Kosminski, who apparently vanished after the murders...
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Wait, if they matched his DNA to that found on a shawl, but he vanished, how did they get *HIS* DNA to match up with?
I’m going to get scolded for not reading the article. Just asking for someone who read it to day. I’m going to guess they tested living relations of his.... maybe?
Yes. They tested his descendants...................
Gah, it’s there. Living decedents.
Sounds like they got him.
Books and movies to ensue
Kosminski did not vanish. He was placed in an asylum.
“On 12 July 1890, Kosminski was placed in Mile End Old Town workhouse because of his insane behaviour, with his brother Woolf certifying the entry, and was released three days later. On 4 February 1891, he was returned to the workhouse, possibly by the police, and on 7 February, he was transferred to Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum. A witness to the certification of his entry, recorded as Jacob Cohen, gave some basic background information and stated that Kosminski had threatened his sister with a knife. It is unclear whether this meant Kosminski’s sister or Cohen’s. Kosminski remained at the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum for the next three years until he was admitted on 19 April 1894 to Leavesden Asylum. Case notes indicate that Kosminski had been ill since at least 1885. His insanity took the form of auditory hallucinations, a paranoid fear of being fed by other people that drove him to pick up and eat food dropped as litter, and a refusal to wash or bathe. The cause of his insanity was recorded as “self-abuse”, which is thought to be a euphemism for masturbation.[9] His poor diet seems to have kept him in an emaciated state for years; his low weight was recorded in the asylum case notes. By February 1919, he weighed just 96 pounds (44 kg). He died the following month, aged 53.”