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July 15, 2023 | 8:39 p.m
Sarah Bax Horton, a relative of an officer who led the original investigation, claims Hyam Hyams is the real mystery serial killer who committed a killing spree in London in 1888. Michael O’Mara Books/YouTube
A relative of a former investigator in the Jack the Ripper case claims she knows who the real killer is.
Sarah Bax Horton, a relative of an officer who conducted the original investigation, claims a man named Hyam Hyams is the real mystery serial killer who went on a killing spree in London in 1888.
Horton, a former police volunteer, said her detective work led her to suggest that Hyams, who lived in the area at the same time as the killer and was a cigar worker, would teach him how to use a knife used , reported the Telegraph.
In addition, Hyams had a dark past filled with alcoholism, epilepsy, and paranoia. He was also arrested after attacking his wife and mother with “a helicopter,” the Telegraph said.
But what really convinced Horton that Hyams was the real serial killer was his medical records, which revealed “distinctive physical traits.”
Jack the Ripper victims had described him as having an odd walk and a stiff arm, and Hyams’ medical records showed that the then 35-year-old had found an injury to his left arm that made it impossible for him to “flex” the limb. bend or stretch”. and that he could not straighten his knees, causing his feet to drag.
His injuries also coincided with the Jack the Ripper murders, showing that he was mentally and physically deteriorating at the time of the murders.
“This escalation path has paralleled the increasing violence of the killings,” Horton told the Telegraph. “He was particularly violent after his severe epileptic seizures, which explains the frequency of the murders.
“The files said what the eyewitnesses said – that he had a strange gait. His knees were weak and he could not fully straighten his legs. He had a sort of shuffling gait when he walked, which was probably a side effect of brain damage from his epilepsy.”
Hyams had a dark past of alcoholism, epilepsy and paranoia. His injuries also coincided with the Jack the Ripper murders, showing that he was mentally and physically deteriorating at the time of the murders. Colney Hatch Asylum
Hyams was also of similar height to the killer’s description and a similar build, Horton said.
She also said the killings stopped around the same time Hyams was classified by police as a “wandering lunatic” and imprisoned in Colney Hatch insane asylum in north London in 1889.
This isn’t the first time Hyams has been on the list of potential killers, but Horton said he was overlooked because he misidentified himself.
She also said the killings stopped around the same time Hyams was classified by police as a “wandering lunatic” and incarcerated in Colney Hatch insane asylum in north London in 1889. popper photo
“When I tried to identify the correct hyam hyams, I found about five,” she said. “It took quite a bit of work to establish his correct biographical data.”
She said he was “never previously fully investigated as a Ripper suspect” because the facility kept patient records confidential until 2013 and 2015, she told the Telegraph.
What interested the retired officer in the case was the discovery that her great-great-grandfather, Harry Garret, had been with the Metropolitans Police at Leman Street Station in 1888, where the Ripper investigation took place.
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