Sweden - Peter Sutcliffe being looked at re murders of 2 women in 1980

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe is being investigated over the murders of two women in Sweden, it was reported yesterday.

The serial killer was named by British police to their foreign counterparts as a possible suspect, according to the Swedish tabloid Kvallsposten.

Detectives are said to have enquired about the murders of a 31-year-old woman found dead in Gothenburg in August 1980, and a 26-year-old woman found dead in Malmo a month later. Both bodies were found on building sites.

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Serial killer Sutcliffe has been named by British police to their Swedish counterparts as a possible suspect in the deaths, according to local newspaper Kvallsposten.

An active investigation is reportedly underway after it was revealed a single hair found on the body of one of the victims has been preserved and could provide DNA proof of the killer's identity.

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