 Chapman 's body was discovered at about 6 a.m. on Saturday 8 September 1888 near a doorway in the back yard of 29 Hanbury Street , Spitalfields . As in the case of Mary Ann Nichols , the throat was severed by two cuts . The abdomen was slashed entirely open , and it was later discovered that the uterus had been removed . At the inquest , one witness described seeing Chapman at about 5 : 30 a.m. with a dark @-@ haired man of " shabby @-@ genteel " appearance . 
