Well, now this is all really strange as there have been documentaries on the case that use official docs all the time. The one that had the most probable suspect was one that named the killer as a James Kelly who was an inmate in an asylum in London. He killed his wife. According to multiple accounts, he escaped the asylum and traveled to the US where there were a string of murders in various cities on the rail lines where the killer used the Ripper M.O. It supposedly matches his travel schedule. In the end, Kelly turned up at the asylum in London decades later and there is an account taken down by a psychiatrist or something like that. Why Scotland Yard would have any problem releasing the records at this date is anybody’s guess.
A lot of records are in the public domain and have been for many years. Not all are, the ones being discussed here are among the last extant records not to have been released.
The one that had the most probable suspect was one that named the killer as a James Kelly who was an inmate in an asylum in London. He killed his wife. According to multiple accounts, he escaped the asylum and traveled to the US where there were a string of murders in various cities on the rail lines where the killer used the Ripper M.O. It supposedly matches his travel schedule. In the end, Kelly turned up at the asylum in London decades later and there is an account taken down by a psychiatrist or something like that. Why Scotland Yard would have any problem releasing the records at this date is anybody’s guess.
That's the suspect identified in 1997 by Ed Norris, and, yes, he's a reasonably credible suspect. But the problem is there are basically no official documents at all to confirm his movements after he escaped Broadmoor in January 1888 until 1896. Could he have been in London? Yes, he could have been. Is there any evidence that he was? None - except a supposed confession for which no evidence has been presented.
He was wanted for questioning at the time - the police would hardly ignore a known murderer who had escaped custody only a few months before the killings - but there's really no evidence at all one way or the other.