Age: 26
Sex: male
Date: 12 Feb 1953
Place: Ryefields, East Ashling, Chichester
Peter Pett was found unconscious on a grass verge near the gates of Ryefields in East Ashling by a man that lived there when he returned home at 10pm on 12 February 1953.
He was taken to hospital where he later died. A doctor said that his death was due to a fractured skull.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 26 February 1953
see Unsolved 1953