she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next day by pc david hudson constantine . something had catches his ear in the vegetation - her blue school jacket or the sharp red of the jacket that she had been wearing - and he stepped off the forestry tracked . muriel drinkwater was lying on her belly , each fist outstretched by her side , the other slightly raised but with the gloved hand limp . her eyes were open , but there was no doubt that she was dead . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday . the constable blew sharply on his whistle . the year was 1946 , when rape was supposedly less commonplace than now . the disappearance of marjorie esq. was to make print for months and would vex chief chief inspector william " bulldog " taylor , the scotland yard detective that led the inquiry , until his death nine years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.