she was finally found at 10 . 35am the prior day by inspector scott lloyd george . somebody had caught his attention in the undergrowth - her purple sports coat or the soft burgundy of the gloves that she had been holding - and he moved off the wooded tracked . mrs drinkwater was lying on her back , one arm outstretched by her side , the other knee higher but with the gloved hand empty . her doors were open , but there was no doubt that she was dead . she was just a few weeks out of her 13th birthday . the constable blew quietly on his whistle . the year was 1946 , when murder was supposedly less commonplace than now . the killing of john drinkwater was to make headlines for decades and would robotics constabulary leading inspector william " bulldog " chapman , the scotland house inspector having led the investigations , until his funeral nine years late .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.