Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield took over personal direction of the inquiry after the brutal murder of Jayne MacDonald (16) and set up an incident room at Millgarth Police Station in Leeds.
George Oldfield also took control of the attempted murder of Maureen Long on l0th July 1977 in Bradford.
George Oldfield was also to take charge of the Helen Rytka murder. On the 31st January 1978, Helen Rytka, an active prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Huddersfield. Oldfield established an incident room at Huddersfield.