Editing Aaron Kosminski (section)

=== 2019 Louhelainen study ===
Louhelainen's 2014 findings were criticised as they had not been subject to [[peer review]] by other scientists or investigators.<ref name="independent"/><ref name="Us">{{cite news|url=http://usvsth3m.com/post/96977532433/are-you-jack-the-ripper-no-and-neithers-aaron |title=Are YOU Jack The Ripper? No. And neither's Aaron Kosminski |work=Us Vs Th3m |location=London |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909004636/http://usvsth3m.com/post/96977532433/are-you-jack-the-ripper-no-and-neithers-aaron |archive-date=9 September 2014 }}</ref> In March 2019, the ''[[Journal of Forensic Sciences]]'' published a study analysing the mitochondrial DNA from cells extracted from a shawl claimed to have been found near the body of victim Catherine Eddowes, as well as samples from maternal relations of the victim and suspect (Kosminski). This study, conducted by scientists at [[Liverpool John Moores University]] and the [[University of Leeds]], stated in its conclusion that "the presence of mtDNA on the shawl matches the female victim's mtDNA derived from stains on it and that mtDNA also on the shawl matches the suspect candidate's mtDNA"; however, Figure 7 of the same paper shows two differences between the suspect candidate's mtDNA sequence and the sequence obtained from the shawl, and in their conclusion the authors state, "According to the SWGDAM 2013 guidelines, if samples have two or more nucleotide position differences, they can be excluded as coming from the same source or maternal lineage, except when [[heteroplasmy]] is encountered." There is no suggestion that heteroplasmy is present.<ref name="Louhelainen&Miller"/> The journal later printed an [[expression of concern]] after the study was criticised and the authors were unable to produce the original data.<ref name=EoC/> 

Russell Edwards tried unsuccessfully to get permission to exhume Aaron Kosminski's body in 2012, before the publication of his book, and again in 2016. He then applied unsuccessfully for a new inquest to be held on Catherine Eddowes in 2019 and again in 2021.<ref>Russell Edwards, ''Naming Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Reveal'', pp. 270-272, 297-314, 327, 354 (2024, revised edition).</ref> In 2025 it was reported that Edwards and his legal team were seeking a new inquest for a third time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Chris |date= February 15, 2025 |title= Jack the Ripper's identity revealed after DNA breakthrough, historian says |url= https://nypost.com/2025/02/15/world-news/jack-the-rippers-identity-revealed-after-dna-breakthrough-historian/ |work= [[New York Post]] |access-date= 2025-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Soriano |first1=Ashley |first2=Ashleigh |last2=Banfield|date= February 15, 2025 |title= Historian who discovered Jack The Ripper's real identity says '100% him' |url= https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jack-the-ripper-real-identity-discovered-historian-claims/ |work= [[NewsNation]] |access-date= 2025-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 2025-02-01 |title= Jack the Ripper identified after DNA breakthrough - Today Show Australia |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFI-AH2GxiM |work= [[Nine Network]] |access-date=2025-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= 2025-02-14 |title= Historian who identified Jack the Ripper: 'It's 100% him' - Banfield |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOYNMQj888|work= [[NewsNation]] |access-date=2025-02-15}}</ref> This aim has been supported by living descendants of Catherine Eddowes and one relation of Aaron Kosminski.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilkinson|first=Joseph |date= February 13, 2025 |title= Jack the Ripper victim's family demands investigation after alleged DNA ID of killer |url= https://www.yahoo.com/news/jack-ripper-victim-family-demands-011900940.html |work= [[Yahoo]] |access-date= 2025-02-15}}</ref>