Jack the Ripper terrorized the streets of London for reasons unknown. With his ability to disappear he was impossible to track, thus making him one of the most interesting and intelligent criminals known to man. In 1888, five prostitutes were brutally murdered in a small area of London's East End. The murders occurred quickly over 11 weeks, but have haunted and fascinated people for over a hundred years. (Jakubowski 16) There is no reason to believe that the victims were known to date each other and that they varied in age. The neighborhood in east London, known as White Chapel, thrived on prostitution and other crimes associated with immigrants and the lower classes. Murdered prostitutes were common in this area, but pure violence was not. Forensic science and fingerprinting were not available during the time of the White Chapel murders, making it impossible to prove that a person was guilty of such acts of violence. During this period the authorities had to catch the suspect red-handed or obtain a confession from the accused killer. On August 31, 188, Mary Ann Nichols, commonly known as Polly, was found dead in Buck's Row. Mary Ann Nichols is believed to be Jack of Ripper's first victim. She was 43 years old and 5 feet 2 inches tall. Mary Ann's deceased body was found with her neck cut down to the vertebrate and multiple stab wounds in her abdomen. She was missing teeth and suffered from a broken jaw, probably from a blow to the face. The small amount of blood, at the time, caused speculation, leading some to believe that Nichols had been killed in a different location and that her body had been transported and dumped in Buck's Row. (Jakubowski... middle of the paper... helps solve the murders. The evidence collected by the authorities was not obtained, packaged and processed correctly. One of the bodies was cleaned by a young nurse before the autopsy. These cases are and will likely remain unsolved due to lack of efficient investigation. Specialists have provided us with a list of none other than the suspects as possible "Jack the Ripper". Much of the profiling work depends on the analysis of evidence found at the crime scene to narrow down the research field of the person responsible (Owen 223). "The physiological profile did not exist at the time of the White Chapel murders" (Owen 17). there is a high probability that the Jack the Ripper mysteries could have been solved.
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