Anna Rogulskyj - Yorkshire Ripper Victim
Anna Rogulskyj was attacked by the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, in Keighley on the 5th July 1975. Sutcliffe attacked his victim with a hammer in an alleyway in Keighley and left her lying on the ground suffering from very severe head injuries. Sutcliffe also inflicted a number of superficial slash wounds to the body. The crime was investigated by Detective Superintendent Perry of West Yorkshire’s Western Crime Area and an incident room was established in the Keighley Division for the purpose of the inquiry. The crime was not linked with any others, neither was it linked with the Ripper series until June 1978 when the West Yorkshire Police issued a “Special Notice” to all police forces about the murders which had, by then, been committed.
Anna was 41 when she suffered the brutal injuries which needed 12 hours of surgery. In a YEP interview later, Ms Rogulskyj denied she had been working as a prostitute. She went on to demand that her name was taken from the list of Yorkshire Ripper victims, a number of whom had been working as prostitutes. She claimed she become the victim of spiteful gossip which ended in her having to change her name and move home.
Anna passed away in April 2008.
