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The murder of a woman found dead in a Swansea lane that remains unsolved decades later
Mystery still surrounds the murder of a canteen worker whose body was found in a Swansea lane nearly eight decades ago.
Norah Bartlett's body was found on November 18, 1943 in a lane close to the home she shared with her widowed mother on Rhyddings Park Road in the Brynmill area of the city. The 33-year-old had been strangled. There were no external marks of violence on her body other than a few scratches on her face, but she had been sexually assaulted and left for dead.
Her body would later be identified by her brother, insurance agent Gerald Whitcombe, who lived in Sketty.
Mystery still surrounds the murder of a canteen worker whose body was found in a Swansea lane nearly eight decades ago.
Norah Bartlett's body was found on November 18, 1943 in a lane close to the home she shared with her widowed mother on Rhyddings Park Road in the Brynmill area of the city. The 33-year-old had been strangled. There were no external marks of violence on her body other than a few scratches on her face, but she had been sexually assaulted and left for dead.
Her body would later be identified by her brother, insurance agent Gerald Whitcombe, who lived in Sketty.
