she was finally found at 10 . 35am the second evening by pc john lloyd constantine . something had found his eye in the overgrown - her blue work dress or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he stepped off the cycle trail . muriel denson was lying on her front , one arm outstretched by her side , the other fully raised but with the cuffed hand limp . her eyes were open , but there was no doubt that she was ill . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th year . the constable blew steadily on his whistle . the year was 1946 , during murder was generally longer commonplace than now . the murderer of joan baily was to make reports for months and would vex detective chief inspector george " tank " chapman , the scotland office inspector who led the investigating , until his death four years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.