Cops investigating the brutal homicide of a taxi driver in Aberdeen will make a contemporary attraction for info on BBC's Crimewatch Dwell as they appear to determine his killer 40 years on. George "Dod" Murdoch, 58, was crushed and strangled throughout a violent assault which came about after he turned onto Pitfodels Station Highway, on the outskirts of the town, at round 8.35pm on Thursday, September 29, 1983.
A cheese wire was used through the assault earlier than it was discovered mendacity close by. No-one has ever been arrested over George's dying, with Police Scotland’s Main Investigation Staff persevering with to evaluate the case many years later.
Final month, cops revealed they have been trying to determine a person who was seen sporting an Iron Maiden t-shirt in Wilson’s Sports activities Bar on Market Avenue in Aberdeen in September 2015. Officers imagine the person might maintain info that's essential to discovering out precisely what occurred to George.
And now, in a bid to attraction to extra to the person in query and different potential witnesses, Detective Inspector James Callander, senior investigating officer, will seem on BBC’s Crimewatch Dwell to induce anybody with helpful info to get in contact.
Detective Inspector Callander mentioned: "No matter how a lot time has handed, we proceed to obtain a constructive response from members of the general public from all all over the world after we attraction for details about this mindless homicide.
"Following our attraction final yr we now have details about a person we want to communicate to who might be able to help with details about George’s homicide.
"Hopefully the nationwide tv attraction will give us the platform to succeed in somebody who might be able to assist us determine this man.
"We proceed to obtain details about what might have occurred to George and any new info we do obtain is totally investigated.
"We're urging anybody who has not come ahead beforehand who believes they will help the investigation to contact 101 or e-mail a devoted inbox at SCDHOLMESAberdeen@scotland.pnn.police.uk."
Crimewatch Dwell will air at 10am on Tuesday, October 11, and will likely be out there on BBC iPlayer for twenty-four hours afterwards.
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