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Researchers and descendants of Jack the Ripper’s victims are seeking to finally unmask the notorious killer.
Over 130 years after the serial killer committed numerous gruesome murders in impoverished areas of East London, England, descendants of his victims and Jack the Ripper researchers, including Russell Edwards, are calling on an inquest to formally hold Aaron Kosminski legally responsible for the crimes.
Kosminski, a Polish immigrant who died in 1919, was a prime suspect in the five murders—which took place in 1888—but was never charged in the case. As for how Kosminski is being re-linked to the crimes a century later? DNA found on a shawl retrieved from the crime scene of one of the killer’s victims, Catherine Eddowes, matches a DNA sample provided by one of Kosminski’s living relatives, according to findings published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in 2019.
“It’s very difficult to put into words the elation I felt when I saw the 100 percent DNA match,” Edwards, whose research led to the findings, told The Sun in an interview published Jan. 31. “This brings closure and a form of justice for the descendants.”
