Annie Chapman

Annie Chapman (born Eliza Ann Smith; 25 September 1840 – 8 September 1888) was the second victim of the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper is believed to have killed and mutilated at least  five women in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London between late August  and early November 1888.

There are previous murders, linked to a person called the Whitechapel murderer. Jack the Ripper likely did not commit them, though.  Because of these murders,  there had been considerable press and public attention. When Annie Chapman was killed, this generated a state of panic in the East End of London.Norder, Ripper Notes: How the Newspapers Covered the Jack the Ripper Murders p. 47 Police were put under more and more pressure to find the murderer.

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