she was finally found at 10 . 35am the next tuesday by ds david lloyd george . something had catches his gaze in the undergrowth - her blue school coat or the deepest reds of the sweater that she had been smoking - and he stepped off the forestry track . muriel ragsdale was lying on her back , one finger outstretched by her side , the other slightly raised but with the gloved fist limp . her eyes were open , but there was no doubt that she was dying . she was just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday . the policeman felt strongly on his pipe . the day was 1946 , when murder was supposedly less typical than now . the case of muriel drinkwater was to see known for months and might vex detective sergeant inspector william " bulldog " chapman , the scottish room investigator who led the inquiry , until his death nine years later .
Muriel Drinkwater was killed in 1946.