Age: 26
Sex: female
Date: 9 Aug 1940
Place: Searle House, Ocean Street, Stepney, London
Charlotte Donovan died from shock following interference with pregnancy.
She was found dead with a 30-year-old soldier, who was also her cousin, who had shot himself dead with his service rifle. The inquest on the soldier returned a verdict that he took his life while the balance of his mind was disturbed.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Liverpool Echo - Friday 09 August 1940, p6
see Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 06 August 1940
see Daily Mirror - Wednesday 07 August 1940
see Unsolved 1940