Alice McKenzie is one of the women who is named in the Whitechapel murder file. What Is The Whitechapel Murder File? The Whitechapel Murder File list eleven women who were murdered, thought to be murdered, or attacked between April 1888 and February 1891, in the Whitechapel district of Victorian London. The eleven women have been linked to being murdered by the Victorian serial killer, Jack the Ripper. At the time, all of these women were thought to have been killed by Jack the Ripper, however, today, only five of them were thought to have been killed by Jack the Ripper. While it's debated whether or not the other six women were victims of his. Who Was Alice McKenzie? Alice McKenzie was born about 1849, in England. She moved to London later in life, probably around 1874. She was living with a man called John McCormack until the time of her death. Their last place of residence was at Mr Tenpenny's Lodging House in Spitalfields, they move there in April 1888. What Happened To Alice? The last hours of Alice McKenzie's is better documented than some of the other women listed in the Whitechapel Murder File. On the eve of her death, Alice was given money to pay the rent by her husband at 4pm on the 16th of July 1889, she didn't pay it. Instead, she probably spent the money on drink. She was spotted that night drinking at 7.10pm and then at 8.10pm that night, she was spotted drunk. By 11pm, the landlord of the lodgings informed John that the rent had not been paid that evening. It doesn't appear that Alice went home that night. She was seen by three women at 11.40pm outside Flower and Dean street, she spoke to the three women briefly but was in a hurry. It's possible that she was either in a hurry to meet someone (Alice was probably a prostitute) or, she was hurrying home to her husband that night. At 12.50am on the morning of the 17th of July 1889, the body of Alice McKenzie's was found by PC Walter Andrews at Castle Alley in Whitechapel. She suffered wounds similar to that of victims of the ripper, however, her wounds were not as deep as those of the Ripper victims, which is one of the reasons why she is not thought to have been a victim of Jack the Ripper. Was She A Victim Of Jack The Ripper's? There is conflicting evidence surrounding her murder, and whether or not it was at the hands of Jack the Ripper. Experts at the time disagreed with each other who the killer was. For example, Dr Thomas Bond thought that Alice was killed by Jack the Ripper. He wrote: ''I see in this murder evidence of similar design to the former Whitechapel murders, viz. sudden onslaught on the prostrate woman, the throat skillfully and resolutely cut with subsequent mutilation, each mutilation indicating sexual thoughts and a desire to mutilate the abdomen and sexual organs. I am of opinion that the murder was performed by the same person who committed the former series of Whitechapel murder.'' Whereas, Sir Robert Anderson thought that she wasn't a victim of Jack the Ripper's. He wrote that: ''I am here assuming that the murder of Alice McKenzie on the 17th of July 1889, was by another hand. I was absent from London when it occurred, but the Chief Commissioner investigated the case on the spot and decided it was an ordinary murder, and not the work of a sexual maniac.'' Inspector Abberline also agreed with Sir Robert Anderson, that this was not a Jack the Ripper killing. Inspector Abberline was a high profile figure in the Jack the Ripper case; being Chief Inspector of the case. Concluding Thoughts It doesn't appear that Alice McKenzie was a victim of Jack the Ripper's, though we cannot say this with certainty. It appears that her death was similar to that of the other Jack the Ripper victims, however, it's most likely that this was because the killer was a copycat killer of the Ripper's.
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