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Family of Scots cheesewire killer's victim believe attack was premeditated as they appeal for new information
14.03.2022 - 15:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The family of murdered Aberdeen taxi driver George Murdoch believe his killing was premeditated as they launched an appeal for new information almost 40-years after his death.
George "Dod" Murdoch, 58, was found dead beside his taxi in September 1983, with a cheese wire garrotte lying nearby.
He had been beaten and strangled.
On the 38th anniversary of George's murder a £20,000 reward was offered in the hunt for the killer.
The 'cheesewire killer' was picked up in George's taxi and reportedly asked to be taken from Aberdeen to Peterculter.
George radioed into his control room at 8.35pm that night but around half an hour later two young boys witnessed George being attacked on Pitfodels Station Road.
The location was more than four miles short of his stated destination.
His wallet and fares from the night were stolen and the only trace ever found of the killer was a cheesewire used in the murder that was left at the scene.
In an appeal on BBC Crimewatch, Alex described George, nicknamed Dod, as an ordinary working man who was forced to become a taxi driver after being made redundant from a a factory job.
His wife Jessie often worried about him working the nightshift.
Alex said: "He said 'aww Jess if anyone tries to take my money etc I'm going to give it to them'. My uncle Dod was just not a fighter - he was not a fighter."
He added: "Dod was late and Jessie had been anxious in terms of when she got to see her husband again. Then there was a knock at the door.
"The police were there," Alec said before being overcome by emotion.
The family were then informed that George had been brutally murdered as a manhunt was launched when a police dog handler found him lying in a pool of blood, with severe injuries to his head, face and neck.
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