For well over a century, the identity of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious serial killer of the Nineteenth century, has remained a mystery. Yet a new study claims to have used DNA analysis to reveal the man behind the brutal slayings.
According to a study in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, the man known as Jack the Ripper is likely Aaron Kominski, a 23-year-old barber of Polish descent who lived in London at the time. At least five women, all of whom were believed to have been sex workers,...
According to a study in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, the man known as Jack the Ripper is likely Aaron Kominski, a 23-year-old barber of Polish descent who lived in London at the time. At least five women, all of whom were believed to have been sex workers,...
- 3/18/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Mar 18, 2019
Forensic tests claim to confirm Jack the Ripper was the suspect barber Aaron Kosminski.
New DNA evidence reveals the notorious 19th-century serial killer Jack the Ripper was 23-year-old Polish barber Aaron Kosminski, according to Science magazine. Kosminski was the prime suspect for the murders in the 130-year cold case, the crimes that gave birth to the 20th century, per the 1979 film Time After Time. All these years later, the Jack the Ripper has never been conclusively identified.
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University write they have conducted “the most systematic and most advanced genetic analysis to date regarding the Jack the Ripper murders.” Two sets of DNA traces found on the original evidence match both Kosminski and Catherine Eddowes, the Ripper’s fourth victim. They also suggest the killer had brown eyes and brown hair, which coincides with eyewitness reports at the time.
Eddowes was killed on...
Forensic tests claim to confirm Jack the Ripper was the suspect barber Aaron Kosminski.
New DNA evidence reveals the notorious 19th-century serial killer Jack the Ripper was 23-year-old Polish barber Aaron Kosminski, according to Science magazine. Kosminski was the prime suspect for the murders in the 130-year cold case, the crimes that gave birth to the 20th century, per the 1979 film Time After Time. All these years later, the Jack the Ripper has never been conclusively identified.
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University write they have conducted “the most systematic and most advanced genetic analysis to date regarding the Jack the Ripper murders.” Two sets of DNA traces found on the original evidence match both Kosminski and Catherine Eddowes, the Ripper’s fourth victim. They also suggest the killer had brown eyes and brown hair, which coincides with eyewitness reports at the time.
Eddowes was killed on...
- 3/18/2019
- Den of Geek
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