75 | Murder in Sovell Woods

In 1913, the little known hamlet of Gussage St. Michael in Dorset, southwest England, became the scene of a shocking discovery when a young woman’s body was found buried in woodland. This obscure true crime case explores the lives of killer William Burton and his victim, Winifred Mitchell, and how she came to be buried in a shallow grave in one of England’s most rural counties. 

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Sources:
Ancestry
National Archives HO 144/1272/23900
Daily Mirror - Monday 05 May 1913
Daily News (London) - Wednesday 07 May 1913
London Evening Standard - Thursday 08 May 1913
Illustrated Police News - Thursday 15 May 1913
Daily Mirror - Friday 16 May 1913
Southern Times and Dorset County Herald - Saturday 21 June 1913
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 27 May 1913
Larne Times - Saturday 31 May 1913
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Wednesday 04 June 1913
Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 11 June 1913
Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 22 June 1913
Shields Daily News - Wednesday 25 June 1913
Grantham Journal - Saturday 28 June 1913