A FIENDISH CRIME
BLACKHEATH MURDER. VICTIM KILLED WHILE DYING. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, February 17. (Eeceived Feb. 18, at 5.5 p.m.) The Blackheath jury returned a verdict of murder against an ' unknown person. j Sir Bernard Spilsbury, in giving evidence, said that death was due to strangulation, and he expressed the opinion that the * teeth marks on the body were made after strangulation. The victim was also kicked as she lay dying. The coroner stated that nothing had been discovered to help the police to trace the murderer, who was obviously a violent maniac and possibly was not aware that he committed the deed. The body of.a domestic servant named Louise Maud Steele, aged 18, was found at Blackheath. It was unclothed and shockingly mutilated.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21264, 19 February 1931, Page 9
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128A FIENDISH CRIME Otago Daily Times, Issue 21264, 19 February 1931, Page 9
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