Annie Chapman

Annie Chapman
Chapman on her wedding day in 1869
Born	Eliza Anne Smith 25 September 1840 Paddington, London, England
Died	8 September 1888(1888-09-08) (aged 47) Spitalfields, London, England
Cause of death	Blood loss due to severance of the carotid vessels[1]
Body discovered	29 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, London 51°31′13.35″N 0°4′21.20″W / 51.5203750°N 0.0725556°W / 51.5203750; -0.0725556 (Site where Annie Chapman body was found in Whitechapel)
Resting place	Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Forest Gate, London, England 51°33′08″N 0°02′35″E / 51.552354°N 0.043065°E / 51.552354; 0.043065 (memorial plaque)
Occupation(s)	Flower seller, crocheter, beggar, casual prostitute
Known for	Victim of serial murder
Spouse	John Chapman ​ ​ (m. 1869; sep. 1884)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	George Smith Ruth Chapman

Annie Chapman (born Eliza Ann Smith; 25 September 1840 – 8 September 1888) was the second canonical victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated a minimum of five women in the Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts of London from late August to early November 1888.

Although previous murders linked to Jack the Ripper (then known as the "Whitechapel murderer") had received considerable press and public attention, the murder of Annie Chapman generated a state of panic in the East End of London,^[2] with police under increasing pressure to apprehend the culprit.^[3]