The daughter of the Yorkshire Ripper's first murder victim is believed to have killed herself, it has been revealed.
Sonia Newlands, 39, was found dead at her home in Leeds.
Her mother, Wilma McCann, was the first of 13 women to be killed by Peter Sutcliffe.
The 28-year-old was attacked with a hammer and stabbed several times on playing fields in Leeds in October 1975.
Seven-year-old Sonia was the oldest of four children that Mrs McCann left behind on a council estate in the city.
It is believed that Miss Newlands hanged herself after suffering years of torment following her mother's murder.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "At 9.28am on Wednesday December 19, officers found the body of a 39-year-old woman. There were no suspicious circumstances."
Her funeral is expected to take place early next month.
Miss Newlands, who used her mother's maiden name, battled alcohol addiction in a rehabilitation centre before her death.
Sutcliffe murdered 12 more women between 1976 and 1980 and is now held in Broadmoor Hospital.
