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I have never experienced a female serial lust murderer either in research or in cases received at the NCAVC. It is for this reason that Jack the Ripper was a male. He was of white race in view of the fact that white was the predominant race at the crime scene locations, and generally crimes such as these are intraracial. The age of onset for these types of homicides is generally between the mid to late 20's. Based upon the high degree of psychopathology exhibited at the scene, the ability of the subject to converse with the victim until a suitable location is found, and the ability to-avoid detection, places him between the age bracket of 28 to 36 years of age. However, it should be noted that age is a difficult characteristic to categorize and consequently we would not eliminate a viable suspect exclusively because of age. This offender does not look out of the ordinary. However, the clothing he wears at the time of the assaults is not his everyday dress. “He wants to project to unsuspecting females (prostitutes) that he has money; consequently this relieves him from initiating contact. He comes from a family where he was raised by a domineering mother and weak, passive and/or absent father. In all likelihood, his mother drank heavily and enjoyed the company of many men. As a result, he failed to receive consistent care and contact with stable adult role models. Consequently, he became detached socially and developed a diminished emotional response towards his fellow man. He became asocial, preferring to be alone. His anger became internalized and in his younger years, he expressed his pent-up destructive emotions by setting fires and torturing small animals. By perpetrating these acts, he discovered increased areas of dominance, power and control, and learned how to continue violent destructive acts without detection or punishment. As he grew older, his fantasy developed a strong component that included domination, cruelty, and mutilation of women. We would expect to find evidence of this violent destructive fantasy life through personal writings of his as well as drawings of women being mutilated. For employment, he would seek a position where he could work alone and vicariously experience his destructive fantasies. Such employment would include work as a butcher, mortician's helper, medical examiner's assistant, or hospital attendant. He is employed Monday through Friday and on Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday is off from work. He has carried a knife for defense purposes-~just in case he was ever attacked, he would be ready. -5-