July 1st: Atlanta Ripper Kills Lena Sharpe(1911)
Death is always devastating but, when you come from a close-knit community, that death can sometimes rock the lives of more than just the family of the victim. On July 1st 1911 a man killed 1 of what would be many women in a community that was in the middle of exponential growth, deep closeness, and positive change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Ripper,
https://crimecapsule.com/who-was-the-atlanta-ripper/,
http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-atlanta-ripper-unsolved-american.html,
https://creativeloafing.com/content-185128-cover-story-atlanta-s-jack-the-ripper,
https://www.nytimes.com/1911/07/03/archives/eight-victims-now-of-atlanta-ripper-mulatto-women-slain-and.html
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