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prepared Supervisory by for the Special Agent John E. Douglas, FBI National Center Analysis Violent of SSA! Crime NCAVC!, Program Manager of Criminal Investigative Analysis. At the request of Cosgrove-Meurer Productions, SSA Douglas was requested to prepare an analysis of a 100-yearold, unsolved serial murder case that occurred England. in C This historical case was known as' "Jack the Ripper."
relative toeach case; however, it is noted that forensic technology other and investigative techniques, we as know of today, were nonexistent a centuryago. Medical examiners
SSA Douglas was provided basic background information
the reliability and validity of the overall analysis is hinged on the thoroughness displayed by the medical examiners, technicians, investigators, etc. Although materials provided were not as complete as casessubmitted today by much more sophisticated law enforcement agencies, SSA Douglas filled in the missing pieces of information by makingcertain probable assumptions.
This analysis will address the following areas: _ Victimology or profile of victims; medical examiner's crime and crime scene analysis; offender traits and findings;
sparingly, and police investigative reports not reflect the type of thoroughness evidenced today. _ do When a case is submitted for investigative analysis,
characteristics;and pre-post-offense behavioral patterns; investigative and/or proactive techniques; and interview] interrogation suggestions.
Rather than address each homicide separately, SSA Douglas comments will relate to the entire series of homicides as a whole.
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place the victim in a "high risk" category. By "high risk," we as someone who is very likely to be the victim of violent crime. From aninvestigative perspective, this makes it extremely difficult in reference to developing logical suspects.
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reputation of drinking
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organized as it is today, where we have pimpscontrolling, monitoring, and protecting their stables. During the "Jack the Ripper" era, women worked independently. A femaleprostitute who drank heavily was looking for trouble. Wewould suspect that
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prostitutes targeted by Jack the Ripper werenearly twice the age of prostitutes soliciting today. They were not particularly
attractive and other than their age, there
similarities between them. It
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Prostitutes 100 years ago did not dress differently at that time. In most cases, they performed their "services" in dark alleys or in "flop" houses. The
is noted that
were no
striking
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they were readily accessible. Jack the Ripper did not have to initiate the contact. This wasdone for him bythe prostitute. This is an important feature in a case such as this and will be addressed later on in this analysis under "Offender Traits and
Characteristics."
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
As stated earlier, examinations conducted today by
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manual strangulation.
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addressed later on in
all victims were
to
serial crimes. This triangularconfigurationis viewed as a - secondary comfort zone for the Ripper. This movement is caused
and occurred either on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday during early morning hours. After thefirst homicide at Whitechapel Station, the subject moved slightly across town onefourth of a mile!. If a line is drawn from crime scenes 2, 3, 4, and 5, a triangular
killed outdoors. All victims were killed swiftly, with the victims consequently receiving postmortem mutilation. All homicides occurred within onefourth of a mile fromeach other
when subject a believes that the investigation is heating up in his primary comfort zone. The primary comfort zone would be the location ofthe first homicide in the vicinity of Whitechapel station. It is the opinion of this crimeanalyst that there were other attacks in the Whitechapel area that either went unreported
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attack, are
his modus
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killed outdoors. Once again, he would not have the time to carry
COMMUNIQUES ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED FROM THE RIPPER
comuniques allegedly received from Jack theRipper. It is quite rare when a serial murderer of this type communicates with police, media,family, etc. When they do communicate, they
heinous crime. It is my opinion that this series of homicides was not perpetrated by someone who set up a challenge against law enforcement. While the killer knew he would bereceiving national as well as international publicity, this was not his '
generally providespecifics relative to the crime that only are known by the subject. ,In addition, they generally provide information relative to their motivation for committing such a
primary motivation.
during this investigation. However, Iwould develop an investigative techniquewith the goal in mind to identify the
author of the communiques. ,
OFFENDER 'IRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
These homicides are referredto as Lust Murders.Roy Hazelwood and Iwrote an article several years ago which appeared vaginal area and
mean loveor have any sexual meaning, other than the fact that the subject attacks the genital areas of his victims. The
and the penis and scrotum are the attack area of the male
in the FBI's Enforcement Law Bulletin. The word "lust" does nor
of attack in a woman
offender. Generally,
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either in research or in cases received at the NCAVC.It is for this reason that Jack the Ripper was a male. He was of white race in view of the fact that white was the predominant raceat the crime scene locations, and generally crimes such as these are
intraracial. . .
generally betweenthe mid to late 20's. Based upon the high degree ofpsychopathology exhibited at the scene, theability of the subject to converse with the victim until a suitable location the age bracket of 38 to 36 years of age. However,it should be noted that age is a difficult characteristic to categorize and
because of
for these
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fires and torturing small animals. Byperpetrating these acts, he discovered increased areas of dominance, power and control,
detection or
and contactwith stable adult role models. Consequently, he became detached socially and developed adiminished emotional response towards his fellow man. Hebecame asocial, preferring to be alone. His anger became internalized and in his younger years, he expressed his pent-up destructiveemotions by setting
and learned how to continue violent
punishment.
destructive acts
without
mutilation of
For employment, he would seek a position where he could work alone and vicariously experience his destructive fantasies. helper, medical examiner's assistant, or hospital attendant. He is employed Monday through Friday and on Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday is off from work. He hascarried a knife for defense
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This paranoid-type of thinking is in part justified because of the poor self-image he has of himself. He would be expected to have some type of physical abnormality. However, although not severe, he perceives this as being psychologically crippling. We would look for someone below or above average in height and/or
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prostitutes. to lackof treatment hygiene by prostitutes at that time andDue the absence of practices for venereal disease,
" "' He would be perceived as being quiet, a loner, shy, slightly withdrawn, obedient, and neat and orderly in appearance and when working. He drinks inthe localpubs and after a few spirits, he becomes more relaxed and finds it easier to engage in
works inthe Whitechapel area. The
police on several occasions. Unfortunately this at time, there was no way to correlate thistype ofinformation; therefore,
we would expect other violent crimesin this vicinity. Investigators would have interviewed him during the
look like. Because of the belief that he would appear odd or ghoulish in appearance, he was overlooked and/or eliminateda potential as suspect.
PRE ANDPOSTOFFENSE BEHAVIOR
pub drinking spirits, whileat the same time lowering his inhibitions. Hewould be observed walking all over the Whitechapel area during the early evening hours. He did not specifically seek a certain lookin a woman; however, it was no accident that he killed prostitutes.He had the sense to by when and where to attack his victims. There would have been
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other womenwho confronted Jack the Ripper and were not assaulted because the location was not secure enough.
' Post~offense behavior would-
include returning
remove his
to an into the
killed his previous victims. If the victims were buried locally, he would visit the gravesites ofhis victims during theearly
lust murders.
his victims.
when
it is because hecame closeto being identified, was interviewed by police, or was arrested for some othertype of offense. As stated previously in this report, we would be surprised if Jack the Ripper would suddenly stop. However, we've this seen happen before and generally it has been because of the abovestated
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during the early morning hours. He would feel more relaxed and
Jack the Ripper would be best suited to be interviewed He would feel more relaxed
to express himself bywriting abouthis motivationfor killing the women. He would not bevisibly shaken or upset if directly accused of the homicides.However, he would be psychologically and physiologically stressed if confronted with the fact that he became personally soiled bythe victims blood. Jack the Ripper believed the homicides were justified
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This analysis was preparedfor the exclusive use of CosgroveMeurer Productions, Inc. Any reproduction or use of
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