Jack the ripper killed his victims by cutting their throat this didn’t help the police because the victims could not shout out so therefore no nearby people would hear. The police thought Jack the ripper was a professional because he left no clues or any fingerprints after him, which made them, think that he was a doctor or a butcher.
The police had tried everything in their quest to catch jack the ripper they interviewed a lot of people they even sent letters to people in their houses to contact them if there are any suspicious characters seen by the people. This fact led to many riots because the people were scared and whenever they saw someone suspicious a lot of people would go and attack that particular person so the situation was getting out of control in other words the police could not handle the chaos which the ripper was causing. In the end the police were getting so desperate that some police officers had to dress like prostitutes so they can attract Jack the ripper and catch him but unfortunately that plan did not work out.
After the first kill the police patrol significantly increased in the Whitechapel area in hope that they could catch the ripper. Despite all of the efforts the police put in nothing worked the detectives could not catch him the people never heard or saw Jack the ripper. Jack the ripper was very quick in his murderers which made him almost impossible to catch.
Another reason why it was really hard to catch Jack the ripper was that he had no motive whatsoever he just killed random prostitutes in the Whitechapel area which was known for prostitution and mischief.
Later in the investigation the police discovered that the killer did not live in Whitechapel because all of the murderers were done during the weekend which would suggest that he was coming in and going out of Whitechapel the same day and it would be impossible to keep such a low profile this also suggested that he was not living in the area.
We cant really blame the police for not trying their best they used what they had at the time all of the detectives and they strengthen the patrol, but that was not enough the killer was just simply not giving enough clues.
In conclusion I would like to say that the police tried everything they could so they are not to blame the main reason why they could not catch Jack the ripper is because he was simply not leaving anything which could lead the police to getting him, I would like to add that it is very hard to catch a serial killer with no motive who obviously knew what he was doing as he was executing his victims very professionally with no clues.
By Tony Baranov 11AN
