The enigma Jack the Ripper would have been solved by DNA testing – 20minutes.fr

SURVEY – The murderer of Whitechapel in fall 1888 would be a Polish immigrant named Aaron Kosminsk …

The mystery of Jack the Ripper finally solved? The most famous serial killer have been identified: the murderer of Whitechapel (London) in the fall of 1888 would be a Polish immigrant named Aaron Kosminski, according to The Daily Mail

The English daily builds on the amateur investigator Russell Edwards. The British businessman, helped by expert Jari Louhelainen genetic analysis, conducted a survey of seven years, worthy of a true thriller.

Shawl bloodstained

It all began in March 2007, Russell Edwards learns of a dirty shawl blood that would have belonged to Catherine Eddowes, one of the victims proved the famous killer during an auction. The man contacted the owner of the fabric, which ensures to be the descendant of one of the officers at the time. The shawl, found on the crime scene, would have been passed from generation to generation without ever being washed.

Most experts doubt the origin of the shawl. Not Russel Edwards intrigued by mysterious daisies of the feast of St. Michael, printed on the object. The Christian holiday is celebrated on November 8th in the Orthodox and Sept. 29 among other Christians … The dates coincide with the day of the murders of Mary Jane Kelly, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes and. Another observation made by the amateur investigator, the victim was too poor to buy such an item. The piece of cloth would be a clue left by Jack the Ripper to learn about his next murder.

DNA Tests

Russel Edwards then sought information on any of the six main suspects in the case, Aaron Kosminski. A Polish Jew, became a barber-stylist at Whitechapel after fleeing the Russian pogroms in the 1880s An official with the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, Alan McCormack says Edwards that police never had enough evidence Aaron Kosminski to stop, who ended his life in a mental asylum.

Using an infrared camera, Edwards and his friend Jari Louhelainen found traces of semen on the shawl, and kidney cells apparently belonging to Catherine Eddowes. Descendants of the victim and the suspect agree to lend to DNA testing. The results were positive: Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper

“After 126 years, I solved the mystery,” proudly announces the interviewer!. But other experts doubt the viability of this authentication, believing that the shawl was hit by too many people. The mystery of Jack the Ripper is not (fully) solved.

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