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The Yorkshire Ripper
  • Portrait of British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. 'The Yorkshire Ripper,' on his wedding day, August 10, 1974. (Photo by Express Newspapers)
  • British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, a.k.a. 'The Yorkshire Ripper,' in police custody, 1983. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)
  • Peter Sutcliffe the Yorkshire ripper handcuffed leaving court msi January 5th 1981 A 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford, suspected of carrying out 13 murders across West Yorkshire over the past five years, has appeared in court. Peter William Sutcliffe, of 6 Garden Lane, Bradford, is accused of murdering 20-year-old university student Jacqueline Hill, who was killed in Leeds seven weeks ago. (Photo by Stone Peter/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • (Original Caption) A hooded Peter Sutcliffe, 35, the man accused of the Ripper Murders, appears here, being escorted by police into the Dewsbery Court to be charged with murder of the 13th victim of the "Yorkshire Ripper."
  • Scenes outside the Old Bailey during the trial of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, 29th April 1981. (Photo by John Varley/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
  • Helen Rytka, victim of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe, a Bradford lorry driver, was charged with the murder of 13 women, and the attempted murder of seven others. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Yvonne Pearson, victim of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe, a Bradford lorry driver, was charged with the murder of 13 women, and the attempted murder of seven others. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Vera Millward, victim of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe, a Bradford lorry driver, was charged with the murder of 13 women, and the attempted murder of seven others. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • The detached home in Garden Lane, Bradford of Peter Sutcliffe, the serial killer who was dubbed "The Yorkshire Ripper". (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Marguerite Walls, the twelfth murder victim of Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Police use metal detectors in a field in Bingley, near to the home of Peter Sutcliffe, the man who is accused of being the serial killer, the "Yorkshire Ripper" (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • (Original Caption) January 5, 1981 - Bradford, England: This retouched photo shows Peter Sutcliffe, 35, at the wheel of his truck. It is a file photo. Sutcliffe was arrested by police January 2, 1981 and charged with the slaying of Jacqueline Hall, the last of the victims of the so-called "Yorkshire Ripper."
  • 02/09/1979 - ON THIS DAY IN 1979 - Jacqueline Hill, the 13th and last known victim of the Yorkshire Ripper, is found dead in Leeds PA NEWS PHOTO 19/11/80 A LIBRARY PHOTO OF THE 13TH VICTIM OF THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER, JACQUELINE HILL A LEEDS UNIVERSITY STUDENT (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)
  • Photograph of Peter Sutcliffe (1946-) an English serial killer who was dubbed the "Yorkshire Ripper" by the press. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
  • She was his twelfth victim (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
  • Police hustling a blanket covered figure away from Dewsbury Town Hall in Dewsbury, Monday, Jan. 5, 1981 after Peter William Sutcliffe was charged at a special court with the murder last November of 20 year old Jacqueline Hill, a third year student at Leeds University. Sutcliffe, a 35-year old married lorry driver of Garden Lane, Heaton, Bradford, was remanded in custody for eight days. (AP Photo)

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