Originally posted by Cogidubnus
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Kosminski MUST be highly rated because of his twice being named a suspect. I agree his 2 years liberty is a problem, and his death date, but I don't believe his psychological profile is a problem. If we take Swanson's marignalia as being wrong on 2 facts out of 4, why not wrong on the two which favour Cohen? Paranoid schizophrenia is the same as Sutcliffe, and all the stuff about being monitored and being in the care of his family fits Kosminski better according to what we know.
Levy is intriguing but, added to the same problems as Kosminski, AND not being named, puts him a far third for me. You may as well say there are lunatics who are probable but about whom we know nothing (or little) yet. That's not wrong, that's just where we are.
EDIT: If Swanson is right, he either got the suspect's name wrong, OR knew nothing about his fate. I personally find both equally hard to accept, both being pretty important to a man in the know. This is one area I don't accept Fido (sorry, Martin). I don't necessarily doubt Swanson's marginalia, but for me one is as at least improbable as the other, and therefore the door for Kosminski is still open. If Swanson can get either of those wrong (and according to Fido he must have done) then equally Swanson could have got the death date wrong. Were the death timescale not in question, the balance would tip in Kosminski's favour heavily. For me, that would be case closed. But that's just me. I still think Cohen is hugely attractive as a suspect and Mr Fido is THE most important contributor to the case IMHO.
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