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Inspector James McWilliam was with London CID during the 1888 Whitechapel murders.

== Annie Chapman Murder Investigation ==

During the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Annie_Chapman Annie Chapman] investigation, Inspector James McWilliam prepared a Report to the Home Office on 29th October, 1888, stating that officers had been sent "to all the lunatic asylums in London to make enquiry respecting persons recently admitted or discharged: many persons being of the opinion that these crimes are of too revolting a character to have been committed by a sane person".