The historic reinvestigation for Channel Five's "Jack the Ripper: The First Serial Killer" is the latest development in a vast industry dedicated to solving Britain's greatest murder mystery. <br /><br />Head of analysis for Scotland Yard's Violent Crime Command Laura Richards, who has studied serial killer Fred West and Soham murderer Ian Huntley, revisited the case using modern police techniques. <br /><br />She brought together a team of experts, including pathologists, historians and a geographical profiler, to find out if the case could ever be solved. <br /><br />The result has been the most accurate physical, geographical and psychological portrait of the Ripper ever put together. <br /><br />As part of the new investigation John Grieve, a former deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, who headed the anti-terrorist branch and the force's homicide squad, compiled an image of the Ripper.
