Trophies wouldn't remotely have been a problem had the killer returned with them to the doss house. Dossers were coming and going with all sorts of dodgy meat victuals to cook and prepare for themselves, and the foul-smelling kitchens would have enabled the killer to cook and eat his trophies without fear of being questioned. Even if he didn't eat them, and wanted to keep them stored instead, many doss houses boasted private cubicles. Private these establishments may not have been, but they enabled any criminally-coerced occupant to become the proverbial needle in a haystack, which is precisely why criminals resorted to them. Any "stuff" on him from the abdominal mutilations would have been minimal in the extreme, and certainly not bloody.
It might be borne in mind also that private accomodation was a relatively rare luxury in such an overcrowded district as Whitechapel. If he did have private accomodation, it's quite possible that he'd have taken victims there (in the style of Nilsen and Dahmer) rather than risking capture on the streets.
It might be borne in mind also that private accomodation was a relatively rare luxury in such an overcrowded district as Whitechapel. If he did have private accomodation, it's quite possible that he'd have taken victims there (in the style of Nilsen and Dahmer) rather than risking capture on the streets.
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