UK UK - Norma Dale, 4, Tang Hall, York, 21 Sept 1946

MelmothTheLost · Oct 25, 2016

A very cold case which is being reopened.

Cold case detectives reopen the investigation into the Red Shoe Murder of a four-year-old girl in 1946 after the victim's cousin penned a book about the killing

Norma Dale's dead body was found dumped near her home in York in 1946

Became known as Red Shoe Murder because she was missing one shoe

North Yorkshire Police have announced cold case review on anniversary

Norma's cousin Brian Dale has spent years investigating and writing book

Cold case detectives are reopening an investigation into the so-called Red Shoe Murder of a four-year-old girl in 1946 after the victim's cousin penned a book about the killing.

The body of little Norma Dale was found dumped on wasteland near her home in York 70 yeas ago.

It became known as the Red Shoe Murder because the little girl was missing one of her shoes. More than 1,000 people were interviewed but no one was ever arrested.

But North Yorkshire Police have now announced a cold case review following the 70th Anniversary of the murder in York.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...1946-victim-s-cousin-penned-book-killing.html

ctaylor · Nov 10, 2020

Looking through some old UK cases, I found an article in the Times archive about Norma's case and they mention her when reporting about the murder of 10 year old Sheila Gowrie, 4 months later in January 1947 in Manchester. Both girls were strangled, both appeared to have been placed somewhere different from where they were murdered and both were missing their right shoe. Article is here -

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I can't seem to find anything more about Sheila Gowrie's case so not sure if that also remains unsolved.

UK UK - Norma Dale, 4, Tang Hall, York, 21 Sept 1946

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