He could possibly be a rival farmer and or business owner, we can tell the Drinkwaters run a business due to the fact that Hoyles bought eggs from Margaret Drinkwater, near to the death of Muriel Drinkwater. Now cutting-edge forensics to rival any TV thriller have identified her killers DNA Daily Mail article, Unsolved: The Little Red Riding Hood murder Sword and Scale article, Muriel Drinkwater murder file is declared secret at request of police The Sunday Times article. Murder. Well here is the TRUTH. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Some companies will provide you with upto 6 generations. She was shot twice in the chest. He said, ``She was regularly seen walking, skipping and singing in the woods as she made her way each day from her home to the . Request number 772/21. The Photo Request has been fulfilled. 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. On July 7, 1946, eleven-year-old Sheila Martin was raped and strangled in woods near her home in Dartford. This seems like a dubious connection because there is roughly 230 miles (370 kilometres) between Dartford and Penllergaer,but on the day of Sheilas murder a large race meeting was held at Brands Hatch with over 9,000 attendees, one of whom could have been both Muriel and Shielas killer. And police now hope a stain on Muriel's coat will. "Looking through the paper work, we could see the materials had left the crime scene, where it had gone, where it had been examined. Hi Neil. [4], More than 3,000 mourners attended Drinkwater's funeral on 2 July. 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[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. All the best with pursuing answers in this case, and please keep us updated. I am making a F.O.I. On this occasion he was rude to me claiming that he knew nothing about any information sent to South Wales Police from D.C. Paul Rogers. Video, 00:01:18Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, One-minute World News. 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Police believed 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater might have been a victim of a known serial killer when she was raped and murdered in 1946. Hi Neil. Victor told me that he had seen a T.V. Dubbed the 'Little Red Riding Hood murder', the 12-year-old had been killed amongst the undergrowth at Penllergaer Woods whilst on her way home from school one June afternoon. The crime scene is a short distance from the farmhouse. Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? He stated he had long been suspected by some locals of being the murderer and was happy to clear his name. Ms Drinkwater was seen by her mother in the distance. ~ Christine. Todays' video is about the true crime story of the unsolved murder of 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946. Video, 00:01:20, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other' Video, 00:00:36, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other', The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives. She was buried at St David's Church in Penllergaer. Over 20,000 men were interviewed about the crime . Video, 00:00:36Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Hi Neil. [6] On 27 June 1946, Muriel took the school bus home from Gowerton Grammar School. On June 27, 1946, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater made her way home from school in Penllergaer, Swansea (UK). Medicaid to cut 14 MILLION Americans from health coverage as states crack down on eligibility for the first time in three years after numbers soared during COVID - so are you at risk? Video, 00:02:56, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. "I was about nine at the time and he was about twice my age, but I felt, at nine, that I was his intellectual superior," he said. [4] In 2019, the DNA was used to rule out notorious Welsh murderer Harold Jones as a suspect. Hi Nicola. Swansea 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater, who was shot after being sexually assaulted in 1946, Officers searching the farmland in the days after the murder, Muriel's schoolmates with flowers for her grave, A picture of the gun police believe was used, Harold Jones, a convicted child killer who was also a suspect in Muriel's killing, Ronnie Harries, the last man to be sentenced to death in Carmarthen, The book that was found in a charity shop. If you have any information about Muriels murder, please contact the South Wales Policevia email at[emailprotected], Mystery of 1946 murder in woods BBC News article, The real waking the dead: This schoolgirls savage murder has mystified police for 62 years. On his way home, he passed Muriel as she walked along the path. 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. . 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. More recently, however, it was tested against the DNA of one Harold Jones, a convicted double child murderer who slayed two similarly young girls in Abertillery in the 1920s, to see if he might be the perpetrator. There was a camp a mile away in Grovesend. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Talk about a case hitting close to home for you! Photo added by Graceti. First he lived in Fulham with a former London Metropolitan Police officer John Widdows and his daughter Muriel whom he married in 1948. Muriel was seen at 2:30PM, singing as she exited the school bus. She had been raped, bludgeoned about the head and shot twice in the chest. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Birth: 16 Jan 1878: Police are closer than ever to finding her killer. OnJune 27, 1946, twelve-year-old Muriel Drinkwater made her way home from school inPenllergaer, Swansea. In 1946, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater was murdered in the woods of Swansea, Wales. "We realise whoever did this might be dead, but if he is alive and in his 80s or even 90s we would like to see him behind bars," said Muriel's great-niece Claire Phillips, speaking about developments last October. Update: I have left it two weeks for the . taken from Jones one and only child, a daughter. 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. There is little doubt that Muriels murderer was lying in wait, just counting the minutes until he could commit his heinous crime. On 29 August 2021, I sent the following email to Freedom Of Information at South Wales Police. She was hoping in her lifetime to find out who killed her aunt. . He could not be placed at the scene, and the DNA ruled him out of the investigation. The case became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder. Margaret went out into the yard and her and Muriel exchanged waves. They had been regular churchgoers, but stopped going to church and moved away from the farm within two years of the murder. ', Sister of murdered Idaho student Kalyee Goncalves gives birth to baby girl and gives it middle name 'MaddieKay' in tribute to her and slain best friend Maddie Mogen, CDC issues 'serious public health alert' over nationwide spike in drug-resistant stomach bug that infects half a million Americans each year, Mark Walhberg is SLAMMED for presenting SAG Award to Asian cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once following his hate crime conviction for assaulting Asian men in 1988. 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. Muriel Joan Drinkwater was the youngest daughter of four born to Margaret and John Percival Drinkwater, a smallholder and forestry worker in Swansea, Wales. The unanswered question, however, is whether or not the killer was specifically waiting for Muriel or if any girl or woman who happened by would have made a suitable target. Muriel Drinkwater was laying on her back, one arm outstretched by her side and the other slightly raised. Will do Christine. [7], The next day, Drinkwater's body was found in the woods by a police inspector. Something went wrong, please try again later. Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. You can Google ones in your area or check out Twitter (but I recommend checking their credentials). The comments below have not been moderated. Interesting case Christine. Thanks again and take care. That DNA was initially used to rule from suspicion someone who had been spotted close to the woods on the afternoon Muriel was attacked. In fact, it was recently used to identifyJoseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer who is thought to be responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s in the United States. I am awaiting D.N.A tests to be carried out on Harold Jones family members. Muriels nieces family took the books to the bookshop after Muriels brother-in-law died last year. Advertisement. Psychic Diane Lazarus. Muriel Jean Drinkwater Birth unknown Death 1983 Burial. The killer was dubbed Jack The Stripper because of the way he left his victims. Her route to her family's home Tyle-Du Farm entailed a mile-long journey that wove in and out of the woods. Her name was written in copper plate, Muriel J Drinkwater, and they were examined by the forensic expert who did some incredible work for us, and was able to find this full crime stain on the back of Muriel's little school mac. Her mother seen her approaching 400 yards away, so perhaps she was a selected victim. "Due to advances in forensic technology we have been able to look again at evidence from the murder in 1946 and I am now able to rule him out completely as a suspect in this case. See link to Jones and other murders. Why on earth would the police continue to stonewall after all these decades? We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. In 2007 whilst researching for my 2008 True Crime book Every Mothers Nightmare Abertillery in Mourning, which dealt with the murders of two Abertillery school-girls in 1921, I received a surprise visit from Victor Penaluna, a cousin of the second Abertillery victim Florence Little aged 11. 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. Police believe 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater might have been a victim of a notorious serial killer when she was raped and murdered in 1946. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. But they said the results now ruled out Jones as a suspect in her murder. It was the 75th anniversary this year, and still we are no nearer to finding her killer. <p>The school bus dropped Muriel Drinkwater at her usual stop, leaving her to walk the last part of her journey home to the family farm in Penllergaer, West Wales. Can you explain please. To see documentary google Dark Lands Muriel Drinkwater iplayer. I am not a DNA scientist so sadly I cannot answer this question for you. [8][4], In 2003, detectives re-opened the case in the hope of finding DNA evidence on the gun, but were not successful as too many people had handled the weapon. Business class plane passenger refuses to give up his seat so a man could sit next to his wife on her birthday - selfish or fair enough? SOUTH Wales Police's Specialist Crime Review Unit has been investigating the murder of 12 year-old Muriel Drinkwater whose body was found in Penllergaer Woods, Swansea in 1946. She said: "He came to public attention in the early 1950s when he was convicted of murdering an older couple. Great questions! Nevertheless, the FBI was called in to assist with determining the ownership of the murder weapon, but nothing seems to have ever transpired from this lead. Jones was released from prison in December of 1941, so he was a free man when Muriel was killed. Thanks again for sharing this. I guess a DNA test of Sheila Martin must have been taken to see if it was the same person. Her mother was in the kitchen and . Was a local stalking Muriel? Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. An amazing campaign by Neil Milkins, but unfortunately, no breakthrough for Muriel. The gym is tucked away in an unsuspecting industrial estate in the Swansea Valley and is run by a world-champion strongman who wants as many people as possible to feel included in his beloved sport. 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. I have spoken to former D.C.I Paul Bethel and given him this information. Thank you for listening to this episode of The True Crime Files. programme called Crime Secrets presented by H.T.Vs Jonathan Hill. 2023 The True Crime Files. Roll on another 2 months for a denied request. Muriel was murdered 16 years before I was born, but it was a story I had heard from a young age. I contacted Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans (now retired) of South Wales Police by phone and had a friendly conversation with him about Victor Penalunas suspicions. And no idea and Japanese workers. In 2008, a DNA profile of the suspect . Heres hoping one day soon Muriel gets some semblance of justice. 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