Dora Pratt

Dora Pratt was attacked by a person with an axe in her corner shop in Bulstrode Street, Ipswich and died six months later from her head injuries.

She was found in pool of blood having been left for dead and wasn't found until the following morning. The police said that they thought that she had been attacked as she was locking up her shop at about 6pm. She was discovered in the early hours of 9 January 1982 after a passerby noticed that her lights were still on at about 5am and called the police. It was thought that she had been lying there for about ten hours.