Which Name Doesn't Belong? II

[Fishface]

Which crime victim doesn't belong? And why?

A) Beverly Samans
B) Elizabeth Stride
C) Gwynneth Rees
D) Sarah De Vries
E) Jane Mixer

[Shelley]

E) Jane Mixer

Jane was killed by Gary Leiterman who was not a serial killer (as far as we know) and the others were killed by serial killers.

A) Beverly Samans - Boston Strangler
B) Elizabeth Stride - Jack the Ripper
C) Gwynneth Rees - Jack the Stripper
D) Sarah De Vries - Willie Pickton

[Fishface]

BZZT! Keep trying, peeps!

[Terri]

D -- I don't think her body was ever found

[Fishface]

D is correct, but that's not the reason I was after! Keep going!

DING DI--

[Lady ♥ Belleza, Gif Princesa]

D -- She was mixed race and the others were white.

[Fishface]

True, but BZZT! This is about the crime against her.

[Shelley]

The only thing linking her to Willie was DNA. Her body was not found and possibly had been fed to the pigs. :(

[Lady ♥ Belleza, Gif Princesa]

Shelley wrote: "The only thing linking her to Willie was DNA. Her body was not found and possibly had been fed to the pigs. :("

Which is one of the reasons I don't eat pork.

[Fishface]

That's a BZZT, Shelley! Wow, I thought this one was going to be too easy for everyone.

[Fishface]

The correct answer is Sarah De Vries, the only one who is definitely associated with a single killer based on DNA testing, which is how everyone found out at last what became of her. All the others are widely associated with a famous killer -- see Shelley's list above -- even though there are strong reasons to question whether or not they belong on that killer's list of victims.

Samans was stabbed, unlike any victims of the Boston Strangler, and she was also mutilated with the knife -- not DeSalvo's signature by any means.

Liz Stride was fleeing a bad relationship at the time of her death and may have been killed by her ex; her body does not bear Jack the Ripper's signature and it would have been extremely difficult for JTR to kill her, race over to Mitre Square, meet and beguile Cathy Eddowes and perform the hideous mutilations all over her face and body in the brief space of time (15 minutes) between the times they were killed.

Gwynneth Rees's killer took great pains to conceal her body, unlike the other victims of Jack the Stripper who were left exposed where anyone might find them. As far as I have been able to find out, she was also not missing any teeth; JTS carefully removed the front teeth of his victims as part of his signature.

Jane Mixer's murder always looked different from the others committed by john Collins, and she was treated as likely the victim of a different killer from the outset. Sure enough, someone else killed her.