Japhia Jacobo, Mylinh Ngo, Kelli Smith

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"Jack The Ripper

• Japhia Jacobo, Mylinh Ngo, Kelli Smith

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Whitechapel in 1888

• Whitechapel is in the east end of London, this
  area was predominately poor
• There was little work available, many women
  turned to prostitution
• Some worked in brothels
• Most turned to prostitution when necessary to
  make ends meet
• As the economy worsened, crime rate rose
  dramatically

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WhiteChapel Murders casefiles

• 1888 1891
• There was over a dozen unsolved murders
• Most of which are in the original police files
• 5 of the victims are agreed to be by the same
  serial killer

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The Canonical Five

• Mary Anne Nichols
• Annie Chapman
• Elizabeth Stride
• Catherine Eddowes
• Mary Jane Kelly

• Common Traits
• Working as casual prostitutes
• In common law relationships
• Drank heavily
• Murdered in whitechapel area

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Location of Murders
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1 Mary Ann Nichols

• Died August 31, 1888
• Forty-Three Years old
• TOD 330am
• BR 340am

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Mary Ann Nichols Post-Mortem

• Bruises along neck, face discolored tongue
  swollen
• Large vessels of the neck on both sides were
  severed about 8 inches
• No blood was found on the breast, body or clothes
• Several incisions running across the abdomen and
  side of the body

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Information gathered from post-mortem

• Cuts must have been caused by a long-bladed
  knife, moderately sharp, and used with great
  violence
• The injuries might have been done by a left
  handed person
• All the injuries had been caused by the same
  instrument
• Bruising around neck, discolored faces and
  swollen tongues
• Indication of strangling
• Stopped hearts, accounting for small amount of
  blood at scene

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2 Annie Chapman

• Died September 8, 1888
• Forty-seven years old
• TOD 530am
• BR 550am (daylight)
• Location of body
• enclosed back yard of a house occupied by
  seventeen people
• Engaged in casual prostitution

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Annie Chapman Post-Mortem

• Body was terribly mutilated
• Uterus and portion of the vagina was removed
• The throat was deeply dissevered
• The instrument used at the throat and abdomen was
  the same
• Intestines were over the shoulder

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Information gathered from post-mortem

• Very sharp knife with a thin narrow blade, at
  least 6 to 8 inches in length
• Suspect might have surgical knowledge
• No ritualistic for organ removal elements
• Compulsive disorder for some serial killers to
  wallow in guts of victims

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3 - Elizabeth Stride

• Died Sept. 30, 1888
• Forty-four years old
• TOD 100am
• BR Moments after death
• Blood was still gushing from the wounds

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Elizabeth Stride Post-Mortem

• There was a clear-cut incision on the neck six
  inches in length
• Arteries and other vessels were all cut through
• There was no recent external injury save to the
  neck
• The body being washed more thoroughly revealed
  some healing sores
• The lobe of the left ear was torn but it was
  thoroughly healed

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Information gathered from Post-mortem

• Body was found quickly after murder
• Killer might have still been close by
• Victim was not strangled before her throat was
  cut
• Previously healed wounds could be signs of abuse
• Murder was possibly interrupted

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4 Catherine Eddowes

• Died Sept 29, 1888
• Forty-six years old
• Was detained by police on Sept 29th for public
  drunkenness at 1am
• Last seen at 130am
• BR 145am
• Within London

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Catherine Eddowes Post-Mortem

• Throat was instantly severed, no noise could have
  been emitted
• Face was extensively mutilated
• Deep cut from groin to upper abdomen
• cuts and puncture wounds can be found on every
  organ except the heart
• Intestines were detached, tossed over the body
  like a design
• Left kidney was neatly removed whole but the only
  a section of the womb was removed
• Mutilation occurred after death

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Information gathered from post-mortem

• Despite degree of damage, there would be little
  blood found on the attacker
• Perpetrator must have had knowledge of the
  position of the organs and how to remove them
• The parts removed would be of no use for any
  professional purpose
• Organ removal random?
• Writing on Crime Scene Wall
• "The Juews are the men that will not be blamed
  for nothing"

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5 - Mary Jane Kelly

• Died Nov 9, 1888
• Twenty-five years old
• TOD 400am
• BR 1045am
• Official Last Victim of JTR

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Mary Jane Kelly Post-Mortem

• Body was lying naked in the middle of the bed
• Legs were wide apart
• Surface of the abdomen and thighs was removed
• Abdominal cavity emptied of its viscera
• Breasts were cut off
• Arms mutilated by several jagged wounds
• Face hacked beyond recognition of the features
• Tissues of the neck were severed all round down
  to the bone
• Pericardium was open from below and the heart
  absent

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Description of Crime Scene

• Body was on the bed naked
• Completely disemboweled
• Table was covered in entrails, her breasts and
  her liver
• Her clothes were lying by side of bed
• The bedclothes had been turned down
• Heart unaccounted for

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Warning Graphic Image
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Letters Sent to Police

• 3 letters are thought to be from Jack the Ripper
• Dear Boss Letter
• Saucy Jack Letter
• From Hell Letter
• Thought to have been written by someone who was
  intelligent, pretending not to be
• Kidney and Letter was sent to George Lusk

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Forsenics Steps Taken in 1888

• Catch the culprit in the act
• Eyewitness testimony
• Eyewitness were unreliable
• However, can extract
• Aged 28-35
• 165-170cm (5ft5in- 5ft7in)
• Arthropometry
• Facial characteristics
• Other body measurements
• Crude criminal profiling the police surgeon

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Things they knew about JTR

• Possibly Left-handed
• Had surgical knowledge or frequently butchered
  animals
• Possibly had a moustache
• Usually described as wearing a deerstalker hat
  and dark coat

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4 Main Suspects

• Michael Ostrog
• Russian doctor
• Convict
• held in a lunatic asylum as a homicidal maniac
• Location unknown at time of murders

• Mr. Druitt
• doctor in a good family
• disappeared at the time of the Miller's Court
  murder
• Body found in the Thames on 31st December

• Kosminski
• poor Polish Jew resident in Whitechapel

• Francis J. Tumblety
• an American 'quack' doctor
• arrested in November 1888 for gross indecency
• fled the country later the same month

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Forensic options available today

• James Maybricks diary
• Forensic dating of paper and ink
• Test for chloroacetamide
• Handwriting analysis
• Ripper Letters and Saucy Jack Postcard
• Dear Boss and From Hell
• Ink analysis
• Paper analysis
• Handwriting analysis
• DNA swabbing
• Fingerprint dusting-envelope and letter
• From Hell package
• Blood typing and DNA test for Kidney
• Analysis of alcohol for preserved Kidney

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Forensic options available today

• Personal items at the feet of Annie Chapman
• Fingerprinting
• Comb and paper case
• Pennies, two new farthings
• Two rings from her fingers
• An envelope stamped London, August 1888, bore the
  letter 'M' and seal from the Sussex regiment
• Hairs found on victims clothing
• DNA typing and analysis
• Psychological profiling or geographical profiling
• 1st rule- serial killers will almost always begin
  criminal career close to home
• will widen territory as confidence grows

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Forensic options available today

• Crime Scenes
• Photography
• Chalk graffiti at Goulston Street
• Recreated drawings of crime scenes
• Video the crime scene and the surrounding area
• Blood spray analysis
• Recreation of Crime Scene
• Footprint lifting or casting
• Fibers or other physical clues
• Annie Chapman
• Leather apron, no bloodstains
• Catherine Eddowes
• Piece of apron a third of a mile away from the
  murder scene, with apparent blood stains
• DNA testing and typing
• Fiber analysis

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Forensic options avialable today

• Wound Patterns
• Incised wounds
• Produced by slashing (knife or razor)
• Punctured wounds
• From point of knife or similar object
• Asphyxiation detection
• Petechial Hemorrhaging
• Abrasions and contusions
• Disc Shaped from fingerprints
• DNA comparison to any DNA found at crime scene to
  the possible suspects
• Fingerprinting run through national databases
• Unknown empty tin matchbox and red leather
  cigarette case at crime scene

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References

• Roland, Paul. The Crimes of Jack the Ripper. New
  Jersey Chartwell Books, Inc., 2006.
• Innes, Brian. Body In Question. New York Barnes
  Noble, 2005
• http//foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jacktheripper.htm,
  April 2008
• Stewart P. Evans Keith Skinner. The Ultimate
  Jack the Ripper Companion. New York Carrol
  Graf, 2000.
• http//www.casebook.org/, April 2008
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_ripper,
  April 2008
• http//www.met.police.uk/history/ripper.htm,
  April 2008