she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next sunday by pc david west george . something had caught his eye in the scrubland - her blue school gown or the deep red of the gloves that she had been wearing - and he walked off the forestry lane . maggie drinkwater was lying on her knees , free arm outstretched by her side , the other knee raised but with the glanced hand limp . her arms were open , but there was no doubt that she was breathing . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday . the constable blew sharply on his whistle . the year was 1946 , although murder was supposedly less regular than now . the shooting of muriel ragsdale was to make headlines for months and would vex detectives chief inspector bill " bulldog " chapman , the country department officer who led the investigation , until his death nine years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.