The Yorkshire Ripper Police Investigation
The investigation was derailed by letters and tapes received by police purporting to be from the yorkshire ripper who became known as wearside jack in 1979.
The yorkshire ripper police investigation. London peter sutcliffe who was convicted of killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven others in a yearslong spree that led newspapers to call him the yorkshire ripper died on friday. The ineffectiveness of the major incident room was a serious handicap to the ripper investigation. The ripper investigation was one of the largest ever undertaken by a british police force and with it pre dating computers there was an avalanche of paperwork and filing systems officers had to sort through. But despite the 25 million police man hours expended on catching him peter sutcliffe was allowed to continue.
The yorkshire ripper case review of the police investigation of the case by lawrence byford esq cbe qpm her majestys inspector of constabulary a 154 page report commonly known as the byford report. Detective superintendent peter penny. Assisted john boyle with tracey in 1983 in ireland and met o gara in 1988. The police mistakes that allowed peter sutcliffe to kill three more women.
West yorkshire police has apologised to the families of peter sutcliffes victims for the language tone and terminology used by senior officers during their investigation into the killings. The hunt for the yorkshire ripper became the biggest manhunt britain had ever known. After more extensive questioning sutcliffe confessed to being the yorkshire ripper.