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Dec. 28, 1959 - Hundreds of Policemen Hunt the Most Dangerous Killer of the Century - As hundreds of policemen last night desperately bunted the cruellest killer of the Century they were still hampered by the fantastic silence of a bus load of people who travelled with the murderer. Four days have passed since the sex maniac murdered 29-Year-Old Sydney Stephanie Daird And Attacked another girl at a YWCA Hostel in Wheeleys-Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Mrs Evelyn Peake, wife of the licensee of the Welcome Inn, near the histel, had just got off a bus at the stop where the bloodstained murderer boarded a number 8 Birmingham Corporation bus on Wednesday evening. She said the man was slumped against the wall-his face was dirty and his clothing was bloodstained, She said he explained that he had fallen into a garden. There were sixty passengers on the bus-but despite TV, radio and Cinema appeals during the Christmas holiday - only one passenger has come forward. It is now known that the killer spent an hour in his sadistic work during which he completely decapitated Stephanine With her own Table Knife. Photo Shows:- The Scene of the Crime. On the Left is the annexe where Stephanie was murdered. On the right is the ironing room at the Hostel where the Other girl was attacked

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