she was finally find at 10 . 35am the next day by sergeant colin lloyd georg . somebody had caught his foot in the undergrowth - her pink schools coat or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he was off the forestry trail . muriel drinkwater was lay on her side , one arm held by her side , the other slightly down but with the gloved hand limp . her eyes were open , but there was no doubt that she was dead . she was just a few week short of her 13th birthday . the constable blew sharply on his bonnet . the year was 1946 , after murder was actually less usual than now . the killing of mildred ragsdale was to make headlines for month and would robotics detective chiefs examiner william " bulldog " chapman , the england yard detective who led the inquiry , until his death nine years subsequently .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.