Age: 87
Sex: male
Date: 4 Mar 1952
Place: 79A Warwick Avenue, Paddington, West London
Francis John Drake was attacked after opening the door to his basement flat at 79A Warwick Avenue, Paddington on 23 February 1952 and later died in hospital ten days later on the night of Tuesday 4 March 1952.
The pathologist said that his cause of death was due to blood in the chest resulting from fractured ribs.
see National Archives - MEPO 2/9403
see West London Observer - Friday 14 March 1952
see Daily Mirror - Saturday 05 April 1952
see West London Observer - Friday 07 March 1952
see Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 05 March 1952
see Daily Herald - Wednesday 05 March 1952
see Sunday Mirror - Sunday 24 February 1952
see Unsolved 1952
