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I think jack the ripper was known to all of the victims and he new Whitechapel very well. I think  he would of been in late 30s to early 40s. He would of had a dreamer in his childhood I. E he would of lost his mother or father at a young age or he suffered from some kind of abuse. I think he was very well known by the last victim Mary Kelly and that he was close to being caught / interviewed by the police that could be why he stopped killing after Mary Kelly. Jack could not of stood out because the girls would not of gone with him. and he could mix in the East end of London. I think Jack the Ripper was GEORGE HUTCHINSON                                 

The number of Jack the Ripper Suspects now runs to well over a hundred. Some of them are highly possible contenders for the mantle of Jack the Ripper, others are just downright ridiculous. Each year several books come out claiming that the authors have managed to crack the case and have solved the world's greatest murder mystery. Some of them, admittedly, have managed to unearth fascinating little nuggets of information and, in so doing, have added an extra little piece to the jigsaw. But the majority tend to twist the facts to fit their particular theory as opposed to looking at the theory and demonstrating how it stands up against the known facts about the case. here are my top 4 people  AARON KOSMINSKI?   (9/10) It is now known that the suspect in question was a man named Aaron Kosminski, a feeble minded imbecile, who was admitted to Colney Hatch Asylum in February 1891, but who had begun displaying signs of insanity at some stage in the late 1880's. He believed that a

INSPECTOR ABBERLINE   Name Inspector Frederick George Abberline  Abberline was 45 years old in 1888.  He was a portly, balding officer with a thick moustache and bushy side whiskers. He had already spent fourteen years as a detective with the local police force, H division, and had gained an unrivalled knowledge of the area’s streets and criminals. The magazine Toby praised him as:- “A well known East Ender…[to whom] scores of persons are indebted…He has a decent amount of curiosity, and has been known to stop gentlemen at the most unholy times and places and enquire about their health and work – questions which are often settled by a magistrate, generally in Mr Abberline’s favour.” The previous year Abberline’s dedication and service had been recognised with a promotion to Central Office at Scotland Yard, and a farewell dinner was held for him in December 1887 at the Unicorn Tavern, on Shoreditch High Street. But he had barely settled in to his new position when it was d