article_snippet.sent: The murder of the pair in 1970 became known as the Babes in the Wood case because the Babes in the Wood case bodies were dumped in a copse on the fringes of Epping Forest in Essex.
article_snippet.sent: Their bodies were found on June 17, 1970, covered in twigs.
article_snippet.sent: Crime scene: The bodies of the two children were found here in this copse on the edge of Epping Forest but the crime remained unsolved for 30 years .
article_snippet.sent: the Babes in the Wood murders started a chain of events including the exhumation of Susan's grave in Ponders End, North London, which ended decades of uncertainty for the children's families.
article_snippet.sent: Eleven weeks later the discovery of Eleven weeks bodies huddled together under a pile of leaves and twigs left the nation in shock.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly three months later, on June 17, a man walking his dog discovered the children's bodies in a copse in Epping Forest, Essex, 30 minutes walk from the children home.
article_snippet.sent: It left the Babes in the Wood murders one of the most intriguing and tragic unsolved mysteries in a generation.