n was almost beheaded. A scarf had been tied around her neck as if to hide the slashed throat. Her skirt was lifted just above her knees and her legs were bent up and cut. After her skirt was lifted up, it revealed that her entire body cavity was opened up, with the entrails entirely scooped out and placed over her right shoulder. This was a!
n even worse mutilation than the previous victim. The body was brought to the same mortuary as before, where Dr. Baxter-Phillips performed a full autopsy. He discovered something that surprisingly had not been noticed at the scene of the crime; her sexual organs were completely missing. 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. Again, it was believed that the murder was committed with a stout- handled knife with a blade of six to eight inches.
Annie Chapman was another drunken street prostitute. She was short, stout, and in her mid-forties. At the
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