Jayne MacDonald - Yorkshire Ripper Victim
Jayne MacDonald was a 16 year old shop assistant who still lived with her family in Leeds.
On the 26th June 1977 the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, killed Jayne MacDonald on spare ground in a prostitute area of Leeds. The attack fitted Sutcliffe's usual pattern.
She had been incapacitated by three severe blows to the head and, after exposure, her body had been repeatedly stabbed through the same chest wound.
The murder was immediately linked to other murders of the Yorkshire Ripper. It was listed together with the murders of Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Patricia Atkinson and Irene Richardson.
It became evident at this stage that things were becoming so serious that Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield took over personal direction of the inquiry and set up an incident room at Millgarth Police Station.
Millgarth Police Station was already siting incident rooms dealing with the Emily Jackson and Irene Richardson murders.
A description was obtained of a man seen talking to Jayne MacDonald shortly before the time of her death. The description had much in common with that of the man thought to be responsible for the subsequent attack on Maureen Long but enquiries to trace this person were unsuccessful.
