1. Project 4: Speaking in Public
Name: Héctor Cuñat Núñez
Group: C1 (Tuesday and Thursdays at 10:00h)

2. WHERE?
…WHO?
 Five women were brutally killed with nearly the same modus
operandi.
 Late 1888.
 Whitechapel, London.
 Killer never found.

3. INVESTIGATIO
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4. Prince albert
victor
 Motive: Shypilis, probably contracted
through a prostitute.
 Pro: Royal Family had the power to
cover up the whole issue.
 Con: Not in London on some murder
nights (according to the Royal
records).

5. William gull
 Anatomical Knowledge: Royal Physician.
 Motive: Commissioned to kill the five
woman who knew about Prince Albert
bastard.
 Pro: Royal Family support.
 Con: He suffered from hemiplegia.
 Trivia: Most common theory in films and
fiction books.

6. JILL THE
RIPPER
 Clue: a woman wearing the same
clothes as Mary Kelly was seen twice
after her murder.
 Pros:
• All London searching for a man.
• Midwife:
• All hours of night.
• Blood on her clothing.
• Anatomical knowledge.

7. Walter sickert
 Motive: Impotent. Intense hatred of
women.
 Clues:
• Similar DNA found in both Jack
and Sickert correspondence.
• Many of his paintings are inspired
by the Ripper’s crimes.

8. Montague john
druitt
 Anatomical Knowledge: Son of a
medical practicioner.
 Sudden end: Crimes stopped just
before he committed suicide.
 Clue: In his suicide note he states that
he’s more and more mentally ill and that
death is the best option.

9. aron kosminski
 Clue: Recognized by a witness as the
murderer of Catherine Eddowes in Mitre
Square.

10. eorge chapman
 Sudden end: Crimes stopped when he
moved to The States.
 Clue: Similar crimes occurred then in
New York and New Jersey.
 Trivia:
• Abberline’s main suspect.
• Executed after being found guilty
of a triple murder.

11. ames maybrick
 Sudden end: Crimes stopped just
before he was poisoned by his wife.
 Clue: He admits being The Ripper in a
document presented as his diary.
 Trivia: Diary found in 1992. But experts
in 2013 still can not decide if it is
genuine or a fake.