Wanda Skala just 17 was Hardys' second victim in July 1975. She was a hard working young woman who had finished her shift at a local pub and started on her journey on foot towards her home on Lightbowne Road, Moston Manchester where she lived with her parents. Hardy followed her from the pub and attacked: dragging her into a building site. She was sexually assaulted and suffered fatal head injuries from a brick that Hardy used to hit her. He also bit off one nipple which became he went on to repeat with his third known victim Sharon Mosoph.
A passerby noticed poor Wandas' body and called the police who attended the scene horrified at the way in which the killer had destroyed her head. Wandas' eyes were missing and were found shoved into her abdomen.
Finding the exact location of this dreadful murder is tricky as Lightbowne Road is very long and has changed beyond recognition with the erection of new housing over the years so it is by looking for clues from the crime scene photos we can try to find the murder site.
From the above photo we can see a building site which is fenced off with a petrol station sign behind it and what looks like a tower block in the distance and just a peek of a building on the left surrounded by trees. From another photo I saw a sign for George Wimpey the construction company so by this I assume that the site was about to be redeveloped.
Wanda Skala Taking a google street view journey along Lightbowne Road we come across a car wash that had been a petrol station in previous years with an address given as number 65. The area behind is green space and to the left set back from the road is an estate of relatively modern housing and directly across the road is another modern estate. There is no sign of a tower block in the horizon but this may have been demolished to make way for new housing.
