After 137 Years, DNA May Have Finally Revealed Jack the Ripper

Profilers Try to Crack the Mind

In modern times, criminal profilers have tried to piece together the killer’s psychology. Some suggest he was isolated, resentful, and deeply troubled. Others believe he may have had anatomical knowledge or access to surgical tools.

Kosminski’s reported delusions and later confinement seem to line up with some of these theories. But profiling is not evidence. It is analysis layered onto mystery, and in this case, mystery still has the upper hand.

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