Is He In The Mix?

[c.d.]

No c.d. but there are times when I think that there should be.

Hello Herlock,

Being a witness shouldn't rule anybody out or in for that matter in and of itself as though being a killer was a 24/7 occupation.

If we follow that logic we could say that Kosminkski was a barber or that Druitt was a barrister or that Barnett sold fruit so none of them could have been a killer.

c.d.

P.S. For the record, I don't believe Hutchinson was JTR.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hello Herlock,

Being a witness shouldn't rule anybody out or in for that matter in and of itself as though being a killer was a 24/7 occupation.

If we follow that logic we could say that Kosminkski was a barber or that Druitt was a barrister or that Barnett sold fruit so none of them could have been a killer.

c.d.

P.S. For the record, I don't believe Hutchinson was JTR.

Hello c.d.

Absolutely. It would just help to stop people jabbering on about Cross.

[Lewis C]

I got bury and Kelly #1 and 3, but I also have random witness hutch #2, so maybe I’m the idiot lol

Hi Abby,

Hutch is a witness, but I wouldn't say he's of random one. Of all the witnesses in the case, I think he's easily the most suspicious.

[c.d.]

Hi Abby,

Hutch is a witness, but I wouldn't say he's of random one. Of all the witnesses in the case, I think he's easily the most suspicious.

If true, wouldn't that attract greater scrutiny from the police?

c.d.

[Lewis C]

If true, wouldn't that attract greater scrutiny from the police?

c.d.

Was there another witness that was scrutinized more?

[Losmandris]

I think I tend to agree with the consensus. Name was probably there in the files somewhere. But is now long gone. I also agree that there was a lot of potential through trauma for a lot of mentally disturbed people to out and about there. Luckily both back then and now the likelihood of some a severely mentally disturbed person to end up as a serial killer is pretty low.

[Losmandris]

Having said that. I wonder, with all the information and knowledge we have now about serial murder, where the police back then looking for the wrong person or type of person?

[Abby Normal]

Hi Abby,

Hutch is a witness, but I wouldn't say he's of random one. Of all the witnesses in the case, I think he's easily the most suspicious.

agree. lots of dodgy stuff going on with him.

[c.d.]

agree. lots of dodgy stuff going on with him.

Hello Abby,

He claimed to know the victim and was the last known person to be seen with her. In addition, he didn't come forward until days after the inquest. These are all major red flags in a murder investigation. So the question is were the police at the time so incompetent and inept that they missed all these red flags? Or did his coming forward as a witness completely dispel any suspicions that they had? See, this is the point I was trying to make with Lewis. If he was so suspicious and "dodgy" wouldn't they have checked him out? Now I can believe that the investigation was hurried and maybe not as thorough as it should have been and they might have missed something. But do you really believe that they completely missed all those red flags or did they do something about them?

The squeaky wheel gets the grease. A highly questionable witness gets investigated.

c.d.