Aaron Kominski is one of the leading suspects accused of being Jack the Ripper, is there any truth to these allegations, was Aaron Kominski Jack the Ripper?
Unlike some of today's Jack the Ripper suspects, Aaron Kominski was one of the police suspects at the time of the Whitechapel Murders It wasn't until years after the Jack the Ripper murders stopped, that Aaron Kominski came to light as a ripper suspect - through police documentation found. One of the men accused thought to have been Jack the Ripper at the time, was a man named Aaron Kominski. Kominski is brought to our attention by Melville Mcnaghten, in his memoranda. The Mcnaghten Memoranda states three suspects, who Mcnaughten believes could have been Jack the Ripper. His three suspects are; Druitt, Ostrog and Kominski. Out of the three of Mcnaghtens suspects, Kominski seems to be the strongest candidate accused of being Jack the Ripper. In other words, Kominski seems to be the most favorable candidate to be Jack the Ripper out of the three men. Kominski resided in Whitechapel, many ripperologists agree that Jack the Ripper must have known the Whitechapel area very well, due to Jacks quick escapes - his undetected escapes and moves during the time of the murders. However, this indicates that Jack was calculated and new what he was doing. If this was true, that Jack was calculated about the ripper murders (which seem to be the case), then it indicates he wasn't insane. Due to the nature of the rippers murders, he seems to have been a cold, calculated and deliberate killer, not an insane man who wasn't aware of what he was doing. Perhaps this is an indication that Aaron Kominski was not Jack the Ripper - as Kominski was later sent to a lunatic asylum in March, 1889. Though, when we look at the date Kominski was incarcerated, it would explain why the ripper murders stopped. As he was sent to a lunatic asylum just four months after Jack the Rippers last victim, Mary Kelly was murdered. The fact that the ripper murders stopped just a few months before Kominski was incarcerated, isn't enough for us to be convinced that he was the ripper. However, there are other things which Mcnaughten says, which make Kominski looks like a promising Jack the Ripper. He says that Kominski had homicidal tendencies, he hated women, and he especially hated women who were prostitutes - these things would fit with Jack the Rippers personality. Even though Mcnaughten says that Kominski had a hatred of women, especially prostitutes and homicidal tendencies, it still isn't enough to say that he was Jack the Ripper. As there is no evidence to convince us that Aaron Kominski was Jack the Ripper. However, Aaron Kominski is a strong ripper suspect.
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