she was later found at 10 . 35am the next day by pm david saint jones . something had taken his eye in the undergrowth - her blue school coat or the deep yellow of the trousers that she had been wearing - and he stepped off the forestry track . muriel taggart was lying on her rear , one arm outstretched by her side , the other still raised but with the fingertips hand extended . her eyes were open , but there was no sign that she was alive . she was just a few moments forward of her 13th birthday . the constable blew sharply on his whistle . the year was 1946 , when murder was supposedly less commonplace than now . the killing of muriel mcadam was to making headlines for hours and now vex detective chief inspectors henry " bulldog " chapman , the scotland station clerk who led the investigate , until his retirement nine years late .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.