Jack the Ripper
By: Kristal Okeke
Mental Status
The sadistic butchery suggested a mind more sociopathic and hateful.
- His method of gruesome killing conveyed a deep loathing for the female gender.
First Kill
At around 3:40 am, Charles Cross, a carter, found Mary Nichols’s body on the side of the street.
still breathing but barely
Her throat was cut almost to the point of decapitation.
She was found about thirty minutes past her murder.
- A doctor came and officially pronounced "Life extinct."
How many Victims?
5 prostitutes were killed - “Canonical” five victims
- Mary Nichols - Murdered on August 31st, 1888
- Annie Chapman - Murdered on Sept. 8th 1888
- Elizabeth Stride - Murdered on Sept 30th 1888
- Catherine Eddowes - Murdered on Sept. 30th 1888
- Mary Kelly - Murdered November 9th, 1888
Modus Operandi and Type of Killer
- Jack the Ripper would usually cut the victim's throat and disembowel them.
- He was also an organized killer.
- He had an understanding about human anatomy and would kill without damaging the organs because he had the intentions to remove the organs.
Signature
Jack the Ripper would go off with a victim’s organ
Mary Nichols - nothing
Annie Chapman - Womb
Elizabeth Stride - thought to have been interrupted
Catherine Eddowes - uterus and left Kidney
- Mary Kelly - skinned to bone nothing taken
Identity unknown
Extra Information
Five murders within Whitechapel area in the City of London - within 1 mile of each other
There was some length of time after the first murder to the point people thought he was done, 2 murders on the same day, September 30th 1888.
- He is the most infamous.
Citations
Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 May 2015.
BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 23 May 2015.
"JACK THE RIPPER HISTORY." A Brief History of the Jack the Ripper Murders. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 201