Cold-case investigators launch bid to identify woman killed in 1975

Clues of the lady’s ‘full’ life has been pieced collectively – however her identify remains to be unknown

Chilly-case investigators are on a mission to determine a girl killed greater than 47 years in the past.

Within the early hours of February 18 1975, a younger lady was struck by a number of automobiles on the A1 close to Baldock, North Hertfordshire.

The one that was driving the automobile that killed her has by no means been recognized they usually have by no means come ahead.

Now, a significant worldwide attraction has been launched by Find Worldwide to lastly discover the lady’s ‘vanished’ id.

The younger lady was final seen at 5:30am, simply 45 minutes earlier than she was killed.

A witness acknowledged that she had stated that she was heading for London and that she spoke with a international accent.

The younger lady – who Find Worldwide are naming the Baldock Girl – was regarded as between the age of 17 and 25.

She had truthful hair and hazel eyes and some distinguishing options: a scar on her proper leg and a piercing in her proper ear.

The younger lady was seen simply 45 minutes earlier than she was killed (Image: Find Worldwide)

When she was discovered, she wasn’t carrying sneakers, wasn’t carrying a bag and he or she had no type of identification.

However, after an attraction in June 2010, which contained a facial reconstruction of the lady, a pair got here ahead to say they recognised her.

They recognised her as a younger French scholar named Odile who had stayed with them within the early 70s.

David Liversedge had met her in 1972 when she was hitch-hiking on London’s North Round throughout a thunderstorm. She then went on to stick with Dave and his spouse, Barbara.

The lady was hit by a automotive on the A1 close to Baldock (Image: Metro.co.uk)

The younger lady who stayed with the couple was between 23 and 25 years previous and had stated that she was from north of Paris or had lived within the northern a part of the town.

Volunteers with Find Worldwide have at the moment launched an attraction for data throughout France.

She had mates in Newquay, Cornwall, and would usually hitch-hike to go to them.

When she wasn’t visiting mates there, she might repeatedly be discovered within the Stotfold Social Membership sipping on a cider. She additionally labored manufacturing souvenirs on an industrial property in Henlow, Bedfordshire.

The lady is claimed to have loved a cider or two within the Stotfold Social Membership

In 1973, she is claimed to have relocated to Cambridge to check at a language college.

The couple didn't see her once more after this, however consider that she could have been returning to go to provided that the unidentified lady’s physique was discovered just a few miles from their residence.

Dave Grimstead, founder and CEO of Find Worldwide stated: ‘It’s clear that Baldock Girl lived a full life, and loved the corporate of others, so it’s exhausting not to consider the individuals who missed her when she seemingly vanished – her household, her mates, all of the folks she met alongside the way in which.

‘It’s not too late for us to inform these folks what actually occurred to her, and your data may also help us try this.

The younger lady – often known as the Baldock Girl – was between the age of 17 and 25 when she died

‘No piece of knowledge is just too small to share – it may present new clues, or new strains of enquiry that might show essential.

‘Did you ever meet her, or stumble upon her as she was hitchhiking? Did she ever let you know her identify, or the place she was from? Did she research at a language college with you?

‘We’re assured that somebody on the market holds the important thing to us lastly studying Baldock Girl’s actual identify and id.

‘So if she bears any resemblance, regardless of how small, to somebody you knew or have misplaced contact with, please get involved with us.

What was the Baldock Girl carrying when she died?

She wore:

· a particular brown Afghan coat

· a brown leather-based waistcoat

· a white cotton ‘Chelsea Woman’ shirt

· a white cotton smock with a floral sample and imitation lace

· black Prisu denims

· a chiffon lace scarf.

‘Your data alone may also help us determine her.’

When you've got any data, please contact Find Worldwide by emailing appeals@find.worldwide, by calling 0300 102 1011 or by visiting this hyperlink.

Different main appeals have been launched by the organisation to make sure no dying is forgotten.

Volunteer chilly case investigators from Find Worldwide are additionally decided to trace down the id of the ‘Wembley Level Girl’.

She was discovered lifeless on the backside of a tower block simply after 9am on October 29, 2004.

Identical to the Baldock Girl, she left behind a variety of clues that pieced collectively an perception into her life – however police had been unable to search out her identify and, in flip, inform her household of her dying.

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