Age: 11
Sex: female
Date: 8 Jul 1946
Place: Stony Field Wood, Fawkham Green, Dartford, Kent
Sheila Martin was found dead at Fawkham Green, Dartford, Kent on 7 July 1946.
Her body was found half-buried under nettles in a clearing in Stony Field Wood. She had been strangled with her own white hair ribbon. The wood was also known as Sun Hill Wood. She was found by a searcher about 40 or 50 yards from the road.
see www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
see National Archives MEPO 3/2732 - Closed until 2056
see Daily Herald - Tuesday 09 July 1946
see Northern Whig - Tuesday 09 July 1946
see Belfast Telegraph - Thursday 05 September 1946
see Western Daily Press - Friday 09 August 1946
see Hull Daily Mail - Thursday 05 September 1946
see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 10 July 1946
see Liverpool Echo - Thursday 05 September 1946
see Coventry Evening Telegraph - Thursday 05 September 1946
see Unsolved 1946
