Unmasking Jack the Ripper: Shocking New Sixth Victim Discovery Could Crack Century-Old Mystery

So, here we are—over 130 years later—and suddenly a Jack the Ripper expert drops a bombshell claiming there’s a sixth victim in the infamous Whitechapel murders saga. You gotta wonder, can a mystery this old finally find its end, or will it haunt true crime buffs forever? Humanity’s endless fascination with serial killers—fueled by binge-worthy Netflix docs and dark tales—meets hard evidence this time, thanks to a savvy criminologist using a modern twist: the Home Office’s HOLMES system. Could Martha Tabram, with her tragic story of survival in tough times, really have been the Ripper’s first victim? And does this new angle finally point the finger at Polish barber Aaron Kominski, a suspect who’s been lurking in the shadows? It’s like history and high-tech crime fighting collided—and the Ripper’s identity might just be unmasked at last. Intrigued? You should be. LEARN MORE.

A Jack the Ripper expert is convinced that he has solved the 130-year-old mystery after suggesting the London killer had a sixth victim.

Humanity has always had a interesting obsession with serial killers, with popular Netflix and true crime series emphasising exactly that, but they have been present throughout human history.

Perhaps the most famous unsolved murder cases of all time are linked with Jack the Ripper, also known as the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron, who was active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London in 1888.

Over 130 years later and police still haven’t been able to 100 per cent confirm the identity of the killer, as the lack of things such as DNA tests and CCTV footage obviously made things a lot harder for police back then.

But people across the world are still determined to name the killer, who had previously been credited with murdering five women in the area, although an expert believes he has now identified a sixth.

Criminologist David Wilson explained to the The Sun that Martha Tabram may well have been the serial killer’s first victim. The mum-of-two, who had turned to sex work during hard times, was found with 39 stab wounds around three weeks before the serial killing spree began.

Wilson explained how he used HOLMES (Home Office Large Major Enquiry System) to identify Martha as another of Jack the Ripper’s victims, while he also believes it confirms the theory of the killer being Polish barber Aaron Kominski.

Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of Whitechapel (Getty Stock Photo)

He said: “For one of the documentaries I did for the BBC with Amelia Fox, I got the entire Whitechapel docket run through HOLMES.

“HOLMES is the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, which was introduced in the wake of the failings related to the search for the Yorkshire Ripper. So it’s an information retrieval system.

“And for the documentary, I got the lead trainer to run the Whitechapel docket.

“All the murders of women in Whitechapel from 1888 through to 1890, I got the lead trainer to run all those through Holmes.

“And that lead trainer identified six murders, not five murders.”

Kominski was previously identified as a suspect by police and experts think they finally found their man earlier this year, when extracted DNA from a recovered shawl found on Catherine Eddowes was matched with a descendant of the Warsaw native.

We may finally know who Jack the Ripper is (Getty Stock)

It is perhaps the mystery surrounding the Ripper which has made him infamous, as other more deadly serial killers throughout history have been given far less media attention.

Wilson said: “Even though there were serial killers before Jack the Ripper, he’s the one who’s come to public attention in the widest possible sense.

“His long-lasting fame is because of the Ripperology, the phenomenon of Ripperologists who are constantly wanting to ID who might have been responsible.”

However, with Wilson’s latest theory backing up the DNA evidence which points towards the killer being Kominski, then perhaps Jack the Ripper will soon be a distant memory.