Is the Jack the ripper mystery finally solved?

Jack the Ripper, one of the most notorious serial killers in history, has been identified through DNA traces found on a shawl, claims a sleuth in a book out on Tuesday.

The identity of Jack the Ripper has been a mystery since his grisly murders terrorized the murky slums of Whitechapel in east London in 1888.

Now, Jack the Ripper sleuth Russel Edwards claims the infamous killer was Aaron Kosminski, a Jewish emigre from Poland, who worked as a barber.