Photo added by Tracey. The case, which became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder, is one of the oldest active cold cases in the United Kingdom. Swansea 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater, who was shot after being sexually assaulted in 1946 Now, a team of former detectives and crime experts have re-investigated the case, dubbed the 'Little. Psychic Diane Lazarus. 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. 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. On June 27, 1946, 12-year-old Muriel made her way home from school in Penllergaer, Swansea (UK). 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. Learn more about managing a memorial . Advertisement. Neil. Detectives to revisit unsolved murder. [13] However, in 2019, South Wales Police stated that forensic tests on the DNA "categorically confirm that Jones was not responsible for the murder of Muriel Drinkwater. On June 27, 1946, 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater made her way home from school in Penllergaer, Swansea (UK). Well here is the TRUTH. "This was a terrible, terrible crime that someone has got away with for too long. Muriel Jean Drinkwater Birth unknown Death 1983 Burial. ", Muriel Drinkwater who was killed in June 1946. Hi Neil. Hi Sherlock. Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. This was a big news story at the time. 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. Find records of Muriel Drinkwater . Elizabeth Muriel Greenshields Drinkwater . Just before his execution, Harries gave an extraordinary interview to the tabloid press from his jail cell. ', 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. Hi James. Muriel was seen at 2:30PM, singing as she exited the school bus. Edith Patten had been buried in the old town cemetery and was left behind when officials relocated the graves in the 1930s. Her name was written in copper plate, Muriel J Drinkwater, and they were examined by the forensic expert who did some incredible work for us, and was able to find this full crime stain on the back of Muriel's little school mac. Follow. Thanks for reading and for taking the time to share your thoughts. 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. And the truth will never be known. "Each case is reviewed periodically. And no idea and Japanese workers. Updated: August 30, 2013 . A moment later, Muriels path wound into a thickly wooded area, and her mother returned to her chores in the kitchen. ~ Christine. Business class plane passenger refuses to give up his seat so a man could sit next to his wife on her birthday - selfish or fair enough? I agree with the killer being male and the suggested age range. And please do not forget tosubscribe to the podcast and leave us a review. On this podcast episode, we cover the unsolved cold case of Muriel Drinkwater. Unless he bludgeoned first then he raped, this would have caught her by surprise. Police believed 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater (left) might have been a victim of a notorious serial killer Harold Jones when she was raped and murdered in 1946. All the best with pursuing answers in this case, and please keep us updated. The police have a Y-STR profile from Muriels coat. The identity of the man who murdered a schoolgirl in 1946 remains a mystery after DNA left on her'little red riding hood' coat failed to link to a notorious child killer. "And we know, even though it had been 60 years since it went into storage, that it is hers. 2023 BBC. On 28 June 2021, I sent the following Freedom of Information Request to South Wales Police. Another witness came forward to tell the team that Ronnie Harries had worked on a farm in Penllergaer, evidence that was supported from a newspaper cutting at the time. I have requested information regarding the cost of the re-investigation of Muriels murder since 2008. Harries was hanged in 1954 for the double murder of John and Phoebe Harries. I really appreciate how youre helping keep the true crime community informed on whats going on behind the scenes in this frustrating and heartbreaking case. This will enable the police to identify Muriels murderer by taking and testing swabs from the perpetrators sons, grandsons, or even great-grandsons. Just a few thoughts, so we can deduce its a man, not too young to be weaker than Muriel, not to old because they would be frail, so we are saying middle aged man in 1946. It is frustrating that the Wales Online story of Saturday 7 November states the police have D.N.A. Although the decision was made immediately it took nearly 7 weeks until 16 August 2021 to get a formal decision. He clearly wasn't very bright, and there's evidence that you see of overkill with Muriel Drinkwater's case as well.". He can't understand why people would think he killed them. Nevertheless, the FBI was called in to assist with determining the ownership of the murder weapon, but nothing seems to have ever transpired from this lead. What a big moment in this case! We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. 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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. Yet, despite their exhaustive enquiries - not to mention the discovery of the gun used in Muriel's shooting - the culprit managed to evade justice. Holly Ann Campiglia was a Jane Doe until she was identified in 1992. I appealed that decision and was then informed that as the information I requested was kept in paper format in various locations in South Wales then it would be too costly and time-consuming to check out so the request was denied. 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. Up Next. Published: 08:03 EST, 1 May 2019 | Updated: 13:00 EST, 1 May 2019. It was tracked down to a store room, in a current police station, in a very dark corner. The D.N.A. Thanks again ~ Christine, Your email address will not be published. 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. Neil Milkins. Neil. 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. [8] A description of a person of interest was circulated; he was described as approximately 30 years old, with "thick fluffy hair and wearing brown corduroy trousers and a light brown sports jacket. Request number 772/21. 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"Looking through the paper work, we could see the materials had left the crime scene, where it had gone, where it had been examined. Positive reviews really help others find our show. It was the first time he had spoken publicly about the tragedy that haunts his family to this day. Can you explain please. Another wait and see. On this occasion he was rude to me claiming that he knew nothing about any information sent to South Wales Police from D.C. Paul Rogers. In 2008,Detective Chief Inspector Paul Bethell located Muriels blue coat, underwear, and school uniform in police storage. Read about our approach to external linking. Please let us know how it goes. [5], Muriel Joan Drinkwater was the youngest of four daughters born to John Percival and Margaret (ne Morgans) Drinkwater. He said, ``She was regularly seen walking, skipping and singing in the woods as she made her way each day from her home to the . Thank you for listening to this episode of The True Crime Files. Jones killed two young girls when he was just 15 and was jailed for 20 years. DNA was found on evidence & matched a man already in prison. 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. She had been attacked on the lane and then she was dragged to where the body was left.". The police statement that Jones was ruled out is a misleading statement. The authorities went as far as to suggest that someone in the Penllergaer region knows about the murder weapon but is protecting the owner by withholding information. I personally think it was someone still in the area from the Second World war. "It does make you think that Muriel Drinkwater (who passed her 11-Plus to get into grammar school) is the sort of girl he would have been interested in. "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. Police believe 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater might have been a victim of a notorious serial killer when she was raped and murdered in 1946. On the afternoon of Muriels murder, thirteen-year-old Hoyles purchased eggs from Muriels mother at their family farm. 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. Now cutting-edge forensics to rival any TV thriller have identified her killers DNA Daily Mail article, Unsolved: The Little Red Riding Hood murder Sword and Scale article, Muriel Drinkwater murder file is declared secret at request of police The Sunday Times article. Drinkwater, a 12-year-old schoolgirl, was raped and shot in the woods in Penllergaer, Swansea. We got a partial profile, given that it was the oldest cold case with a semen stain on it that we had been working on.". Fifteen days later, Jones murdered 11-year-old neighbour Florence Little too, hiding her body in the attic of his parents' home. This will conclude a 10 year wait to see if Jones was indeed Muriels killer. This was no spur of the moment event. 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.". Great questions! Sadly though, this has proved not to be. But in 2003, when the case was reopened for review, forensics experts had a major breakthrough when they found a semen stain on Muriel's coat. [4] In 2019, the DNA was used to rule out notorious Welsh murderer Harold Jones as a suspect. 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. Fingers crossed that one day a DNA match can give us the breakthrough needed to solve this case. It is one of the oldest active cold cases in the United Kingdom. Police records from the time show that Muriel's mother was the last person to see her alive. I contacted D.S. And I also think there are likely more victims. Hi Neil. 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 out Harold Jones completely as a suspect in this case.. 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"We realise whoever did this might be dead, but if he is alive and in his 80s or even 90s we would like to see him behind bars," said Muriel's great-niece Claire Phillips, speaking about developments last October. 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. Thought to be one of the oldest pieces of crime scene evidence in the world, it was initially used to rule from suspicion someone who had been spotted close to the woods on the afternoon Muriel was attacked. Jones was ruled out at the beginning of May, 2019. [3] In 2008, a DNA profile of the suspect was extracted from her clothes, possibly the oldest sample . Video, 00:01:00, View from the cockpit of a Ukraine combat helicopter. '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 out Harold Jones completely as a suspect in this case. However, in 2008, a team of retired detectives investigating cold cases found Drinkwater's clothes in storage. 'I have spoken to Muriel's family and bring them up to date with the latest details of this investigation. The murder of Muriel Drinkwater ,[2] also known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder, is an unsolved 1946 child murder case from Wales. The Photo Request has been fulfilled. More recently, however, it was tested against the DNA of one Harold Jones, a convicted double child murderer who slayed two similarly young girls in Abertillery in the 1920s, to see if he might be the perpetrator. I informed D.C.I. Who sodomises a 12 year old girl and batters her about the head, then shoots her twice in the chest? Over 20,000 men were interviewed about the crime . Hard to work out the logic of your comment Charlotte? Update: I have left it two weeks for the . Muriels niece Margaret is desperate to get the books back. If the perpetrator was lying in wait as I believe he was, why select that certain spot? Would you be able to tell me please if Harries has been cleared of Muriels murder as well. Muriel Joan Drinkwater was the youngest of four daughters born to John Percival and Margaret ( ne Morgans) Drinkwater. Todays' video is about the true crime story of the unsolved murder of 12 year old Muriel Drinkwater in 1946. to have gone on to kill six women in London in the 1960s - and was dubbed Jack The Stripper. Muriel Drinkwater was a young Welsh schoolgirl. 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. Investigators now allege theyve identified her murderer. Dubbed the 'Little Red Riding Hood murder', the. Murder. 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. Hi Neil. The savage nature of the attack stands out from other rapes. 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. 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.. But they said the results now ruled out Jones as a suspect in her murder. Thanks again and take care. Advertisement. Just put my name in Facebook bar. 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. Only by comparing D.N.A. The detectives in the programme got a breakthrough when they were able to track down Muriel's relative Martin Phillips, who had been six at the time of the murder. Thanks again! 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. Its her birthday tomorrow, and still no closer to finding her killer. 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. Jones D.N.A was not compared to the D.N.A left on Muriels coat by the killer. For decades, a key person of interest in Muriels murder has been Hubert Hoyles. Muriel N Drinkwater (born Maker) was born on month day 1903, at birth place, to Thomas L Maker and Margaret L Maker (born Baum). Who killed 'Little Red Riding Hood'? Thank you Christine. Hi. Or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Given that Hoyles was the last person to see Muriel alive, he quickly fell under a thick veil of suspicion. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. The True Crime Files is dedicated to all things #TrueCrime. 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. I suggest reaching out to a DNA expert and seeing what insight they might be able to provide. Video, 00:00:42, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race. They visited the Carmarthen bookshop to identify if the killers family had taken the books there. Her mother seen her approaching 400 yards away, so perhaps she was a selected victim. "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. 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. She was singing on the school bus with her friends, on the afternoon of June 27, 1946, when she was dropped on the side of the road near her family's farm on the outskirt of Swansea. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They pieced together evidence from the time, used new forensic breakthroughs and links to other cases in the area to identify who they think murdered Muriel in the most horrific way. Lets deduce, her killer was obviously male, or were they, unless they had extracted the sperm from another person it is definite that they are a male, so we have a male, s/ that narrows it down. This murder shook the village and all the boys came under suspicion. 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. It became known as the Little Red Riding Hood murder - but who killed Muriel Drinkwater? 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. with South Wales Police has recently conceded that it CANNOT be categorically stated that Harold Jones has been ruled out completely as Muriels killer. 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