Whitechapel 1888The evidence, and its limits

The Whitechapel Murders file · 17 July 1889

Alice McKenzie

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The case

Born
not recorded
Died
1889-07-17
Also known as
Alice Mackenzie; "Clay Pipe" Alice; Alice Bryant

Editorial summaryCompiled by the research team from the sources listed below. It summarises those sources and is not itself evidence.

Found in Castle Alley, Whitechapel, on 17 Jul 1889. Examined by Phillips (post-mortem) and later Bond. Her inclusion in the series is disputed.

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Inquest

Editorial summary of the verdict

Resumed inquest (Baxter): verdict of wilful murder by person or persons unknown; rider on Castle Alley.

Reported: 14 August 1889.

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Linkage debate: was this the same killer?

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In the workbench

The "which murders are linked" assumption offers these groupings. Alice McKenzie is:

  • Not included under “Canonical five: Nichols, Chapman, Stride, Eddowes, Kelly”
  • Not included under “Four: Nichols, Chapman, Eddowes, Kelly (Stride excluded)”
  • Not included under “Four: Nichols, Chapman, Stride, Eddowes (Kelly excluded)”
  • Not included under “Three core: Nichols, Chapman, Eddowes”
  • Not included under “Six: Tabram + canonical five”
  • Included under “Extended: Tabram + canonical five + McKenzie”
  • Not included under “Agnostic: each case analysed separately (unknown offender per case)”

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