Twelve of the thirteen victims of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, who has died in hospital. Top row (left to right) Wilma McCann, Emily Jackson, Irene Richardson and Patricia Atkinson. Middle row (left to right) Jayne McDonald, Jean Jordan, Yvonne
YORKSHIRE Ripper Peter Sutcliffe’s five-year reign of terror claimed the lives of 13 women, 12 of whom are pictured here.
They were:
- Wilma McCann, 28, from Chapeltown, Leeds, who was killed in October 1975.
- Emily Jackson, 42, a prostitute and mother-of-three from Morley, Leeds. Killed on January 20, 1976.
- Irene Richardson, 28, a mother-of-two from Chapeltown, Leeds. Killed on February 6, 1977.
- Patricia Atkinson, 32, a mother-of-three from Manningham, Bradford. Killed on April 24, 1977.
- Jayne MacDonald, 16, a shop assistant from Leeds. Killed on June 26, 1977.
- Jean Jordan, 21, from Manchester, who died between September 30 and October 11, 1977.
- Yvonne Pearson, 22, from Bradford. Murdered between January 20 and March 26, 1978.
- Helen Rytka, 18, from Huddersfield. Murdered on January 31, 1978.
- Vera Millward, 40, a mother-of-seven from Manchester, who was killed on May 16, 1978.
- Josephine Whitaker, 19, a building society worker from Halifax. Killed on April 4, 1979.
- Barbara Leach, 20, a student who was murdered while walking in Bradford on September 1, 1979.
- Marguerite Walls, 47, a civil servant from Leeds who was murdered on August 20, 1980
- Jacqueline Hill, 20, a student, who was found at Headingley on November 16, 1980.
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