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Charles Allen Lechmere (5 October 1849 – 23 December 1920), also known as Charles Allen Cross, was an English carman who became involved in the unsolved Whitechapel murders after he reportedly found the body of Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper's five canonical victims.
Charles Allen Lechmere (5 October 1849 – 23 December 1920), also known as Charles Cross, was a van driver for the Pickfords company, and is conventionally regarded as an innocent witness who discovered the body of the first canonical Ripper victim, Mary Ann Nichols.
The Whitechapel murders were committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London between 3 April 1888 and 13 February 1891. At various points some or all of these eleven unsolved murders of women have been ascribed to the notorious unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.
Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly Nichols (née Walker; 26 August 1845 – 31 August 1888), was the first canonical victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, who is believed to have murdered and mutilated at least five women in and around the Whitechapel district of London from late August to early November 1888.
Charles Allen Lechmere (1849–1920), Jack the Ripper suspect, also known as Charles Allen Cross Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer who was active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron .
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The Complete Jack The Ripper A–Z – The Ultimate Guide to The Ripper Mystery. Marylebone: John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-844-54797-5. Douglas, John; Olshaker, Mark (2002). The Cases That Haunt Us. New York City: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-01830-6. Evans, Stewart; Skinner, Keith (2001). Jack the Ripper: Letters From Hell.