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Moffat, Scotland, 1935
Packages found in river
Numerous body parts
wrapped in newspaper
Moffat
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Questions
How many bodies?
Who were they?
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Newspaper wrappings
Two female bodies
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Morecambe
Special edition
of Morecambe
newspaper
Answers
Police contacted
Mrs. Ruxton
& her maid
Moffat
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Skeletal remains
Flesh and distinguishing
features removed
How to identify the body?
Face
mutilated
Fingers
removed
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Identifying the bodies
Photographs of the women
Look at the angles the women posed in
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Identifying the bodies
Bodies proved to be
Mrs. Ruxton & her maid
Buck Ruxton arrested
Superimposed
the two photos
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Other evidence
Bloodstains in the
Ruxton house
Ruxton claimed innocence
Convicted of murder
Jury did not believe claim
Buck Ruxton
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Other evidence
Controversial case
Photographs not good
enough as evidence?
Buck Ruxton confessed
Validated technique Buck Ruxton