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On the 31st January 1978, Helen Rytka, an active prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Huddersfield.

Helen's body was discovered in a timber yard by a police search on the 3rd February and the subsequent post-mortem examination revealed that she had died from hammer blows to the head together with a number of stab wounds to the body which had previously been exposed. 

Peter Sutcliffe has since claimed that he had intercourse with Helen during the attack because he was sexually aroused and taxi drivers were close by. Intercourse wasn't part of Sutcliffe's usual pattern - and there was no conclusive proof that this took place. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield] took charge of this murder inquiry and established an incident room at Huddersfield. 

Police inquiries were fairly productive and although a  number  of  people  were traced and eliminated from the inquiry, details of three motor vehicles were circulated as being wanted for elimination  purposes.  These were a Morris Oxford saloon, a Ford Cortina Mark  I  and a white coloured Datsun 160/180B. The Ford Cortina and the  Datsun  were  subsequently eliminated and attention was focussed on the Morris Oxford and the BMC "Farina" range  of similar cars. Because some of the vehicles in the range did not fit the tyre track of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Irene_Richardson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Irene Richardson murder] a new vehicle inquiry, referred to as the '''"Farina Index"''' was started. This was a  considerable commitment which was still running when Sutcliffe was arrested.