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Estiban
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| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 9:00 am: | 
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Howdy
I was reading about how in some murder cases, the modus operandi and choice of vicim is so similar to other murders commited, that the police use the term 'Copycat'.They believe the person had knowledge of a previous murder/s and tried to act it out in the same way, particularly high profile murders, in a belief they would achieve fame this way to. This lead me to ask two questions about the Whitechapel case.
1. Has any murderer, in any way, tried to emulate the Whitechapel murders? Given the fact a copycat is vainly trying to achieve notoriety through someone elses work, this would be the perfect case to do it.As far as I know JtR is a household name across the world , and even though there have been worse serial killers in history, Jack remains the undisputed king of SK's in the public's eyes.Has any case actually been identified as a JtR copycat?
2. What would happen today if a copycat tried to pull it off again in Whitechapel, or a poorer suburb of London? I know technology is advanced, but murderers probably are aware of existing technology also.How would the investigation differ from 1888? That is asuming the killer would not make fundamental mistakes.
Would appreciate some input - thank you.
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Phil Hill
Inspector
Username: Phil
Post Number: 481
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 09, 2005 - 1:32 pm: |
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Estiban,
I'm no criminologist, but surely some of the things that would happen would include:
* finger tip searches of the murder scenes
* search for DNA on the victims, their clothing and anywhere else
* full photographic recording of bodies and murder scenes
* modern autopsies
* the use of any available CCTV footage from shops etc in the neighbourhood
* TV appeals and information
* the creation of complex databases to cross-check evidence and to link with other cases
* forensic tests including for fingerprints at the scene
* checks for links between victims
A modern killer might have used a car and there would be enquiries about that.
I'd HOPE that the cops would catch him quickly, but of course, it's not as easy as that.
Does that help?
Phil |
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