There were many suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders over the years. What are the evidences that support the claim that James Kelly was Jack the Ripper? If you are rival detective, how do you eliminate all the evidence that you’re identified in the documentary?

              Finding Jack the Ripper is not easy even the suspects for this serial murder were over a hundred. In a documentary named Jack the Ripper in America, a retired detective, Ed Norris claimed that James Kelly was Jack the Ripper and he was responsible to other murders of prostitutes in United States of America (USA). Ed Norris found some evidences of the case that lead to his conviction about James Kelly was the Ripper.

           The first evidence is James Kelly killed his wife by stabbing her in the neck after he accused his wife had another man. This evidence shows that Kelly had an experienced in murdering however, he was doing it when he was angry towards his wife unfaithfulness. When people are angry, they may lose control and do anything that can release their angriness and this is different with the other Ripper’s victims where they were killed randomly.

            Second, James Kelly was escaped from Broadmoor Asylum by using a key that he made by himself in early 1888 exactly the year when the killing happened. On the contrary, there is no evidence show that James Kelly was in Whitechapel at the time of the murder happened because police could not find him until 40 years after he escaped.

              Third, other evidence that Ed Norris found is he worked as a furniture upholsterer that had ability in using a knife. Nevertheless, the method of Jack the Ripper killing is he cut the victims’ throat and took out the organs of the victims. It shows that the Ripper had knowledge about human body or anatomical knowledge as he knew the location of human’s organs and James Kelly did not have that.

           Fourth, the next evidence is James Kelly’s psychological result matched with the Ripper’s attitude as a doctor decided that Kelly was insane that could lead to murdering. Granted that, insane people cannot murder their victim without leaving any proof and cannot plan the place and time of the murder strategically since most of them are doing it spontaneously. It is different with Jack the Ripper’s method of killing.

                  Last but not least, the fifth evidence is James Kelly’s photo is the same with Jack the Ripper’s sketch when he was 40 years old younger than the age when the photo was taken. Conversely, this evidence is an assumption made by Ed Norris as it is not strong enough to proof that Kelly is the Ripper. No one can convince and had witnessed that the Ripper’s sketch is 100% correct or the young face of James Kelly is accurate.

              As conclusion, Jack the Ripper remains unknown until today no matter how hard people trying to find him by using technology or personal detectives. It is because Jack the Ripper was an intelligent murderer who could do his work without leaving any evidence on his victims’ body.