On Friday, I included a post on The Brutality of Jack the Ripper. This is one of favorite sources on the crime. In 2006, BBC News brought us a look at “Jack the Ripper” by using modern day profiling techniques. Below is a short excerpt from the article, which is well worth the read.
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Jack the Ripper’s face ‘revealed’
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An e-fit showing what detectives believe serial killer Jack the Ripper looked like has been revealed.Using new profiling techniques, investigators have created a picture of what they believe the 19th Century murderer would have looked like. The man, who evaded police in the 1880s, is thought to have killed and mutilated five London prostitutes. The Scotland Yard team describe him as “frighteningly normal” but someone capable of “extraordinary cruelty”. And investigators have admitted that police at the time were probably searching for the wrong kind of man. Head of analysis for Scotland Yard’s Violent Crime Command Laura Richards, who has studied serial killer Fred West and Soham murderer Ian Huntley, revisited the case using modern police techniques. To continue reading go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6164544.stm |
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