Thank you so much for this detailed update. Photo added by Tracey. It was the 75th anniversary this year, and still we are no nearer to finding her killer. Some people turn to the murder weapon for answers and suggest that the killer was either an American serviceman who had previously been stationed at Penllergaer or that an American soldier may have sold the gun to the perpetrator in the village. Fingers crossed that one day a DNA match can give us the breakthrough needed to solve this case. In the programme, former Dyfed Powys chief constable Jackie Roberts travelled to met him and he told her how his grandparents (Muriel's parents) had changed after the murder. Her parents Harold and Muriel Jones/Stevens kept a lot of secrets from this daughter one of which may be that she wasnt Harolds daughter. Forensic historian Nell Darby found similarities in the case of Muriel Drinkwater and the later Ronnie Harries farmhouse murders in old newspaper articles from the time. She was hoping in her lifetime to find out who killed her aunt. Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater had only a mile to travel from the South Wales village of Penllergaer to the farm she lived on with her family. The Welsh policehave also examined connections between Muriels case and a second murder that occurred a mere ten days after she was killed. This was a very small, close knit community and everybody knew everybody and everybodies business. In 2008,Detective Chief Inspector Paul Bethell located Muriels blue coat, underwear, and school uniform in police storage. He stated he had long been suspected by some locals of being the murderer and was happy to clear his name. Muriel Drinkwater was a young Welsh schoolgirl. Muriel was seen at 2:30PM, singing as she exited the school bus. Regards. And no idea and Japanese workers. And shockingly the reply was that the information I requested was in written format and would take at least 16 hours at a cost of more than 450 to supply and my request was denied. An amazing campaign by Neil Milkins, but unfortunately, no breakthrough for Muriel. I am awaiting D.N.A tests to be carried out on Harold Jones family members. Regards. Please let us know how it goes. Also that they likely watched Muriel and knew her route. https://www.abc10.com/amp/article/news/crime/prison-inmate-accused-42-year-old-homicide-in-dixon-area/103-535ec3ad-2aa1-4d10-94a7-aafe4f6081ff, We are thrilled to announce that remains discovered in 2017 in Sanford, Maine at a building site have been identified. The D.N.A. It was the first time he had spoken publicly about the tragedy that haunts his family to this day. 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But in 2003, when the case was reopened for review, forensics experts found a semen stain found on Muriel's coat. "The results of the forensic examination categorically confirm that Harold Jones was not responsible for the murder of Muriel Drinkwater," says DCI Mark Lewis, head of the unit. She was seen by her mother from a distance of 400 yards away, but before Muriel could arrive. The case became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Neil. In a Welsh village during the summer of 1946, a 12-year-old girl is brutally murdered. Muriel was murdered 16 years before I was born, but it was a story I had heard from a young age. ", Muriel Drinkwater who was killed in June 1946. 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Police are closer than ever to finding her killer. Despite their inve. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. Then for 3 years he was registered at Colinette Road Putney as Harry Stevens. He died at that address in 1971. Colin Dark suggested the possibillity of using D.N.A to identify who took the books into the shop with the hope of identifying the killer. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. But Muriel, who was known locally as 'The Little Nightingale' because of her beautiful singing voice, never made it home. "[14][5], In 2020, the BBC One documentary Dark Land: Hunting the Killers suggested that Ronnie Harries could be the murderer. It blighted my life. For Hoyles, and no doubt numerous other people in Penllergaer,every dollar spent bringing Muriels killer one step closer to justice has been a dollar well spent. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. On 30 March 2010 the Times Online quoted an unnamed police source with South Wales Police as saying: We have a real problem with amateur sleuths in this area. It became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder - but who killed Muriel Drinkwater? It doesnt take much working out who the unnamed source with South Wales Police was! Well here is the TRUTH. He agreed to give a DNA sample that could rule out Muriel's father from the investigation. Hoyles lamented, For years, Ive lived with the knowledge that some people in the community suspected me. Video, 00:01:20WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other' Video, 00:00:36EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other', The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives. Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. Martin well remembers a young girl who was "always full of life" and would always be skipping and singing. Casey DeSantis says Ron looked like Tom Cruise in his white Navy uniform when then got married at Disney: Florida's First Family says venue was an 'ironic' choice, Ron DeSantis claims former Disney CEO Bob Chapek privately complained to him about the 'pressure' he was under from woke Left to wade in on Florida's 'Don't say gay' bill. Thanks for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts. The killer was dubbed Jack The Stripper because of the way he left his victims. There are far too many retired people out there who want to write books about unsolved murders, trawling through these records and coming up with half-baked theories.. Muriel Joan Drinkwater was the youngest of four daughters born to John Percival and Margaret ( ne Morgans) Drinkwater. She was pulled from that path into the woodland beside it, attacked and murdered amongst the undergrowth of Penllergaer Woods, near Swansea, just yards from safety. Unless he bludgeoned first then he raped, this would have caught her by surprise. On the afternoon of Muriels murder, thirteen-year-old Hoyles purchased eggs from Muriels mother at their family farm. Thanks again for sharing this. Their bodies were found buried in a Carmarthenshire kale field in 1953 you can read the full story here. Why? Muriel Drinkwater was born on January 12, 1906 in New York . Are you able to tell me if her father has been cleared via DNA profiling?. "Each case is reviewed periodically," he adds. Lloyd-Evans told me that he was convinced that a suspect regarding Muriels murder would soon be identified through D.N.A. On July 7, 1946, eleven-year-old Sheila Martin was raped and strangled in woods near her home in Dartford. This seems like a dubious connection because there is roughly 230 miles (370 kilometres) between Dartford and Penllergaer,but on the day of Sheilas murder a large race meeting was held at Brands Hatch with over 9,000 attendees, one of whom could have been both Muriel and Shielas killer. Detectives to revisit unsolved murder. Just before his execution, Harries gave an extraordinary interview to the tabloid press from his jail cell. [citation needed], In 2009, Welsh police began reinvestigating any link with the murder of 11-year-old Sheila Martin, who was raped and strangled 250 miles away in Sun Hill Wood, Fawkham Green, Kent, on 7 July 1946, ten days after Drinkwater's murder. Video, 00:02:36, Up Next. [11] Hoyles, who saw Drinkwater after buying eggs at her parents' farm, was cleared by the DNA evidence. She said: "He came to public attention in the early 1950s when he was convicted of murdering an older couple. "Due to advances in forensic technology we have been able to look again at evidence from the murder in 1946 and I am now able to rule him out completely as a suspect in this case. Todays' video is about the true crime story of the unsolved murder of 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946. The unanswered question, however, is whether or not the killer was specifically waiting for Muriel or if any girl or woman who happened by would have made a suitable target. Learn more about managing a memorial . Welsh author Neil Milkinsargues that Harold Jones,a convicted murderer who killed two girls in Abertillery in 1921 when he was just 15 years old, was Muriels killer. ', Glamorgan Police and men of the 169th Bomb Disposal Unit make a break for a meal during their search for evidence after her murder on June 27, 1946, Jones, originally of Abertillery, South Wales, is a suspect in the killings of six women in London in the 1960s. 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