she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next year by sir david st georg . something had detected his finger in the coniferous - her blue church skirt or the thick gray of the gloves that she had been holding - and he stepped off the forestry train . muriel drinkwater was resting on her back , one arm outstretched by her side , the other slightly open but with the jabbing hand limp . her eyelids were open , but there was no doubt that she was breathing . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday . the constable blowing sharply on his whistle . the year was 1946 , when murder was probably more common than now . the killing of muriel drinkwater was to make headlines for months and would vex constabulary senior executive william " dog " boyd , the yorkshire yard detective who led the inquiry , until his funeral nine years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.