What is Annie Chapman?
{{Infobox person | name = | image = Annie Chapman 1869.jpg | image_caption = Chapman on her wedding day in 1869 | birth_name = Eliza Anne Smith | birth_date = 25 September 1840 | birth_place = [[Paddington]], [[London]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|1888|9|8|1840|9|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Spitalfields]], London, England | death_cause = [[Syncope (medicine)|Blood loss]] due to severance of the [[Common carotid artery|carotid vessels]]<ref>Tully, ''The Real Jack the Ripper: The Secret of Prisoner 1167'', p. 290</ref> | body_discovered = 29 [[Hanbury Street]], Spitalfields, London<br />{{Coord|51|31|13.35|N|0|4|21.20|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Site where Annie Chapman body was found in Whitechapel}} | resting_place = Manor Park Cemetery and Crematorium, [[Forest Gate]], London, England | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|51.552354|N|0.043065|E|region:UK_type:landmark|display=inline}} (memorial plaque) <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | occupation = Flower seller, crocheter, beggar, casual prostitute | known_for = Victim of serial murder | spouse = {{marriage|John Chapman|1 May 1869|1884|end=separated}} | children = 3 | parents = George Smith<br />Ruth Chapman }} '''Annie Chapman''' (born '''Eliza Ann Smith'''; 25 September 1840 – 8 September 1888) was the second [[victim]] of the unidentified [[serial killer]] [[Jack the Ripper]]. Jack the Ripper is believed to have killed and [[Mutilation|mutilated]] at least five women in the [[Whitechapel]] and [[Spitalfields]] districts of London between late August and early November 1888. There are previous murders, linked to a person called the [[Whitechapel murders|Whitechapel murderer]]. Jack the Ripper likely did not commit them, though. Because of these murders, there had been considerable press and public attention. When Annie Chapman was killed, this generated a state