 Carrie Brown ( nicknamed " Shakespeare " , reportedly for quoting Shakespeare 's sonnets ) was strangled with clothing and then mutilated with a knife on 24 April 1891 in New York City . Her body was found with a large tear through her groin area and superficial cuts on her legs and back . No organs were removed from the scene , though an ovary was found upon the bed , either purposely removed or unintentionally dislodged . At the time , the murder was compared to those in Whitechapel , though the Metropolitan Police eventually ruled out any connection . 
