Georgia's First Serial Killer/Atlanta's Black Jack The Ripper Pt 1 1909-...

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Atlanta Ripper's Fourth Victim

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Rosa Trice is frequently reported as the Ripper's first victim, but in reality, she was the fourth victim attributed to the Ripper. The following articles are from the Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Georgian, and the Atlanta Journal respectively. All were published on January 23, 1911
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Atlanta Ripper First Two Victims

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First Two Victims Claimed by Atlanta Ripper. Most articles and books on the Atlanta Ripper claim he killed his first victim in January 1911. but I found articles suggesting a serial killer back in 1909. This article from the Atlanta Georgian, dated February 22, 1909 On February 22, 1909, the Journal also published an account of this murder. There are some differences between the two with the Georgian claiming that two boys discovered the body while the Journal claims that three boys had found the body. More importantly, the Georgian claims that the woman died from blunt force trauma whereas the Journal says that she was strangled. The other difference is that one of the Georgian places the victim's age as being around twenty, whereas the Journal puts it around 15. Later this victim was identified as Marie Gilliard. This article is from the Atlanta Georgian, dated February 26, 1909 On March 8, 1909, the Georgian published an article about the discovery of another body not far f...
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