CANADA Anneta Margaret Clive "Molly" Justice, 15, Vancouver, BC, 18 Jan 1943 *beaten & stabbed to death on way home from work*

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Still unsolved, still devastating families: A look at B.C.'s many missing and murdered persons cases

Seamstress's killing a 65-year-old mystery

One of the earliest cases is 15-year-old Anneta Margaret (Molly) Clive Justice, a young seamstress who rode the bus from Victoria to Saanich on a snowy January night in 1943, carrying three parcels — a wool sweater, socks and shoes. She was attacked while walking home along a railway track and suffered “abominable” injuries, according to newspaper reports at the time.

In 1996, the province ordered an investigation into a long-rumoured coverup in the case: that the main suspect, a teenage boy, avoided being charged because he was allegedly related to the man who was attorney general in 1943. That theory was debunked and the case remains unsolved eight decades later.

 

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Lindsay Kines And Rob ShawOct 19, 2008

Seamstress's killing a 65-year-old mystery

It was just after 6 p.m. when Anneta Margaret Clive "Molly" Justice stepped off the bus on Douglas Street near Swan Lake on her way home from work at a Victoria garment factory on Jan. 18, 1943.

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''It was just after 6 p.m. when Anneta Margaret Clive "Molly" Justice stepped off the bus on Douglas Street near Swan Lake on her way home from work at a Victoria garment factory on Jan. 18, 1943.

Taking a shortcut, the 15-year-old headed along the CN rail line at what is now the Galloping Goose Trail near Saanich municipal hall, but never made it to her home on Brett Avenue.

Her body was found beside the tracks four hours later. She had been beaten and stabbed. One of the more than 30 wounds severed her jugular vein. There were no signs of sexual assault.''