While, her eyes were wide open and staring, Neil could feel the warmth still in her arms. He urgently summoned another policeman who called for a doctor and an ambulance. Polly was the first among many prostitutes to die in the square-mile radius of Whitechapel Road in the East End of London in 1888. In a series of brutal slayings, nine women were killed. It is not known exactly how many women the Ripper killed.
Some people say as few as three, some as many as thirteen.
Generally accepted are the five following women, however. Follow each hyper link to learn more about these victims. Much myth clouds the case of the Ripper. Not only do we not know exactly how many women he killed, we do not know who the killer was, nor the motivation behind the murders. There are many suspects conjectured to be Jack the Ripper, but not enough evidence to convict, even now over a hundred years later.