The researchers claim that this is "the most systematic and most advanced genetic analysis to date regarding the Jack the Ripper murders." While the study appears solid on its surface, archaeological geneticists immediately picked apart the science and criticized media coverage of Louhelainen and Miller's work. Geneticist Turi King of the University of Leicester, who has led the genome sequencing of Richard III, also sees majors issues with the Ripper shawl study. The other major problem with the Louhelainen and Miller study is their use of mitochondrial DNA, according to the geneticists. According to this paper, he was Jack the Ripper; quite an accusation given that the science presented simply doesn't back that up."

Source: Forbes March 19, 2019 03:33 UTC