DNA evidence unveiled during a forensic investigation in 2014 provides compelling support for Aaron Kosminski’s culpability in the Jack the Ripper case, adding a modern scientific perspective to this historic mystery. A shawl, reportedly found near the body of Catherine Eddowes, one of the Ripper’s victims, was analyzed. This investigation, led by molecular biologist Jari Louhelainen and commissioned by British author Russell Edwards, utilized cutting-edge techniques to extract and examine DNA from the shawl. The analysis revealed that the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) on the shawl matched the mtDNA of female line descendants of both Eddowes and Kosminski’s sister. Louhelainen reported a high degree of accuracy in the results, with one strand showing
