". . . tonight that the murder took place. The victim has been identified by police as a Ms. Elizabeth Stride. A police spokesman said the murder was unusually brutal even for this district." The reporter’s frisson of horror invited her audience to the hypocrisy of feeling shocked all the while they were pruriently interested. "Here in Spitalfields, police revealed, the victim was found dismembered by her attacker. Initial pathscan reports leaked to us say that the body was eviscerated. Senior police pathologist Dr. Leslie Phillips is alleged to have told investigating detectives that the mutilation of the corpse was conducted with surgical precision. The motive for the slaying is unknown, but—"