Jack the Ripper -- Solved!

One of the world's greatest murder mysterious may have been solved at least. A world-renowned DNA expert claims to have finally worked out who the true identity of Jack the Ripper and says the serial killer was a 23-year old Polish immigrant named Aaron Kosminiski. Dr, Jari Louhelainen made the claim after taking DNA samples from a bloody shawl of the one of the notorious London killer's victims, Catherine Eddowes. Louhelainen compared the DNA from Kosminski to relatives and said the man who emigrated from Poland, who ended up in an insane asylum, was the notorious killer. He later died in an asylum in 1899, the 'Mirror' reports.

Jack the Ripper -- as the killer was dubbed -- murdered up to five people, mostly female prostitues who worked in slum areas in east London 126 years ago. Eddowes was 46 when she was killed and mutilated in the early hours of September 30, 1888, A day later, a letter was sent and signed from "Jack the Ripper," claiming responsibility for the murder. The signature led to the killer being given the famous name. And now finally ... the theories are put to rest.