Search results

I know Chris well through his FB page and website Armchair Detective. I agree with a lot of his ideas re unsolved cases, but disagree on others.

Hi, its a book I keep meaning to buy or at least read from the library. I doubt a 7/8 year old Andy was actually part of the search for Sandy, but I do know and remember that plenty of local residents helped the police in local searches. The two most discussed ideas were a--falling into a...

O'Hagan was born in Glasgow, but raised in Kilwinning in North Ayrshire (a town I know well, as I was born in Irvine, just a mile or so south of Kilwinning, away and Dad's family are from Saltcoats, which is the next coastal town also just a mile north of Kilwinning). I have not read The...

Just to update, the body of Emma Faulds was finally located in Dumfries and Galloway several weeks ago.

Prime suspect is her father/stepfather. A convicted paedophile and sexual abuser. Beast caged for abusing stepdaughters grilled over their sister's disappearance

Well known in the UK amongst crime buffs.

A1 murder: Police issue appeal over 1983 killing of Janice Weston Police review 1983 solicitor murder case

Hi, after checking recently, you are correct. Must have been a London/SE thing though. Never saw any in the North or Scotland.

Sorry to be pedantic, but the UK does not have 7-11s.

You would think the one thing you DO NOT boast about in prison is killing children and teenage girls.

Interesting article on the Weston murder: https://opcglobalnewsandmedia.com/2017/07/will-the-1984-unsolved-murder-of-janice-weston-ever-be-resolved-by-giovanni-di-stefano/

For Scottish cases, I cannot recommend the Evening Times and Glasgow Herald online archives enough. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC

Helen Kane is another Sinclair killing. He lived at the time about two streets away from the construction site in Edinburgh, where her battered body was found. Sharon Hoare is widely believed to be victim of Camden Ripper, Anthony Hardy. Lamplaugh almost everyone agrees was another victim of...

Contrary to myth, most Scots do NOT celebrate Burns Night.

Sorry, this is Sinclair all day long. It fits his 'MO' to a tee. And fits in with the idea the unsolved Glasgow murders of 1977 were a crime spree by Sinclair and his brother in law Gordon Hamilton. It is also said that Anna Kenny knew Sinclair somewhat through mutual friends and that's...

Addendum: Patricia Black was (Oct) 1976, not 1975. My error.

I am Irvine born and bred, and this case was part of my childhood. Even today, theories abound, from gypsy travellers taking him (there was a 'tinkers' campsite in Irvine for many years and they were questioned and completely cleared) to wee Sandy falling into construction works nearby. There...

I believe he is responsible for Tate's disappearance and murder. He used a route very local to where she disappeared, he was identified by locals who remembered a 'Scottish van driver' who used to stop at a local burger van not far from the Tate site. Their description of the driver fits Black...