Betty Alexander’s body was discovered on October 10 1952, and by the end of the month police had very few leads to investigate.
Chief Detective Superintendent Gilbert McIlwrick confirmed nothing was being left out of inquiries, and police went door to door. He said of the search: “We are doing the most intensive search in one area we have ever done, and we don’t know when we will finish it.
“There’s no particular man being sought, in fact, we can’t even be certain at the moment that it was a man. No possibility is being overlooked.”
