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Rosina Lydia Smith

Age: unknown

Sex: female

Date: 26 Nov 1889

Place: Pinchin Street, Whitechapel

An unidentified woman was found dead on 10 September 1889 at a railway arch in Pinchin Street, Whitechapel.

She had been dismembered and her torso left beneath the arch and reports noted extensive bruising, suggesting a recent assault before death, hoever, her head and limbs were never found.


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see en.wikipedia.org

see Sussex Agricultural Express - Tuesday 26 November 1889

see British News Paper Archives

see National Archives - MEPO 3/140, MEPO 2/227, HO 144/221/A49301K