Jack the Ripper: How He Got Away

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Jack the Ripper: Why he got away If you have ever watched any of the recent criminal justice shows on television you should know that it is a rarity for a criminal to get away nowadays. We have everything from fingerprinting, to DNA traces, and everything in between. So, how is it that one of the most famous and vicious criminals from the past has never been caught? Researchers have declared that there is little known about just how many women Jack the Ripper actually killed; numbers range from four to seven. You would think that with all those victims the police would have had some evidence for a suspect. I’m sure they would have too, had it not been 1888 in the East End of London. Back in that time, regrettably, they were not as advanced as we are now; there were also many other factors that played a role in the inability to capture and prosecute the real Jack the Ripper. It all began in 1888, there had been murders before but never before on this grandeur or a scale. They had also never been publicized by the media this much. The first murder occurred on Friday, August 31st; the victim, Mary Ann Nichols. She was nearly forty-four years at the time of her death, fairly short, with brown eyes and hair, and she was a prostitute. The next murder occurred on Saturday, September 8th; the victim, Annie Chapman. She was forty-seven at the time of her death, very short, long brown hair with blue eyes, and she was also a prostitute. The third murder is, to this day, still unsure about being considered a ‘Ripper’ murder. It occurred on Sunday, September 30th; the victim, Elizabeth Stride. She was forty-five at the time of her death, she was fairly tall, grey eyes and brown hair, she was known as a seamstress and prostitute. The fourth known murder occurred on same date as the stride murder, the victim; Catherine Eddowes. She was forty-six at the time of her death, brown

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