Unlike the other four canonical Ripper victims, Stride had not been mutilated following her murder, leading some historians to suspect Stride had not actually been murdered by Jack the Ripper.The Complete History of Jack the Ripper p. 210 However, Stride's murder occurred less than one hour before the murder of the Ripper's fourth canonical victim, Catherine Eddowes, within walking distance, and her act of murder is suspected to have been disturbed by an individual entering the crime scene upon a two-wheeled cart.Sherlock Holmes and The Autumn Of Terror p. 483 In addition, both women had been murdered by slash wounds to the throat,Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia p. 98 leading most authors and researchers to consider Stride to be the third of the Ripper's canonical five victims.The Murder Almanac p. 91
