The Strange Mystery of a Young Girl's Tragic Murder in the Country

The story of Bella Wright

On 5th July 1919, a farmer from Stratton discovered the dead body of a young twenty-one-year-old girl. First appearances showed that she had a small hole below her left eye.

Beside her lay her bicycle, a bloody trail of bird tracks led from the body to the top of a wooden gate. A dead crow lay in the meadow beyond, along with a track of flattened grass. 

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