Jack the Ripper unmasked: How amateur sleuth used DNA breakthrough to identify Britain's most notorious criminal 126 years after string of terrible murders
GUILTY: A DNA sample has proven Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper
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- 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
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This is a fun little bit of detective work. Congrats to Russell Edwards, 48, who 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.
Aaron Kosminski might just have been there helping rescue the poor damsel when he got poked with Jack's knife. There must be some way to keep the legend going. This is a horrible story.
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Damn good detective work.
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