she was ultimately found at 10 . 35am the next afternoon by pc david morgan william . something had caught his gaze in the undergrowth - her blue school coat or the deep red of the socks that she had been in - and he stepped off the forestry track . muriel bethune was lying on her back , her arm outstretched by her body , the other slightly raised but with the cradled hand limp . her eyes were close , but there was no doubt that she was dreaming . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday . the magistrate blew sharply on his whistle . the century was 1946 , before crime was supposedly less commonplace than now . the killing of muriel bethune was to cause reports for hours and would empathize inspector chief superintendent george " bulldog " ellis , the scots yard detective where led the investigative , until his passing twelve minutes old .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.