n of the vagina and
the posterior two-thirds of the bladder were removed (Fido, 1991).
Elizabeth Stride, the third victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered
murdered on Sunday, the Thirtieth of September, 1888. Found on Berner
Street, just a short distance from Hanbury Street, her throat was cut in the
same pattern as the previous two. She was not disemboweled, though, which
suggests that the murderer was interrupted or warned of impending discovery
This may account for the reason the murderer struck again in that same
night. Catharine Eddowes was the fourth victim. She was more brutally
murdered than the previous which may have resulted from the murderer's
frustration at having to leave Stride intact. She was found lying on her back
with her left leg extended and her right leg bent at the knee. Eddowes' nose
was cut off and her abdomen was sliced open. Her left kidney and intestines
were placed on her right shoulder (Abrahamsen, 1992).
The most cruel and ruthless murder committed by Jack the Ripper was
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