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Message 1568935 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 0:22:30 UTC

DNA taken from a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes and that of the female descendant of Aaron Kosminski’s sister under new DNA testing methods were found to be a match.

Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant, was 1 of the prime suspects at the time and the killings stopped after Kosminski was forcibly put in Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum.

http://www.news.com.au/world/dna-tests-prove-that-jack-the-ripper-was-a-polish-immigrant-named-aaron-kosminski/story-fndir2ev-1227050842205

The breakthrough came when Dr Jari Louhelainen, an expert in historic DNA, was commissioned to study a shawl found with Eddowes, the second-last “confirmed” victim of the Ripper more than 125 years ago.

The shawl — which still retained historic stains — had been bought by a businessman at an auction in 2007.

“It has taken a great deal of hard work, using cutting-edge scientific techniques which would not have been possible five years ago,” Dr Louhelainen told a British newspaper.

“Once I had the profile, I could compare it to that of the female descendant of Kosminski’s sister, who had given us a sample of her DNA swabbed from inside her mouth.

“The first strand of DNA showed a 99.2 per cent match, as the analysis instrument could not determine the sequence of the missing 0.8 per cent fragment of DNA. On testing the second strand, we achieved a perfect 100 per cent match.”

So if this is true then the Ripper didn't come to Australia, as this was another theory attached to another suspect at the time.

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Message 1568944 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 0:42:39 UTC - in response to Message 1568935.  
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DNA taken from a shawl found near the body of Catherine Eddowes and that of the female descendant of Aaron Kosminski’s sister under new DNA testing methods were found to be a match.

Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant, was 1 of the prime suspects at the time and the killings stopped after Kosminski was forcibly put in Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum.

So if this is true then the Ripper didn't come to Australia, as this was another theory attached to another suspect at the time.

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...And wasn't involved with the royal family in any way either. Very interesting Wiggo - thankyou :)

The last documentary I watched on the subject (a few years ago now) did leave me with the impression that he was the most likely of the suspects. Amazing that they were able to follow a DNA trail - bit macabre though - the businessman who bought the shawl... what's THAT about? No need to answer that really... just pondering :)

EDIT: He was a Ripperologist apparently... the businessman... not sure how you become one of those... get obsessed maybe... or at the very least, intrigued.

...I could become a Setiologist! :)
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Message 1568952 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 0:59:13 UTC
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You're welcome Annie and I do think that this did rate a mention for all the mystery that surrounded those murders.

It has been so quiet here this morning that I got through catching up on all the news here finally.

[edit] I don't know about the businessman himself though maybe 1 of his relatives were a victim of the Ripper.

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Message 1568987 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 3:53:38 UTC

Thanks Wiggo , Last thing i herd about that was that the Royal Family was involved , guess that shows how long since i checked it out .
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Message 1569036 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 6:30:38 UTC - in response to Message 1568987.  

Thanks Wiggo, Happy he's dead, glad I was not born then.
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Message 1569045 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 7:03:44 UTC - in response to Message 1569036.  

Thanks Wiggo, Happy he's dead, glad I was not born then.

Me too, but I think He was histories 1st serial killer, a modern day one would be the Hillside Stranger or Son of Sam or the Zodiac Killer, the last one took Me a bit to remember, so far He's never been caught.
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Message 1569110 - Posted: 8 Sep 2014, 11:02:41 UTC - in response to Message 1569036.  

Thanks Wiggo, Happy he's dead, glad I was not born then.


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Message 1569892 - Posted: 10 Sep 2014, 5:40:13 UTC - in response to Message 1569045.  
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Me too, but I think He was histories 1st serial killer, a modern day one would be the Hillside Stranger or Son of Sam or the Zodiac Killer, the last one took Me a bit to remember, so far He's never been caught.

Maybe recorded history's first serial killer, but I doubt he was actually the first of our species to be so criminally insane. The first time I visited the La Brea tar pits, I saw the fossilized remains of a young prehistoric woman who had been killed and tossed in a tar pit. Man's inhumanity to man goes way back.
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Message 1569912 - Posted: 10 Sep 2014, 6:36:52 UTC - in response to Message 1569892.  

Me too, but I think He was histories 1st serial killer, a modern day one would be the Hillside Stranger or Son of Sam or the Zodiac Killer, the last one took Me a bit to remember, so far He's never been caught.

Maybe recorded history's first serial killer, but I doubt he was actually the first of our species to be so criminally insane. The first time I visited the La Brea tar pits, I saw the fossilized remains of a young prehistoric woman who had been killed and tossed in a tar pit. Man's inhumanity to man goes way back.

I dont think he was the first either for the same reasons you gave. For proof I give you Caligula. And he isnt the first by a long shot.
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Message 1569913 - Posted: 10 Sep 2014, 6:41:00 UTC

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Message 1569920 - Posted: 10 Sep 2014, 7:00:37 UTC - in response to Message 1569913.  

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Good one Tullio it's in our nature i guess
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Message 1570236 - Posted: 11 Sep 2014, 1:06:34 UTC

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Message 1570246 - Posted: 11 Sep 2014, 1:16:39 UTC - in response to Message 1569920.  

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Good one Tullio it's in our nature i guess


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Message 1570327 - Posted: 11 Sep 2014, 5:36:17 UTC - in response to Message 1570246.  

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Good one Tullio it's in our nature i guess


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Message 1570575 - Posted: 11 Sep 2014, 18:16:21 UTC - in response to Message 1570327.  

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