Is Bury the best suspect we have?

[Kattrup]

How do you know Jack was mad?

He killed people in order to play around with their insides.

I still think Bury was the Ripper. Also I'm not totally sure what Kosminski, Druitt and Granger have going for them other than being suspected by the Police who weren't experienced with Serial Killers at the time.

That is exactly what they have going for them- police interest, same as Bury.

[Sunny Delight]

It is my belief that Bury is the best suspect we have for a number of reasons. Most notably that Bury murdered his wife in a similar fashion to the C5, Bury matches the FBI psychological profile rather well and that Bury left London shortly after Mary Kelly's murder. But is Bury the best suspect we have? I'd be interested to hear others thoughts.

I think all the suspects are poor to be honest. You could make a case that Bury is the best of a bad bunch. Personally to me he sounds like someone who liked to go a alcohol binges for days and was a domestic abuser. He maybe killed his wife for money but took a fit of conscience. He was clearly someone who was not always in control of himself.

I read elsewhere he may have been in Wolverhampton at the time Martha Tabram was killed. Any more info on that?

[Lewis C]

I think all the suspects are poor to be honest. You could make a case that Bury is the best of a bad bunch. Personally to me he sounds like someone who liked to go a alcohol binges for days and was a domestic abuser. He maybe killed his wife for money but took a fit of conscience. He was clearly someone who was not always in control of himself.

I read elsewhere he may have been in Wolverhampton at the time Martha Tabram was killed. Any more info on that?

That's what I would say - that Bury is the best named suspect of a bad bunch. He's the only named suspect who mutilated someone that he killed, and he left the Whitechapel area shortly after the Kelly murder. I'd say the biggest mark against him (or in his favor) is that the police showed so little interest in him, despite the fact that it occurred to them that he could be the Ripper. Also, he couldn't have killed McKenzie, but McKenzie may or may not have been a Ripper victim.

[Abby Normal]

That's what I would say - that Bury is the best named suspect of a bad bunch. He's the only named suspect who mutilated someone that he killed, and he left the Whitechapel area shortly after the Kelly murder. I'd say the biggest mark against him (or in his favor) is that the police showed so little interest in him, despite the fact that it occurred to them that he could be the Ripper. Also, he couldn't have killed McKenzie, but McKenzie may or may not have been a Ripper victim.

or as i like to say, the least weak. and yes, mckenzie is the fly in the bury ointment.