Muriel Drinkwater
Muriel Drinkwater was brutally murdered near her home in 1946. The team finds a vital new clue that could be the missing piece of this tragic puzzle.
The murder of Muriel Drinkwater remains one of the most infamous unsolved murders in Welsh criminal history. Muriel was a 12-year-old schoolgirl who, whilst walking home from school one day in 1946, was brutally assaulted in the woods near her home in Penllergaer, before being shot dead. Her body was discovered the following day, just a few hundred yards from where her parents had anxiously awaited her safe return from school.
Over the decades, although the culprit has never been caught, several key discoveries have been made to advance the investigation. But due in part to the scientific limitations of the day, such discoveries failed to produce major breakthroughs.
In this episode of Dark Land, the team applies modern-day forensic techniques to the available facts. What they uncover edges Muriel’s killer closer to being identified and provides answers to at least some of the questions that her family have been asking since the day she died.
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Could this book solve Muriel's murder?
Duration: 02:53
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Writer | David Howard |
Director | David Howard |
Series Producer | Rik Hall |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Nov 2020 22:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales & Wales HD only
- Fri 27 Nov 2020 23:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Thu 18 Aug 2022 22:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Mon 8 Jul 2024 22:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only