STILL A MYSTERY
BURWOOD MURDER WHEN WAS IT COMMITTED? POLICE ON NEW THEORY (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, June 20. The only fact brought to light to-day concerning the murder of Miss Gwendoline Scarff at Burwood was that the scene of the murder was in full view of two telegraph linesmen working on the poles nearby for the whole of Tuesday morning. This, combined with the fact that the nearest neighbour heard no screams, is fairly conclusive evidence that the murder did not take place in daylight. Owing to rigor mortis not having set in when the body was found, it was assumed the girl had been done to death an hour or two before. A possibility is that the girl was left by her assailant, not dead, but dying and that death occurred some time after the attack. The police, it is understood, are working on this theory.
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Southland Times, Issue 20209, 21 June 1927, Page 8
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149STILL A MYSTERY Southland Times, Issue 20209, 21 June 1927, Page 8
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