Daughter of man believed to be Moira Anderson's killer says key evidence has yet to be revealed
Sandra Brown, whose father prosecutors believe murdered schoolgirl Moira Anderson, says she is convinced at least one person holds key evidence into unravelling what has become one of Scotland’s most enduring cold cases.
In an exclusive interview with TFN, Brown, founder of the award winning charity the Moira Anderson Foundation, believes the coming months could prove critical in unravelling key evidence related to the 58-year old mystery.
It comes as Scotland’s leading law man, the Lord Advocate Frank Mullholland, visited Brown last week to announce that an area near Coatbridge called Dick’s Pond is to be searched by a forensic geologist in a bid to find the 11-year old schoolgirl’s remains.
And, she believes, the search, which was once a popular haunt of her father, could unearth more evidence of other crimes perpetrated by the convicted paedophile.
Moira Anderson was last seen on a bus to Coatbridge, which was driven by Brown’s father Alexander Gartshore (pictured).
Since finding out Gartshore was a convicted child molestor Brown has embarked on a quest to unravel what has become one of Scotland’s most enduring murder cases – exposing him as the murderer.
Gartshore died in 2005 but her tireless work piecing together a jigsaw of evidence against her father led to the unprecedented move by the Crown Office last year to say it would have prosecuted him had he lived.
The remote Dick’s Pond area, near Mossend Yard just off the M8 motorway in North Lanarkshire, holds traumatic memories for Brown - as the place where her father made oblique references as a “good place to dispose of a body” to his then infant daughter.
It was also the site he battered to death a swan with a half brick in front of her.
She told TFN: “While I don’t know what will be found, I’m convinced the area is of crucial importance in the enquiry.
“That place holds very vivid, unforgettable memories for me as a child. I’ve no idea what will be unearthed but I am convinced more evidence is waiting to be found.
“The coming months are critical.”
Read the full interview at TFN online later today.
