 Stride and Eddowes were killed in the early morning of Sunday 30 September 1888 . Stride 's body was discovered at about 1 a.m. in Dutfield 's Yard , off Berner Street ( now Henriques Street ) in Whitechapel . The cause of death was one clear @-@ cut incision which severed the main artery on the left side of the neck . The absence of mutilations to the abdomen has led to uncertainty about whether Stride 's murder should be attributed to the Ripper or whether he was interrupted during the attack . Witnesses thought that they saw Stride with a man earlier that night but gave differing descriptions : some said that her companion was fair , others dark ; some said that he was shabbily dressed , others well @-@ dressed . 
