solving old cases like Jack the Ripper

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I remember how i would hear, from time to time, that some new information about, lets say Jack the Ripper, appeared and the case about him changed on some way. Same thing on John Wilkes Booth, Napoleon and other people from way more than 100 years ago. How can something from so much time in the past still change? Wich kind of evidence is this and how people get it? Investigations are still happening? Can we trust the new information?

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New tools that have opened up new angles.

The Jack the Ripper updates are usually because someone tested the DNA on some old piece of evidence. That said it’s usually overstated how big these breakthroughs are. That case is most likely never going to be solved, too much evidence is just gone now.

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