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Essay / Jack the Ripper Report - 989
Jack the Ripper murdered five women between August 31, 1888 and November 9, 1888. They were murdered in Whitechapel and Spitalfields, in the East End of London , in England. He was never arrested, and because he wasn't, hundreds of people are looking into his personality and his motivations. There has been no other killer in British history who has rivaled the horrible, disrespectful and utterly superior Jack the Ripper, a multiple murderer whose arrogance and self-confidence challenged the entire police department. London police and reigned in great terror in a great city for as long as he wanted to roam its streets and kill at will. Mary Ann Nichols, 42, was the first of the Ripper's victims, according to dedicated ventrologists. His body was found in Bucks Row by a policeman on tour at 3:15 a.m. on August 31, 1888. Jack the Ripper had slit his throat twice and his abdomen had been torn open, exposing the intestines. Her vaginal area had been severely mutilated. The woman was approximately five feet two inches tall, with light brown hair, brownish eyes, and numerous missing teeth. Mary Ann Nichols had always had a drinking problem and had spent most of her life making money through prostitution. She was a miserable and poor woman, but one whom most people liked but also pitied. Annie Chapman, “Dark Annie,” was a 47-year-old homeless prostitute. Suffering from depression and an alcoholic, she mainly sold flowers. Eventually, she turned to prostitution despite her basic characteristics such as missing teeth and a curvy figure. She was found murdered on Saturday September 8, 1888. Her throat was cut and she was badly mutilated. His abdomens had been torn open and the intestines had been detached and placed on...... middle of paper ... prime suspect, as he was single at the time of the murders, which meant he had freedom from wandering the streets, he was very violent with women and committed multiple murders on them. The final suspect Montague John Druitt was born in 1857 in Dorset, his father was a surgeon. Montague had earned a degree in classics and then began teaching at a boarding school. Later, in 1885, his father died, and a few years later his mother was institutionalized for depression and paranoid delusions. His family has always had a very bad history of depression and suicide. His body was later found floating in the River Thames in December 1888, having been fired from his job in November. He left a suicide note, found by his brother, which expressed fear that he thought he was going to end up like his mother and that it was better for him to die..