So as it seems, there are more suspects than meets the eye. The eight that stand out to be the most likely are: Michael Ostrog, George Chapman, Montague John Druitt, Thomas Cutbush, Francis Tumblety, James Maybrick, Charles Cross and Walter Sickert. These eight men may have been likely suspects, but most of them were ruled out. Michael Ostrog had been in an insane asylum before the beginning of the murders and the police were searching of people with mental illness. Ostrog was also registered as a Jewish surgeon, but he was arrested soon after being released from the asylum. This ruled him out due to the fact that he had a two year prison sentence and was not released until November of 1890. Another suspect was Montague John Druitt, he was a barrister by trade and continued to work even during the…show more content… It was not until he was dismissed from his teaching position at Valentines School. It is presumed that this led him to his suicide after losing his job. He then was ruled out as a suspect because there was no known connection with the Whitechapel district. Thomas Cutbush was named as the media’s answer to who Jack the Ripper was. He was featured in The Sun Newspaper in February 1894. However there was no proof that he was indeed the murderer and he was ruled out for lack of evidence. All of the five other men were suspects that had some of the behaviors that a serial killer would have had. They had history of mental illness, located in the Whitechapel district, past aggressive behaviors, spent time in the insane asylums or were someone that acted suspicious when these murders took place. However, none of them had enough evidence to prove that they were the anonymous
