BURWOOD MURDER.

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1927, Page 5

BURWOOD MURDER.

NO ARREST MADE. Thorough Search of Locality FAILS TO FIND A CLUE. <Ppt Press AHRoriht.ioii.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 19. No arrest lias yet been made for the murder of Gwendoline Scarffi, who war found dead in the scrub at Burwood, on Wednesday afternoon. It is assumed that the murder took place that day, but it is stated that the police still seek information, as to where the girl spent Tuesday night. She left the hotel where she had been staying on Tuesday, and deposited her heavy luggage at the Tramway Depot, and apparently took with her a nightdress and toilet requisites to spend the night elsewhere. To-day a party of twenty police made a thorough search of the scrub at the scene of the murder, but without finding anything likely to help in the investigations. Occasionally, men have camped in the scrub for days oj weeks, and the search was for traces of such peopld. The police, however, found none. Tn any case, the murderer’s weapon wss a motor spanner, and the general belief is that the murderer either had a motor car o: had the use of one.