I don't subscribe to the notion that there was a 'cult' aspect to these murders, but one can't help regarding the placement of one of Kelly's breast, kidney and her uterus under her head as symbolic of something...maybe just further demeaning her as a female; same with the clipping of Kate Eddowes' nose, which has been seen as symbolic of a woman of loose character or syphillic. The removal of organs - as we have recently been reading - can be viewed as a ritual by some, although I would believe that the obvious overkill in the majority of these murders would have been unnecessary in a pure ritualistic sense.
Like Nemo, I find it difficult to imagine that a 'lust murderer' might be suicidal. They seem to enjoy what they do. There may be exceptions. One that comes to mind is a suspect in the 'Jack the Stripper' murders of the 1960s who did himself in. Dalmer's refusal to be separated from other inmates, knowning the danger that might entail could be viewed as a death wish I guess, but he didn't really have a chance to do what he enjoyed in prison and may have figured life wasn't worth living in those conditions.
Like Nemo, I find it difficult to imagine that a 'lust murderer' might be suicidal. They seem to enjoy what they do. There may be exceptions. One that comes to mind is a suspect in the 'Jack the Stripper' murders of the 1960s who did himself in. Dalmer's refusal to be separated from other inmates, knowning the danger that might entail could be viewed as a death wish I guess, but he didn't really have a chance to do what he enjoyed in prison and may have figured life wasn't worth living in those conditions.
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