Peter Sutcliffe was the newly-married former grave digger whose brutal reign of terror instilled unshakeable worry in the North of England as police failed to pick up the clues in their pursuit of the notorious murderer known as the Yorkshire Ripper. In all, 13 women were killed and seven more were viciously attacked, although police remain convinced the Yorkshire Ripper’s grim roll call of female victims remains higher. They were teenage girls, shop assistants, prostitutes, clerks. They were mothers, daughters, sisters, wives. And the broad spectrum of victims from various walks of life meant that no woman was safe with Sutcliffe at large. This is the timeline of Sutcliffe's twisted life: the attacks leading to his arrest and imprisonment and the name of every victim who had their lives brutally taken away by the killer:
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Sutcliffe would apparently wait more than a year before striking again. Irene Richardson, 28, a mother-of-two from Chapeltown, was killed on February 6, 1977. Pictured are three senior detectives leaving the scene after seeing her body. Patricia Atkinson, 32, a mother-of-three from Manningham, Bradford, was killed on April 24, 1977.
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It was Sutcliffe's fifth murder, that of 16-year-old Jayne MacDonald in June 1977, that saw the national press wake up to the fact a serial killer was on the loose. Jayne had recently left Allerton High School and had been enjoying a night out in Leeds city centre before walking home. Sutcliffe saw her walking along Chapeltown Road and followed her before attacking her. Her body was found the following morning.
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In September 1977 Sutcliffe and his wife Sonia moved to Garden Lane, Heaton, where he lived during the latter half of his killing spree. Just days later he carried out his first killing outside West Yorkshire - Jean Jordan, 21, a mother-of-two from Manchester, was killed between September 30 and October 11, 1977. Photo: SWNS
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Sutcliffe's seventh victim was 22-year-old Yvonne Pearson from Bradford.The young mother of two was working on Lumb Lane when she was picked up by Sutcliffe. They drove to Drummond's Mill where he attacked and killed her on January 21 1978. Her body was not found until March 1978.