Posted: Fri 14 Aug, 2009 10:40 pm
Misc wrote: It seems Sutcliffe may have confessed to Debra's murder when Keith Helliwell spoke to him with regard to a number of unsolved crimes in the 1990s?Debra's killing wasn't a typical Sutcliffe attack so you would assume there must be some compelling reason to suggest that Sutcliffe could be charged with her murder in an attempt to keep him in prison.Her death was a horrible one, and I hope whoever is responsible will one day be held to account. Hi Misc,Debra was indeed one of the list of 20 unsolved attacks and murders that Hellawell thought may have been the work of Sutcliffe, but he didn't confess to her's. He did however, at long last, confess to his attack on Tracy Browne, a 14 year old girl, near Silsden on 27th August 1975. Tracy's photofit of her attacker is chilling, almost like looking at a photo of Sutcliffe himself. Later, during the ripper enquiry, she and her mother tried to bring this to the attention of the police, but weren't taken seriously as the cops believed, at the time, that the ripper only attacked prostitutes and only in the big cities. Sadly they were wrong on all counts and yet another opportunity to catch the b*stard was lost.He also confessed to an attack on a Leeds student, Maureen Lea, on 25th October 1980. West Yorks. Police have gone on record stating that in the event of Sutcliffe ever being found eligible for parole, they are confident that they could bring new charges against him in regards to Debra's murder and the attack on Ms Lea.Thankyou for your interest and your reply,Cheers,Han.