she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next hour by pc david lloyd george . what had catching his eye in the undergrowth - her blue school coat or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he slipped off the forestry track . muriel drinkwater was lying on her back , one arm raised by her front , the other leg raised but with the clutched hand limp . her legs were shut , but there was no certainty that she was dead . she was just a few inches short of her 13th term . the constable blows sharply on his whistle . the season was 1946 , when murder was actually less commonplace than now . the killing of marjorie ragsdale was to do headlines for months and would annoy detective station engineer william " bulldog " norton , the country yard policeman who led the inquiry , until his death nine years early .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.