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Despite this, other newspapers, however, remained less thorough in their coverage.
According to Jeffrey Wells, the journal's main competition, the Atlantic Constitution, quote, still reported the death of Watts as it had the other murders as isolated incidents with no connection and certainly no mention of a serial killer.
So the noticeable discrepancy between how the papers covered the murders continued a few weeks later when the body of Lizzie Watkins was discovered in the brush at the corner of White and Lawson streets on June 27th.
She was killed the same exact way as the other victims.
According to Wells, the Atlanta Journal, quote, gave front page attention to the city's newest arch criminal, going so far as to begin examining the similarities between the murders.
The Atlanta Constitution, on the other hand, continued their trend of sparse coverage.
And he said only this time and managed to add its own spin, citing that it was certain the death was the result of alcohol or drugs.
While many among the press and police had speculated that the murders were committed by a killer similar to Jack the Ripper, there had yet to be any evidence or witness that could tie the cases together, which is hard.
This changed on July 2nd when the Ripper struck again but left an eyewitness.
On the evening of the 2nd, 40-year-old Lena Sharp and her 20-year-old daughter Emma Lou... Shut the fuck up.