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The fact that the cervix was removed uninjured was noted as a factor in the assessment of Chapman's pelvic injuries, as was it being left behind so noted by Brown pertaining to Eddowes' extractions.
Bottom line is that with the Eddowes murder, a re-assessment of Baxter's theory was made and rebuffed. Baxter was not about to admit he could have been wrong, so he implied that Eddowes was murdered by an imitator. She may or may not have been. If she was, her killer had to have acquired some anatomical knowledge and it was a helluva risk to take and required a mind as demented as the one who killed Chapman to do this and take those risks. This wasn't the Gateshead murder where Waddell had every chance to not be disturbed and he simply butchered his former paramour.
Although Mike referred to Chapman, instead of Nichols - as he was asked about Nichols by Lynn - there is no physical evidence that an attempt was made to extract Mary Nichols' uterus. She was simply mutilated.
No real medical assessment could be made as to the skill or lack of in any of these murders under the conditions they were perpetrated and where the real intent of the murderer was unknown.This is where Phillips fell short. He understandably saw some indications that may have been overexemplified while trying to find something logical to explain what he witnessed. But for some reason the uterus was extracted in three of these murders and some anatomical knowledge was necessary in all three for this very unique organ to be removed. How it was extracted- whether complete or incomplete - is not as important as the fact that each of these women's murderer knew what it was, where it was and held it to some degree of importance.
Bottom line is that with the Eddowes murder, a re-assessment of Baxter's theory was made and rebuffed. Baxter was not about to admit he could have been wrong, so he implied that Eddowes was murdered by an imitator. She may or may not have been. If she was, her killer had to have acquired some anatomical knowledge and it was a helluva risk to take and required a mind as demented as the one who killed Chapman to do this and take those risks. This wasn't the Gateshead murder where Waddell had every chance to not be disturbed and he simply butchered his former paramour.
Although Mike referred to Chapman, instead of Nichols - as he was asked about Nichols by Lynn - there is no physical evidence that an attempt was made to extract Mary Nichols' uterus. She was simply mutilated.
No real medical assessment could be made as to the skill or lack of in any of these murders under the conditions they were perpetrated and where the real intent of the murderer was unknown.This is where Phillips fell short. He understandably saw some indications that may have been overexemplified while trying to find something logical to explain what he witnessed. But for some reason the uterus was extracted in three of these murders and some anatomical knowledge was necessary in all three for this very unique organ to be removed. How it was extracted- whether complete or incomplete - is not as important as the fact that each of these women's murderer knew what it was, where it was and held it to some degree of importance.
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