Author rips into enduring fascination with identity



CASE CLOSED: Did author Patricia Cornwell really solve
the Jack the Ripper case?

For more than a century, the mystery of Jack the Ripper's identity has captivated the world.
Who brutally murdered so many Whitechapel prostitutes in England in the late 1800s?

Reporter Aden Miles says Patricia Cornwell confidently points the finger at artist Walter Sickert in Portrait of a Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case Closed.

Cornwell said that Sickert's work was one of the best clues to his incrimination.
She describes his work as menacing and threatening, particularly towards lower class women.

Several of Sickert's canvases illustrate the Ripper's crime scenes.
Cornwell suggests the Ripper would have been a man with a ferocious hatred of women.

She also mentions that Sickert, who was fascinated with anatomy, was a master of disguise who could have easily lured women to their deaths.

Cornwell has done her best to reveal the Ripper. It's an intriguing read and the evidence damning.