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Letter to John Coffin from Professor Lessingham, The Institute of Mental Health, Bury Hill.

‘I am coming to the opinion that there are certain types of killers who might be called periodic serial killers in as much as they will only kill when the victim offers exactly what is required. So there may be long gaps in the cycle.

‘In these cases there is a symbiotic relationship between killer and victim: they move towards each other.

‘The rules as to the victim, manner of killing, disposal of the body have to be kept … But even the most dedicated of serial killers will be frustrated by circumstances, something the killer did not take into account, or could not control. There will always be cases out of pattern, that do not conform.’