The Atlanta Ripper is the nickname for the uncaught serial killer responsible for killing fifteen women in Atlanta in 1911.
| "The Ripper from Atlanta" | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | not installed |
| Occupation | |
| The killings | |
| Number of victims | 15 |
| Kill period | 1911 |
| Motive | is unknown |
May 28, 1911 a few meters from his own house on Garibaldi Street in Atlanta , the body of an African-American Belle Walker , who worked as a cook, was found. Her throat was cut by an unknown killer, later an article in the Atlanta Constitution will be published under the heading "A Black Woman Was Killed; no traces of the killer were found ” [1] .
On June 15, 1911, another black woman was killed, Addie Watts became her, and on June 27 Lizzie Watkins was found dead, and the throat of both victims was also cut. The search began for this serial killer, whom the press dubbed the "Ripper from Atlanta"; Six different suspects were found at once, but the guilt of at least one of them was never proven.
By the end of 1911, there were already fifteen victims, all the girls were no older than 20 years old, black or dark-skinned, everyone had their throats cut in the same way.
Later, a list of 21 victims was attributed to the “ripper from Atlanta,” but the involvement of the same person in all the killings was also not proven. [2]
Links
- ↑ Fennessy, Steve Atlanta's Jack the Ripper . CL Atlanta: Creative Loafing (October 26, 2005). Date of treatment April 3, 2012. Archived February 17, 2013.
- ↑ Wells, Jeffrey. The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Story of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murders. - The History Press, 2011 .-- P. 72. - ISBN 9781609493813 .