One of the examining pathologists, Thomas Bond, believed this to be a Ripper murder, though his colleague George Bagster Phillips, who had examined the bodies of three previous victims, disagreed.
Un dos forenses que examinou o corpo, Thomas Bond, pensaba que este era un asasinato do Destripador, pero o seu colega George Bagster Phillips, encargado do exame dos corpos das tres vítimas anteriores, non estivo de acordo con esa conclusión.