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The Babes in the Wood Murders is a name which was used in the media to refer to a child murder case in which the bodies of three girls were found in Pennsylvania woodland. On November 24, 1934, John Clark and Clark Jardine found the bodies of Norma Sedgwick, 12, Dewilla Noakes, 10, and Cordelia Noakes, 8, under a blanket in the woods along Pennsylvania Route 233, Centerville Rd. The girls had been suffocated, presumably by Elmo Noakes (father of Dewilla and Cordelia, and stepfather of Norma). The next day, Elmo shot and killed his niece Winifred Pierce and then himself with a .22 rifle. ==Events preceding the murders== # 1934: Noakes is known to have a good reputation and a non-violent nature. He has a good job and lives in a good home well stocked with food. His niece, Winifred Pierce, works during the days in Noakes' home taking care of his children. # September 1934: Noakes acquired life insurance policies on his children and changed the beneficiary of his own life insurance from the children to his sister, Mrs. Pierce.〔Reading Eagle, Dec 2, 1934〕 # October 31, 1934: Noakes purchased a blue sedan, which was later found abandoned near the place of his suicide.〔The Evening Independent - Nov 30, 1934〕 # November 11/12, 1934: Noakes left home with Winifred Pierce (his niece) and the three girls, leaving behind two weeks' pay ($50) due that was owed to him.〔The Evening Independent - Nov 30, 1934〕 # November, 1934: The family stopped at a diner in Philadelphia and shared a meal. # November, 1934: The girls' bodies were placed in the woods of Pine Grove Furnace Park near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. # November, 1934: Noakes and Pierce abandoned their blue sedan at McVeytown, Pennsylvania, and hitchhiked to Blair County, Pennsylvania. # November 23, 1934: Having failed to sell Noakes's spectacles, Pierce sold her coat. In Altoona, Pennsylvania, Noakes bought a .22 rifle with $2.55 from the coat sale.〔Gettysburg Times - Nov 15, 1968〕 # November 24, 1934: Norma, Dewilla, and Cordelia were found dead under a blanket in Pine Grove Furnace Park. The cause of their death was determined to be "suffocation by external means."〔Berkeley Daily Gazette - Dec 6, 1934〕 # November 24, 1934: Noakes and Pierce were found dead in a railroad station near Duncansville, Pennsylvania. Pierce, with her breast exposed,〔The Windsor Daily Star - Nov 23, 1935〕 had been shot through the heart and then in the head. Noakes was killed by a single gunshot wound to his head.〔Berkeley Daily Gazette - Dec 6, 1934〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Babes in the Wood murders (Pine Grove Furnace)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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