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| He experienced a classic 'pre-crime stressor' such as loss of his job. |
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2 | 20.00% |
| One prostitute finally went too far in her solicitations. |
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0 | 0% |
| It had been building up for years, and the dam finally broke one day. |
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2 | 20.00% |
| He discovered that he had contracted a venereal disease. |
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0 | 0% |
| He had an agenda and had to begin sometime. |
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1 | 10.00% |
| He had a mental breakdown. |
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0 | 0% |
| He had just been released from prison, where he planned the whole series of crimes. |
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0 | 0% |
| He discovered his wife was having an affair. |
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3 | 30.00% |
| He waited until the first 'perfect' victim finally appeared. |
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0 | 0% |
| He had to wait until the weather turned cooler, so he could wear a coat. |
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1 | 10.00% |
| Who knows what makes such people do these things at any given time? |
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1 | 10.00% |
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His motive or reason for committing the Whitechapel Murders may be unknown or suspect, but the reason JTR started killing in the first place is no less of a puzzle.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Eagleville, Pennsylvania
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How about the combination of a considerable intellect,ego,and deviant inner psyche that needed to be manifested via the occult,which would satiate his bored Victorian bad self ?
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