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== The Yorkshire Ripper ==

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== Overview ==

Peter Sutcliffe was born at Shipley, West Yorkshire, on 2nd June 1946.

During the period in which his admitted crimes were committed he was employed as a tyre fitter, and subsequently, following qualification as a heavy goods vehicle driver, as a lorry driver for the Bradford engineering and transport company, ''T. & W.H. Clark (Holdings) Ltd''. 

On  the  10th April 1974 he married Sonia Szurma.

Initially Sutcliffe lived in Clayton with Sonia's parents. From September 1977, they moved to a detached house which he bought in the Heaton district of Bradford.

== Sonia Sutcliffe ==

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== Victims of the Yorkshire Ripper ==

=== Anna Rogulskyj ===

'''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=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 '''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Perry 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.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Anna_Rogulskyj_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Anna here]

=== Olive Smelt ===

On the  15th  August  1975,  just  over  a  month  after  the  [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Anna_Rogulskyj_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Rogulskyj]  incident,  Sutcliffe, after leaving his friend '''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Trevor_Birdsall_-_Yorkshire_Ripper Trevor Birdsall]''' in his car, attacked '''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Olive_Smelt_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Olive Smelt]''' with a hammer in Boothtown, Halifax. Sutcliffe inflicted serious head injuries. Using a knife he also inflicted two slash wounds to her back after first disarranging her clothing. Although the nature of the crime was very similar to the attempted murder of Anna Rogulskyj it was not specifically linked with it in police crime circulations, neither was it linked with the Ripper series until June 1978. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Olive_Smelt_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Olive Smelt here]
=== Wilma McCann ===

On 30th October 1975 Peter Sutcliffe committed his first known murder. Sutcliffe murdered [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Wilma_McCann_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Wilma McCann], a known prostitute, on the Prince Philip playing fields in Leeds.

In a pattern which was to become all too familiar, Peter Sutcliffe hit Wilma McCann on the head with a hammer. At least one of the blows penetrated the full thickness of the skull.

On this occasion, however, unlike the tentative slashings of the bodies of Anna Rogulskyj and Olive Smelt, Wilma McCann was stabbed once in the neck and 14 times in the chest and abdomen.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Wilma_McCann_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Wilma McCann here]

=== Emily Jackson ===

The Yorkshire ripper struck again on 20th January 1976 with the brutal murder of Emily Jackson, a known prostitute. Peter Sutcliffe brutally murdered Emily in a factory yard in Leeds.

Once again Sutcliffe had used a hammer to inflict violent blows to Emily. Sutcliffe disarranged her clothing to expose her torso and inflicted multiple stab wounds to her lower neck, upper chest and lower abdomen. Sutcliffe also inflicted wounds to Emily's back using a cross shaped instrument thought to be a “Philips” screwdriver.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Emily_Jackson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Emily Jackson here]

=== Marcella Claxton ===

On the 9th May 1976 Peter Sutcliffe attacked Marcella Claxton in the Roundhay area of Leeds. 

Marcella Claxton sustained severe head injuries as a result of hammer blows. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marcella_Claxton_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Marcella Claxton here]

=== Irene Richardson ===

Irene Richardson, who was believed to be an active prostitute, was murdered on a playing field in Roundhay, Leeds, by Peter Sutcliffe on the 5th February 1977.

She had been struck down by three hammer blows after which her body had been exposed and slashed with a knife. The slash injuries to her abdomen were particularly severe. One apparently coincidental similarity between this crime and the murder of Joan Harrison in Preston was the way in which the dead woman’s boots had been neatly placed over her thighs.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Irene_Richardson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Irene Richardson here]

=== Patricia Atkinson ===

Prostitute Patricia Atkinson operated from a flat in Bradford. It was at this flat on the 23rd April 1977 that Peter Sutcliffe murdered her. Patricia was killed by four blows to her head with a hammer after which her body was exposed and stabbed repeatedly with a knife or chisel

Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille of the Western Crime Area led the investigation into the crime and established an incident room at the area headquarters at Bradford.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Patricia_Atkinson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Patricia Atkinson here]

=== Jayne MacDonald ===

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.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jayne_MacDonald_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Jayne MacDonald here]

=== Maureen Long ===

On the l0th July 1977, Peter Sutcliffe attacked [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Maureen_Long_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Maureen Long] on spare ground a short distance from her estranged husband’s home in Bradford. Maureen, who admitted that she had acted as a prostitute, received serious injuries to her head from hammer blows and stab wounds to her abdomen and back, but fortunately recovered. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Maureen_Long_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Maureen Long here]

=== Jean Jordan ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] was murdered in the Greater Manchester Police area on the 1st October 1977. Jean Jordan was a known prostitute. Her body was found on a disused allotment in Chorlton-cum-Hardy on the 10th October, nine days after her death.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Jean Jordan here]

=== Marilyn Moore ===

On the 14th December 1977 Peter Sutcliffe viciously attacked [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marilyn_Moore_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Marilyn Moore] who was a convicted prostitute. Marilyn was assaulted by Peter Sutcliffe on spare ground in Scott Hall Street, Leeds. The inquiry established that Moore was picked up for prostitution purposes by the driver of a car which, by a process of elimination, was subsequently thought to be of the BMC "Farina" type, driven by a man who said he was called "Dave".

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marilyn_Moore_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Marilyn Moore here]

=== Yvonne Pearson ===

On the 21st January 1978 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Yvonne_Pearson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Yvonne Pearson], a convicted prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Bradford. Her body was not discovered until the 26th March 1978 when it was found under an overturned settee on wasteland in an area used by prostitutes.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Yvonne_Pearson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Yvonne Pearson here]

=== Helen Rytka ===

On the 31st January 1978, [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Helen_Rytka_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Helen Rytka], an active prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Huddersfield. Helen's body was discovered in a timber yard by a police search on the 3rd February and the subsequent post-mortem examination revealed that she had died from hammer blows to the head together with a number of stab wounds to the body which had previously been exposed.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Helen_Rytka_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Helen Rytka here]

=== Vera Millward ===

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. Her body was discovered in a compound in the Brunswick area of the city the following day and an examination disclosed the traditional pattern of Ripper injuries.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Vera_Millward_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Vera Millward here]

=== Josephine Whitaker ===

On the 5th April 1979 [[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Josephine_Whitaker_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Josephine Whitaker], a Building Society clerk, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Savile Park, Halifax.

The murder was in the established Ripper pattern in that the victim was struck down by two hammer blows to the head and was then stabbed 25 times in the abdomen, breasts, thighs and vagina. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Josephine_Whitaker_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Josephine Whitaker here]

=== Barbara Leach ===
 
On the 2nd September 1979 Barbara Leach, a 20 year old student, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in the University area of Bradford.

A post-mortem examination revealed that she had been struck a single blow to the head with a hammer after which she was stabbed in the abdomen and shoulder blade a total of eight times. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Barbara_Leach_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Barbara Leach here]

=== Marguerite Walls ===

On the 20th August 1980 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marguerite_Walls_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Marguerite Walls], a 47 year old civil servant, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe as she walked home in Leeds. She was struck on the head, knocked down and then strangled with a piece of cord. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Hobson Detective Chief Superintendent Hobson] assumed responsibility for the inquiry and set up an incident room at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Pudsey_Police_Station,_Leeds Pudsey Police Station in Leeds].

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marguerite_Walls_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Marguerite Walls here]

=== Teresa Sykes ===

On the 5th November 1980 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Teresa_Sykes_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Teresa Sykes] was attacked on a footpath in Huddersfield by Sutcliffe who hit her over the head with a hammer. This crime was investigated by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Hickley_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Superintendent Hickley] from an incident room at Huddersfield

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Teresa_Sykes_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Teresa Sykes here]

=== Jacqueline Hill ===

On the 17th November 1980 the final murder in the series was committed when [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Hill_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jacqueline Hill] was killed by Sutcliffe near the Arndale Centre in Leeds. After being disabled by a number of violent hammer blows to the head she was dragged onto waste ground and her exposed body was stabbed.

Detective Superintendent Findlay took charge of the inquiry and established an incident room at Belle Vue, Leeds.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Hill_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Read more about Jacqueline Hill here]

== Police ==

=== Detective Superintendent Perry === 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Perry Detective Superintendent Perry] was assigned to investigate the brutal attack of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Anna_Rogulskyj_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Anna Rogulskyj]

=== Detective Superintendent Holland ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Holland_-_Yorkshire_Ripper Detective Superintendent Holland] established an incident room at Halifax in order to investigate the brutal attack of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Olive_Smelt_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Olive Smelt] on the 15th August 1975,

On the 2nd September 1979 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Barbara_Leach_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Barbara Leach], a 20 year old student, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in the University area of Bradford. Detective Superintendent Holland who, on hearing of the murder, had immediately returned to West Yorkshire from leave in Scotland.

=== Detective Chief Superintendent Hoban === 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Hoban Detective Chief Superintendent Hoban], of West Yorkshire’s Eastern Crime Area, was assigned to investigate the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Wilma_McCann_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Wilma McCann].

=== Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Domaille Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille] of the Western Crime Area led the investigation into the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Patricia_Atkinson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Patricia Atkinson].

=== Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield] took over personal direction of the inquiry after the brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jayne_MacDonald_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jayne MacDonald (16)] and set up an incident room at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Millgarth_Police_Station,_Leeds Millgarth Police Station in Leeds].

=== Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Gregory ===

11th July 1977 - The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Gregory, wrote to the Director of the Police Scientific Development Branch asking whether the Branch was able to offer any assistance in connection with the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. [http://www.crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment_at_Harwell_and_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Read More]

=== Detective Chief Superintendent Hobson ===

The attack on [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marilyn_Moore_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Marilyn Moore] was investigated by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Hobson Detective Chief Superintendent Hobson] from the Eastern Crime area but it was not linked with the series crimes until the 12th May 1978 when it was circulated to other forces in a West Yorkshire Police circulation.

On the 20th August 1980 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Marguerite_Walls_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Marguerite Walls], a 47 year old civil servant, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe as she walked home in Leeds. This murder was not initially attributed to Peter Sutcliffe and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Hobson Detective Chief Superintendent Hobson] assumed responsibility for the inquiry and set up an incident room at [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Pudsey_Police_Station,_Leeds Pudsey Police Station in Leeds].

On 25th November 1980 amid increasing criticism of the West Yorkshire Police for having failed to detect this series of horrific crimes, a number of changes were made in the control of the inquiry. Detective Chief Superintendent Hobson was appointed temporary Assistant Chief Constable and put in charge of the series inquiry in place of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Assistant Chief Constable Oldfield].

=== Detective Constable Howard ===

On the 2nd November 1977, as part of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £5 Bank of England note investigation], [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Howard Detective Constable Howard] of the Greater Manchester Police together with a Detective Constable of the West Yorkshire Police interviewed Peter William Sutcliffe at his home. Sutcliffe’s employers had collected money from the Shipley branch of the Midland Bank to pay their employees.

=== Detective Chief Superintendent Ridgway ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Chief_Superintendent_Ridgway Chief Superintendent Ridgway] of the Greater Manchester Police took charge of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] murder investigation and recognised immediately the possibility of a link with the crimes in West Yorkshire.

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 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Chief_Superintendent_Ridgway Detective Chief Superintendent Ridgway]

=== Detective Constable Rayne ===

On 8th November 1977, as part of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £5 Bank of England note investigation], Peter Sutcliffe was re-interviewed by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Leslie_Smith_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constable Leslie Smith] of West Yorkshire and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Rayne_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constable Rayne] of the Greater Manchester Police.

=== Detective Constable Leslie Smith ===

On 8th November 1977, as part of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £5 Bank of England note investigation], Peter Sutcliffe was re-interviewed by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Leslie_Smith_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constable Leslie Smith] of West Yorkshire and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Rayne_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constable Rayne] of the Greater Manchester Police.

=== Detective Chief Superintendent Lapish ===

On the 21st January 1978 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Lapish_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Yvonne Pearson], a convicted prostitute, was murdered by Peter Sutcliffe in Bradford. Her body was not discovered until the 26th March 1978 when it was found under an overturned  settee  on  wasteland  in  an  area  used by prostitutes.

=== Detective Superintendent Slater ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Slater_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Superintendent Slater] took command of the 1978 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=April_1978_-_Internal_Review_of_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry internal review] of the Yorkshire Ripper investigation.

=== Detective Constable Peter Smith ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Peter_Smith_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Constable Peter Smith] visited Peter William Sutcliffe at home to question him during the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry £5 note inquiry] and to establish why his red Corsair was spotted in more than one "red light" area.

=== Detective Constable Laptew ===

On the 29th July 1979 Sutcliffe was again interviewed after his black Sunbeam Rapier had been printed out, first as a “Double Area Sighting” and later as a “Triple Area Sighting”, having been seen in the "red light" areas of Leeds, Bradford and Manchester.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Laptew_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constables Laptew] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Greenwood_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Greenwood] visited him at his home.

=== Detective Constable Greenwood ===

On the 29th July 1979 Sutcliffe was again interviewed after his black Sunbeam Rapier had been printed out, first as a “Double Area Sighting” and later as a “Triple Area Sighting”, having been seen in the "red light" areas of Leeds, Bradford and Manchester.

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Laptew_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Detective Constables Laptew] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Greenwood_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Greenwood] visited him at his home.

=== Detective Constable Vickerman ===

On the 23rd October 1979 Sutcliffe was [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Peter_Sutcliffe_-_Interviews_during_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry interviewed again], on this occasion by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Vickerman_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Constables  Vickerman]  and  [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Eland_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Eland]  who  were investigating  the  murder  of  [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Barbara_Leach_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Barbara  Leach].

=== Detective Constable Eland ===

On the 23rd October 1979 Sutcliffe was [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Peter_Sutcliffe_-_Interviews_during_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry interviewed again], on this occasion by [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Vickerman_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Constables  Vickerman]  and  [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Constable_Eland_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Eland]  who  were investigating  the  murder  of  [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Barbara_Leach_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Barbara  Leach].

=== Constable Doran ===

On the 25th June 1980 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Constable_Doran_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Constables Doran] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Constable_Melia_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Melia], caught Peter Sutcliffe drink driving whilst  keeping mobile observations on the Manningham "red light" area.

=== Constable Melia ===

On the 25th June 1980 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Constable_Doran_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Constables Doran] and [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Constable_Melia_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Melia], caught Peter Sutcliffe drink driving whilst  keeping mobile observations on the Manningham "red light" area.

=== Detective Superintendent Newton ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Newton Detective Superintendent Newton] took charge of the investigation after the September 1980 attack on [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Uphadya_Bandara_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Uphadya Bandara], a 35 year old doctor from Singapore.

=== Detective Superintendent Hickley ===

Following the 5th November 1980 attack on Teresa Sykes [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Hickley_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Superintendent Hickley] oversaw the investigation from an incident room at Huddersfield.

=== Detective Superintendent Findlay ===

On the 17th November 1980 Peter Sutcliffe murdered again when [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Hill_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jacqueline Hill] was killed near the Arndale Centre in Leeds. 

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Superintendent_Findlay_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Detective Superintendent Findlay] took charge of the inquiry and established an incident room at Belle Vue, Leeds.

== Police 'Special Notices' ==

=== Special Notice - 19th September 1979 ===

On the 13th September 1979 a "Special Notice" was issued by the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police to all forces in the country giving details of 16 murders  and  attempted murders then linked together in the series together with details of the tyre tracks from the Richardson, Moore and Millward incidents and also details of the 'Sunderland” letters and tape. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Special_Notice_-_19th_September_1979_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Read the Special Notice here]

== Police Stations ==

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Millgarth_Police_Station,_Leeds Millgarth Police Station, Leeds]

== Publicity Campaigns ==

=== 2nd October 1979 ===

On the 2nd October 1979 a massive publicity campaign aimed at detecting the series of crimes by identifying the author of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Sunderland_Letters%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry "Sunderland" tape and letters] was launched throughout the North and the North East of England. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=West_Yorkshire_Police_-_2nd_October_1979_Publicity_Campaign_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Read more]

== Sir Lawrence Byford ==

Sir Lawrence Byford report into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper case.

== Peter Sutcliffe - Interviews during the Yorkshire Ripper Inquiry ==

Peter William Sutcliffe was [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Peter_Sutcliffe_-_Interviews_during_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry interviewed several times during the investigation].

== Persons of Interest ==

=== Trevor Birdsall ===

'''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Trevor_Birdsall_-_Yorkshire_Ripper Trevor Birdsall]''' was a friend of Peter Sutcliffe and was left in a car in Boothtown, Halifax, when Sutcliffe left in order to carry out a brutal attack on '''[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Olive_Smelt_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Olive Smelt]'''. 

== Cars known to be owned by Peter Sutcliffe ==

=== Ford Capri - EUA 831K ===

EUA 831K - At the time of his marriage to Sonia Szurma Peter Sutcliffe owned a lime green Ford Capri with the registered number EUA 831K.

At the end of April / beginning of May 1976 Peter Sutcliffe disposed of his Ford Capri.

=== Ford Corsair - KWT 721D ===

KWT 721D - During May 1976 Sutcliffe acquired a white Ford Corsair saloon registered number KWT 721D.

Records show that Peter Sutcliffe sold his white Ford Corsair, KWT 721D, on 3rd September 1977. It was established by police that although he had sold the car he kept possession of it for several weeks.

=== Ford Corsair - PHE 355G ===

On  the  26th September 1977 he bought a red Corsair with the registered number PHE 355G.

Peter Sutcliffe sold the red Corsair on 7th August 1978. 

=== Sunbeam Rapier - NKU 888H ===

On the 14th  May  1978 Peter Sutcliffe bought a black Sunbeam Rapier, registered number NKU 888H.

On the 4th June 1979 Sutcliffe disposed of his Sunbeam Rapier car

=== Rover 3.5 - FHY 400K ===

On the 4th June 1979 Sutcliffe acquired a brown Rover 3.5 saloon registered number FHY 400K.

=== Mini saloon - 372 SRR ===

On the 23rd March 1980 Sutcliffe bought a red Mini saloon 372 SRR which he used occasionally although he did not dispose of his other car, the brown Rover saloon.

*''It is worth noting that the red Corsair was sold almost 3 months after Sutcliffe obtained the black Sunbeam Rapier - so for that period he had access to both cars.''

== Inquiries ==

=== £5 Bank of England note Inquiry ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jean_Jordan_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jean Jordan] was murdered in the Greater Manchester Police area on the 1st October 1977. An unusual and curious feature of this case was that there was evidence that the killer had returned to the scene some eight days after the murder, stripped the body and inflicted further injuries including an attempt to decapitate it. On the 15th October, Jean Jordan’s handbag was found 189 ft away from the body. It contained a new [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=%C2%A35_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=%C2%A35_Bank_of_England_note_-_The_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Read more about this investigation]

=== The 'Tracking Inquiry' ===

On the 6th February 1977 an exercise, known subsequently as the “Tracking Inquiry” was mounted to identify the vehicle which had left the tyre marks at the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Irene_Richardson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Irene Richardson] murder scene. In the preliminary stage it was thought that any one of 100 different types of vehicle could have been involved. This number was determined on the basis of the "track width" indicated by the distance between the tyre marks at the scene. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Tracking_Inquiry%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper Read More]

=== The hunt for the White Mark II Ford Cortina ===

As the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Tracking_Inquiry%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper 'Tracking Inquiry'], which was started in connection with the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Irene_Richardson_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Irene Richardson] murder, was discontinued the hunt for a white Mark II ford Cortina began. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_hunt_for_the_White_Mark_II_Ford_Cortina_-_Yorkshire_Ripper Read More]

== Computerisation ==

=== Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell and the Yorkshire Ripper Investigation ===

On 11th July 1977 the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Gregory, wrote to the Director of the Police Scientific Development Branch asking whether the Branch was able to offer any assistance in connection with the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment_at_Harwell_and_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Read More]

== Rewards ==

=== March 1978 - West Yorkshire Police Authority ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=West_Yorkshire_Police_Authority_-_%C2%A310,000_reward_offered_in_Yorkshre_Ripper_Inquiry West Yorkshire Police Authority] offered a reward of £10,000.

=== November 1978 - West Yorkshire Police Authority ===

On the 28th November 1978 the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=West_Yorkshire_Police_Authority_-_%C2%A320,000_reward_offered_in_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry West Yorkshire Police Authority] increased the reward being offered for information leading to the killer to £20,000.

=== November 1980 - Newspaper Offices add £30,000 to the reward ===

In response to brutal murder of [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Hill_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Victim Jacqueline Hill] a number of newspaper offices in the area agreed to add £30,000 to the reward being offered by the Police Authority for information, bringing the total amount to £50,000.

== The 'Sunderland Letters' ==

=== 8th March 1978 ===

The [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Sunderland_Letters%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry first letter] to be received was postmarked "Sunderland 1.45pm 8th March 1978", and addressed to [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Mr. Oldfield]. 

=== 13th March 1978 ===

The [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Sunderland_Letters%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry second letter] was received by the Chief Editor of the "Daily Mirror” newspaper in Manchester. This letter was postmarked "Sunderland 10am on 13th March 1978".

=== 23rd March 1979 ===

On the 23rd March 1979 a [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Sunderland_Letters%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry further letter] addressed to [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Mr. Oldfield] was dispatched from Sunderland.

=== 18th June 1979 ===

On the 18th June 1979 a [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=The_%27Sunderland_Letters%27_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry further envelope] addressed to [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Assistant_Chief_Constable_Oldfield Mr. Oldfield] was posted in Sunderland.

== The Police National Computer and the Yorkshire Ripper Inquiry ==

Following a [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_Scientific_Development_Branch_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry request] from [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Domaille Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille] on On the 26th April 1978 it was agreed to arrange for the results of the vehicle observations in "red light" areas to be  processed  on  the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_National_Computer_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Police National Computer].

== Police Scientific Development Branch ==

=== 11th July 1977 - Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Gregory's request for help ===

On 11th July 1977 the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, Mr. Gregory, wrote to the Director of the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_Scientific_Development_Branch_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Police Scientific Development Branch] asking whether the Branch was able to offer any assistance in connection with the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Atomic_Energy_Research_Establishment_at_Harwell_and_the_Yorkshire_Ripper_Investigation Read More]

=== 26th April 1978 - Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille's request for help ===

On the 26th April 1978 [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Detective_Chief_Superintendent_Domaille Detective Chief Superintendent Domaille] contacted the [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Police_Scientific_Development_Branch_-_Yorkshire_Ripper_Inquiry Police Scientific Development Branch] and asked for assistance.

== Other Possible Victims of the Yorkshire Ripper ==

=== Was Barbara Mayo a Peter Sutcliffe Victim? ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Was_Barbara_Mayo_a_Peter_Sutcliffe_Victim Barbara Mayo], 24, was a student teacher from Mansfield. Barbara Mayo left home on the morning of Monday, October 12, 1970, but never returned to the flat she shared in London with David Pollard.

=== Did the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, kill Fred Craven? ===

[http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Did_Yorkshire_Ripper_Peter_Sutcliffe_kill_Fred_Craven%3F Fred Craven was a bookmaker] from Bingley who was brutally murdered with a hammer in 1966. [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Did_Yorkshire_Ripper_Peter_Sutcliffe_kill_Fred_Craven%3F Read more]

== Peter William Sutcliffe ==

=== Peter Sutcliffe's Arrest ===

On 2nd January 1981 Peter Sutcliffe was seen by the police whilst in the company of a prostitute in the "red light" area of Sheffield. Sutcliffe was [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Peter_Sutcliffe%27s_arrest arrested for theft of car number plates]. The number plates on his car did not match those on the Police National Computer.

=== Peter Sutcliffe's Conviction ===

On Friday, 22nd May 1981, Peter William Sutcliffe was [http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=PETER_SUTCLIFFE%27S_CONVICTION convicted at the Central Criminal Court] of 13 cases of murder and 7 cases of attempted murder.