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[[File:John Tenniel Ripper.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''The Nemesis of Neglect,'' cartoon which appeared in ''Punch'', September, 1888]]

[[File:John Tenniel Ripper.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''The Nemesis of Neglect,'' cartoon which appeared in ''Punch'', September, 1888]]

Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified individual who murdered five prostitutes in the East End of London, England in 1888.  Considered history’s first modern serial killer, Jack the Ripper’s savagery in inflicting the murders rocked the highest levels of the British government.

'''Jack the Ripper''' is the name given to an unidentified individual who murdered five prostitutes in the East End of London, England in 1888.  Considered history’s first modern serial killer, Jack the Ripper’s savagery in inflicting the murders rocked the highest levels of the British government.

==Background==

==Background==

===Mary Jane Kelly===

===Mary Jane Kelly===

On November 9 the body of Mary Jane Kelly was discovered in her single room lodgings by her landlord.  Unlike the other victims she was young, about 25 at the time of her death, and still attractive.  Despite being born in Ireland and growing up in England and Wales, she sometimes went by the French-sounding Marie Jeanette Kelly.  She is last seen alive at about 2:00 AM that morning, working the streets for her rent, and encountering a well-dressed man about 5'7" and 35-36 years old<ref>http://www.casebook.org/victims/mary_jane_kelly.html</ref>.

On November 9 the body of Mary Jane Kelly was discovered in her single room lodgings by her landlord.  Unlike the other victims she was young, about 25 at the time of her death, and still attractive.  Despite being born in Ireland and growing up in England and Wales, she sometimes went by the French-sounding Marie Jeanette Kelly.  She is last seen alive at about 2:00 AM that morning, working the streets for her rent, and encountering a well-dressed man about 5'7" and 35–36 years old.<ref>http://www.casebook.org/victims/mary_jane_kelly.html</ref>

When the police arrived later that morning they would encounter one of the most horrific crime scenes ever recorded.  Kelly was gutted and butchered; body parts and internal organs were either on a table next to the bed or at various places about the body, and her left arm was thrust into her abdomen.  Her face was carved in a manner to leave her unrecognizable, and both thighs were cut down to the bone<ref>https://whitechapeljack.com/the-whitechapel-murders/mary-jane-kelly/</ref>.  

When the police arrived later that morning they would encounter one of the most horrific crime scenes ever recorded.  Kelly was gutted and butchered; body parts and internal organs were either on a table next to the bed or at various places about the body, and her left arm was thrust into her abdomen.  Her face was carved in a manner to leave her unrecognizable, and both thighs were cut down to the bone.<ref>https://whitechapeljack.com/the-whitechapel-murders/mary-jane-kelly/</ref>   

==Senior Police Officials==

==Senior Police Officials==