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heinous serial killers. His technique of getting his victims to lay down before he slashed
their throats, then disemboweling them in a matter of a minute or two with as little blood
flow as possible distinguishes him as one of the most methodical, ruthless killers to
ever live. He even performed some of his gruesome murders right in the street
and left his victims to be found minutes later by people or policemen passing by. This
demonstrates what extremes he would actually go to to fulfill his desire for killing.
Through my report I will attempt to create a brief profile of his victims as well as explore
the methodical and horrendous ways they were murdered.
Mary Anne Nichols was found dead on Aug. 31, 1888 between 3:30 and 4:00
A.M. by a porter on his way to work. At a first glance, it appeared to the porter that the
woman was just laying down in the street merely unconscious. Police officer John Neil
was summoned to the scene minutes after the body was found. The light from his
lamp revealed that the woman was in fact dead with a slashed throat. Dr. Rees Ralph
. . .
woman
laying on her back. As with the previous victims, there was no spattering or
spewing of blood, but instead just a large puddle of blood that had slowly collected under
the body. After a weekend of investigation, the
Metropolitan Police Force was unable to come up with much useful
information regarding the murder of Mary Anne Nichols.
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Bibliography:
Beg, Paul, Martin Fido and Keith Skinner.
On the night of Stride’s death, in Mitre Square, no more than a ten-minute walk
from the scene of her murder, the body of Catherine Eddows was found. She
abandoned her family shortly before her daughter died and returned to London. She had bruises on her face and chest, which implied that there had
been a struggle, and like Polly Nichols, she was probably knocked unconscious before
being mutilated. The mid-section had been completely emptied out and the internal
organs were arranged around the body on the bed. Jack the Rippere A Joumal of the Whitechapel Murders.
The police’s investigation found that Mrs. They eventually chose alcoholism and prostitution for their lifestyle, and
practically lived their lives in the gutter. The officer had passed through the square just
fifteen minutes earlier, and at that time all seemed quiet and well. Mary Anne Cox, a local resident, had
seen Mary Jane Kelly in the evening at about 11:45 P.
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