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Where is Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe buried – and how did the serial killer die?

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Peter Sutcliffe, which happened on May 22 1981, is likely to remain a difficult day for the families.The "Yorkshire Ripper", who renamed himself Peter Coonan and died in 2020, was sentenced to 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment for the murders of 13 innocent women after he was caught in January 1981.His crimes struck fear into many in the Yorkshire area where he committed his crimes.

Protests that arose when he was still at large raised important points about feminism and male violence towards women into the public eye.

The investigation into him was criticised by radio reporter Joan Smith, who said there was "victim blaming" by police, after she interviewed survivors before he was caught.

She said to the BBC: "There were no women involved in this case at all - all the detectives were male, virtually all the reporters were male… I felt that right from the beginning women didn't have a voice." Sutcliffe, believed to have attacked another seven women, worked as an HGV driver and the shocking evil of his crimes continued to disgust the British public long after his conviction right up until his death.Peter Sutcliffe died in hospital in 2020 aged 74 after it is said he refused to have treatment for Covid-19.A report into his death found he was not able to call his wife before he died on November 13, 2020.

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