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jason_connachan
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Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 8:59 pm:

Should the search for suspects be based upon statistics of previous serial killers?

It seems to me as if finding the Ripper has become almost an Agatha Christie whodunnit. Middle class suspects predominate. It's as if "Murder on the Orient Express" has been transferred to Whitechapel.

I know we should be wary of profiling. But surely this profiling ought to be used not to name a suspect but to push some suspects into the background.

I suppose what im suggesting is a more statistical/mathematical approach to "Ripperology" than a theory based approach.

As a postscript i will add, there seems to be a serious lack of contemporary non-Jewish suspects.

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