Did JTR ever change his M.O. intentionally?

[lynn cates]

precisely

Hello Scott. Thanks.

A fortiori.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

a drop to drink

Hello Jon. Thanks.

I was following up on a suggestion. I don't think alcohol was involved in any of the killings, except, perhaps, in Liz's case--and only if Schwartz's story is true.

Cheers.
LC

[caz]

Hello Caroline. Thanks.

And perhaps being drunk explains the hack and mangle job on Kate, instead of the earlier precise cuts?

Cheers.
LC

Not 'drunk' necessarily, Lynn. There's a reason why two pints is the legal limit for drivers. Three or four pints, recently consumed, might make a noticeable difference to the killer's handiwork, but wouldn't make him 'a drunk' as such (hi Jon ).

Love,

Caz
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[caz]

The killer did not draw attention to himself. And, he managed to engage these women in seclusion, successfully murder & mutilate without anyone seeing or hearing a thing, and leave each scene as if he had never been there.
I just fail to see how a drunk could be responsible for these crimes, and successfully escape every time?
How would a drunk manage to keep it quiet when he got back to the lodging-house?

No, this killer was not drunk (IMO).

Hi Jon,

Have a look at sexually motivated killer and mutilator Mark Dixie, who got away with his own 'double event' in South Croydon while high on drink and drugs, returning to the house of two female friends, where he was spending the night. He must have let himself back in and gone back to sleep on the sofa without waking either of them, because they had no idea in the morning that he had even gone out. He was only eventually caught by DNA evidence, and only then because he had an unrelated run-in with the police and had to give a routine sample.

But again, our killer didn't need to be 'a drunk' or even particularly tipsy to affect how he went about killing and mutilating Eddowes in comparison to other murders committed much later into the night, when he may have had no access to alcohol for a few hours.

There's no reason to think he was a total abstainer, is there?

Love,

Caz
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[John Wheat]

I think it is highly likely Jack was a heavy drinker. Different levels of drink could explain the cleanness or lack of in the cuts on different victims.

Cheers John

[caz]

Yes, certainly. And with the Kelly murder?

Hi Scotty,

If Blotchy could have killed her there's his pot of ale to consider...

Love,

Caz
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[Scott Nelson]

Absolutely Caroline.

[Wickerman]

Hi Scotty,

If Blotchy could have killed her there's his pot of ale to consider...

Love,

Caz
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Maybe the 'pot' is the best evidence that he couldn't.

(hi Caz )

[lynn cates]

snoggered

Hello Caroline, John. Thanks.

"Different levels of drink could explain the cleanness or lack of in the cuts on different victims."

In which case "MJK" must have been killed EXTREMELY early.

Cheers.
LC

[John Wheat]

In which case "MJK" must have been killed EXTREMELY early.

To Lynn

I'm not totally sure what you mean by killed EXTREMELY early.

Cheers John

[Sam Flynn]

Hello Caroline, John. Thanks.

"Different levels of drink could explain the cleanness or lack of in the cuts on different victims."

In which case "MJK" must have been killed EXTREMELY early.

Unless her killer came back later for afters. Non-alcoholic, non-sexual afters, that is.

[Sam Flynn]

Maybe the 'pot' is the best evidence that he couldn't.

Not if he made sure that the lady got more than her fair share. The "Have Some Madeira, M'Dear" ploy... oldest trick in the book.

[Wickerman]

Not if he made sure that the lady got more than her fair share. The "Have Some Madeira, M'Dear" ploy... oldest trick in the book.

Suitable receptacle for a heart though...

[Sam Flynn]

Suitable receptacle for a heart though...

Makes you think, Jon... it certainly makes you think

[pinkmoon]

Our killer might well have been pissed when he killed poor Mary Kelly however it didn't really matter because in such a nice area like Miller's court you know that nobody is going to give you as much as a second glance did not Kelly's neighbour hear her cry out "murder" and not bother investigating because such a noise was common in that area.