The autobiography of jack the ripper victims
The autobiography of jack the ripper victims
Jack the ripper!
Karen Miller, the great-great-great-granddaughter of victim Catherine Eddowes, called for the naming of the serial killer in court as a "form of justice"
Relatives of some of the victims murdered by a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper have backed a call for the investigation to be reopened after new evidence emerged.
Per the outlet, police linked a single killer to five female victims.
All five of the women were prostitutes and they were all mutilated, except for one, according to the BBC.
According to The Times and CBS News, evidence has emerged suggesting that Catherine Eddowes, one of the five women, was killed by Aaron Kosminski, a Polish barber, who was a suspect in the original investigation but was never arrested.
The Times reports that in 2007, researcher Russell Edwards bought a shawl that was believed to have been found on Eddowes’ body at the murder scene in 1888, and Kosminski’s DNA was later found on it.
Per CBS News, Edwards sought the help of Doct