Frederick Deeming just MIGHT have been Jack The Ripper

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I've heard a few theories, one being that it was actually a Jill the Ripper but that is mainly shot down because of the brutality and the strength that would have been needed. However, there is one that I just watched a documentary on. "Jack The Ripper : Prime Suspect" is the name. An Ex Scotland Yard investigator takes time in his retirement to investiate any and all known leads. He tries to compare between the two and there is a lot of comparisons. Even Scotland Yard in that time had considered him to be a possible suspect. The motive attributed to it being Frederick Deeming is that he (Frederick) had contracted Syphillis and it had been noted he'd said that the woman (a prostitute) should be made to suffer for it. That wasn't the actual wording, I'm not perfect and so I don't honestly remember exactly what was said. The documentary shows a FBI Profile of the case. Everything that the profile surmised of the potential killer fits well with Frederick Deeming. He had a past history of killing, the most horrendous were of his wife and children. Back to Syphilis, it's symptoms can include paranoia and anger, which is obvious in the meticulous ways "Jack the Ripper" killed. During the documentary a sample of a shawl taken from the victim was used, but no DNA could be extracted. A letter that people strongly believed to have actually been from Jack The Ripper was also analyzed. A stamp was re-hydrated but the saliva found was from a female. That closes the case there, but only because a DNA sample from Deeming's wife could not be found, which is what they wished to compare the saliva too. I'm quite horrible at re-telling of stories, so here's a link to a "Case File" on it.