Kosminski Shawl DNA published as peer reviewed paper in Journal of Forensic Sciences

[Holmes' Idiot Brother]

Hi All,
First time poster here.
I'm frustrated we're on the 'Kosminski did it' train again. I've never thought there was much evidence to implicate Kosminski; he doesn't fit the suspect profile and he doesn't seem to have been violent, just sad and sick. All the dna evidence seems to be suggesting is that he can't be excluded- which, as c.d stated, also covers a great many other people.

Welcome aboard! I, too, have never given Kosminski serious consideration for being Jack The Ripper; at the time of the murders, his mind was practically gone. There are so many better suspects.

[Scott Nelson]

We don't know what his state of mind was at the time of the murders.

[Dublindocker]

I suspect many will wish to question the seemingly irrefutable DNA evidence... for a variety of reasons including of course that if AK was Jack then discussing it serves less purpose.
Can we really challenge the results? His DNA on the shawl....

[rjpalmer]

I suspect many will wish to question the seemingly irrefutable DNA evidence... for a variety of reasons including of course that if AK was Jack then discussing it serves less purpose.
Can we really challenge the results? His DNA on the shawl....

Hi Dublindocker,

Yes, we can challenge the results--but we don't need to. Prominent scientists have already done so for us.

Check out (it's on-line) the August 2024 issue of The Journal of Forensic Sciences. After several prominent scientists questioned the DNA results, and those involved in the original study couldn't produce their data when asked, and The Journal issued an "Expression of Concern"--a retraction of sorts. Instead of being a rare DNA match, the DNA recovered would match 90% of Europeans.

Further, it is widely believed that the shawl is a hoax; it is not mentioned in the surviving inventory list of Eddowes' belongings. Quite a lot was written about the shawl on this website back in 2018.

Eddowes' Shawl - Casebook: Jack the Ripper Forums

Cheers.

[Elamarna]

I suspect many will wish to question the seemingly irrefutable DNA evidence... for a variety of reasons including of course that if AK was Jack then discussing it serves less purpose.
Can we really challenge the results? His DNA on the shawl....

Hi, it remains a fact that it is others who also believe it was Kosminski who are at the forefront on the arguments against the DNA and the Shawl.
Many of us would love the DNA to be correct, but the overwhelming weight of evidence is that it is not.
As RJ said above, other experts on DNA have raised serious concerns about the paper that was submitted to the Journal of Forensic Science back in 2019.
That the Journal's now issued an "Expression of Concern" is a serious matter.

Steve

[richardh]

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