Eileen Barrett was on her way home from a dressmaking class when she was stabbed in the back by a stranger who was lurking in the darkness
On the evening of March 25, 1941, Eileen Barrett took an evening class in dressmaking at Colne Technical College. The pretty 19-year-old Sunday school teacher made a party dress, for an exam she was taking and looked forward to an event to wear it. Tragically, that day was never to come.
But he said he did not realise Eileen had been stabbed until he put his hand on her back to steady her, and felt blood. Eileen was taken to Hartley Hospital, but died 25 minutes after she was attacked. In a statement to the Manchester Evening News, Chief Constable Felton said he feared the killer had struck before, after another attack on a young woman in the same locality, the night before. Teresa Baldwin, 16, was walking to her home on Reedley Avenue when a man came out of the shadows and attacked her.
An inquest on Tuesday June 24 returned a verdict of 'wilful murder, person or persona unknown'. Detectives delved into Eileen's personal life to try and find clues, but what emerged was a picture of an acctractive young woman any parent would be proud of. Winifred was was serving in the WAAF when she was murdered by Heys, who first grabbed her by the throat, then stabbed her. Storey wrote: “Heys had been born in Colne, grew up in the area and knew it well; in fact, he could have known every dark doorway, alley and blacked-out street.
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