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Jack the Ripper FINALLY Solved Using DNA?

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Was Jack the Ripper really identified by DNA?

The shawl that “solved” the case has a problem. In 2019, a scientific paper claimed DNA on a bloodstained silk shawl linked Catherine Eddowes to suspect Aaron Kosminski. Headlines around the world called the Jack the Ripper murders solved.

But that paper has now been debunked. Here’s why.

So can science ever solve this case? Two newer studies took a real swing at it. If you thought you knew everything there is to know about Jack the Ripper, think

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