One file for each year of the 1940s: the most documented and most cited case on record for that year.
Knowle Green, near Staines, Middlesex, England
In October 1944, taxi driver George Edward Heath was robbed and killed near Staines by Karl Hultén, a deserter from the U.S. Army, and Elizabeth Jones, an 18-year-old waitress, during a six-day crime spree; both were convicted of murder.
Credit: David Buttery (Loganberry (Talk))Public domainSourceHagley Wood, near Wychbury Hill, Hagley, Worcestershire, England
In April 1943, four boys discovered the skeletal remains of an unidentified woman hidden inside a hollow wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire. Forensic examination indicated she had been dead since at least October 1941 and had suffocated, but she has never been identified and the case remains unsolved.
Credit: Los Angeles Police DepartmentPublic domainSourceLeimert Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Elizabeth Short, known posthumously as the Black Dahlia, was found murdered in Los Angeles in January 1947 in a case that remains unsolved.
