Damn it to Hell! None of this is making sense. When I examined Nichol's body, rigor mortis was already present in the head, hands, and arms; traveling down the body. Nysten's Law, from 1812, says rigor mortis follows a downward pattern or progression which begins in the upper region of the body, around the face and head, and down through the rest of the body and extremities. How could she be killed in a few minutes, to the extent of her wounds, and rigor set in already? (One man couldn't accomplish that.) It was cool at 3:20 a.m. (a record cold summer in London), which would have slowed down the process.
The tissue samples I took show that autolysis was present; the self-digestion of the bodies cells, leading to the eventual decomposition of the corpse. Even though a wine glass was in the gutter and the victim was a known alcoholic... she didn't have any in her blood. If the attack was violent, which the multiple knife wounds suggest, why didn't she suffer from cadaveric spasm? Yet, she was laid out as if sleeping on a comfortable bed. I lay on my bed like a corpse on an autopsy table with my mind in it's own spasm with all this data swirling around like a drunken man stumbling in the dark. I must sleep... sleep... ha-ha... I'll sleep when I'm dead, dead like Mary Ann Nichols and Martha Tabram, courtesy of "The Butcher."
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