Report Summary
This report provides members of the Forensic Services Committee with an overview of the Forensic Services Director's Report.
Meeting
The publication discussed was referenced in the meeting below
Forensics Services Committee - 30 October 2023
Date : 30 October 2023
Location : online
DNA evidence link to cold case murder
Earlier this month the BBC’s Crimewatch programme issued a Police Scotland appeal for information about DNA evidence in the brutal unsolved murder of an Aberdeen taxi driver in 1983. George Murdoch was found dead beside his vehicle, with a cheese wire garrotte lying nearby.
The Cold Case Review Team now have a DNA profile believed to be of the 58-year-old's killer. There is a need to find a match to the male DNA sample and police made an appeal on the TV programme for the public’s help - including people who could be related to the murderer.
