June 24, 1991. Boarhills, Scotland. The body of 33-year old Sandy Drummond is found on a farm track across the road from his cottage and it is determined that he was choked to death with what is described as a “ju-jitsu stranglehold”. In the days prior to his death, Sandy had suddenly quit his job without notice and withdrew nearly all of his money from his accounts, leading to speculation that someone may have been bullying or blackmailing him. Investigators explore a number of different leads, including eyewitness sightings of an orange car parked outside Sandy’s cottage before he was killed, but are unable to determine a clear-cut motive for the crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel to Scotland to explore one of their most perplexing unsolved murders.
Additional Reading:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-unsolved-murders-mystery-devoted-22208850
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12741252.claim-of-cover-up-over-murder-report/
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/scottish-cold-case-murders-investigated-25187417
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/inside-unsolved-murder-sandy-drummond-28272182
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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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