The path she walked home on curved in and out of the woods; her mother saw her walking home along the path and into the woods, but not come out again. Take a second to support Christine on Patreon! The 73-year-old stain was discovered during a cold case review in 2003 and is thought to be one of the oldest pieces of evidence in the world. Yet, despite their exhaustive enquiries - not to mention the discovery of the gun used in Muriel's shooting - the culprit managed to evade justice. Mark Lewis by email of this fact but my email was ignored. Margaret went out into the yard and her and Muriel exchanged waves. taken from Jones exhumed body can the police honestly say catergorically that Jones was or was not Muriels killer. Trump rages at Mark Zuckerberg amid claims group linked to Facebook boss gave $2 million to Georgia elections board - and says Dems are 'trying to steal a SECOND election'. Although the profile was loaded into the UK National DNA Database, it failed to match any of the approximately five million DNA records held there. left on the coat was compared to D.N.A. Video, 00:01:20, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other' Video, 00:00:36, EU Chief on NI deal: 'We were honest with each other', The 'smart suit' that is changing children's lives. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater (Welsh: Llofruddiaeth Muriel Drinkwater),[2] also known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder, is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. It doesnt take much working out who the unnamed source with South Wales Police was! After a previous visit to the Drinkwater family farm, Hoyles was surprised when a man in his thirties withthick fluffy hair and wearing brown corduroy trousers and a light brown sports jacket stepped from the bushes at exactly the same location where Muriel was later ambushed. Two days later, police found one of the murder weapons, a World War I-era Colt .45 pistol. Her mother later went to the village to look for her when she did not return home; more than a dozen men from the area began a search. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. Bethell was thrilled to discover that on the back of the coat, a no-longer visible dried semen stain was circled with yellow crayon. Bethell sent the coat toDr. Colin Dark, and over the course of three years (MUCH longer than depicted on television and in the movies) Bethell analyzed the material and was able to extract enough fragments of DNA tosuccessfully create a Y-STR profile from the semen stain. Enter your email address to receive our monthly newsletter and to be notified about new posts. I would like to request an internal review of (an adverse) decision made by South Wales Police regarding information I requested on 28-6-21. Hoyles told police that the man looked terribly stern and had a local accent. Although this person of interest could have just been out for hike or involved in some other unrelated nefarious activity, the authorities believe that he may have been in involved in Muriels murder. Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. 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I was able to edit the comment for you before it went live. The perpetrator left cigarette stubs, sweet wrappers, and pieces of bread at the scene of the crime, which the authorities have said indicates that he was waiting in the dense woods for his chance to strike. Former Detective Inspector Paul Bethell, who was in charge of South Wales Police's cold case team, explained in the documentary: "We know Muriel used to catch the school bus from the school to the gateway off the main road which led to the forestry, and then she would walk about a mile through the forestry, along the lane to the farmhouse.". Now cutting-edge forensics to rival any TV thriller have identified her killers DNA, Unsolved: The Little Red Riding Hood murder, Muriel Drinkwater murder file is declared secret at request of police, The Disappearance of Audrey Moran and Jonathan Reynoso. But he was later released and served in World War II before his military career ended in 1946. "I have spoken to Muriel's family and bring them up to date with the latest details of this investigation. The Photo Request has been fulfilled. I contacted Detective Superintendent Martyn Lloyd-Evans (now retired) of South Wales Police by phone and had a friendly conversation with him about Victor Penalunas suspicions. The police found the murder weapon in the undergrowth near where Muriels body had been discovered. It is one of the oldest active cold cases in the United Kingdom. This was a very small, close knit community and everybody knew everybody and everybodies business. 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. 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. She was singing . 'I have spoken to Muriel's family and bring them up to date with the latest details of this investigation. Hi Sherlock. They visited the Carmarthen bookshop to identify if the killers family had taken the books there. She was seen by her mother from a distance of 400 yards away, but before Muriel could arrive home she was murdered. 'All historic murder cases, often referred to in the media as 'cold cases,' are allocated to the Specialist Crime Review Unit and remain under active consideration and will be subject of re-investigation as and when new information is received or when there are advances in forensic science. Video, 00:02:56Detectives to revisit unsolved murder, Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle. Video, 00:01:18, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. In 2007 whilst researching for my 2008 True Crime book Every Mothers Nightmare Abertillery in Mourning, which dealt with the murders of two Abertillery school-girls in 1921, I received a surprise visit from Victor Penaluna, a cousin of the second Abertillery victim Florence Little aged 11. Like you I hope there is justice one day for Muriel but sadly as more and more time passes I worry that becomes less likely. But the mystery doesn't end there and the team want to unlock the mystery behind a book belonging to Muriel that turned up in a charity shop decades after her death. to have gone on to kill six women in London in the 1960s - and was dubbed Jack The Stripper. D.S. Swansea 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater, who was shot after being sexually assaulted in 1946, Officers searching the farmland in the days after the murder, Muriel's schoolmates with flowers for her grave, A picture of the gun police believe was used, Harold Jones, a convicted child killer who was also a suspect in Muriel's killing, Ronnie Harries, the last man to be sentenced to death in Carmarthen, The book that was found in a charity shop. He is very clearly interested in the fact that she is young, that she is a schoolgirl, and also that she is very clever. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. But in 2003, when the case was reopened for review, forensics experts found a semen stain found on Muriel's coat. Todays' video is about the true crime story of the unsolved murder of 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946. There are, of course, other theories regarding who was lying in wait on that fateful day. The True Crime Files Thank you for sharing this detailed update on Muriels case with the community. Its amazing the documentary could screw things up so much. Both girls were murdered in woods within a half mile of their homes. There was a camp a mile away in Grovesend. The case became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder. Brutally beaten, raped and shot twice, the discovery of Swansea schoolgirl Muriel Drinkwater 's body in 1946 horrified an entire community. You are talking about 74 years ago now and nothing has been able to close the matter.". I received the following letter from D.C. Paul Rogers on 6 December 2007. Muriels nieces family took the books to the bookshop after Muriels brother-in-law died last year. I informed D.C.I. The police have DNA but keep any results they may have a closely guarded secret. Muriel Drinkwater lived on a farm known at Tyle-Du at Penllergaer and attended Penllergaer Grammar School. But when they tested a stain on Muriel's coat it did not come up with a link to child murderer Harold Jones - who is also suspected of being a serial killer dubbed Jack the Stripper. "I was about nine at the time and he was about twice my age, but I felt, at nine, that I was his intellectual superior," he said. "She lost sight of her for a few moments. Something went wrong, please try again later. It was believed the victim's clothes had been lost. Hi Neil. The 12-year-old attended Gowerton County DNA was taken from the relatives of both Muriel and Ronnie Harries but the results have not been made public. Happier times: Alex Murdaugh, Maggie and their sons are the picture-perfect family in never-before-seen photos taken on a hunting trip just a few years before brutal slayings, 'Why isn't he being prosecuted?' [8][4] Policemen from Glamorgan, assisted by the 169th Bomb Disposal Unit, used a metal detector to search for a second weapon suspected to have been used, but never located it. I wonder if there was a sketch done when Hoyles confronted a man weeks earlier. Advertisement. "South Wales Police has had considerable success with cold case reviews being one of the first forces in the country to set up a review team in 1999 to conduct cold case reviews. And four months after Jones left the army Muriel was raped and shot dead as she walked home from a school bus in Penllergaer, Swansea. Some time after speaking to D.S Lloyd-Evans, D.N.A. She goes to grammar school. taken from one of Jones many nieces or nephews in Wales would prove conclusively if Jones was or was not Muriels killer. true crime. Neil Milkins. Her killer has never been caught and it remains among the most notorious unsolved murders in Welsh history you can read more of them here. Hi Neil. Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? There is no doubt about that.". It was believed a similar weapon had been used in the murder of a cinema manager in Bristol. In a Welsh village during the summer of 1946, a 12-year-old girl is brutally murdered. The Photo Request has been fulfilled. Just a few weeks short of her 13th birthday, Muriel had been beaten on the crown of her head with an object, raped and then shot twice in the . Twelve-year-old Muriel Drinkwater was a choirgirl who dreamed of being a schoolteacher. The 12 year old loved to sing and there was a skip in her step as she started on the winding path through the forest. Muriel Drinkwater - Swansea, 1946 On 27th June 1946, Margaret Drinkwater was making tea in the family farm house in Penllegaer near Swansea when she looked out of the window to see her daughter . 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Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. Hey Babes!I'm back with another True Crime Tuesday case and todays case is about the murder of Muriel Drinkwater also known as the little red riding hood mur. Advertisement. [3] In 2008, a DNA profile of the suspect was extracted from her clothes, possibly the oldest sample in the world to be successfully extracted in a murder investigation. Police confirmed a cold case review on the stain found on Muriel's coat in 1946 had now been tested by forensics teams. In the days and weeks that followed Muriel's murder, police officers visited every farmhouse and cottage within 150 square miles, along with interviewing 20,000 men in Swansea, Aberdare and Carmarthenshire. If information comes in from the public or other forces we act on it. Advertisement. Although the decision was made immediately it took nearly 7 weeks until 16 August 2021 to get a formal decision. - Listen to The Unsolved Murder of Muriel Drinkwater by The True Crime Files instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. With the help from a niece of Muriel Drinkwater I pursued my research which led to South Wales Police taking a D.N.A. Born in the summer of 1933, she was the youngest of four children and lived with her parents Percy and Margaret on a small farm called Tyle-Du, near A much loved, very kind and thoughtful person who did great things for people but never expected anything in return. Two months too young to face the gallows, he was sent to Usk Prison where he sensationally confessed to the first killing, blaming the voice of a 'demon' in his head. "Looking through the paper work, we could see the materials had left the crime scene, where it had gone, where it had been examined. Norah Irene Bartlett. Required fields are marked *. Dubbed the 'Little Red Riding Hood murder', the 12-year-old had been killed amongst the undergrowth at Penllergaer Woods whilst on her way home from school one June afternoon. 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Update: I have left it two weeks for the . Sadly though, this has proved not to be. Wales documentary screened at 10.30pm on Sunday 8 November 2020 spent a full 5 minutes suggesting that 2 books found in a Carmarthen bookshop recently had been taken from Muriels schoolbag in 1946 as trophies by the killer. from Ron Harries and his cousin and from Muriels coat and yet are not releasing the results of the tests. Video, 00:00:41, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Jones was only 15 when he killed eight-year-old Freda Burnell, who'd been sent by her father to buy bird seed from the store where Jones was working. "(The murder) turned our family upside down and has been talked about through the generations. We know 100% that it is the killer's stain. [11] Hoyles, who saw Drinkwater after buying eggs at her parents' farm, was cleared by the DNA evidence. She was sexually assaulted and strangled and last seen with an American soldier. Heres hoping one day soon Muriel gets some semblance of justice. ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM. Yet, despite their exhaustive enquiries - not to mention the discovery of the gun used in Muriel's shooting - the culprit managed to evade justice. This murder shook the village and all the boys came under suspicion. And the truth will never be known. Ms Drinkwater was seen by her mother in the distance. Holly Ann Campiglia was a Jane Doe until she was identified in 1992. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. ", "Groundbreaking DNA test rules out childkiller in unsolved murder", 74 years ago, Muriel Drinkwater was murdered. request regarding the unsolved murder of 12 year-old Muriel Drinkwater near Swansea in June 1946. Video, 00:01:00One-minute World News, WATCH: Key moments from PM's NI Brexit deal speech. The savage nature of the attack stands out from other rapes. What a big moment in this case! Thank you for listening to this episode of The True Crime Files. Follow. Muriel Drinkwater was laying on her back, one arm outstretched by her side and the other slightly raised. Psychic Diane Lazarus Investigates Muriel Drinkwater Murder - YouTube 0:00 / 21:56 Sign in to confirm your age This video may be inappropriate for some users. I guess a DNA test of Sheila Martin must have been taken to see if it was the same person. Another wait and see. Request number 772/21. Please let us know how it goes. However, the BBC documentary Darklands shown in November 2020 identified Ronald Harries who murdered his aunt and uncle as Muriels killer, and a cousin of Harries was shown in the documentary and was expected to give DNA to prove or disprove the theory.. South Wales Police's Specialist Crime Review Unit has today finally ruled out Jones - who died from cancer in 1971 - from their investigation. Twelve-year-old Muriel Drinkwater was singing as she walked along the mile-long path to her home after getting off a school bus. Hi Neil Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lewis, head of the South Wales Polices Specialist Crime Review Unit announced to the press in May 2019: The results of the forensic examination categorically confirm that Jones was not responsible for the murder of Muriel Drinkwater. [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. Vote. I am in regular contact with a niece of Muriel Drinkwater who has told me that members of her family gave South Wales Police samples of their D.N.A.. "All historic murder cases, or 'cold cases', are allocated to the Specialist Crime Review Unit and remain under active consideration and will be subject of re-investigation as and when new information is received or when there are advances in forensic science. There is little doubt that Muriels murderer was lying in wait, just counting the minutes until he could commit his heinous crime. I personally think whoever did it was a true psychopath and he would probably of done something like it before and has done other crimes since. Thanks for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts. . Accountant Graham Wildin built an incredible 10,000sq/ft leisure complex - which has a bowling alley, casino, a cinema and more - at the back of his home. A team of crime experts have re-investigated the brutal killing 74 years ago and uncovered what they believe to be firm new leads in the search for who killed her, Get the latest court and crime news from WalesOnline. The D.N.A. I could never hurt anyone or anything, but in a small, close-knit community, people talk and I knew that in the eyes of some people I was the murderer. Also, it was near a Japanese plantation and the workers may have possibly assaulted her and the cigarette butts, bread and sweet wrappers may have come from the plantation. 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. She was was found murdered in 1980 in a field in Dixon, CA. Police records from the time show that Muriel's mother was the last person to see her alive. [16][17], In 2010, the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on National Records and Archives closed off public access to the case, acting at the behest of Scotland Yard. I have spoken to former D.C.I Paul Bethel and given him this information. There were whispers that it was her stepfather that did it, although I believe John Drinkwater was her blood father. 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", * Dark Land: Hunting the Killers is on BBC iPlayer, School friends at the grave of Muriel Drinkwater, whose murder in 1946 remains one of the most horrifying in Welsh history. However, what happened to Jones once he left Wandsworth jail in December 1941, aged 35, remains a mystery. found on Muriels coat and D.N.A. Martin well remembers a young girl who was "always full of life" and would always be skipping and singing. with South Wales Police has recently conceded that it CANNOT be categorically stated that Harold Jones has been ruled out completely as Muriels killer. I have a special interest in this case as I too was brought up in Penllergaer. "That sounds pompous, but I knew that really he was a simpleton, but I didn't detect any menace in him.". A 73-year-old sample semen has conclusively disproved the theory Harold Jones was the killer of 12-year-old schoolgirl Muriel Drinkwater, Get the latest court and crime news from WalesOnline. There was another murder in 1943. The True Crime Files is dedicated to all things #TrueCrime. Her route to her family's home Tyle-Du Farm entailed a mile-long journey that wove in and out of the woods. Thanks again and take care. 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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. "We had access to the files and identified that a semen stain had been found on the coat. Thanks again ~ Christine, Your email address will not be published. Thank you so much for this detailed update. OnJune 27, 1946, twelve-year-old Muriel Drinkwater made her way home from school inPenllergaer, Swansea. Video, 00:02:36, Up Next. ', 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. Muriel Joan Drinkwater was the youngest daughter of four born to Margaret and John Percival Drinkwater, a smallholder and forestry worker in Swansea, Wales. [8][4], In 2003, detectives re-opened the case in the hope of finding DNA evidence on the gun, but were not successful as too many people had handled the weapon. In 2008,Detective Chief Inspector Paul Bethell located Muriels blue coat, underwear, and school uniform in police storage. Hi Christine. Oftentimes the public wonders why resources should be allocated to cold cases such as Muriels, cases in which most of victims immediate family, and even the perpetrator, are likely dead. The coat had been lying forgotten in police storage for decades but after much searching was found by retired DCI Bethell's cold case team and is thought to be one of the oldest pieces of crime scene evidence in the world. Only by comparing D.N.A. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lewis, head of the Specialist Crime Review Unit said: 'The results of the forensic examination categorically confirm that Jones was not responsible for the murder of Muriel Drinkwater. Muriel was skipping through the woods on the afternoon of June 27, 1946, as she did every day on her way from school, when the summer's afternoon turned to tragedy. It is currently one of the oldest active cold cases in the UK. Police believed 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater might have been a victim of a known serial killer when she was raped and murdered in 1946. Her mother Margaret watched from the house as the youngest of. 'Each case is reviewed periodically. Muriel was seen at 2:30PM, singing as she exited the school bus. 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. 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