 In addition to the eleven Whitechapel murders , commentators have linked other attacks to the Ripper . In the case of " Fairy Fay " , it is unclear whether the attack was real or fabricated as a part of Ripper lore . " Fairy Fay " was a nickname given to a victim allegedly found on 26 December 1887 " after a stake had been thrust through her abdomen " , but there were no recorded murders in Whitechapel at or around Christmas 1887 . " Fairy Fay " seems to have been created through a confused press report of the murder of Emma Elizabeth Smith , who had a stick or other blunt object shoved into her abdomen . Most authors agree that the victim " Fairy Fay " never existed . 
