Murder .(Who Did It}
A Memory of Dartford.
Our family lodged with a Mrs Cotter at XX Dartford Road during the 1940s.After leaving her home I used to visit her and often notice she had bruises on her.Then one day in 1946 we were in Margate on a day trip and the newspaper seller was calling out Woman found dead in a cupboard.
When we returned home we found that Mrs Cotter had been murdered by her lodger a Mr John Mills and he had put her body in the bedroom cupboard. He then tried to kill himself by walking in front of a bus down West Hill,but did not succeed and was put in Bexley mental hospital.
Two years ago when the house was up for sale I was able to go inside and look around and the built in cupboard was still there.
Poor Mrs Cotter.
John Rank.
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