Author Keith Swallow
In
1943, four teenagers, engaged in a spot of poaching on a private estate within
Hagley Wood, near Birmingham, England discover a decaying woman's body secreted
within the trunk of a tree. The police are unable to identify whose remains
they are, nor the circumstances of her death. Shortly after, messages start to
appear on walls in the surrounding area of the West Midlands, identifying the
victim as "Bella", and rumours start to circulate which point to her
having been part of an active wartime spy ring, killed so as to silence her. Then,
some 11 years after the body was discovered, a local woman comes forward with
some explosive information in which she names the killer.
Yet,
more than 80 years after the event, the crime remains unsolved. Nobody has ever
been arrested, and the victim remains unidentified. It is a case which has
intrigued many across the world. The Hagley Wood Tree Murder takes a critical
look at the case and its investigation, with reference to original police
documents. It debunks many of the popular theories, identifies lines of enquiry
which have not previously been in the public domain, and follows some
significant leads not fully explored at the time. Above all, it explores how a
number of influential people outrageously exploited the tragedy for their own
ends.
The
Hagley Wood Tree Murder will be of interest to anyone who has a knowledge
of the case or an interest in unsolved crimes or policing protocols, and
especially for those who are familiar with this part of the West Midlands.
The Hagley Wood Tree Murder - Reviewing the case of Bella in the Wych Elm
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