Who Was Jack The Ripper?
9. Francis Craig
It is well known that criminals, particularly murderers, will often return to the scene of the crime at some point in the future. Doing so could possibly make people suspicious of them, but not if they are expected to be there regardless. For example, if the culprit was a reporter, nobody would blink an eye if they are seen reporting at the scene. Francis Craig was a reporter in the area at the time of the killings and was covering the proceedings.
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It is thought that he had a mental illness and that he discovered his wife was secretly working as a prostitute in Whitechapel. It is thought that his wife, Elizabeth Davies, also went by the pseudonym Mary Kelly, and was the Ripper’s last official victim.
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