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Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille of the Western Crime Area led the investigation into the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Patricia_Atkinson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Patricia Atkinson]. Prostitute Patricia Atkinson operated from a flat in Bradford. It was at this flat on the 23rd April 1977 that Peter Sutcliffe murdered her.

Patricia Atkinson was killed by four blows to her head with a hammer after which her body was exposed and stabbed repeatedly with a knife or chisel. An incident room was established at the area headquarters at Bradford.

On the 25th April 1978 Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille was appointed to conduct an [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=April_1978_-_Internal_Review_of_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry internal review of the Ripper investigation]. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Slater_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Superintendent Slater] was later to take command of the investigation. Their report was submitted to the Chief Constable in December 1979.

On the 26th April 1978 Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille contacted the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_Scientific_Development_Branch_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Police Scientific Development Branch] and asked for assistance. Vehicle indexes spotted in "red light" areas were to be stored and processed on the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_National_Computer_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Police National Computer].