A letter purchased on eBay and verified by scientists could identify Jack the Ripper. The letter details how a main suspect, Aaron Kosminski, bludgeoned a woman with scissors after the Ripper murders.
A letter purchased on eBay which appears to identify Jack the Ripper has been verified by scientists. The 14-line note, which was bought by a Bradford carpet fitter for £240, could now be valued at around £125,000 scientists authenticated it and confirmed it was written at the time of the Ripper murders, report the Mirror. It details how one of the main suspects in the case - Aaron Kosminski - had bludgeoned a woman with a pair of scissors less than a year after the killings.
In a seeming reference to the Ripper murders, the author penned: 'It's a wonder he hasn't hung for what he did to those poor girls'. The identity of the murderer of five women in the East End of London in 1888 has remained a mystery. Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Kate Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly were all considered vulnerable and homeless at the time of their deaths. The letter is believed to have been discovered in an old book in Australia during a stock take at the University of Melbourne's Theology department. Tim Atkinson, 58, purchased it from the online auction site and commissioned a scientist at Liverpool University to forensically examine the note using a Video Spectral Comparator. The VSC uses digital imagine, light sources, and filters to examine documents under various wavelengths of light to identify any secret details and possible alterations. It discovered the paper had not been altered and the handwriting and fountain pen used would have been used in that time period. The paper was original and had not been artificially aged. Mr Atkinson said: 'I saw it on eBay and thought I'd take a punt on it and now I've got it authenticated and it came back as positive. It's the most important letter to come to light. It proves Kosminksi was around and could be the murderer. It could be worth up to £125,000 but I'm not a money ma
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