Article Alert: Ned Kelly's Ripper of a Yarn

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There is an article in the Herald Sun of August 4, 2011 entitled Ned Kelly's Ripper of a Yarn  written by Carly Crawford with some really good information in it (especially about the connection of the DNA with Argentina).

The article begins with:

Victorian forensic experts want to exhume the brother of a Jack the Ripper suspect in their bid to identify Ned Kelly's skull.

The DNA would help establish whether a human skull given to the Government recently is Kelly's, or that of 19th century London serial killer Frederick Deeming. The skull was stolen from the Melbourne Museum in 1978.

Investigators from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine will formally ask the Church of England for permission to exhume Deeming's brother from a sensitive grave site on church land in the UK.

Later in the article there is this bit re Argentina:

Victorian pathologists are weeks away from receiving breakthrough DNA samples from the world's most advanced ancient DNA testing lab in Argentina.

The lab extracted DNA from about 45 individuals whose remains were dug up at Pentridge during a recent redevelopment.

To read more:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/neds-real-ripper-of-a-yarn/story-fn7x8me2-1226107739963