Peter Sutcliffe

Peter William Sutcliffe (June 2, 1946 – November 13, 2020), also known as Peter William Coonan, was an English serial killer who was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper by the press. On 22 May 1981, Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others. He was sentenced to 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. All except two of his murders took place in West Yorkshire; the others were in Manchester.
Sutcliffe died in hospital on November 13, 2020, where he is said to have refused treatment for COVID-19 after having previously returned to HMP Frankland following treatment for a suspected heart attack two weeks prior. Sutcliffe also had a number of other underlying health problems.
Category:Last Name Sutcliffe
Category:Born 1946
Category:Died 2020