Jack the Ripper DNA study has allegedly revealed the identity of the infamous serial killer who has brutally slaughtered at least five prostitutes in London's East End back in 1888. This was according to a self-described "armchair detective," as well as a molecular biologist.
According to a report by Mail on Sunday, Jack the Ripper DNA pointed to a man named Aaron Kosminski, who is a Jewish Polish-born immigrant who lived in the East End. He would have been 23 years old when he committed the murders. He reportedly arrived in England back in 1881 with his family, when they decided to escape getting persecuted by Russian authorities.
Jack the Ripper DNA owner Kosminski was later placed in an asylum for the criminally insane, where he reportedly died of certain complications that he got from gangrene.
The name of the molecular biologist is Dr. Jari Louhelainen, and he informed the Mail on Sunday that made use of a certain technique that he called "vacuuming" so that he could Jack the Ripper DNA from a stained shawl. This shawl purportedly belonged to one of the prostitutes who were brutally murdered, Catherine Eddowes.
A businessman named Russell Edwards was the one who purchased the shawl at an auction back in 2007 so that he had a new ornament to add to his macabre collection. Moreover, he also asked Louhelainen to help him find any clues that could be connected to the case of Jack the Ripper DNA.
According to the scientists, infrared imaging revealed that the stains found on the shawl were, indeed, blood stains. Plus, they were consistent with arterial blood spatter that is usually caused by slashing. Moreover, Louhelainen has also claimed that the DNA of the blood stains on the shawl matched Eddowes'.
There were other fluorescent stains that were found on the shawl, once that showed the characteristics of semen. Louhelainen stated that two strands of the DNA found in this second set of specimen were tested against one of the descendants of Kosminski's sister. The first one turned out to be 99.2% match, while the second one was a perfect match.
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