On the streets of Folkestone, Kent, amid World War II, 18-year-old Caroline Trayler disappeared after being seen drinking at the local pub one Sunday evening in June 1943. When Police Constable Lewis entered a bombed-out grocer’s shop several days later in the hunt for the missing woman, he discovered a tragic scene which confirmed that the missing person’s case had now become a murder enquiry.

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Sources:
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Professor Keith Simpson: An Autobiography, 1978, Harrap Ltd
A Lance for Liberty, J.D. Casswell, George Harrap & Co Ltd
British Newspaper Archive, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Daily News 22 June 1943
Folkestone Herald, 24 July 1943
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 25 September 1943
Hull Daily Mail - Tuesday 02 November 1943
Daily Mirror - Tuesday 02 November 1943
Liverpool Echo - Saturday 06 November 1943
Sunday Sun (Newcastle) - Sunday 07 November 1943
Daily Herald - Saturday 24 February 1945
Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 24 February 1945
Stockport Advertiser and Guardian - Friday 23 March 1945
Kensington News and West London Times - Friday 23 August 1946
Wells Journal - Friday 04 October 1946
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https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports-recommendations/publications/investigation/cambridge-house-knowl-view-rochdale/part-f-other-institutions/dennis-leckey.html

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