John Richardson The Killer?

[RockySullivan]

Yea but there's a difference between Richardson and the other witness/suspects that most people don't seem to grasp. He claimed to have a knife in his hand (and was using it on the ground at his feet) in the spot where a murder took place at the estimated time of death.

[GUT]

I guess that unless some you were famous or a witness, we probably don't know your name and that's why some want to turn witnesses and famous people into suspects.

At least they've got a name, not just Mr Nobody.

[Elamarna]

Another Lechmere type of suspect. No connection to other murder sites.

Regards, Pierre

personally i agree with you on the issue of Richardson.

Steve

[Harry D]

Seems like witnesses-turned-suspects have become the flavour. I'd probably put Richardson before Lechmere but behind Hutchinson in those stakes.

[Pierre]

He went to check if the cellar was still secure. Why that day in particular after a few months of it being robbed, seems odd.

Also contradiction with his mother bout women on the 1st floor. She lives there he doesn't so how comes she's never heard bout this? Her son never told her either as she states in court, so he's lying.

Also he doesn't mention to Chandler that he sat down to cut leather from his boot. He states it in court though. I believe killers enjoy putting themselves amongst the action, a way of implicating themselves slightly for a bit of fun like saying 'I'm pretty much saying I did it but you fail to see it, I'm smarter than you' a way of taunting the officials I guess.

Also the time frame fits, the rigor makes sense if she was killed at the time Richardson puts himself at the scene of the crime

What do you lot think?

Another Lechmere type of suspect. No connection to other murder sites.

Regards, Pierre

[RockySullivan]

i'm interested in Francis Tyler, the man who worked for Mrs. Richardson. As I've said many times before, Richardson claimed he was on the exact spot of Annie's murder with a knife in his hand right around the esitmated TOD. If someone saw him, like one of the neighbors looking out the window, he could have claimed to be in that position with a knife in his hand at his feet cutting his boot as a cover story. He didn't know whether anyone saw him or not for sure. And if they were looking they might not have seen annie. What position was the killer in? Was his sitting on the steps turning to his left when he pried the ring from Annie's finger?

Richardson's reason for checking the cellar was his story that the cellar had been broken into and tools stolen. But when Mrs. R was asked about this at first she didn't remember anything about it. That seems strange to me. And the bowl of clean water. That seems strange to me as well. Wouldn't the killer atleast dip his hands in the water if it was right there? Unless the Ripper wore gloves, which I surely would...but I suspect he might like to touch those organs with his bare hands. It does seem crazy not to use gloves though.

[Pcdunn]

I think the police liked him a lot as a suspect, but they couldn't find a drop of blood anywhere on him, so they eventually ruled him out.

He doesn't come across as very bright, with his changing stories about the boot and the knife, but maybe that was part of his plan. Perhaps he normally wouldn't have killed in a yard with a connection to himself, but found Annie asleep there and couldn't resist the temptation. Then had to talk his way out of it. Maybe...

[Natasha]

He went to check if the cellar was still secure. Why that day in particular after a few months of it being robbed, seems odd.

Also contradiction with his mother bout women on the 1st floor. She lives there he doesn't so how comes she's never heard bout this? Her son never told her either as she states in court, so he's lying.

Also he doesn't mention to Chandler that he sat down to cut leather from his boot. He states it in court though. I believe killers enjoy putting themselves amongst the action, a way of implicating themselves slightly for a bit of fun like saying 'I'm pretty much saying I did it but you fail to see it, I'm smarter than you' a way of taunting the officials I guess.

Also the time frame fits, the rigor makes sense if she was killed at the time Richardson puts himself at the scene of the crime

What do you lot think?