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== Mary Ann Nichols ==
== The body in Bucks Buck's Row ==
Charles Cross, a carman, of 22 Doveton Street, Bethnal Green, and Robert Paul, also a carman, of 30 Foster Street, Bethnal Green, were the first people to see Mary Ann Nichols' body laying on the pavement in Bucks Buck's Row. Cross is reported to have said to Paul, "Come and look over here, there’s a woman lying on the pavement".
It was 3.40am on Friday 31st August 1888, and with it still being dark they appeared to have missed Mary's horrific injuries. Mary Ann Nichols was lying on the pavement, on her back, with her skirts raised almost to her stomach.
Dr Rees Ralph Llewellyn of 152 Whitechapel Road, arrived on the scene at around 4am. The severe throat injuries were considered and Dr Llewellyn pronounced life extinct. Dr Llewellyn suggested Nichols had been dead for less than thirty minutes.
As on-lookers started t o to group Dr Llewellyn ordered that the body should be moved to the mortuaryin Old Montague Street. PC Mizen, PC Neil and Sergeant Kirby left with the body to go to the mortuary. PC Thain waited for Inspector John Spratling to arrive. Inspector Spratling examined the scene, and although some of the blood had been washed away, it could still be seen between paving stones. == Inspector Spratling's discovery == Inspector Spratling made his way to the mortuary to find the mortuary locked and Mary Nicols' body still on the ambulance. Some time between 5am and 5.20am Robert Mann, keeper of the mortuary arrived with keys to unlock. Upon lifting her clothes Spratling discovered that Mary's abdomen had been savagely ripped apart from the breast bone. Her intestines were also exposed. For the second time that night Dr Llewellyn was fetched from his bed. Dr Llewellyn would later tell the press "I have seen many terrible cases, but never such a brutal affair as this". == Pre Post Mortem Findings == * Mary Ann Nichols' throat had been cut from left to right with two distinct cuts being on left side<br>* The windpipe, gullet and spinal cord had been cut through<br>* A bruise apparently of a thumb was on right lower jaw, with one also on the left cheek<br>* The abdomen had been cut open from centre of bottom of ribs along right side, under pelvis to left of the stomach, there the wound was jagged <br>* The omentum, or coating of the stomach, was also cut in several places, and two small stabs on private parts <br>* Injuries were apparently committed with a strong bladed knife<br>* Supposed to have been done by a left handed person<br>* Death was almost instantaneous<br> Future reports suggested that Dr Llewellyn was later to consider that the injuries may not have been committed by a left handed murderer.
