Holly Fleet writes in the Daily Express: JACK THE RIPPER was identified after the series of murders in London’s east end in 1888, the latest research has proven.
Scotland Yard uncovered who the man behind the Ripper was after he was found dead in the Thames after taking his own life, according to a closed file on the killings. Thus fuelling an ongoing theory that the shielding of his true identity was to “protect his respectable family”. Instead, suspicions were pointed toward deranged lunatics, craftsmen, surgeons, masons, royalty and even an editor at the East London Advertiser at the time.