The Jealous Husband

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The Jealous Husband

• The story of Buck Ruxton is a local true crime
  story from Lancasters past.
• Many little legends have grown over time about
  Dr. Ruxton, connected to the events of his life
  and death.
• This is a horrific story about a jealous husband.
  It is a story as old as time.

Othello and Desdemona
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BUCK RUXTON

• Doctor Buck Ruxton,
• 1930s
• Born Bukhtyar Rustomji Ratanji Hakim
• A well respected member of the community.
• 2 Dalton Square, Lancaster
• Lived with his wife Isabella Kerr, their three
  children and their housemaid

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Till Death Do Us Part

• Isabella was an attractive and popular lady, who
  enjoyed going out socially.
• Buck Ruxton found Isabellas social life
  difficult to accept.
• Ruxton became jealous of Isabellas popularity,
  exploding into fits of rage behind closed doors.
• On the 15th September 1935, Ruxton strangled
  Isabella with his bare hands, killing her.

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Desperation

• In order to prevent their housemaid, Mary Jane
  Rogerson, from discovering his crime he
  suffocated her too.
• Ruxton then proceeded to dismember and mutilate
  both bodies to hide their identities.
• He wrapped the remains in a Lancaster newspaper,
  and dumped them 100 miles north in a ravine in
  Scotland.

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Cleverness and Clumsiness

• Soon after the murder, Ruxton asked a patient to
  help clean the house, and to dispose of a blood
  stained suit.
• After this, he told a relative that he suspected
  Isabella had run away with a young man.
• Near Moffat, in Scotland, two young women out
  walking saw what appeared to be a human leg.
• The police were called and 43 pieces of human
  remains were painstakingly recovered.

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From Twisted Jealousy To A Twisted Rope

• After an 11 day trial, Dr. Ruxton was found
  guilty of murdering his wife.
• There was not enough evidence to convict him of
  Mary-Jane Rogersons murder.
• He whispered quietly I am very sorry.
• Dr Ruxton was hanged on the 12th May 1936.