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Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. As Assistant Chief Constable, Oldfield took the lead in the police inquiry when, starting in 1975, several women were found murdered or horrifically injured in Leeds and Bradford.
Oct 23, 2023 · West Yorkshire Police was notoriously misled after being distracted by a hoax in their search for killer Peter Sutcliffe. Constable George Oldfield became obsessed with the case, and in...
An article in The Sunday Times back in the early 1980s told of West Yorkshire Police Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield's view. ‘Oldfield conceded to us that there is not one Ripper, but - at least - two.’ It’s believed that many people involved in the investigation shared Oldfield’s view, mainly based on the blood/DNA evidence.
Feb 24, 2022 · Updated: 10:08, 24 Feb 2022. THE Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe went down in history as one of the most vicious killers, brutally murdering 13 women. George Oldfield was the lead...
In June 1979, Oldfield personally received a mailed tape recording and letters claiming to have been from the Yorkshire Ripper. It was later discovered that these were sent by hoaxer John Humble...
Sep 29, 2023 · Several women had been attacked or killed, and Oldfield confirmed that the police believed the crimes were being committed by the same person (giving rise to the Yorkshire Ripper moniker).
Feb 4, 2021 · But this resemblance and other signs pointing to Sutcliffe were repeatedly dismissed because they didn’t fit lead investigator George Oldfield’s belief that the killer was from the northeast...
