Initial investigations into the murder had little success, although elements of the press linked it to the two previous murders and suggested the killing might have been perpetrated by a gang, as in the case of Smith.
De første undersøgelser af mordet var ingen succes, selv om mordet af pressen bliver knyttet til de to foregående mord og foreslog drabet kunne have været begået af en bande, som i tilfældet med Smith.