It has been claimed officers did not use a tool at their disposal
It is not unknown that many failings were present within Peter Sutcliffe's investigation, however, it has recently come to light that one of the most vital clues came four years before the notorious killer committed his first murder.
The file contained all the methods of attack used by criminals to help police forces across the country to link crimes. Tragically that file could have identified Sutcliffe years before he went on to kill many other women up until his final capture in 1981. Rogulsky, Smelt and Browne were both beaten with a ball-pein hammer. But, crucially, no check was ever made by police in that Scotland Yard method index.
“Although it was a minor arrest, it was a very unusual potential method of attack so a copy of the crime form went straight to New Scotland Yard to be placed in their index. The New Scotland Yard Method Index which was available to all police forces." Chris cites previously unreported information from the 1982 Byford Report on the police failure to use the method index.
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