A historian claims to have identified the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper as Aaron Kosminski, a Polish man who lived in London at the time of the murders. Russell Edwards bases his claim on DNA evidence found on a blood-soaked shawl, and historical police reports that linked Kosminski to the crimes. He is asking the British High Court for an inquest to officially name Kosminski as the killer.
A historian claims he has identified the infamous serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. In an interview with "Today" in Australia, historian Russell Edwards revealed his alleged identity – a name that’s long been floated as the likely killer. Jack the Ripper was an infamous serial killer who murdered five women in the impoverished Whitechapel district of London in 1888.
"In fact, three of the women frequently slept on the street and on the nights they were killed, they didn’t have money for a lodging house. The coroner’s inquests demonstrated that all of the women were murdered in reclining positions and there was no sign of struggle. Rather than reach the conclusion that Jack the Ripper killed women whilst they slept, the police were committed to the theory that the women were prostitutes and the papers, eager to make money, ran with this story.
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