William Joseph Frederick Day

Age: 30

Sex: male

Date: 16 Feb 1959

Place: Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor, Devon

William Joseph Frederick Day was found dead in Burrator Reservoir on Monday 16 February 1959.

He had recently escaped from Dartmoor Prison on 5 January 1959.

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

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Saturday 21 February 1959, p10

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 18 February 1959

see Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 February 1959

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 06 January 1959

see Shields Daily News - Tuesday 17 February 1959

see Western Mail - Friday 24 April 1959

see Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 01 May 1959

see Newcastle Journal - Thursday 19 February 1959

see Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 12 February 1959

see Torbay Express and South Devon Echo - Friday 29 May 1959

see Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 24 October 1959

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Friday 03 July 1959

see Unsolved 1959