If the perpetrator was lying in wait as I believe he was, why select that certain spot? As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. And I also think there are likely more victims. This was a very small, close knit community and everybody knew everybody and everybodies business. Your email address will not be published. She was hoping in her lifetime to find out who killed her aunt. . Learn more about managing a memorial . I really appreciate your local insights. 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Officers are now examining a semen stain on Muriel's coat to see if it can be linked to Jones. She had been attacked on the lane and then she was dragged to where the body was left.". Muriel was seen at 2:30PM, singing as she exited the school bus. ", Muriel Drinkwater who was killed in June 1946. I have requested information regarding the cost of the re-investigation of Muriels murder since 2008. Welsh author Neil Milkinsargues that Harold Jones,a convicted murderer who killed two girls in Abertillery in 1921 when he was just 15 years old, was Muriels killer. Muriel Drinkwater - Swansea, 1946 On 27th June 1946, Margaret Drinkwater was making tea in the family farm house in Penllegaer near Swansea when she looked out of the window to see her daughter . People had forgotten it was there. In 2008, a DNA profile of the suspect . I wonder if there was a sketch done when Hoyles confronted a man weeks earlier. He agreed to give a DNA sample that could rule out Muriel's father from the investigation. Sorry I doubled up on some of the above but cant edit it. "[14][5], In 2020, the BBC One documentary Dark Land: Hunting the Killers suggested that Ronnie Harries could be the murderer. Over the years, South Wales Police have fought tooth and nail to prevent me gaining any information under the Freedom of Information Requests Act. 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The 73-year-old stain was discovered during a cold case review in 2003 and is thought to be one of the oldest pieces of evidence in the world. It is now more than 70 years since the 12-year-old schoolgirl was brutally raped, battered around the head . In 2008, a DNA profile of the suspect was extracted from her clothes, possibly the oldest one in the world to . Im not sure how much of a farming business the family had or if they just casually sold eggs like many people in the country do. [8] Scientists successfully retrieved a DNA profile from this stain. She was last seen at 2:30 p.m., singing as she headed for the one-mile walk to her family's home, Tyle-Du Farm. Police believed 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater (left) might have been a victim of a notorious serial killer Harold Jones when she was raped and murdered in 1946. Her route to her family's home Tyle-Du Farm entailed a mile-long journey that wove in and out of the woods. Thanks again and take care. Hi Neil. I suggest reaching out to a DNA expert and seeing what insight they might be able to provide. Accountant Graham Wildin built an incredible 10,000sq/ft leisure complex - which has a bowling alley, casino, a cinema and more - at the back of his home. Despite their inve. They also announced in May 2019 that Abertillery double child killer Harold Jones had also been cleared of Muriels murder. Muriel Drinkwater was raped and shot dead as she walked home from a school bus in Penllergaer, Swansea, Serial killer Harold Jones (pictured as a 15-year-old) killed two young girls when he was just 15 and was jailed for 20 years. It doesnt take much working out who the unnamed source with South Wales Police was! Martyn Lloyd-Evans again regarding the letter from D.C.Paul Rogers. In 2008,Detective Chief Inspector Paul Bethell located Muriels blue coat, underwear, and school uniform in police storage. "[4] Police also circulated photos of the United States Army-issued gun; notably, perspex had been used to modernise the original wooden stocks next to the grip. This will enable the police to identify Muriels murderer by taking and testing swabs from the perpetrators sons, grandsons, or even great-grandsons. First, I was told that South Wales Police werent obliged to say. She was still wearing her school uniform. On 27th June 1946 a school girl was walking through countryside on her way home. MLS breaks attendance records on the opening weekend of the new season as both Charlotte and Atlanta welcome over 67,000 fans - more than the average crowd at 13 NFL teams! Jones was released from prison in December of 1941, so he was a free man when Muriel was killed. I then appealed that decision and was shocked to be told that the information I requested had been eaten by vermin or had been damaged owing to a leaking roof. Over 20,000 men were interviewed about the crime . The killer was dubbed Jack The Stripper because of the way he left his victims. It was tracked down to a store room, in a current police station, in a very dark corner. The team tracked down Harries' cousin Lynn Hughes who described how the only child had been "spoilt" by his parents and was very "childish". Thanks again for sharing this. A familial DNA profile was extracted using a technique called Y-STR, but no match was found in the national DNA database. Or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Colin Dark suggested the possibillity of using D.N.A to identify who took the books into the shop with the hope of identifying the killer. She was buried at St David's Church in Penllergaer. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. I informed D.C.I. On June 27, 1946, 12-year-old Muriel made her way home from school in Penllergaer, Swansea (UK). Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. Another wait and see. A moment later, Muriels path wound into a thickly wooded area, and her mother returned to her chores in the kitchen. Muriel's death was known at the time as the Little Red Riding Hood Murder because of the bright red coat she was wearing. But Muriel, who was known locally as 'The Little Nightingale' because of her beautiful singing voice, never made it home. I think it was suggested that the police thought that the family knew more than they were letting on. Thank you for all your assistance in this matter, the information you have provided has proved to be very helpful. The reason given for sealing the files was that it could help the police catch the perpetrator. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. Two other specific persons of interest have been put forward. Also, it was near a Japanese plantation and the workers may have possibly assaulted her and the cigarette butts, bread and sweet wrappers may have come from the plantation. Investigators now allege theyve identified her murderer. Read about our approach to external linking. Regards. Detectives to revisit unsolved murder. If information comes in from the public or other forces we act on it. Roll on another 2 months for a denied request. Video, 00:01:18Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, One-minute World News. There are far too many retired people out there who want to write books about unsolved murders, trawling through these records and coming up with half-baked theories.. Police confirmed a cold case review on the stain found on Muriel's coat in 1946 had now been tested by forensics teams. You are talking about 74 years ago now and nothing has been able to close the matter.". I contacted D.S. Muriel was murdered 16 years before I was born, but it was a story I had heard from a young age. https://www.abc10.com/amp/article/news/crime/prison-inmate-accused-42-year-old-homicide-in-dixon-area/103-535ec3ad-2aa1-4d10-94a7-aafe4f6081ff, We are thrilled to announce that remains discovered in 2017 in Sanford, Maine at a building site have been identified. Brutally beaten, raped and shot twice, the discovery of Swansea schoolgirl Muriel Drinkwater 's body in 1946 horrified an entire community. 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The electoral register having been suspended because of the war means details are hazy about where he ended up - although he did eventually resurface in South London under the name Harry Stevens, leading some to believe he was also Jack The Stripper - the serial killer who battered and strangled a number of women across the capital during the 1960s. Video, 00:02:36, Up Next. "South Wales Police has had considerable success with cold case reviews being one of the first forces in the country to set up a review team in 1999 to conduct cold case reviews. Margaret went out into the yard and her and Muriel exchanged waves. Her blue coat, underwear and school uniform had been wrapped in a paper bag and stored. There were whispers that it was her stepfather that did it, although I believe John Drinkwater was her blood father. He described the search for the clothes that had been taken from the crime scene. The police think that Hoyles, who as mentioned above passed Muriel on her way home, encountered Muriels killer weeks before her death. "That sounds pompous, but I knew that really he was a simpleton, but I didn't detect any menace in him.". [13] However, in 2019, South Wales Police stated that forensic tests on the DNA "categorically confirm that Jones was not responsible for the murder of Muriel Drinkwater. Thought to be one of the oldest pieces of crime scene evidence in the world, it was initially used to rule from suspicion someone who had been spotted close to the woods on the afternoon Muriel was attacked. She was beaten, raped and shot twice just yards from her family's isolated farmhouse in 1946. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. However, in 2008, a team of retired detectives investigating cold cases found Drinkwater's clothes in storage. She was singing on the school bus with her friends, on the afternoon of June 27, 1946, when she was dropped on the side of the road near her family's farm on the outskirt of Swansea. It is frustrating that the Wales Online story of Saturday 7 November states the police have D.N.A. Muriel Drinkwater. [citation needed], In 2009, Welsh police began reinvestigating any link with the murder of 11-year-old Sheila Martin, who was raped and strangled 250 miles away in Sun Hill Wood, Fawkham Green, Kent, on 7 July 1946, ten days after Drinkwater's murder. A much loved, very kind and thoughtful person who did great things for people but never expected anything in return. Play it now! Then for 3 years he was registered at Colinette Road Putney as Harry Stevens. I would like to request an internal review of (an adverse) decision made by South Wales Police regarding information I requested on 28-6-21. However, what happened to Jones once he left Wandsworth jail in December 1941, aged 35, remains a mystery. On 28 June 2021, I sent the following Freedom of Information Request to South Wales Police. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. Thanks again ~ Christine, Your email address will not be published. Also, as I understand matters, members of Muriels family have given DNA samples to ascertain whether Muriels father may have killed her. During the course of the investigation the finger of blame had sometimes been pointed at Muriel's father, John. The savage nature of the attack stands out from other rapes. Regards. Video, 00:01:20WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other' Video, 00:00:36EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other', The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives. This true crime happened in Penllegaer Woods on the outskirts of Swansea in 1946. Her killer has never been caught and it remains among the most notorious unsolved murders in Welsh history you can read more of them here. The identity of the man who murdered a schoolgirl in 1946 remains a mystery after DNA left on her'little red riding hood' coat failed to link to a notorious child killer. Todays' video is about the true crime story of the unsolved murder of 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. I received the following letter from D.C. Paul Rogers on 6 December 2007. Forensic scientist Dr Colin Dark said that the stain had been found on the lower flap of Muriel's coat. On 30 March 2010 the Times Online quoted an unnamed police source with South Wales Police as saying: We have a real problem with amateur sleuths in this area. Harries was hanged in 1954 for the double murder of John and Phoebe Harries. profiling. Her mother seen her approaching 400 yards away, so perhaps she was a selected victim. Muriel was the same age as my Aunt Peggy and they went to Primary school together. 'Each case is reviewed periodically. We could see it [had been] in a police station, but as it closed, where did it go next? Elizabeth Muriel Greenshields Drinkwater . It is now more than 70 years since the 12-year-old schoolgirl was brutally raped, battered around the head and shot twice while walking home. Taking into consideration all of the above information and the decades that have passed since Muriel was killed, I think that the only way this case will be closed is through a familial DNA match. "My grandparents changed completely. Hi Neil. Although he was first registered at Widdows Fulham address at Hestercombe Avenue in 1947 as Harold Jones, the following years and up until 1962 he was registered as Harry Stevens. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. To see documentary google Dark Lands Muriel Drinkwater iplayer. Filmed as part of documentary Dark Land: Hunting the Killers, that is being shown on BBC Wales, the name of murderer Ronnie Harries, the last man to have been hanged in Carmarthen, has been put forward by the team that is headed by the former chief constable of Dyfed Powys Police Jackie Roberts. Swansea 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater, who was shot after being sexually assaulted in 1946 Now, a team of former detectives and crime experts have re-investigated the case, dubbed the 'Little. [11] Hoyles, who saw Drinkwater after buying eggs at her parents' farm, was cleared by the DNA evidence. Another witness came forward to tell the team that Ronnie Harries had worked on a farm in Penllergaer, evidence that was supported from a newspaper cutting at the time. It was the first time he had spoken publicly about the tragedy that haunts his family to this day. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater (Welsh: Llofruddiaeth Muriel Drinkwater),[2] also known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder, is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. Just before she entered the woods she looked up to see the farm in the distance. Thank you Christine. It is one of the oldest active cold cases in the United Kingdom. Moments before being brutally attacked, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater had waved to her mother, who stood at the kitchen window, as she made her way home from Gowerton High School along the long path that led to the family home. Victor said that the programme had made him suspicious as to whether Florences killer Harold Jones who had been released from a 20 year prison sentence in 1941 for the Abertillery murders was responsible for 12 year-old Muriel Drinkwaters death. More here: https://bit.ly/WoodlawnJaneDoe. Muriel Drinkwater was laying on her back, one arm outstretched by her side and the other slightly raised. Both girls were murdered in woods within a half mile of their homes. Just before his execution, Harries gave an extraordinary interview to the tabloid press from his jail cell. Muriel Drinkwater was born on January 12, 1906 in New York . Advertisement. I hope Margaret gets the answers she deserves sooner rather than later. I have a special interest in this case as I too was brought up in Penllergaer. The crime scene is a short distance from the farmhouse. Just a few thoughts, so we can deduce its a man, not too young to be weaker than Muriel, not to old because they would be frail, so we are saying middle aged man in 1946. Accountant Graham Wildin built an incredible 10,000sq/ft leisure complex - which has a bowling alley, casino, a cinema and more - at the back of his home. Video, 00:02:36Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? If you have any new information I would be extremely interested to hear it! Hi Sherlock. The new B.B.C. If true, it could have placed him in the area at the time of Muriel's murder. Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. Up Next. I personally think whoever did it was a true psychopath and he would probably of done something like it before and has done other crimes since. I was able to edit the comment for you before it went live.

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