They pieced together evidence from the time, used new forensic breakthroughs and links to other cases in the area to identify who they think murdered Muriel in the most horrific way. Thanks again ~ Christine, Your email address will not be published. She was singing . Update: I have left it two weeks for the . In 1946, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater was murdered in the woods of Swansea, Wales. Muriel was skipping through the woods on the afternoon of June 27, 1946, as she did every day on her way from school, when the summer's afternoon turned to tragedy. 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. Happier times: Alex Murdaugh, Maggie and their sons are the picture-perfect family in never-before-seen photos taken on a hunting trip just a few years before brutal slayings, 'Why isn't he being prosecuted?' The Crime Review Group already have the information that I request. [10], Police visited every house within 150 square miles and interviewed 20,000 men in Swansea and in neighbouring Aberdare and Carmarthenshire. And police now hope a stain on Muriel's coat will. 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater had only a mile to travel from the South Wales village of Penllergaer to the farm she lived on with her family. Now cutting-edge forensics to rival any TV thriller have identified her killers DNA, Unsolved: The Little Red Riding Hood murder, Muriel Drinkwater murder file is declared secret at request of police, The Disappearance of Audrey Moran and Jonathan Reynoso. Ms Darby says: "He denied killing his relatives at all. All Rights Reserved. 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. It is frustrating that the Wales Online story of Saturday 7 November states the police have D.N.A. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Video, 00:02:36, Up Next. 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. "That sounds pompous, but I knew that really he was a simpleton, but I didn't detect any menace in him.". [7], The next day, Drinkwater's body was found in the woods by a police inspector. A much loved, very kind and thoughtful person who did great things for people but never expected anything in return. Pinterest. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS. 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. Dubbed the 'Little Red Riding Hood murder', the. 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. I am awaiting D.N.A tests to be carried out on Harold Jones family members. On 27th June 1946 a school girl was walking through countryside on her way home. You are talking about 74 years ago now and nothing has been able to close the matter.". Bethell was thrilled to discover that on the back of the coat, a no-longer visible dried semen stain was circled with yellow crayon. Bethell sent the coat toDr. Colin Dark, and over the course of three years (MUCH longer than depicted on television and in the movies) Bethell analyzed the material and was able to extract enough fragments of DNA tosuccessfully create a Y-STR profile from the semen stain. Psychic Diane Lazarus Investigates Muriel Drinkwater Murder - YouTube 0:00 / 21:56 Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. With the help from a niece of Muriel Drinkwater I pursued my research which led to South Wales Police taking a D.N.A. She had been raped, bludgeoned about the head and shot twice in the chest. Photo added by Graceti. Jones and his wife Muriel hid a lot of secrets from their daughter and one of these secrets may have been Jones wasnt her father. But the mystery doesn't end there and the team want to unlock the mystery behind a book belonging to Muriel that turned up in a charity shop decades after her death. They never recovered. Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? A US Army Colt .45 service revolver was used to shoot Muriel Drinkwater, 12, in the chest, after her killer had beaten and raped her. Please let us know how it goes. 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. 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. Regards. 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Sometimes the rumours and suspicion in these unsolved cases does almost as much damage to the community as the crime itself. It became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder - but who killed Muriel Drinkwater? 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. Yet, despite their exhaustive enquiries - not to mention the discovery of the gun used in Muriel's shooting - the culprit managed to evade justice. "The farm was a painful place for my grandparents to be," said Martin, who still keeps a little battleship toy that Muriel had given him. In the programme, former Dyfed Powys chief constable Jackie Roberts travelled to met him and he told her how his grandparents (Muriel's parents) had changed after the murder. This was no spur of the moment event. Updated: August 30, 2013 . true crime. People had forgotten it was there. In mid 2007, I had extensive contact with Detective Constable Paul Rogers of the London Metropolitan Police. 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. Murder of 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946 is being probed 73 years later Police thought a stain on Muriel's coat would link death to Harold Jones But they have now confirmed a test. Chief Inspector Bethell aptly explains, Re-opening the case is as much about proving who didnt do it, as who did. Remember that Hoyles was suspected of Muriels murder for decades and lived under a cloud suspicion that followed him everywhere he travelled in his small village. There was another murder in 1943. 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. DNA was found on evidence & matched a man already in prison. Thanks again! If you have any new information I would be extremely interested to hear it! 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. That DNA was initially used to rule from suspicion someone who had been spotted close to the woods on the afternoon Muriel was attacked. It was the first time he had spoken publicly about the tragedy that haunts his family to this day. ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM. On June 27, 1946, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater made her way home from school in Penllergaer, Swansea (UK). 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. Adding: Please may I make a comment that the information that I request would be available via computer in an instant. But Muriel, who was known locally as 'The Little Nightingale' because of her beautiful singing voice, never made it home. ', Glamorgan Police and men of the 169th Bomb Disposal Unit make a break for a meal during their search for evidence after her murder on June 27, 1946, Jones, originally of Abertillery, South Wales, is a suspect in the killings of six women in London in the 1960s. There is no doubt about that.". 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We got a partial profile, given that it was the oldest cold case with a semen stain on it that we had been working on.". Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. Video, 00:01:18Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, One-minute World News. [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. "My grandparents changed completely. Investigators now allege theyve identified her murderer. Her blue coat, underwear and school uniform had been wrapped in a paper bag and stored. In the days and weeks that followed, police officers visited every farmhouse and cottage within 150 square miles, along with interviewing 20,000 men in Swansea, Aberdare and Carmarthenshire. Hi Christine. And four months after Jones left the army Muriel was raped and shot dead as she walked home from a school bus in Penllergaer, Swansea. A moment later, Muriels path wound into a thickly wooded area, and her mother returned to her chores in the kitchen. "All historic murder cases, or 'cold cases', are allocated to the Specialist Crime Review Unit and remain under active consideration and will be subject of re-investigation as and when new information is received or when there are advances in forensic science. They had been regular churchgoers, but stopped going to church and moved away from the farm within two years of the murder. She disappeared around the bend into some more dense undergrowth. They visited the Carmarthen bookshop to identify if the killers family had taken the books there. Just put my name in Facebook bar. Video, 00:00:36Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. I contacted D.S. On this podcast episode, we cover the unsolved cold case of Muriel Drinkwater. I personally think it was someone still in the area from the Second World war. Harries bludgeoned two of his relatives to death with a hammer when they wouldn't let him borrow their car. 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. The reason given for sealing the files was that it could help the police catch the perpetrator. The savage nature of the attack stands out from other rapes. Muriel Joan Drinkwater was raped in Penllergaer Woods, beaten about the head with a blunt instrument and then shot with a World War I Colt 45 on 27 June 1946. "I found the original clothing," he said. Talk about a case hitting close to home for you! Wales documentary screened at 10.30pm on Sunday 8 November 2020 spent a full 5 minutes suggesting that 2 books found in a Carmarthen bookshop recently had been taken from Muriels schoolbag in 1946 as trophies by the killer. Muriel Drinkwater was a young Welsh schoolgirl. It was supposed to have been abandoned in 1944 but I know there were GIs who married Swansea girls still around in 1946. Video, 00:00:42, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race. [9] Detectives from Scotland Yard came to Swansea to assist in the investigation. South Wales Police said: "All historic murder cases, often referred to in the media as cold cases, are allocated to the Specialist Crime Review Unit and remain under active consideration and will be subject of re-investigation as and when new information is received or when there are advances in forensic science. For decades, a key person of interest in Muriels murder has been Hubert Hoyles. Martin well remembers a young girl who was "always full of life" and would always be skipping and singing. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater ,[2] also known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder, is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. Video, 00:01:28, The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Jones was only 15 when he killed eight-year-old Freda Burnell, who'd been sent by her father to buy bird seed from the store where Jones was working. 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? 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. 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 currently one of the oldest active cold cases in the UK. "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. The last person who reported seeing her was Hubert Hoyles, then 13, who passed her on the path returning from her family farm, where he had gone to buy eggs. My enquiries are now complete and have led me to believe that Harold Jones would have presented a danger to young girls throughout his life All relevant information has now been presented to South Wales Police, Major Crime Review Unit,who are currently in the process of making further inquiries into the murder of Muriel Drinkwater. If information comes in from the public or other forces we act on it. Was a local stalking Muriel? 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. It is currently one of the oldest active cold cases in the UK. In 2008,Detective Chief Inspector Paul Bethell located Muriels blue coat, underwear, and school uniform in police storage. Thank you for all your assistance in this matter, the information you have provided has proved to be very helpful. 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. He died at that address in 1971. The perpetrator left cigarette stubs, sweet wrappers, and pieces of bread at the scene of the crime, which the authorities have said indicates that he was waiting in the dense woods for his chance to strike. 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