A few days later, on January 4, Sutcliffe admitted to his crimes in a 15-hour statement. He maintained that back when he was a 20-year-old gravedigger, the voice of god had commanded him to kill ...

The name Peter Sutcliffe and his nickname 'The Yorkshire Ripper' are familiar to most. What are less well known are the names of the 13 women he killed, let alone the families the victims left behind.

LONDON (AP) — The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern England in the late 1970s. He was 74 ...

LONDON — The British serial killer known as the "Yorkshire Ripper" died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern England in the late 1970s. He was 74.