Definitely canonical

Hi David,

I believe I participated in a thread that the skin flaps were discussed by Sam and a member at the time who went by Leather Apron...who might be Mitch now for all I know.

I agree it is an uncommon thing to see in evidence.

I dont agree that its a smoking gun. In fact it could have been done by someone who knew it had been done before.

Best regards David.

[Jon Guy]

Hi David and Fisherman

Its always healthy to discuss this piece of medical evidence from Dr Phillips connecting the Chapman and Kelly murders.

[Fisherman]

I don´t think Mitch will mind - he will probably be only to happy to see people catching on. And it´s been a while since he wrote about it!

The best,
Fisherman

[DVV]

Thanks Fish,
and apologies to Mitch...I admit I'm not fully in it these times...

Amitiés mon cher,
David

[Fisherman]

Yep, David - the flaps and the nothches to the vertebrae are our best bet here, and I agree totally. By the way: Mitch Rowe has spoken up for the corresponding damages on other threads, so it has been touched on.

All the best, David!
Fisherman

[DVV]

Reading a Sam Flynn's dissertation about Catharine Eddowes' wounds (http://www.casebook.org/dissertation...r-design.html), I found what I consider the ultimate proof that MJK is a ripper victim.
Here is the relevant part of the dissertation:

"There is an important and telling factor (previously overlooked, to my knowledge) linking the murders of Catherine Eddowes and Polly Nichols, which differs from the murders of Annie Chapman and Mary Kelly. The factor in question is the method by which the killer gained access to the abdomen. A careful reading of the medical and police testimony reveals that Eddowes and Nichols abdomens were attacked by means a single vertical cut, those of Chapman and Kelly were accessed by means of 3 detached flaps of flesh.
Kelly: 'The flesh of the abdomen was removed in 3 large flaps'
Chapman: 'A flap of flesh from the abdomen was found over the right shoulder...Two other flaps were placed above the left shoulder in a large pool of blood'"

Bearing in mind that Annie Chapman is our "benchmark", and that her wounds were not described with precision at the inquest (and even the Lancet ignores these flaps), Mary Kelly can't have been killed by a copycat.

Amitiés, and thanks to Sam,
David

edit: https://www.casebook.org/dissertatio...or-design.html
edit 2: impossible to put the link correctly...I give up!