U.K.’s “Yorkshire Ripper” Serial Killer Peter Sutcliffe Dies

London (AP) -- The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a killing spree that bred fear across northern England in the late 1970s. He was 74.

Peter Sutcliffe was serving a life sentence for the killings of 13 women in Yorkshire and northwest England between 1975 and 1980. British media reported that he had refused treatment after testing positive for COVID-19 and was suffering from a number of underlying health conditions.