Now this story caught my eye. Not only did technological advances seeming help solve a murder, and I say seemingly because the authorities, as of this writing, remain mum, but a murder mystery that has lasted for well over 100 years and caught the curiosity of so many too numerous to count. So who was the Jack Ripper, the excerpt from the BNO New story states.....
‘Jack the Ripper,’ the elusive serial killer who targeted prostitutes in London in the late 19th century, has been identified as a Polish immigrant through DNA evidence which was recovered from a shawl that was found at one of the crime scenes, according to British researchers. Police have not yet commented on the claim.
Russell Edwards, 48, enlisted the help of Dr. Jari Louhelainen, a
senior lecturer of molecular biology at Liverpool John Moores
University, after finding out about a shawl which belonged to Catherine
Eddowes, the fourth murder victim, and which was found at the crime
scene. He bought it at an auction and handed it over to Louhelainen for
analysis.
“In March 2007, I became aware that there was a shawl, purported to belong to Catherine Eddowes at the time, for sale at an auction house near to where I lived. I did some research into the provenance of the shawl and from there I went and bought it,” Edwards explained. “The very first day, I allowed this shawl to be tested.”
The shawl was next to Eddowes’ body when she was found in Mitre Square in London by policeman Edward Watkins on September 30, 1888. Acting Sergeant Amos Simpson, who accompanied Eddowes’ body to the morgue, asked his supervisor if he could take the shawl because of its size and because his wife was a seamstress. It was then passed down the family over the years without ever being washed.
When Louhelainen and his assistants examined the shawl, they discovered multiple stains which originated from the brutal murder of Eddowes. “We were told that we have blood spatter in the form of slashing, possible semen stains, possible blood stains, possible fecal matter, all of which the shawl is covered in,” Edwards said. “It was extremely exciting.”
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‘Jack the Ripper,’ the elusive serial killer who targeted prostitutes in London in the late 19th century, has been identified as a Polish immigrant through DNA evidence which was recovered from a shawl that was found at one of the crime scenes, according to British researchers. Police have not yet commented on the claim.
“In March 2007, I became aware that there was a shawl, purported to belong to Catherine Eddowes at the time, for sale at an auction house near to where I lived. I did some research into the provenance of the shawl and from there I went and bought it,” Edwards explained. “The very first day, I allowed this shawl to be tested.”
The shawl was next to Eddowes’ body when she was found in Mitre Square in London by policeman Edward Watkins on September 30, 1888. Acting Sergeant Amos Simpson, who accompanied Eddowes’ body to the morgue, asked his supervisor if he could take the shawl because of its size and because his wife was a seamstress. It was then passed down the family over the years without ever being washed.
When Louhelainen and his assistants examined the shawl, they discovered multiple stains which originated from the brutal murder of Eddowes. “We were told that we have blood spatter in the form of slashing, possible semen stains, possible blood stains, possible fecal matter, all of which the shawl is covered in,” Edwards said. “It was extremely exciting.”
You can find the remainder of the story here.
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