Joseph Barnett:Turning the Argument Around

[Heinrich]

Had there been no other murders of prostitutes in Whitechapel at the time, Barnett, who admitted being at the scene of the crime the night of the murder and having admitted to being in a row with Mary Kelly then, would surely have been arrested as the killer.

[DVV]

Hi CD,

I see where you want to get at, but imo Barnett and Fleming aren't to be compared.
Fleming was already a burglar at age 13, if not before, and spent his last 28 years in a mental hospital. If he was Mary's murderer, he could well be JtR as well.

Kemper killed his mother, but we can't define this murder as an ordinary domestic affair.

Amitiés,
David

[c.d.]

On rare occasions, lovers and especially jilted lovers, go off their heads and do terrible things to the other party in the affair. But let's turn that argument around. If there had been no Whitechapel murderer at the time, how likely is it that instead of suspecting Barnett or Fleming, a counter argument would arise envisioning an unknown serial killer as a preferred suspect?

c.d.