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Hello Board.
I'm interested to know, based on your interpretation of the evidence, what simple profile would you create if you were asked by the police of the time and why you chose it. Gut instinct is encouraged.
Mine is:
Single white male
Lives alone and central to the area
25-35
Possible physical disfigurement
Social drinker
Strong physical build from manual labour
Works Monday to Friday
Nocturnal habits
'Jack' lives alone because it allows him to come and go without arousing suspicion and gives him the privacy he needs pre and post events. Neighbours are not overly suspicious of him, but they may have doubts. People around him are used to his strange hours and habits and put it down to ‘him being a bit funny in the head but harmless’.
He is comfortable in the areas he knows. He feels a lack of control in areas he does not know.
Due to his age he doesn't draw attention that an older man might. Older woman may feel a sense of protectiveness towards him as he is perceived as non-threatening and naïve.
Because of his disfigurement or speech impediment he feels unequal to people around him and fosters a hatred for good looking men and women. He may feel people treat him differently because of how he looks or sounds. He probably avoids as much contact with people as possible.
He drinks to socialize and scout for potential victims but never drinks to the point of losing control. A pint or two lowers his inhibitions and makes it easier to ‘fit in’ at the pubs.
Due to poor education, he can only hold down menial jobs. Simple manual labouring has given him a strong physique as evidenced by the depth of the cuts on the victim’s necks. Also being of robust build goes counter to the perceived idea of what Jack should look like in most people minds of the time.
The victims were killed on Friday and during the weekends. This is his free time. This is his true career. The one thing he feels he is good at and no one can take it away from him. Work provides the money to survive.
He spends all of his free time thinking about his fantasy and looking for potential victims. He is probably known to some of the local prostitutes. He may even be known to many of the PC’s on their beats and he knows their beats as well as they do. He’s been walking the streets at night for a long time. He has probably been building on his fantasy and refining it for years. He may be part of the landscape and taken for granted. He blends in.
Anyhoo, I could ramble on for hours. This is some of my mental picture of Jack. No suspects in mind.
Please share yours.
Cheers, DTS.
I'm interested to know, based on your interpretation of the evidence, what simple profile would you create if you were asked by the police of the time and why you chose it. Gut instinct is encouraged.
Mine is:
Single white male
Lives alone and central to the area
25-35
Possible physical disfigurement
Social drinker
Strong physical build from manual labour
Works Monday to Friday
Nocturnal habits
'Jack' lives alone because it allows him to come and go without arousing suspicion and gives him the privacy he needs pre and post events. Neighbours are not overly suspicious of him, but they may have doubts. People around him are used to his strange hours and habits and put it down to ‘him being a bit funny in the head but harmless’.
He is comfortable in the areas he knows. He feels a lack of control in areas he does not know.
Due to his age he doesn't draw attention that an older man might. Older woman may feel a sense of protectiveness towards him as he is perceived as non-threatening and naïve.
Because of his disfigurement or speech impediment he feels unequal to people around him and fosters a hatred for good looking men and women. He may feel people treat him differently because of how he looks or sounds. He probably avoids as much contact with people as possible.
He drinks to socialize and scout for potential victims but never drinks to the point of losing control. A pint or two lowers his inhibitions and makes it easier to ‘fit in’ at the pubs.
Due to poor education, he can only hold down menial jobs. Simple manual labouring has given him a strong physique as evidenced by the depth of the cuts on the victim’s necks. Also being of robust build goes counter to the perceived idea of what Jack should look like in most people minds of the time.
The victims were killed on Friday and during the weekends. This is his free time. This is his true career. The one thing he feels he is good at and no one can take it away from him. Work provides the money to survive.
He spends all of his free time thinking about his fantasy and looking for potential victims. He is probably known to some of the local prostitutes. He may even be known to many of the PC’s on their beats and he knows their beats as well as they do. He’s been walking the streets at night for a long time. He has probably been building on his fantasy and refining it for years. He may be part of the landscape and taken for granted. He blends in.
Anyhoo, I could ramble on for hours. This is some of my mental picture of Jack. No suspects in mind.
Please share yours.
Cheers, DTS.
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