Could They Have Finally Found the Identity of Jack the Ripper?

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The Jack the Ripper debate may be over. One that historians and true crime enthusiasts have been entwined with for 137 years. Between the months of August and November in the year 1888 five women were brutally murdered on the streets of an area of London called Whitechapel. The murders were marked by extreme violence. Three of the victims had their internal organs removed. A shawl that was a key piece of evidence from the killing of Catherine Eddowes, one of the five murdered women, was sold in 2007 to a man named Edwards., a long-time researcher of the case. DNA testing began and blood found on the shawl matched a descendant of Eddowes. Also, the semen found was linked to a man named Kosminski. Edwards is now asking that authorities recognize Kosminski as the true Jack the Ripper. Also, relatives of the victims are demanding that Scotland Yar reopen the case. Edwards feels that the DNA evidence is sufficient cause to legally name Kosminski as the person who killed the five women in 1888. What is known about Aaron Kosminski: * He was a Polish immigrant who moved to England with his family. * He worked as a barber in Whitechapel at the time of the murders. * Records show he was suffering from mental illness. He showed symptoms of schizophrenia and paranoia. * He was committed to multiple insane asylums. * He suffered from both hearing voices and auditory hallucinations. * He refused to eat or bathe before his death at age 53 in 1919. What are your thoughts on this? I hope Edwards is able to get Scotland Yard to reopen the case. I think this is ample evidence to do so.