Age: 16
Sex: female
Date: 19 Feb 1948
Place: Guildford, Surrey
Phyllis Joan Bickwell was found dead on a railway track.
It was thought that she might have been the victim of foul play.
She had lived in Stoke, Guildford.
The police said that they were trying to trace where she had eaten sandwiches and drank a glass of beer about an hour before she died.
She had been missing from her home since 6pm.
It was first thought that her death was accidental.
Nothing more is known.
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see Gloucester Citizen - Thursday 19 February 1948