In the 1880s, the people of London lived in fear of a serial killer who remains unidentified even to this day. Jack the Ripper was the pseudonymous name of the murderer. In 2014, the name of Aaron Kosminski popped up as the closest suspect of being the fabled killer; however, there’s never been any concrete proof to corroborate this statement.
It’s been a long time since Jack the Ripper carried out the killings, but we finally have the chance to know more about him.
The Ripper’s fourth victim was a woman named Catherine Eddowes, who was found brutally murdered on September 30, 1888. The same night he also killed Elizabeth Stride. At the murder scene, police found a shawl, which was taken home by one of the officers, only to be auctioned off. It was bought by author Russell Edwards, who decided to put it through DNA testing and claimed that blood and semen stains were still on it. Stating that the blood matched a descendant of the most prominent Ripper suspect, Aaron Kosminski, Edwards believed him to be the real murderer, states a Mirror report.
Following his shocking claims in the book Naming Jack the Ripper, Edwards, in his new book, Naming Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Reveal, has once again pointed fingers at Kosminski. He said the police at the time believed him to have a “great hatred of women, especially of the prostitute class, and had strong homicidal tendencies.”
The book goes on to claim Dr Robert Anderson, who was the head of the London CID then, also suspected Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper. The book, quoting police reports published in 1894, claimed that Kosminksi had “great hatred of women, specially of the prostitute class, and had strong homicidal tendencies”.
Despite the strong suspicions around the man and Edwards’ strong beliefs, he was never arrested for the crimes. Kosminski died in an asylum in 1919. It might seem like the Jack the Ripper case has been solved, but the DNA evidence remains a topic for discussion.
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