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What Caused JTR to Start Killing?
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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11He experienced a classic 'pre-crime stressor' such as loss of his job.18.18%2One prostitute finally went too far in her solicitations.9.09%1It had been building up for years, and the dam finally broke one day.18.18%2He discovered that he had contracted a venereal disease.0.00%0He had an agenda and had to begin sometime.9.09%1He had a mental breakdown.0.00%0He had just been released from prison, where he planned the whole series of crimes.0.00%0He discovered his wife was having an affair.18.18%2He waited until the first 'perfect' victim finally appeared.9.09%1He had to wait until the weather turned cooler, so he could wear a coat.9.09%1Who knows what makes such people do these things at any given time?9.09%1 -
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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