Well Lynn, you may be paraphrasing a bit too freely, even eagerly, but if these reports are true, it's a real blow. Maybe Christer could get some info on this since he's in contact with Jari.
There is a clear distinction to be drawn between the efforts of Mr Edwards; who aside from any personal interest has obviously a vested commercial interest in the success of his book; and the scientific testing done by Dr Louhelainen and Dr Davies. The two are not synonymous. To read some of the posts in this thread you could be forgiven for thinking that it's all yet another a giant conspiracy and they were all in it together.
A peer-reviewed paper would be advisable and will doubtless follow in due course. The large-scale attention focussing on Edwards' book and the DNA testing which is his star witness make anything else untenable; not least for Dr Louhelainen, who has an academic reputation to maintain. It may also be possible that Edwards succeeds in demonstrating a gdna match with Kosminski in the future - there will be further developments, I'm sure.
Ultimately, it is impossible to prove that Kosminski was Jack the Ripper; or even that he killed Eddowes; even if it transpires that his DNA really is on the shawl.
No need to panic
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