Age: 45
Sex: female
Date: 2 Aug 1944
Place: Oakdene, Copyholt Lane, Stoke Prior
Mary Ann Smith was found dead in a cistern.
It was noted that when the police pulled her body out of the cistern, they made a thorough search of it and found nothing else other than two bricks. However, a lodger at the house later said that he had searched the cistern after the police had and had found a bucket.