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New Jack the Ripper Suspect in San Francisco Murders
Durant a medical student is in custody as police link him to two brutal murders at Emanuel Baptist Church. Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont were found murdered within the church in San Francisco. Durant, a church employee and Mount Diablo signal corps member, faces strong evidence including sightings with Williams and a purse she carried. Authorities question motives and fear a serial killer, with Ware's stabbing examined as a possible earlier crime.
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Durant
San Francisco
Emanuel Baptist Church
Bartlett Street
Minnie Williams
Blanch Lamont
W. H. T. Durant
Normal School
Powell Street
Alameda
Bay
Young People’s Society of the Church
Miss Lamont
Miss Williams
Emanuel Church
Morgan
Tacoma
Misa Williams
Fair Oaks Street
Phillip Perkins
Mount Diablo
Signal Corps
Dr. Vogel
Noble
Theodore Durant
Blanche
Miss Lamoné
Tower Room
Dr. Gibson
Murdeer
Jack the Ripper
Eugene Ware
Ware
Buckingham & Hecht