The first picture released in 1973 of David McGreavy after he was taken into custody
Three children were murdered, apparently for no other reason than to silence the crying of a nine-month-old baby.
Then, their small bodies broken, they were impaled on garden railings in an act of grotesque savagery that shocked the nation.
The date was Friday, April 13, 1973. Mother Elsie Ralph, was 23 and working as a barmaid in Worcester.
Her husband Clive Ralph had gone to collect her from work and had left their children in the care of David McGreavy, a family friend and lodger.
The children knew him well, and had played with him happily in the past. The couple thought they had no reason to worry about the welfare of their children.
Yet, when they returned to their home in Gillam Street, Worcester, they discovered that the police were waiting for them.
An officer escorted to them to the local police station and broke the news: Paul, four, Dawn, two, and baby Samantha were all dead.
The scene where Paul, Dawn and Samantha were found dead in Worcester in 1973
The couple were told McGreavy had admitted killing them, but that police were
