6 days ago · English historian and author Russell Edwards said DNA found on a shawl recovered from the scene of one of the killer’s vicious slayings was tested, revealing the butcher who terrorized Victorian...

Feb 14, 2025 · Kosminski was reportedly identified using DNA evidence from a shawl found at the scene of one of the murders. Descendants of the suspect and a victim assisted in the investigation, according to ...

Aaron Kosminski (born Aron Mordke Kozmiński; 11 September 1865 – 24 March 1919) was a Polish hairdresser who was a suspect in the Jack the Ripper case. ... a shawl which he believed to have been left at a murder scene and gave it to biochemist Jari Louhelainen to test for DNA. [2]

5 days ago · Jack the Ripper was identified as Polish barber Aaron Kosminski by researcher Russell Edwards. The historian is now seeking 'closure' via legal confirmation, along with the family of Catherine...

Feb 11, 2025 · Historian Russell Edwards says he has identified Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski through a DNA match of a shawl found at the scene of one of his murders. Who is the man purported to be? Kosminski was a Polish immigrant who came to Whitechapel, England, in 1881 alongside his brother.

6 days ago · Jack the Ripper has been identified as Aaron Kosminski—a Polish barber—through a 100% DNA match from a shawl found at Catherine Eddowes' 1888 murder scene. Kosminski’s great-great-grandniece provided the DNA, and legal …

Mar 15, 2019 · Forensic scientists say they have finally fingered the identity of Jack the Ripper, the notorious serial killer who terrorized the streets of London more than a century ago. Genetic tests published this week point to Aaron Kosminski, a 23-year-old Polish barber and a prime police suspect at the time.

Mar 18, 2019 · Researchers say they have finally unmasked Jack the Ripper, the infamous serial killer who terrorized London in the late 1800s. A forensic investigation published in Journal of Forensic Sciences...

Jan 13, 2025 · After extracting DNA from a shawl recovered from the scene of one of the killings, Jack the Ripper sleuth Russell Edwards claimed in 2014 that the murderer was Aaron Kosminski, an emigre from...

Oct 14, 2024 · Aaron Kosminski, a Polish-Jewish immigrant and early suspect, has been identified as the killer through DNA evidence from one of the victims' shawls in a new book. Kosminski was never brought to justice and died in a mental hospital in 1919.