Master Detective February 2016

Master Detective February 2016

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When four boys bird-nesting in Hagley Wood, near Stourbridge,

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When four boys bird-nesting in Hagley Wood, near Stourbridge, during the Second World War discovered the body of a woman in a hollow wych elm, speculation was rife as to her identity – and it remains so to this day. Who was she, and how did she come to be there? Much colourful speculation has been written about the case and in our report, requested by a reader, A.W. Moss sifts through the evidence. The fascinating Worcestershire’s Body In The Tree Murder Mystery.

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MD FORUM: WORCESTERSHIRE’S BODY IN THE TREE Murder MYSTERY
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