she was then found at 10 . 35am the next day by ds david lloyd john . something had caught his eye in the undergrowth - her blue school skirt or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he stumbled off the railway lane . daphne ragsdale was still on her backside , each side outstretched by her side , the other leg raised but with the gloved thumb limp . her eyes were wide , but there was no doubt that she was dead . she was just a few weeks early of her 13th birthday . the constable blew sharply on his whistle . the year was 1946 , while murder was supposedly less commonplace than now . the burial of muriel drinkwater was to cause headlines for months and would origami detective sergeant examiner william " fox " chapman , the scotland office detective who led the commission , until his demise nine years previously .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.