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JACK THE RIPPER'S MUMMY FOUND!



LONDON -- Workers tearing down an old bakery have discovered the mummified remains of history's most notorious serial killer -- bloodthirsty Jack the Ripper!

HEAT from the bakery ovens helped preserve Jack the Ripper's corpse.

The body, identified as that of Dr. Nigel Torme, was found in a secret chamber beneath the bakery, along with the corpses of two unidentified women who had been stabbed and dissected.

Experts say it was probably the constant dry heat from the ovens that had kept the bodies preserved since the turn of the century.

The building was once the home of Dr. Torme, who lived there during the late 1800s when five prostitutes were killed in London's East End and countless others were reported missing.

It was converted to a bakery after the doctor disappeared in 1900.

The infamous "Ripper murders" remained unsolved for 112 years.

But now experts are sure they have indisputable evidence.

"We found the bloody surgical knives beside the body," said noted French criminologist and Ripper expert, Dr. Jeanne Benot, who was called in by British authorities.

"And the women in the cellar were killed in exactly the same vicious way as the Ripper's prostitute victims, who died in 1888.

"But most damning of all is the fact that the overcoat he was wearing perfectly matches a piece of material that was found at one of the murder scenes.

"That piece of material definitely came from that coat."

Dr. Benot says a small amount of poison was found in a vial by the body. She believes Dr. Torme's death was a suicide, prompted by the unbearable guilt he felt over his crimes.

"Dr. Torme was never a suspect so he was never questioned in the case," says the respected researcher.

"Everyone probably thought he simply left town.

"However, when the workers found those women's bodies and the knives with him, we guessed he was probably responsible for the Ripper murders. But what really tipped me off was that he was wearing that coat.

"I asked myself why would he be wearing a coat in that heat?

"Then I realized that it was his way of confessing he knew we'd match the coat with the cloth fragment the authorities had."

Officials believe Dr. Torme built the secret death chamber beneath the home, brought the women there and killed them. Later, he withdrew from society to live below the bakery for the last few years of his life.

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