Jack the Ripper Identified? Here's Who He Really Is According to a Criminologist

In the fog-shrouded alleys of 1888 Whitechapel, Jack the Ripper's brutal murders of prostitutes terrorised London, leaving five canonical victims mutilated and a mystery unsolved for 137 years.

Now, in 2025, criminologist David Wilson employs cutting-edge geo-profiling and DNA evidence to unmask Polish barber Aaron Kosminski as the infamous serial killer, challenging Ripperologists worldwide.

This revelation, blending historical police files with modern forensics, promises to rewrite true crime history and deliver justice to the East End's forgotten women.

Unravelling Aaron Kosminski's Dark Profile

David Wilson, a leading expert on serial murderers, pinpoints Kosminski through meticulous 2025 reviews of Victorian asylum records and police memos. Born in Poland around 1865, Kosminski fled persecution to settle in Whitechapel as a barber, harbouring a documented 'great hatred of women, especially prostitutes', as noted in 1890s Metropolitan Police files.

His violent outbursts, including threats with knives, aligned with the Ripper's savage throat-slashings and abdominal mutilations, free from any surgical precision that debunked earlier doctor-suspect theories. Wilson's assessment, featured in his 2025 book A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders, highlights Kosminski's weekday employment fitting the weekend attack pattern.

By 1891, at age 26, authorities sectioned him into Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum for homicidal tendencies and disordered eating, later transferring him to Leavesden Asylum where he died in 1919, his mind shattered. This profile, verified against Home Office archives, cements Kosminski as the elusive Ripper.

Applying Geo-Profiling to Map Ripper's 1888 Haunts

Geo-profiling, a technique refined post-1970s Yorkshire Ripper failures, places Kosminski's Sion Square home at the epicentre of the crime scenes in 2025 simulations. Victims like Mary Ann Nichols, found slashed on 31 August 1888 in Buck's Row, and Annie Chapman, eviscerated on 8 September 1888 in Hanbury Street, clustered within a half-mile radius of his doorstep.

Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes fell on 30 September 1888, mere hours apart in Dutfield's Yard and Mitre Square, while Mary Jane Kelly's indoor horrors unfolded on 9 November 1888 in Miller's Court.

Wilson integrated the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES) to cross-reference 1888-1890 femicides, revealing geographic anchors that traditional policing overlooked.

DNA Breakthrough Seals Kosminski as Ripper in 2025

A bloodied shawl from Eddowes' scene yielded mitochondrial DNA in 2025 tests matching Kosminski's female descendant with 100 per cent certainty, as published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Researcher Russell Edwards, who acquired the artefact for £100 ($153) in 2007, pushed for re-analysis amid prior methodological critiques, affirming semen and blood stains tied to the barber. 'who all want closure,' Edwards stated in a People magazine interview on 15 February 2025.

Critics question contamination risks, yet Wilson's synthesis with behavioural patterns silences doubts, per Scotland Yard consultations. X user @Sion_Smith echoed the drama on 9 April 2025: 'Jack the Ripper's identity has been hidden for 137 years. DNA just exposed him,' linking to the shawl evidence in a viral thread. Such verified posts amplify the global reckoning.

Potential Sixth Victim in Whitechapel Terror

Martha Tabram, stabbed 39 times on 7 August 1888 in George Yard, emerges as the Ripper's prelude in Wilson's 2025 HOLMES scan of Whitechapel killings.

Unlike the canonical five's slash wounds, her frenzy mirrors Kosminski's asylum-noted rage, predating Nichols by three weeks and escalating the spree's body count.