Jack the Ripper’s actual id revealed after 130 years in main DNA breakthrough
Jack The Ripper’s true identity has been one of the biggest mysteries over the last 100 years. But, now, scientists and researchers have finally discovered who the man behind the brutal crimes was
Scientists have discovered Jack the Ripper’s ‘real’ identity 130 years after his evil crimes thanks to a major DNA breakthrough.
The infamous serial killer, who plagued London with fear and terror after his string of merciless murders of women, has proved to be a real head-scratcher for police and historians since the killings in 1888.
His brutal murders, where he would mutilate the bodies of women, have long gone unsolved since the weeks-long spree in Victorian Britain.
That is until now. Author and Ripper researcher Russell Edwards bought a shawl found on one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, during an auction in 2007.
He has now been able to extract DNA from the blood-stained clothing and use it to determine that Jack The Ripper was a man named Aaron Kosminski.
Before announcing his shocking discovery, Edwards hired a team of experts, including forensic scientists, to provide clarification on the DNA match to make sure it was correct. According to The Daily Mail, the discovery of the killer’s true identity has since been 100% confirmed.
Kosminski’s DNA was found on Eddowes blood-soaked shawl, along with her DNA too. It is believed that Kosminski was a Polish barber who moved to London in his early-20s.
He would have been about 23-years-old when he killed: Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Mary Jane Kelly and Catherine Eddowes. The victims are known as the “Canonical Five” and were murdered over a nine week period starting from Friday 31st August and Friday 9th November, 1888.
Back when the investigation was live at the time, Kosminski was actually one of the suspects. However, he evaded any accountability and later died at a mental institution in 1919.
According to Jack The Ripper researcher Edwards, he discovered that Kosminski was allegedly part of the incredibly secretive and exclusive Freemasons. It is thought that they could have shielded him from any accusations from the police.
Although, 130 years later, the case has finally been cracked. And it was one of Kosminski’s own relatives that helped Edwards solve one of history’s most stubborn puzzles.
Researcher Edwards was helped from Kosminski’s oldest brother’s great-great-granddaughter, who provided a DNA sample that was eventually matched with the sample found on Eddowes’ shawl.
Since learning of the news of Jack The Ripper’s identity, Karen Miller, who is the great-great-great-granddaughters of victim Catherine Eddowes, has shared that revelation will help provide “closure.”
She is now calling for an inquest in hopes to finally provide some sort of justice for the victims, with other descendants of the women slain agreeing to this.
Karen told Daily Mail: “Having the real person legally named in a court, which can consider all the evidence, would be a form of justice for the victims.
“We have got proof. Now, we have this inquest to legally name the killer.
“The name Jack the Ripper has become sensationalised, it has gone down in history as this famous character. It has all been about him, this iconic name, but people have forgotten about the victims who did not have justice at the time.
“What about the real name of the person who did this? Having the real person legally named in a court which can consider all the evidence would be a form of justice for the victims.”
Distant relatives of Kosminski have also called for an inquest to finally get to the truth. Three-times great-niece of Kosminski, Amanda Poulos, said: “I’m more than happy to finally establish what really happened.”
