Posted on 10/20/2014 6:02:10 AM PDT by Perdogg
And so one of the Wests greatest, most enduring mysteries, which has spurred numerous failed attempts to crack it, continues. Its the saga of Jack the Ripper, who committed at least five grisly murders in East London in the autumn of 1888 and then, poof, disappeared, never to be identified.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
> Researchers including Alec Jeffreys, who developed DNA profiling, say the original research made an error in nomenclature. And that error meant the DNA testing yielded traits extant in 99 percent of Europes population rather than one specific person, the Independent said.
Heh, but other than that... ;’)
Thanks Perdogg.
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Note: this topic is from October 2014. Sorry I missed this ping! Thanks Perdogg! Bigg Red, here's the answer to your question. There's more for all at the jacktheripper keyword.
Of course not. That’s why they have to develop and test theories.
Thanks for straightening me out here. Guess I need to learn to keep up better.
I hadn’t seen it myself, [blush] so my pleasure. The chain of custody and storage conditions of the victim’s shawl — 120 years old by now — meant there was no way the study was valid. It was just a way of blaming some long-dead Polish immigrant.
I saw a documentary on Holmes (on Netflix?). What a freak. The way he configured his holding cells and torture rooms was out of a Hollywood B-movie set.
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