Ann Eleanor Barker

Unsolved Murders

Age: 65

Sex: female

Date: 28 Dec 1948

Place: Rose Cottage, Ling Lane, Scarcroft, Yorkshire

Ann Eleanor Barker was found dead in a pool of blood at her cottage, Rose Cottage, in Ling Lane, Scarcroft on 29 December 1948.

She had severe head injuries, mainly to the left side of her face and head, which were thought to have been caused by a sharp instrument such as a knife. It was suggested that the weapon had been a commando-type bayonet.

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

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see West Yorkshire Police

see True Crime Library

see Shields Daily News - Friday 31 December 1948

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 18 January 1949

see Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 30 December 1948

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Monday 31 January 1949

see Manchester Evening News - Thursday 30 December 1948

see Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 01 January 1949

see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 18 January 1949

see Yorkshire Evening Post - Monday 31 January 1949

see The Scotsman - Tuesday 04 January 1949

see Gloucester Citizen - Thursday 30 December 1948

see Western Morning News - Friday 07 January 1949

see Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 30 December 1948

see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 07 January 1949

see Dundee Courier - Thursday 06 January 1949

see Hull Daily Mail - Friday 31 December 1948

see Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 11 January 1949

see Northern Whig - Tuesday 04 January 1949

see Gloucestershire Echo - Saturday 07 May 1949

see Unsolved 1948