Originally posted by Trevor Marriott
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Couldn't the killer have positioned the legs after he had performed all his post mortem activities? I include the removal of the organs in those activities by the way.
When found, Mary Kelly's hand was resting inside her abdomen. As you imply in the cases of Chapman and Eddowes it would have been difficult to perform the mutilations should their bodies have been in the position when found, that is legs propped up. It's the same with Kelly, her hand was surely placed inside her body after the killer had performed all his mutilations.
I believe the positioning of the body after all mutilations had been carried out is one of Jack's signature cards. In my mind, it most definitely points to the fact that Chapman, Eddowes, and Kelly were murdered by the same man. Also, considering the butchery (and no, I do not think a butcher was the culprit) carried out on the hapless Nichol's only a week before Chapman's murder, I'd say Nichol's was also murdered by the same man.
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