Wilfred Schofield

Age: 6

Sex: male

Date: 19 Jun 1954

Place: Lisbon Street, Higher Ince

Wilfred Schofield was found stabbed to death in a tunnel on some waste ground about 200 yards from his home on the morning of Saturday 19 June 1954.

He had a stab wound to his heart. It was later said that he had been stabbed with a penknife with a blade 3/8 of an inch wide.

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

see

see The Encyclopedia Of Executions, John J eddleston - page 873.

see Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 01 October 1954

see Liverpool Echo - Friday 01 October 1954

see Lancashire Evening Post - Saturday 19 June 1954

see Unsolved 1954