The suspected face of notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper has finally been revealed after police made a chilling discovery while trawling through old archives.
While the true identity of the infamous murderer has never been discovered, the only known facial composite of the killer has now been shared.
Among dozens of artefacts, the face was found etched into the handle of a wooden walking stick, which was owned by the police officer who spent years attempting to catch him.
Scotland Yard Detective Frederick Abberline was removed from the case in 1889 after failing to find Jack the Ripper, who terrorised the streets of London’s East End.
The chilling image is the only reported facial composite of the killer, whose identity remains a mystery more than a century later.
For years, the wooden cane artefact had been stored at the Police College in Bramshill, Hampshire, UK and was feared lost when the institution was shut down in 2015.
Thankfully, it was rediscovered by staff searching through memorabilia at the College of Policing’s headquarters in Ryton, West Midlands.
Now Jack the Ripper’s face has gone on display to highlight advancements in police technology to recruits.
A College of Policing spokesperson said two staff unearthed it when trawling through artefacts placed into storage following Bramshill’s closure.
