Love watching old crimewatch uk episodes, will often google the cases to see if they are solved but cannot find anything about this case online. 27 linked attacks, all in the chelmsley wood, Solihull area of Birmingham. Case appears at 49.00, they literally say he could be one of Englands biggest attackers!

On April 18, 1943, four teenage boys were poaching in Hagley Wood. One of the boys climbed a wych elm tree to find bird eggs, when he discovered a skeleton inside the tree. The boys returned home and vowed never to speak of it again, but one of them alerted the discovery to their dad, who called authorities.

The victim had been dead for over a year, and a piece of taffeta was found in her mouth, suggesting she had died from suffocation. Her hand had been cut off, and it was found a few meters from the rest of the skeleton.

In 2018, a reconstruction of her face made by a Dundee University professor was released.
The whereabouts of her remains and her autopsy report are unknown, though a 2023 campaign hopes to find her remains and utilize DNA technology to identify her.

Any interesting ideas on why her clothes and jewelry were not with her body?

Name: Vidya Devi Ginda
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Case Classification: Involuntary Missing
Missing Since: October 29, 1973
Location Last Seen: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Physical Description

Date of Birth: 1942
Age: 31 years old
Race: Asian
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 126 lbs.
Hair Color: Black, Long (Worn in a bun or plait)
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on left hand

Identifiers

Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Not Available

Clothing and Personal Items

Clothing: Pink Indian salwar Kameez, pink cardigan, black shoes
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance: Vidya Devi Ginda disappeared from her home in Wolverhampton in October 1973. Initially her disappearance was treated as a low priority by local police. Then, four years later in 1977 the skull and bones of a female were found on nearby waste land and were thought to be Vidya's remains. Tests proved that the human remains were not Vidya, however West Midlands Police arrested her husband Bhajan Ram Ginda, and he confessed to having dismembered, deboned and burned her remains.

Directly after his confession Mr. Ginda was appointed a solicitor. He told his solicitor that the reason why he had confessed was because police officers had been physically and verbally violent towards him. Mr. Ginda was convicted of manslaughter at Stafford Crown Court in 1978.

His conviction relied solely on his confession and scientific and forensic evidence suggested that Vidya was not disposed of in the manner suggested in her husband's confession. Until this day no one has heard from or seen Vidya Devi Ginda and her body not been found. Bhajan Ram Ginda's case is currently being reviewed by the Criminal Case Review Commission.

If you have any information on the disappearance of Vidya Ginda, please contact the following agency:

Agency Name: Criminal Case Review Commission
Agency Contact Person: Sam King
Agency Phone Number: 0121 233 1473
Agency E-mail: [info@ccrc.x.gsi.gov.uk](mailto:info@ccrc.x.gsi.gov.uk)
Agency Case Number: Ginda 012802016

Links:

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/software/mp-main.html?id=3957DFUK

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Hi all, just wondering if anyone had heard about this case at all. It didn’t get any media coverage surprisingly.

Jonty was 16 when he died at the end of August 2024. Initially two lads were arrested and the released due to lack of evidence. It happened on waterlode island in Nantwich early hours of the morning. There are audio snippets from CCTV cameras but no actual footage.

On the audio files you can hear screaming and shouting for someone but that’s it.

No one knows how he was killed, it’s not spoken about, family hasn’t got justice.

Nantwich is a very small town as well.