{"id":115462,"date":"2021-03-04T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=115462"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T14:21:56","slug":"who-were-the-yorkshire-rippers-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/who-were-the-yorkshire-rippers-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Who were the Yorkshire Ripper's victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE untold stories of notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe's "forgotten victims" are revealed in a new documentary.<\/p>\n

Many were able escaped the clutches of the Yorkshire Ripper – but the monster was jailed for 20 life sentences after being found guilty of murdering 13 women.<\/p>\n

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Who were Peter Sutcliffe's victims?<\/h2>\n

Dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, on May 22, 1981, Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. <\/p>\n

His killing spree lasted from 1975 until 1980, and left many unable to leave their homes for fear of being his next victim.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe was serving 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which was increased to a whole-life order in 2010. <\/p>\n

The serial killer refused to confess to every attack and died in prison aged 74 on November 13, 2020, after refusing treatment for coronavirus.<\/p>\n

The notorious killer suffered from a range of conditions including heart trouble, diabetes and obesity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The convict lost the sight in his left eye in 1997 after being attacked with a pen by a fellow inmate and was totally blind after an injection in his right eye went wrong.<\/p>\n

A new documentary, airing on Channel 5 at 9pm on Thursday, March 4, reveals the stories of Sutcliffe "forgotten victims" – both men and women.<\/p>\n

Some survivors have come forward to tell their accounts of horrifying attacks in the programme, The Yorkshire Ripper\u2019s New Victims.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe was jailed for murdering 13 women and trying to kill seven others, but his "forgotten victims" have never been officially recognised.<\/p>\n

WARNING: The below contains graphic content which some readers may find upsetting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wilma McCann<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 28<\/p>\n

The first victim to lose her life in a Sutcliffe attack was Wilma McCann on October 30, 1975. <\/p>\n

McCann, from Scott Hall in Leeds, was a mother-of-four.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe struck her twice with a hammer before stabbing her 15 times in the neck, chest and abdomen. <\/p>\n

An extensive inquiry, involving 150 police officers and 11,000 interviews, failed to find the culprit. <\/p>\n

One of McCann's daughters died by suicide in December 2007, reportedly after suffering years of depression over her mother's death.<\/p>\n

In 2016 it was revealed her son Richard had forgiven the killer after hearing a talk about forgiveness from South African archbishop Desmond Tutu.<\/p>\n

Emily Jackson<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 42<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe committed his second murder in Leeds in January 1976, when he stabbed 42-year-old Emily Jackson 52 times. <\/p>\n

In dire financial straits, Jackson had been using the family van (with her husband's agreement and support) to exchange sexual favours for money.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe picked up Jackson, who was soliciting outside the Gaiety pub on Roundhay Road, before driving around half a mile to derelict buildings on Enfield Terrace in the Manor Industrial Estate.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe hit her on the head with a hammer, and then dragged her body into a rubbish strewn yard and used a sharpened screwdriver to stab her in the neck, chest and abdomen. <\/p>\n

Sutcliffe stamped on her thigh, leaving behind an impression of his boot.<\/p>\n

Irene Richardson<\/h3>\n

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Age: <\/strong>28<\/p>\n

On February 5, 1977, Sutcliffe attacked Irene Richardson, a Chapeltown sex worker, in Roundhay Park. <\/p>\n

Richardson was bludgeoned to death with a hammer. <\/p>\n

Tyre tracks left near the murder scene resulted in a long list of possible suspect vehicles.<\/p>\n

Patricia Atkinson<\/h3>\n

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Age: <\/strong>32<\/p>\n

On April 23, 1977, Sutcliffe killed Patricia "Tina" Atkinson, a sex worker from Bradford.<\/p>\n

He murdered her in her own flat, where police found a bootprint on her bedclothes.<\/p>\n

Jayne McDonald<\/h3>\n

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Age: <\/strong>16<\/p>\n

On June 26, 1977, Sutcliffe murdered 16-year-old\u00a0Jayne MacDonald\u00a0in Chapeltown. <\/p>\n

She was not a sex worker which made locals concerned that the Ripper would attack any woman.<\/p>\n

Her body was found at an adventure playground in Reginald Street, Leeds.<\/p>\n

Jean Jordan<\/h3>\n

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Age: <\/strong>20<\/p>\n

On October 1, 1977, Sutcliffe murdered Jean Jordan, a sex worker from Manchester. <\/p>\n

In a later confession, Sutcliffe said he had realised the new \u00a35 note he had given her was traceable. <\/p>\n

After hosting a family party at his new home, he returned to the wasteland behind Manchester's Southern Cemetery, where he had left the body, to retrieve the note. <\/p>\n

Unable to find it, he mutilated Jordan's corpse and moved it.<\/p>\n

On October 9, 1977, Jordan's body was discovered by local dairy worker and future actor Bruce Jones.<\/p>\n

The \u00a35 note, hidden in a secret compartment in Jordan's handbag, was traced to branches of the Midland Bank in Shipley and Bingley. <\/p>\n

Police analysis of bank operations allowed them to narrow their field of inquiry to 8,000 employees who could have received it in their wage packet.<\/p>\n

Over three months the police interviewed 5,000 men, including Sutcliffe.<\/p>\n

Yvonne Pearson<\/h2>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 21<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe's next victim was Yvonne Pearson, a 21-year-old prostitute from Bradford who was murdered by Sutcliffe on January 21, 1978.<\/p>\n

He repeatedly bludgeoned her across the head with a ball-peen hammer.<\/p>\n

He then jumped on her chest before stuffing horse-hair into her mouth from a discarded sofa under which he hid her body near Lumb Lane.<\/p>\n

Her body was not found until March 26, 1978.<\/p>\n

Helen Rytka<\/h2>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 18<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe killed Helen Rytka, an 18-year-old sex worker from\u00a0Huddersfield. <\/p>\n

He struck Rytka on the head five times as she exited his vehicle, before stripping most of the clothes from her body, then repeatedly stabbing her in the chest. <\/p>\n

Her body was found three days later beneath railway arches in Garrards timber-yard, the exact location where he had committed the murder.<\/p>\n

Vera Millward<\/h3>\n

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Age: <\/strong>40<\/p>\n

Vera Millward was killed on May 16, 1978. <\/p>\n

Her body was found in the grounds of Manchester Royal Infirmary.<\/p>\n

Josephine Whitaker<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 19<\/p>\n

On April 4, 1979, Sutcliffe killed 19-year-old Josephine Whitaker.<\/p>\n

He attacked the building society clerk on Savile Park Moor in Halifax as she was walking home.<\/p>\n

Barbara Leach<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 20<\/p>\n

On September 1, 1979, Sutcliffe murdered 20-year-old Barbara Leach, a\u00a0Bradford University\u00a0student. <\/p>\n

Her body was dumped at the rear of 13 Ashgrove under a pile of bricks, close to the university and her lodgings. <\/p>\n

Marguerite Walls<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 47<\/p>\n

In April 1980, Sutcliffe was arrested for drink driving. <\/p>\n

While awaiting trial, he killed two more women – one of whom was 47-year-old Marguerite Walls on the night of August, 20, 1980.<\/p>\n

Her body was found in the garden of a house in New Street, Farsley, Leeds.<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Hill<\/h3>\n

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Age:<\/strong> 20<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe brutally murdered 20-year-old Jacqueline Hill, a student at Leeds University, who was his last victim.<\/p>\n

He killed her on the night of November 17, 1980. <\/p>\n

Hill's body was found on wasteland near the Arndale Centre.<\/p>\n