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On the 15th October, Jordan’s handbag was found 189 ft away from the body. It contained a new [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=£5_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £5 Bank of England note] which was thought to have been paid to the victim by the murderer. The recovery of this note some two weeks after the death marked a significant new stage in the series inquiry.
[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Chief_Superintendent_Ridgway Chief Superintendent Ridgway] of the Greater Manchester Police took charge of the investigation and recognised immediately the possibility of a link with the crimes in West Yorkshire.
Weight was added to this initial suspicion when it was discovered that the £5 note recovered from Jean Jordan’s handbag was probably from a consignment of £25,000 (i.e. 5,000 £5 notes) delivered to the Manningham, Shipley or Bingley branches of the Midland Bank on 29th September 1977. A team of detectives from Greater Manchester moved to the West Yorkshire area and, accompanied by West Yorkshire officers, undertook extensive inquiries to trace the person to whom the recovered £5 note had been paid.