Would the Ripper have stopped by himself?

[DVV]

Hi Lynn, Happy New Year.

Because Sadler is the best suspect for Coles.

Cheers

[The Good Michael]

I can't think of a reason he would have just stopped without something happening to him such as death, illness, incarceration, new mother-in-law...you know something tragic. The ones we read about that have stopped, haven't really. They seem to be always planning for another, and these people stop because of external reasons. I don't think JTR had so much pressure on him from the police. He got away from some very close shaves all through his canonical murders (not open for debate in this thread, thank you), and came out of it without a blemish. No. Something happened to him.

Mike

[elleryqueen74]

I can't think of a reason he would have just stopped without something happening to him such as death, illness, incarceration, new mother-in-law...you know something tragic. The ones we read about that have stopped, haven't really. They seem to be always planning for another, and these people stop because of external reasons. I don't think JTR had so much pressure on him from the police. He got away from some very close shaves all through his canonical murders (not open for debate in this thread, thank you), and came out of it without a blemish. No. Something happened to him.

Mike

This only rings true if he was a "serial killer" and not killing for another motive and he got out of the murders what he wanted and so there was no further need to kill. Again a motive needs to be known to know whether or not he had the capability or the desire to stop.

[DVV]

Hi Mike,
The Ed Kemper case leads me to a different conclusion.

[Ben]

In the 1980s, a number of experts in criminology and law enforcement assembled to review the case and conduct what is now known as the Ripper Project. An interesting extract from this document ran as follows:

"Generally, crimes such as these cease because the perpetrator has come close to being identified, has been interviewed by police, or has been arrested for some other offense."

[The Good Michael]

Hi Mike,
The Ed Kemper case leads me to a different conclusion.

Maybe the exception that proves the rule. Kemper stopped because he turned himself in, right? Had he not been taken in, do you think he would have quit?

Mike

[Harry D]

Hi Lynn, Happy New Year.

Because Sadler is the best suspect for Coles.

Cheers

Really?

I wish you'd tell that to my Sadler thread then!