Still unsolved.
That case was not closed.
There is a museum that claims to have the knife of Jack The Ripper. If you 'read the fine print' you will find that it is not the knife used by the Ripper. There was never a weapon recovered in this case. In what remains of autopsy reports of the Ripper's victims it can't even be determined as to the exact type and size of the knife used.
Jack the ripper was the first serial killer to reach the media. The world has eyes on him. It was a scandal about the condition the police was at that time. There were no false starts in this case. There was nothing to go on but the remains of the victims. Even today it takes quite some time to catch a murderer on the run, but in the case of Jack the Ripper, there were many aspects police today would not come across.
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There isn't one. The case has never been solved.
Probably not. Jack The Ripper is still unidentified and although it's been over 120 years since hes murders began the case is still officially open and unsolved.
Jack the Ripper was a serial killer active in London's east end beginning in the year 1888. He was never caught nor identified, which leaves the cold case a focal point for theorists and amateur detectives.
Jack the Ripper was a serial killer active in London's east end beginning in the year 1888. He was never caught nor identified, which leaves the cold case a focal point for theorists and amateur detectives.
This is very difficult to answer because you did not specify who 'they' were. I'll take a guess that you mean Scotland Yard. Actually, the Jack The Ripper case is still an open case and since 1888 many people have tried to discover who the killer was. Scotland Yard stayed with the case at least until the early 1890's. I'm sure it was a great disapointment to the Yard for their failure to catch the Ripper.
The case was never solved. Everybody loves a mystery so the crimes have achieved an almost mythical quality. Had the murders been solved in the 1880's the Ripper's crimes would barely be remembered. There are actually people that earn their living from these murders. There are several Jack The Ripper walks not to mention the countless books written and many movies made about this fiend. If the killer was revealed their livelyhoods would be compromised. So it seems to work better when he Ripper remains unknown.
There were 24 suspects. The first suspect was Montague John Druitt.
America's Serial Killers Portraits in Evil - 2009 The Monster Within and Among Us The Case of Jack the Ripper 1-1 was released on: USA: 2009