Walt the Ripper

[divan]

Why does crime writer Patricia Cornwell think that British Impressionist painter Walter Sickert was the real Whitechapel murderer?

[b1znyb28]

she believes that Sickert had at least 3 studios in Whitechapel,at the time of the Ripper murders. There were 5 murders attributed to the Ripper before they stopped. At this time Sickert moved to Paris where more women were murdered over a period of 8 years. After returning to London, more murders occured over a period of years,but not attributed to the Ripper. Cornwell thinks that Sickert's paintings show similarities to photos of the victums. She spent $3,000,000 of her own money on forensic testing and handwriting analysis, with no conclusive results, but plenty of compeling circumstantial evidence. Cornwell understands that the doubters and naysayers will be legion but still strongly believes that she has discovered a trail previously not investigated.

[b1znyb28]

Further to my brief and sketchy answer of yesterday's Ripper question, I suggest that for those interested in a more in depth explanation of Cornwell's claims, go to www.abcnews.com

[incitatus]

She's not the first to point to Sickert. Original suspicions were aroused by his association with Prince Albert Edward, another suspect (who certainly wasn't the Ripper...he had an alibi for one of the killings)

[sgs]

Find out more about Sickert at article 2458

[SRAYN1]

And you can find more about why Sickert was suspected here: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article.go?id=2436