she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next day by pc david lloyd george . it had caught his eyes in the dense - her blue school coat or the deep red of the jacket that she had been holding - and he steps off the forestry track . muriel baily was lying on her back , one arm outstretched by her front , the other slightly open but with the fists fingertips limp . her eyes were glazed , but there was no sign that she was lying . she was just a few minutes short of her 13th date . the constable blew softly on his whistle . the year was 1946 , when murder was really less common than now . the death of madeleine baillie was to making headlines for miles and would vex detective head inspector william " rat " chapman , the scotland police detective whose guided the commission , until his death nine years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.