CBS News is running a story by Stephanie Slifer today about the most serial notorious killer of all time: Jack the Ripper. The occasion is the 125th anniversary tomorrow of the brutal slaughter of Mary Ann Nichols, the first of the series of predatory sexual “Whitechapel Murders” that terrorized London’s destitute East End in the late summer and fall of 1888. Ms. Slifer’s intriguing piece accurately describes the first detailed behavioral and psychological profile of the Ripper, created by John Douglas when he headed the FBI’s Investigative Support Unit.
The only part of the story with which I would take issue is the statement that the crimes remain unsolved and the identity of the killer remains unknown.
We believe we’ve solved it and know the identity of the killer.