Jack the Ripper’s true identity may have finally been uncovered after genetic boffins carried out a series of DNA tests that suggest the serial killer may have been one of the prime suspects
The man behind the infamous Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian London may have finally been unmasked – here is all you need to know
- More than 130 years since Jack the Ripper stalked the murky, foggy lanes of Victorian London, forensic boffins reckon they might have finally unmasked the infamous killer’s identity, and it’s a name that has long been linked with the grisly murders.
- A raft of genetic tests unveiled this week suggest the notorious slayer was indeed Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and one of the Metropolitan Police’s key suspects back in the day. Kosminski was a Polish-born Jewish immigrant who made his home in London’s East End after escaping persecution in the late 1800s.
- Snipping locks in Whitechapel, he would have resided smack dab in the middle of the Ripper’s hunting ground and exhibited early symptoms of serious mental illness.
- In 1891, just a handful of years post the murders, he was committed to Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum following a diagnosis of paranoia, hallucinations and an aversion to washing or eating food prepared by others.
- Despite being clearly troubled, staff didn’t deem Kosminski violent, and he spent the remainder of his days in institutions until his demise in 1919. Police chiefs later fingered him as a prime suspect, with one high-ranking officer alleging an eyewitness had even pointed him out but declined to testify.
- The findings tying Kosminski to the murders have ignited headlines globally, yet experts caution that the evidence still falls short of definitively cracking what is Britain’s most infamous cold case.
- READ FULL STORY HERE: Jack the Ripper unmasked with new DNA breakthrough as killer identified
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