United Kingdom - Ireland

Dec. 12, 1959 - Hundreds of Policemen hunt the cruellest killer of the century: As hundreds of policemen last night desperately hunted 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 a sex maniac murdered 29-year-old Sydney Stephanie Baird at a Y.W.C.A. Hostel in wheeleys-road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Mrs. Evelyn Peake, wife of the Licensee of the Welcome Inn, near the hostel, had just got off a bus 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. There were sixty passengers on the bus - but despite TV, radio and cinema appeals during the Christmas Holiday, only one passenger has come forward, Photo shows a reconstructed picture taken at the bus stop where the maniac slumped against a wall before boarding a number 8 bus on the night of the crime

Restrictions Only for United Kingdom

29-year-old Appeals Baird Bloodstained Boarding Desperately Despite Edgbaston Fantastic Hampered Hostel Hundreds Hunted Licensee Load Maniac Murdered Murderer Passed Peake Reconstructed Silence Sixty Slumped Stephanie Travelled Wednesday Y.w.c.a

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > KEY