It seems that a good percentage of the victims all had been reasonably well off at some point earlier in their lives - married, children, held down jobs, etc. So perhaps one of the common traits is that it had all fallen apart a bit for them - and this made them easy victims for a killer like JTR. Desperate, broke, middle-aged women (MJK aside of course) who all enjoyed a drink a bit too much.
Of course it's been mooted before that the victims might have known each other and been in some sort of league together, but there's no evidence to support that, just supposition - perhaps one or two had bumped into each other occasionally or knew each other by sight but that's about the extent of it.
IMO it was a situation that they all came to share in their own individual ways without having any real background with one another - there was, after all, many thousands more in exactly the same boat who didn't have a rendezvous with JTR.
Cheers,
Adam.
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It is pretty accepted that Jack was a sociopath. Serial killing almost always consists of random murders, that is why its so difficult to catch them. All their victims have one trait usually, eg Bundy killed brunettes with hair parted down the middle, Jack's was prostitutes (or maybe just women in general), Dahmer's was young ethnic gay men. It is called the IVT (Ideal Victim Type) and most serial killers have them.Originally posted by Sasha View PostLeave a comment:
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Answer in the victims' backgrounds
I know next to nothing about this case but from an analytical point of view, I'm wondering whether the answer to the case is in the victims' backgrounds. Naturally, I mean beyond the prostitution. Some character trait. Some common relatives. Something. I'm sure the answer is there. Because without that, you are left with random murders - which may easily have been perpetrated by different killers. Or just one psychopath.
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