Jack the Ripper, as he is commonly referred to, was a serial murderer living in Victorian England. He’s known to have murdered five women with possible others from Aug. 31 to Nov. 9. Although his true identity is still unknown, the "Ripper" murders took place in Whitechapel, England. Whitechapel was a poor district in London. Jack’s victims had a few things in common, other than their method of murder and post-mortem disfiguration, they were middle-aged prostitutes and were known to drink a lot. Jack’s first victim was Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols. She was forty-four years old and was extremely poor(even to Whitechapel standards). She was a known alcoholic. Mary was last seen alive at 2:38 a.m.Aug. 31, 1888. She was then found dead at 3:45 a.m. lying in a narrow, poorly lit side street called Buck’s Row(Clarks 2). Mary might have been still alive when found, but died moments later. Mary’s cause of death was an 8in. laceration to her throat that severed both major arteries. She also had other slashes to her throat as well as violent lacerations to her abdomen. Jack’s second victim was Annie Chapman. She was forty-seven years old and was a widow. Annie supported herself through prostitution and a known alcoholic. She was last seen alive at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday Sept. 8, 1888. She was last seen with a “shabby genteel” outside an apartment on 29 Hanbury street. Five minutes later a womans muffled “no” was heard from from a witness’s fence between his yard and 29 Hanbury street. Annie was found dead less than an half hour later by a resident of 29 Hanbury street behind the apartment. Annie was found with her knees in the air and her feet pulled towards her body and legs spread apart. Strangulation was the cause of death for Annie, but she also had her throat slit deeply from left to right. Annie had her abdomen incised and laid open; and her intestines were removed and placed on her shoulder. Portion of Annie’s genete