UK - Alesha MacPhail, 6, raped & murdered, Ardbeg, Isle of Bute, Scotland, 2 Jul 2018 -teen arrested

[Ironside]

There's a big difference between the two options? Very odd wording. Either at the dump site or somewhere else, and if it's somewhere else then it's the home??? Hmmm.

I think the police are trying to say in a very vague fashion that they feel she could have been killed at home. It's to put pressure on someone.

Telling the islanders to be careful means nobody on Bute is going to act normal until this is solved. Again more pressure for the suspect.

 

[Truth Prevails]

This might be helpful for people following the case from afar:

 

[eucalyptuz]

I can't find a single security camera on streetview between the house and the section of woodland that was cordoned off by police.
I hope investigators have some very big clues and lots of connecting pieces of evidence...

 

[emmet]

I think the police are trying to say in a very vague fashion that they feel she could have been killed at home. It's to put pressure on someone.

Exactly. Not letting the genie out of the bottle entirely, perhaps.

 

[Jennifer17]

Do we know exactly how many people were in the home? Was it just Alesha, grandma and Alisha's father and girlfriend?

 

[Legally Bland]

Do we know exactly how many people were in the home? Was it just Alesha, grandma and Alisha's father and girlfriend?

I was going to say we only have confirmation of Alesha's Gran and Grandad being there, but thinking about it, not sure if we really have that.

I assume at least the Gran was there. She seemed to raise the alarm.

Not sure if the father of girlfriend were there or live there.

 

[eucalyptuz]

I found a freedom of information release from Police Scotland from March 2016 which details known Sex Offenders on the Isle of Bute:

1 with Offences against Adults,
2 with Offences against Children,
1 with Offences against both adults and children

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/314650/response/776999/attach/2/2016 0345 Final Response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1

 

[HayLouise]

Tragic scene in Bute this morning as Police Scotland launch a murder inquiry into the death of 6 year old Alesha MacPhail.

#BehindTheScenes @GMB

Rav Vadgama on Twitter *Photos at link

Rav Vadgama on Twitter *Photos at link

#BehindTheScenes @GMB #bute

Rav Vadgama on Twitter

After relatively little national coverage, news sinking in a murderer is on the loose on Bute. Police Scotland repeatedly urging 'families should look out for each other', but not giving details of post mortem other than it provided key information.

#BehindTheScenes @GMB

Rav Vadgama on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Flowers at scene where Alesha MacPhail went missing @GMB

Katy Rickitt on Twitter *Photos at link

Such a sad story on such a beautiful island. Thoughts with family @GMB

Katy Rickitt on Twitter

Police confirm they are treating death of Alesha MacPhail as murder, asking residents on Bute to “keep their families safe” @gmb https://www.instagram.com/p/BkzMlvOANX-/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=12cfw3t3r3ylz …

Katy Rickitt on Twitter

 

[HayLouise]

Rev Owain Jones says there are ‘no words’ to express how locals on the Isle of Bute feel after 6 year old Alesha MacPhail was murdered @LBC

Derek Ferguson on Twitter *Video at link

 

[HayLouise]

'And we can reveal that a car linked to the murder investigation was removed from the island yesterday.'

Alesha MacPhail, 6, murder probe launched as cops warn parents to watch kids

 

[HayLouise]

More police arrive on Bute as investigation into the murder of six year-old Alesha MacPhail continues. Our reporter @NatashaReid159 is in Rothesay:

Radio Clyde News on Twitter *Video at link

 

[HayLouise]

From a Feb 2016 FOI to Police Scotland in relation to sexual offenders on the Isle of #Bute: "the number of offenders in the community with the PA20 Postcode was 4 – 1 offences against Adults, 2 Offences against Children, 1 Offences against both adults and children"

Rav Vadgama on Twitter *Photo at link

 

[Spyder84]

I find it interesting that a neighbouring house has been cordoned off, I very much have a gut feeling a neighbour could hold vital information, I do not want to say too much in regard to that but I think the police are using psychological tactics here to apply pressure to anyone involved.
The fact that they are looking at Alesha's family background & are working with partner agencies suggest that they are working to either Implicate a relative or Eliminate a relative.
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[Armchair_Defective]

A small red car was shown in videos on the driveway yesterday, now it seems it's no longer there.

 

[HayLouise]

WATCH: Press conference where police announce death of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail is being treated as murder http://bit.ly/2KM02Yy

STV News on Twitter *Video at link

 

[Armchair_Defective]

I find it interesting that a neighbouring house has been cordoned off, I very much have a gut feeling a neighbour could hold vital information, I do not want to say too much in regard to that but I think the police are using psychological tactics here to apply pressure to anyone involved.
The fact that they are looking at Alesha's family background & are working with partner agencies suggest that they are working to either Implicate a relative or Eliminate a relative.
One thing I am certain of is that this is in no way a stranger abduction, I can not see how on earth that could be possible to snatch a child in the dead of night from a family home with at least 2 adults in the house.

I agree. I wonder about the house next door though. It seems to share a drive way and access to the back of the grandparents house, so it's not entirely clear if the occupants of next door would be involved or that the family just use the driveway.

 

[Tortoise]

Yes, if Alesha was removed from the home already deceased, I don't think it likely that she was carried the distance to the woods. It would provide too many opportunities for being seen for one thing. Another thing is that she wouldn't have been easy to carry.

 

[Jennifer17]

Yes, if Alesha was removed from the home already deceased, I don't think it likely that she was carried the distance to the woods. It would provide too many opportunities for being seen for one thing. Another thing is that she wouldn't have been easy to carry.

Why wouldn't it be easy to carry a six year old that distance in the dead of night?

 

[HayLouise]

Reaction from @argyllandbute Provost to the murder of 6 year old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute #HeartNews

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