Book claims UK's ‘Jack the Ripper’ was actually a ‘woman’
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A new book has claimed that Britain’s notorious ‘Jack The Ripper’ was a woman, and was primarily active in London.
‘Jack The Ripper: The Hand Of A Woman’ has been authored by John Morris.
The book was written along with his late father Byron Morris, the Daily Mail reports.
Morris, 62, has named Welsh-born Lizzie Williams as the Whitechapel monster - and claims she killed her victims because she could not have children, ripping out the wombs of three in an ‘unhinged state’.
Lizzie was the wife of royal physician Sir John Williams, himself seen as a prime suspect by many other crime experts.
Both men went through thousands of medical and legal documents to draw up a compelling case for branding Lizzie the killer.
But John has said that their theory has not gone down well with Ripperologists.
''The case for a woman murderer is overwhelming. But unfortunately it does not sit well in some quarters where such a theory flies in the face of long-held beliefs,'' John said.
''There’s absolutely no doubt that the Ripper was a woman. But because everyone believes that the murderer was a man, all the evidence that points to a woman has always been ignored.''
John also points to the facts that none of the women was sexually assaulted; three small buttons from a woman''s boot were found in blood near Catherine Eddowes; remnants of women's clothing - a cape, skirt and hat - were found in the ashes of Mary Kelly’s fireplace. Mary had never been seen wearing them.
The author added: ''There are numerous clues scattered throughout the crimes which, taken individually, may mean little, but when grouped together a strong case for a woman murderer begins to emerge.''
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Jamie
23 Aug 2012 - 16:53
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