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On the 2nd September 1979 Barbara  Leach, a 20 year old student, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in the University area of Bradford. 

A post-mortem examination  revealed  that she had  been struck a single blow to the head with a hammer after which she was stabbed in  the  abdomen  and shoulder blade a total of eight times. From examination of the injuries it was  possible to say  that the weapon used to cause them was, in all likelihood, the one used in the murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Josephine_Whitaker_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Josephine Whitaker] five months previously. 

Detective Chief Superintendent Gilrain led this inquiry and established his incident room in Bradford. The crime was immediately linked with others in the series and Detective Superintendent Holland who, on hearing of the murder, had immediately returned to West Yorkshire from leave in Scotland.