Ripper victim Marguerite Walls body found

Title

Ripper victim Marguerite Walls body found

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:01:35

Description

Interview with Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Hobson of West Yorkshire Police, about the discovery of a woman’s body at a house in New Street, Farsley, near Leeds (20/08/80). Male interviewer not identified. (The woman was later named as 47-year-old Marguerite Walls the twelfth victim of serial killer, the Yorkshire Ripper, later identified as Peter Sutcliffe).

Contributors

James Hobson

Keywords

Homicide; Murderers; Yorkshire Ripper; Peter Sutcliffe; Criminal investigation; Leeds; Dead bodies; Marguerite Walls; Farsley

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