help, could you please help me, or give me some good websites to look at.
Thankyou.
Rebecca |
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