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Weight was added to this initial suspicion when it was discovered that the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £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.
On the 16th May 1978, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Vera_Millward_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Vera Millward], a convicted prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Manchester. This crime immediately came under the control of Detective Chief Superintendent Ridgway, who was still hunting for the murderer of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan], and an incident room was established in Manchester to service the police investigation
