103 | Murder in Hodgemoor Wood: The Puzzling Death of Dr Helen Davidson

In November 1966, respected Buckinghamshire doctor Helen Davidson was brutally murdered while walking her dog in Hodgemoor Woods, leaving her fox terrier as the sole witness. There was no clear motive for the strange killing. The local police, assisted by Scotland Yard detectives, initially focused on Helen's husband and their housekeeper. Later, more information would come to light, along with other tragic deaths connected to the case and the discovery of a further key suspect.

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Sources:
Ancestry.co.uk
October 1917 Helen Davidson, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
1921 England Census
1933 Electoral Role for Herbert and Ruby Baker
1939 England and Wales National Register
1965 Ordnance Survey Map
Probate Record for Ruby Baker
Various historic postcards from my private collection (Prash Ganendran)
Birmingham Evening Mail 11 Nov 1966
Bucks Examiner 19 February 1960, 16 Feb 1962, 19 Jul 1962, 31 Aug 1962, 18 Nov 1966, 10 Nov 1967, 15 Nov 1968, 20 Oct 1969
Bucks Free Press 18 Nov 1966, 25 Nov 1966, 2 Dec 1966, 15 Nov 1968
Daily Express 11 Nov 1966
Daily Mirror 11 Nov 1966, 12 Nov 1966, 14 Nov 1966
Leicester Daily Mercury 11 Nov 1966
Weller, Monica. Injured Parties: Solving the Murder of Dr Helen Davidson. The History Press.
Time Team, Chesham Bois, S14 E10 – Tony Robinson.

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