


Unlike the other four canonical Ripper victims-each of whom had been murdered outdoors and whose mutilations could have been committed within minutes-Kelly was murdered within the sparsely furnished single room she rented at 13 Miller's Court, affording her murderer an extensive period of time to eviscerate and mutilate her body. At the time of Kelly's death, she was approximately 25 years old, working as a prostitute and living in relative poverty.

1863 – 9 November 1888), also known as Marie Jeanette Kelly, Fair Emma, Ginger, Dark Mary and Black Mary, is widely believed by scholars to have been the final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who murdered at least five women in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London from late August to early November 1888. Haemorrhage due to severance of the carotid artery ġ3 Miller's Court, Dorset Street, Spitalfields, Londonĥ1☃1′7.16″N 0☄′30.47″W / 51.5186556°N 0.0751306°W / 51.5186556 -0.0751306 ( Site where Mary Jane Kelly body was found in Spitalfields) Miller's Court, Spitalfields, London, England
