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‘Jack the Ripper’ Meets DNA Analysis

Loaded on March 15, 2025 by James Mills published in Criminal Legal News April, 2025, page 22
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples.

by James Mills

More than 135 years after a series of gruesome murders terrorized London, new DNA evidence has emerged that may lend credence to long-held suspicions about one of the original suspects. The infamous “Jack the Ripper” killings, a string of brutal murders in the late 19th century, remain ...

 

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