http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...iminal-126-years-string-terrible-murders.html It is the greatest murder mystery of all time, a puzzle that has perplexed criminologists for more than a century and spawned books, films and myriad theories ranging from the plausible to the utterly bizarre. But now, thanks to modern forensic science, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal the true identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer responsible for at least five grisly murders in Whitechapel in East London during the autumn of 1888. DNA evidence has now shown beyond reasonable doubt which one of six key suspects commonly cited in connection with the Ripperâs reign of terror was the actual killer â and we reveal his identity. A shawl found by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripperâs victims, has been analysed and found to contain DNA from her blood as well as DNA from the killer. The landmark discovery was made after businessman Russell Edwards, 48, bought the shawl at auction and enlisted the help of Dr Jari Louhelainen, a world-renowned expert in analysing genetic evidence from historical crime scenes. Using cutting-edge techniques, Dr Louhelainen was able to extract 126-year-old DNA from the material and compare it to DNA from descendants of Eddowes and the suspect, with both proving a perfect match. The revelation puts an end to the fevered speculation over the Ripperâs identity which has lasted since his murderous rampage in the most impoverished and dangerous streets of London. In the intervening century, a Jack the Ripper industry has grown up, prompting a dizzying array of more than 100 suspects, including Queen Victoriaâs grandson â Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence â the post-Impressionist painter Walter Sickert, and the former Liberal Prime Minister William Gladstone.
Jack the Ripper has been identified as Polish-born Aaron Kosminski Thers a picture of him anarl in the article mate
From someone who tested the shawl before - I was involved in the testing of the "Eddowes" shawl some years ago for a documentary. We found blood and semen stains but not enough to get a viable DNA sample as after 120 years it was too degraded. Now for the curious bit. There is not a bit of evidence to actually connect the shawl to Eddowes. The man who supposedly came across it, Amos Simpson, wasn't even on patrol in the area where she was discovered, him being involved with another district in London. If they can prove the provenance of the shawl fair enough, but at the minute they claim they have the DNA of a man whose family was involved in the textiles business.
Even if they can prove that it was her shawl, there's far too much opportunity for deliberate or accidental cross contamination. I thought there were problems with the timescales for Kominski anyway?
He might not even have existed... http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird...stery-solved-by-top-detective-after-125-years
That's interesting. I've been to a few talks by ripper authors, and asked why they focus only on what have become the accepted victims, and not any of the numerous other killings at the time, and also, as nobody just wakes up and decides to slaughter women, why there doesn't seem to be much work done in looking at pre-cursor crimes. The answers in my view were vague and almost amounted to them not being part of 'the game'.
Anyone remember this - Hull's own 'Ripper-ish' case? http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/this_week_in_crime.php?id=410
I've read that when it was in the HDM. Very interesting. Wasn't one of the theories that it was one of the Princes had an illegitimate heir & the Royals had them killed to cover it up? Well it was in that s**te Johnny Depp film about the Ripper. There was a programme about Broadmore a while ago. They seem to think the Ripper was caught and sent there.
He was a Polish Jew who fled the pogroms of the Russian Empire. He was admitted into an insane asylum in 1891.
Three years after the murders stopped. Which is why a lot of people think it was a case of mistaken identity and the real killer was Nathan Kaminsky, who was admitted to the asylum shorty after the murder of Mary Jane Kelly. Fact is, nobody knows and nobody will ever know.
That 'theory' is just made up nonsence by someone in the 1960s and rehashed by someone in the 70s to sell his book. Its utter tosh.
