Torso

Age: 52

Sex: male

Date: 14 Jan 1938

Place: River Severn, Haw Bridge, Gloucestershire

The torso of an unidentified man was found in the River Severn on 3 February 1938.

It was commonly thought to have been the remains of Captain William Bernard Butt who went missing on 4 January 1938.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see Adam Fresco. "Police investigate 1938 murder." Times [London, England] 3 Feb. 1994: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.

see Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 06 April 1938

see Daily Herald - Wednesday 06 April 1938

see Daily Herald - Monday 13 June 1938

see The Scotsman - Friday 18 February 1938

see Shields Daily News - Monday 21 February 1938

see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 30 March 1938

see The Scotsman - Wednesday 09 February 1938

see Western Morning News - Wednesday 09 February 1938

see Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 12 February 1938

see National Archives - Q/Y/4/9/3, MEPO 3/801

see Unsolved 1938