Was Jack the ripper Aaron Kosminksi?
Kosminksi was a Polish Jew and his DNA was found on an apron near one of the victims.
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Girlbehindthecurtain · 31-35, F
asked chatgpt for you
While some theories suggest that Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant and barber, could have been Jack the Ripper, this has never been definitively proven. Kosminski was one of several suspects identified by the police at the time of the murders in 1888, and his name resurfaced in 2014 when DNA evidence from a shawl supposedly linked to one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, pointed to Kosminski. However, this evidence has been widely criticized for potential contamination and questionable scientific methods.
Several other suspects have also been proposed over the years, and due to the lack of conclusive evidence, Jack the Ripper’s true identity remains a mystery. So, while Kosminski is one of the more plausible suspects, it has not been definitively proven that he was Jack the Ripper.
While some theories suggest that Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant and barber, could have been Jack the Ripper, this has never been definitively proven. Kosminski was one of several suspects identified by the police at the time of the murders in 1888, and his name resurfaced in 2014 when DNA evidence from a shawl supposedly linked to one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes, pointed to Kosminski. However, this evidence has been widely criticized for potential contamination and questionable scientific methods.
Several other suspects have also been proposed over the years, and due to the lack of conclusive evidence, Jack the Ripper’s true identity remains a mystery. So, while Kosminski is one of the more plausible suspects, it has not been definitively proven that he was Jack the Ripper.
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Girlbehindthecurtain · 31-35, F
@GeniUs if you think about it the zodiac was in late 60s and early 70s and we still have no clue.
Or the gilgo beach serial killer
Or the gilgo beach serial killer
ronisme1 · 61-69, M
@Girlbehindthecurtain he was announced just a few months ago with evidence in the news
GeniUs · 56-60, M
@Girlbehindthecurtain Forensic advancements have really come on in the last 20-30 years for example I remember the statement that the Human Genome had been mapped and thinking that'll solved hundreds of thousands of crimes but making the database will cost a massive sum of money that no government will pay...well they didn't have to somebody advertised you can find out all about your heritage and people paid for themselves to go onto the database! It's solved some crimes but not in the numbers I imagined.
The Zodiac Killer seems to have been an exceptionally intelligent individual though so I suspect it will only ever be a lucky breakthrough that will capture him or her.
The Zodiac Killer seems to have been an exceptionally intelligent individual though so I suspect it will only ever be a lucky breakthrough that will capture him or her.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
SpudMuffin · 61-69, M
@ChipmunkErnie yes, I though everyone knew that?
Matt85 · 36-40, M
the dude from the office? no
bijouxbroussard · F
@MrBlueGuy I remember reading about the Goulston graffiti. Kominski was suspected back then, and the fact of his being Jewish was an issue.
The Goulston Street graffito was a sentence written on a wall beside a clue in the 1888 Whitechapel murders investigation. It has been transcribed as variations on the sentence "The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing". The meaning of the graffito, and its possible connection to the crimes attributed to Jack the Ripper, have been debated for over a century.
smiler2012 · 56-60
@Welshwonder seems very either coincidental or very strong damning evidence
Monday40 · 51-55, F
Patricia Cornell worked a book about the ripper and she did extensive research and I think she might have found something interesting but idk. She named a man but I don’t think it’ was this man you name
RedBaron · M
You mean to ask if Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper.
What have you found out?
What have you found out?
Subsumedpat · 36-40, M
No way to confirm it but he was a good suspect.
Quimliqer · 70-79, M
Did they have dna testing in 1888?
JohnOlinger81 · 41-45, M
yes
bijouxbroussard · F
AdaXI · 41-45, T
@bijouxbroussard About 10 maybe 20 years ago now ... On a shawl supposedly removed from the Catherine Eddowes murder scene.
I mean back in the 1880s there wasn't any DNA evidence so the shawl itself would of been completely useless as evidence. It wouldn't of been that far fetched a police officer at the scene called Amos Simpson simply kept it as a momento...
I think the shawl had been in Amos' family for well over a century before it was eventually discovered.
When they DNA tested it though they found a match with both Catherine Eddowes and Aaron Kosminski's DNA through relatives of theirs that are alive today...
Now Aaron Kosminski was a suspect for the murders back in the 1880s and I think he ended up in an asylum. Which might be why the murders suddenly ended but flip side Catherine was a sex worker so his DNA might of got there through other activities and there might of also of been other family members living in London during the 1880s who had the exact same DNA markers and the shawl itself might or might not of been directly from the murder scene...
So the evidence wouldn't really stand up in court today but it's still quite a big coincidence.
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I mean back in the 1880s there wasn't any DNA evidence so the shawl itself would of been completely useless as evidence. It wouldn't of been that far fetched a police officer at the scene called Amos Simpson simply kept it as a momento...
I think the shawl had been in Amos' family for well over a century before it was eventually discovered.
When they DNA tested it though they found a match with both Catherine Eddowes and Aaron Kosminski's DNA through relatives of theirs that are alive today...
Now Aaron Kosminski was a suspect for the murders back in the 1880s and I think he ended up in an asylum. Which might be why the murders suddenly ended but flip side Catherine was a sex worker so his DNA might of got there through other activities and there might of also of been other family members living in London during the 1880s who had the exact same DNA markers and the shawl itself might or might not of been directly from the murder scene...
So the evidence wouldn't really stand up in court today but it's still quite a big coincidence.
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
This must be a relatively new development, as DNA hadn't been discovered during the time when Jack was active. Kind of a pity, because they might have caught him otherwise.
But no, I can think of plenty of reasons why some guy's DNA would be on a piece of cloth belonging to a lady of the evening, and only one of those is murder related.
But no, I can think of plenty of reasons why some guy's DNA would be on a piece of cloth belonging to a lady of the evening, and only one of those is murder related.
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