A garment with traces of DNA could have revealed the true identity of "Jack the Ripper"

A recent survey conducted by English scientists would have revealed Jack The Ripper's identity, the mythic murderer who ended the lives of 5 women in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888.

According to this new discovery, a Polish barber would have been the man who returned the English police for years.

Aaron Kosminski That was his name and, according to scientists at John Moores University, located in Liverpool, this discovery could spell the end of one of the most controversial mysteries in the history of the city. 39; England.

The blood found in a shawl matches the DNA of Kosminski and Catherine Eddwues, a victim of Jack the Ripper.

The Polish immigrant lived with his brothers in Greenfield Street, about 200 meters from where the third victim of the iconic character was murdered. Elizabeth Stride.

The businessman Russell Edwars, who bought the shawl at an auction in 2007, was tasked with contacting scientists several years ago.

The garment had been found next to the body of Eddowes and was stained with what appeared to be his blood.

Eddowes was murdered on the night of September 30, 1888 at Miter SquareWhitechapel, where they cut his kidney and tore his cheeks.
She was the second victim of Jack the Ripper that night; an hour before the murderer slit Elizabeth Stride.

"We first described the systematic, molecular-level badysis of the only still alive physical evidence related to the killings of" Jack the Ripper, "wrote the Journal of Forensic's researchers. science.

"Finding the two corresponding profiles in the same piece of evidence increases the statistical probability of their overall identification and reinforces the statement that the shawl is authentic.explains Dr. Jari Louhelainen, one of the authors of the study.

However, other scientists have rejected the claims, saying that they may have made a name mistake in the badysis.

It all started in 1992, when Michael Barrett, an antique seller, He announced that he had found this precious 900-page document, written by James Maybrick. Memories include the line: "I give my name so that everyone knows me, so history says it, what love can do to a born gentleman. Sincerely, Jack the Ripper"

In his pages, Maybrick confessed to being the author of the death of the five prostitutes in Whitechapel, London, although he also agreed to kill another in Manchester.

Maybrick, the man of the confession, was an opium-addicted merchant in the Victorian era. He died poisoned by his wife, Flora, who was sentenced to death, although his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.