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The exact number is unknown. But it is believed to be 5, but many think there were more. He was never caught.

The likeliest candidates to have been victims of the Whitechapel murderer are, in order: Annie Millwood, Martha Tabram, Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Kate Eddowes, Mary Kelly, Alice Mackenzie, and Francis Coles.

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