China - Pamela Werner, Daughter of a British diplomat, Murdered, Peking, 1937

[Richard]

Pamela Werner, murdered 1937 in Peking, China

Daughter of a British diplomat, Pamela Werner had been found dead and mutilated in China near a watchtower by Old Peking. Lying half-naked, her skull was crushed, her torso cut open, and most of her major organs removed. No blood was at the scene because she had been entirely drained of her blood.

Despite Chinese inspectors’ best efforts, little was discovered of the murderer because of the Second Sino-Japanese War and a flood of refugees flooding the country.

LINK:
British envoy Edward Werner and daughter Pamela's death in Peking | Daily Mail Online

 

[Richard]

Pamela, second from left, in 1936 with the school netball team

Click on photo to enlarge.

 

[Richard]

LINKS:

Murder of Pamela Werner - Wikipedia

Murder in Peking — two hot takes on a grisly 1937 cold case

 

[Richard]

Murdered in China 85 years ago...

 

[Same Old Stella]

Two books have been written on this dreadful case, Midnight in Peking by Paul French and A Death in Peking by Graeme Sheppard. I've read and recommend both; they come to different conclusions on who the killer was. My thought is that she may have been waylaid by Japanese soldiers as she neared her home and was taken to the Fox Tower which was next to the ditch in which her remains were found. I won't even describe here what was done to her. Even her final resting place was desecrated; her grave now lies beneath one of the busiest main highways in that city.

 

[Richard]

Studio photograph of Pamela Werner taken in December 1936, a month before her death

 

[LadyL]

how old was she when she died?

 

[Same Old Stella]

I've seen 18 and 19 years old, depending on different books/articles. It's not really known since she was adopted from an orphanage when she was thought to be around 2 years old.

 

[Richard]

Studio photograph of Pamela Werner taken in 1936, a month before her death.

LINK:

Murder of Pamela Werner - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Richard]

Bumping this thread up.