By: Hunter Spigelmire Disclaimer: There is one Graphic image. Jack The Ripper Infamous Unidentified Serial Killer(s) .Also named Leather Apron By: Hunter Spigelmire Disclaimer: There is one Graphic image.

Dates and Timing It is not known when the killer was born or when the kill died. Jack the ripper may have been multiple accomplices or just one but was never found. The span of the killings were from April 3 1888 to February 13 1891 (estimated)

Background The Infamous Jack the Ripper had started his/her/their work during an emigration influx in Britain and much of the economy had gone downhill. The lack of opportunity and poverty led to many women resorting to prostitution, as well as rampant petty to misdemeanor crimes such as thievery in the location known as White Chapel. When Jack had began to murder brutally, the perception had made the town seem even more of a vice-plagued landscape.

Profile and Phases The killer makes a near perfect match to a serial killer, as they followed an act of killing a number of women within a span of a month or more. The killer had made the bodies of the women, once murdered and mutilated, into degrading sexual positions, most likely giving the sense the killer was driven by lust. Trolling Phase: The killer typically selected women of any age with no discriminations. Wooing Phase: Jack would sneak at night and catch the victims while they were asleep or by surprise. Capture Phase: Jack would silence the victim and have the victim in their own bed or room in their own house. Killing Phase: Jack would immediately slice the victims’ throats and mutilate the body in a gruesome fashion. The female reproductive organs were ripped out and placed next to the corpse or in a degrading manner. Jack also left major lacerations from the arms and legs, as well as leaving multiple puncture wounds in random areas. Totem: It was unknown if any totem was taken, as the corpses ranged in degrees of mutilation, but it was assumed sexual gratification was gained by placing the women's’ carcasses in sexual positions. Death Toll: It was confirmed Jack killed 5 women, but may have killed up to 11 when killings around the white chapel mystery had occurred.

Mobility and Organization The Killer was stable and not transient, however very organized for the 19th century. Jack would often leave letters that were written in different styles and fonts which lead to making a harder profile. The White chapel murders that lead to an assumed “torso murderer” had also caused confusion whether it was Jack or another killer. The police had never found Jack and had little to no witnesses accept a few counts of a shady looking man around the scene of the crime. Jack’s letters hinted at the next victim some times, but only left an guess with no specifics.

Conviction Since jack was never found, no conviction was never ruled. The investigation lead to 80 detainments, primarily meat butchers who had the tools possible to commit such acts. It was finally left down to a select few individuals suspected, but never convicted.

Extra Facts Jack would always mock at the police at the end of the letters he/she/they wrote, saying “ha ha ha” and “catch me if you can”. The ink sometimes was the victim’s blood when the letters were written. Jack was thought to be a phantom since Jack was never caught, known as the White Chapel Phantom

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