Jack The Ripper Found!

[bagwell1987]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746321/Jack-Ripper-unmasked-How-amateur-sleuth-used-DNA-breakthrough-identify-Britains-notorious-criminal-126-years-string-terrible-murders.html?ito=video_player_click   WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Jack the Ripper unmasked: How amateur sleuth used DNA breakthrough to identify Britain's most notorious criminal 126 years after string of terrible murders

• DNA evidence on a shawl found at Ripper murder scene nails killer
• By testing descendants of victim and suspect, identifications were made
• Jack the Ripper has been identified as Polish-born Aaron Kosminski
• Kosminski was a suspect when the Ripper murders took place in 1888
• Hairdresser Kosminski lived in Whitechapel and was later put in an asylum

By RUSSELL EDWARDS FOR MAIL ON SUNDAY

PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 6 September 2014 | UPDATED: 02:35 EST, 9 September 2014

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GUILTY: A DNA sample has proven Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper

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 Ripper’s reign of terror was the actual killer – and we reveal his identity.

A shawl found by the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper’s 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 Ripper’s 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 Victoria’s grandson – Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence – the post-Impressionist painter Walter Sickert, and the former Liberal Prime Minister William Gladstone.

[trottigy]

I always knew it was him!!!    

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Some have cast doubt on Edwards' findings.

The research has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, meaning the claims cannot be independently verified or the methodology scrutinised.

Professor Alec Jeffreys, who invented the DNA fingerprinting technique 30 years ago this week, called for further verification.

"An interesting but remarkable claim that needs to be subjected to peer review, with detailed analysis of the provenance of the shawl and the nature of the claimed DNA match with the perpetrator's descendants and its power of discrimination; no actual evidence has yet been provided," Jeffreys told The Independent newspaper.

http://news.msn.com/world/jack-the-ripper-identified-through-dna-traces-sleuth?ocid=ansnews11

[Fiona]

Also the DNA wasn't tested in separate labs could be cross contamination. I don't think the findings are legit.

[stuagu]

the greatest whodunnit!

iv read many books on the subject and my library of ripper books was used by John wilding to write his own book on the subject.

wether this latest theory holds water only time and independant verification will tell ...a longtime suspect for sure.if verication not possible then the story and the franchise will roll on ... it would anyway.

its sad how the victims get lost in these books.. the terrible end these poor women had at the hands of this brutally sadistic and violent person. real people in a nightmare situation. :-(

iv always thought that if we were ever told by someone that this person... mr so and so was jack the ripper for sure 100%.... we would say who? :-)

oh yes... and he probably had a beard but it wasnt me! :-)

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the greatest whodunnit!

iv read many books on the subject and my library of ripper books was used by John wilding to write his own book on the subject.

wether this latest theory holds water only time and independant verification will tell ...a longtime suspect for sure.if verication not possible then the story and the franchise will roll on ... it would anyway.

its sad how the victims get lost in these books.. the terrible end these poor women had at the hands of this brutally sadistic and violent person. real people in a nightmare situation. :-(

iv always thought that if we were ever told by someone that this person... mr so and so was jack the ripper for sure 100%.... we would say who? :-)

oh yes... and he probably had a beard but it wasnt me! :-)

 

OK then, where were you on October 1, 1888? 

Edited September 10, 2014 by lynn

[stuagu]

i was a glint in my dads great great great great grandads eye.... " honest guvnor... i was nowhere whitechapel"

[Hartley]

i was a glint in my dads great great great great grandads eye.... " honest guvnor... i was nowhere whitechapel"

Likely Story!

[stuagu]

iv been accused of being a few things in my life... some of them were true! ... but being the worlds most infamous murderer from the 1880's is new one for sure! :-)

Edited September 10, 2014 by stuagu