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    Jack the Ripper is one of the world's most infamous criminals because he mutilated his victims’ bodies in an unusual manner, indicating that the killer had knowledge of human anatomy from August 7 to September 10 in 1888. He had killed at least 5 prostitutes which all took place within a mile of each other and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate and the City of London—in London's East End in the autumn of 1888 was never apprehended. [2]Because of his act, the Whitechapel district in London’s East End was terrorized. Despite countless investigations, the brutal killer’s identity, name and motive is still unknown. The moniker "Jack the Ripper" originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the Whitechapel butcher that was disseminated in the media. [3] Mary Ann Nichols, his first victim was killed on a Friday, August 31, 1888. Her mutilated body was found in Buck’s Row, a dark thoroughfare located jut behind the busy Whitechapel Road at 3:40 am. After 8 days, Anne Chapman was killed in the backyard of 29 Hanbury Street in Spitalfields.…

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    Jack The Ripper Victims

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    The five are believed to have been killed by the same person. All five were murdered at night or early morning and happened almost every week. Mary Ann Nichols was found dead in the early morning on August 31, 1880 at about 3:40 am by men on their way to work. She was lying on the ground with her skirt pulled up to her waist, throat deeply slit, and abdomen partially ripped open. Her time of death was approximately thirty minutes before she was found. Annie Chapman was reported being with man on…

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    Jack The Ripper Theory

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    Jack The Ripper Name: Course: Institution: Tutor: Date: Introduction: the identity of Jack the Ripper The Whitechapel area of London was a crime scene between 6th August and 9th November 1888. Five women who were prostitutes were secretly murdered and one of them mutilated. Mary AnnNicholes was murdered on 31st August, Annie Chapman, on 8th September, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes on 30th September and Mary Jane Kelly on 9th November 1888 (Harrison, 2010). Being…

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    During the year of 1888, Whitechapel London had a series of grisly murders that were committed by a serial killer that would later be labeled as Jack the Ripper. The murders took place from August 31st, 1888 - November 9th, 1888. In total 5 prostitutes were murdered in the area of Whitechapel, to this day, no one knows who committed these horrific murders. Which brings a lot of speculation on who Jack the Ripper was, many theorized that the killers were suspects Francis Tumblety, George Chapman,…

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    The murders of Jack the Ripper Life was complicated for people in London, England during the 1800’s. Many adults, teens and children had to work in appalling condition just to survive and it’s sad to say, but many women turned to prostitution to earn money. Little did they know, this could be the most life threatening decision at this time for Jack the Ripper had come out to play. Between 1888 and 1891, a total of 11 women, all of them in the profession of prostitution, were murdered in…

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    Jack The Ripper, began his killings back in 1888 in East End of London, although the killings in Whitechapel was threat in a small area of the community was relate in parts of a small town in London, these killings was huge on society as a whole. These killings by Jack The Ripper, serve as a reminder not too distant past when section of London society fought a battle against starvation and poverty. They provide a window though They can look back on a by gone age when the eyes of the World were…

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    The mysterious and malicious Jack the ripper Did you ever think who was jack? Why did he do what he did? Was he real? Well this will explain it all. The mysterious jack the ripper was a killer who mutilated the bodies of his victims was particular in the way he murders. Jack was never caught who he was or why he slaughtered his victims is still a mystery to this day. Jack the ripper was a killer who was known to mutilate bodies by cutting them many times or even ripping parts of the bodies off…

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    Jack The Ripper Story

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    The story of Jack the Ripper was always piqued the interest due to the ambiguous personality and the unsolved case. Jack the ripper had committed five murders, all of women between 25 and 40 years old, but the most horrifying thing was the mean by which he killed his victims, as he used to remove their organs. As a result people were panicked ending in attacking on everyone matched the description, especially of someone who carried a bag. Soon enough the police accused two person for being Jack…

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    Was Jack the Ripper really Jack the Ripper? Or was it someone else? Ripper was a serial killer and mutilated at least five prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888 and because no one arrested or tried for murders, crime buffs are still fascinated with Jack the Ripper case more than 115 years later. To criminally profile the man named Jack the Ripper, there is evidence of his types of victims, what he did to his victims and the possible suspects to his true identity. The women experts really…

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    Jack the Ripper: Unsolved Murder? The News reports murder stories all the time, but the story of the first recorded serial killer that was never caught is older than anyone alive. Today the police can solve a murder in under a month usually, but the Jack the Ripper case has never been solved after one hundred and twenty years. Jack the Ripper was a serial killer in Whitechapel, London, during 1888 that murdered five prostitutes, removed their organs, and never had his identity fully…

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