I know her

[Pcdunn]

That's an interesting idea, Gut. He gave a fast identification, just to get out of there, and the cops pretty much had to take his word, as he was her latest Mister, after all.

I know that I (and perhaps a few others on here) have wondered if the corpse wasn't Mary Jeanette Kelly, after all. Did she lend the place to another female friend, spend the night elsewhere, and return to find the scene of carnage, and was that why she was seen vomiting on the pavement the following morning? And did Joe identify the corpse as Mary's, because he believed it?

Or, perhaps going the route of conspiracy theories, could MJK and Joe Barnett have been in the loop about a plot to hoax "Mary's" death and allow her to escape. In this version, maybe Joe was ordered to, or coerced to, give the identification by unknown parties.

[GUT]

We all know Joe identified Mary, by hair, ears, eyes, whatever.

I have never had an issue with him identifying her by her ears, eyes or hair, in fact if they had been in an intimate relationship for a year I would find it strange if he couldn't, I know I could identify Mrs Gut by her little toe, if that was all they had.

But I had a thought last night.

Thinking of the horrific sight that must have been before him, is it possible that (if he believed it was Mary) Joe would have said anything to avoid being asked to take a second look.

So in his own mind he is convinced it's Mary, barely looks, says "Yep it's her"

"How do you recognise her" police ask.

first thing he thinks of "Her hair (or ear) and eyes.