The Jack The Ripper Identity may have confirmed after 130 years

Researchers and descendants of Jack The Ripper‘s victims try to finally mask the notorious killer.

Over 130 years after the serial killer committed several cruel murders in poor areas of eastern London, England, descendants of his victims and Jack the Ripper scientists, including Russell Edwardscalls for a study to formally hold Aaron Kosminski legally responsible for the crimes.

Kosminski, a Polish immigrant who died in 1919, was an important suspect in the five murders – which took place in 1888 – but was never indicted in the case. As for how Kosminski is connected again to the crimes a century later? DNA found on a shawl picked up from the place of crime for one of the murderer’s victims, Catherine Eddowesmatches a DNA test provided by one of Kosminski’s living relatives, according to findings published in Journal of Forensic Sciences In 2019.

“It is very difficult to put words into the arousal I felt when I saw 100 percent DNA fight,” Edwards told, whose research led to the results The sun In an interview published 31 January. “This brings closure and a form of justice for descendants.”