Regarding Joseph Barnett

[sdreid]

Welcome Chris,

I know I'm not really answering your questions but I've always been a bit suspicious of the ears and eyes business. That doesn't really make any sense to me unless the guy had an ear fetish. Wasn't there a more definitive way to identify her, being her supposed lover, a scare, a tattoo, a birthmark, a mole, a crooked tooth or something of the sort?

[deckard1]

Hello everyone, my first post here since visiting this site for ages!
I have recently bought the book "Uncovering Jack The Ripper's London" (Excelent read by the way), and it says that Barnett actually identified the body of Mary Kelly by the ears and eyes.
A couple of questions have srpung to mind, perhaps someone can help me out.
1 Did Barnett really identify the body of Mary Kelly?
2 If so, did he do so at the morgue or at the crime scene?
3 Wether a suspect or not, i do feel that Barnett at one point must have really loved Kelly, so the experience of looking at a butchered body that was once your lover must have been incredibly shocking for him. Any documentation of how he felt at the time and how he got on later in life?
4 Was he perhaps forced by the police to identify the body?

Thank you,
Chris from Holland.