Alayna Urquhart

Police arrested a man named Frank Harvey for the murder based on his having known the victim, having discovered wearing clothes with blood on them, and as having a, quote, sharp potato knife on him when he was arrested.

It's unclear what became of him because he doesn't appear to have been convicted of William's death and nothing really came out of it.

yeah that is a little weird I do hate that that is a little weird on February 17th the body of 17 year old Alice Owens was discovered in a gully not far from the city limits her throat was cut her body was mutilated Alice's husband Charlie was quickly arrested for the murder and despite insisting he was innocent he was convicted of his wife's murder and sentenced to a life term in a chain gang whoa

Now, it's here that the story of the Atlanta Ripper becomes more like nebulous.

Okay.

This is when it gets like a little like, it has like a mythical quality to it at this point.

Oh.

Because in early April, the body of 18-year-old Mary Cates was discovered in a field just beyond the city limits as well.

The Atlanta Journal said murdered and mutilated after a hard struggle.

Mary's throat had been cut.

Her clothes were ripped to shreds from the killer.

And the killer had, quote, mutilated her body about the breast and below the waist, which is very Jack the Ripper.

In their description of the murder, the press added yet another detail to the increasingly, again, mythical description of the killer, noting that, quote, the mutilation of the girl's body was evidently done with a surgical instrument.

And the Slayer had some anatomical knowledge, as one of the organs was deftly removed.

Yeah.

Now, in the months that followed, other bodies of young black women were discovered, some bearing similarity to the earlier Ripper victims, while others were a little less obvious to match up with the Ripper's preferred victim profile.

Right.

And maybe like stabs and slashes.

Right, right.

Yeah.