During the 1980s, forensic science was still in its early stages, lacking the advanced techniques we have today. However, over the subsequent couple of decades, remarkable strides were made in the field. DNA testing, fingerprint analysis, and fibre testing emerged, ushering in a new era of forensic capabilities. With these breakthroughs, cold cases that had long remained unsolved began to be revisited, utilizing the power of modern investigative techniques. Among these cases was the tragic 1986 murder of a teenage girl, whose lifeless body was discovered just a short distance from her own front door in Greenock, Scotland.
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Audio Sources:
“Elaine Doyle Killer John Docherty during police interview afterview”
Sources:
Daily Record, 3 June, 1986 – “Disco Girl Death Riddle”
Daily Record, 5 June, 1986 – “Pray These Killers will be Caught”
Daily Record, 6 June, 1986 – “Down Murder Mile”
Daily Record, 7 June 1986 – “Murder Walks Calls Pour In”
Daily Record, 10 June, 1986 – “Key to Killing”
Daily Record, 14 June, 1986 – “Tragic Plea from Dads”
Daily Record, 17 July, 1986 – “Mrs. X Hope in Death Hunt”
Daily Record, 31 July, 1986 – “Town’s Deadly Silence”
Daily Record, 6 August, 1986 – “Clue to Fiend”
Daily Record, 7 August, 1986 – “Locals are Asked to Name Killer”
Daily Record, 19 August, 1986 – “Did This Boy Kill Elaine?”
Daily Record, 20 August, 1986 – “100 Names for Elaine’s Killer”
Daily Record, 5 November, 1986 – “Reward in Hunt for a Killer”
Daily Record, 10 February, 1986 – “Elaine Doyle was just 16”
Daily Record, 17 March, 1987 – “Flower Alert”
Daily Record, 11 April, 1987 – “Teen Warning After beast Attack”
Daily Record, 1 June, 1987 – “Our Year of Torment”
Daily Record, 24 March, 1995 – “Sex Beast Quizzed Over Girl’s Death”
Daily Record, 3 February, 1996 – “Murder Net Closes After 10 Years”
The Express, 17 January, 2005 – “Bag May Lead to Breakthrough in 20-Year-Old Case of Murdered Girl”
The Express, 3 June, 2006 – “Catch Fiend Who Killed Our Elaine 20 Years Ago”
Daily Record, 26 October, 2006 – “Finding Our Elaine’s killer is the Only Hope for us”
The Daily Mirror, 26 October, 2006 – “No Hiding Place”
Daily Record, 5 December, 2007 – “DNA Clue Will Help Trap Elaine’s Killer”
Daily Record, 13 March, 2011 – “We Will Get Him”
Daily Record, 3 June, 2011 – “DNA Will Trap Elaine’s Killer”
The Herald, 3 June, 2011 – “Father Tells of 25 Years of Heartache”
Daily Record, 5 January, 2012 – “Jack, 17, Stabbed to Death”
Greenock Telegraph, 25 March, 2013 – “Man Charged with Murdering Elaine Doyle”
Greenock Telegraph, 26 March, 2013 – “Bail Twist as Murder Accused Appears”
The Herald, 27 March, 2014 – “Man Puts Forward List of 41 Possible Suspects”
Daily Star, 1 April, 2014 – “Elaine Scene Relived”
Daily Record, 2 April, 2014 – “Dad’s Last Words to Elaine”
The Scotsman, 2 April, 2014 – “Elaine Doyle Murder Hunt Hampered”
Daily Record, 4 April, 2014 – “Elaine Trial Told Police Made Up Cop’s Evidence”
Greenock Telegraph, 7 April, 2014 – “Elaine’s Body May Have Captured DNA”
Daily Record, 9 April, 2014 – “Elaine Trial Jury Told of Confession”
The Scotsman, 10 April, 2014 – “Scared by Stranger in Car”
Greenock Telegraph, 17 April, 2014 – “Retired Detective Accused of Lying Under Oath”
The Scotsman, 17 April, 2014 – “I Have Nothing to Hide”
The Scotsman, 24 April, 2014 – “Elaine Doyle Fabricated Story”
Daily Record, 30 April, 2014 – “Witness Claims He Didn’t Kill Elaine”
Greenock Telegraph, 22 May, 2014 – “Tape Provided DNA Breakthrough”
Daily Record, 27 May, 2014 – “Trial Told of Elaine Accused’s DNA Match”
Greenock Telegraph, 27 May, 2014 – “Elaine Doyle Accused Volunteered DNA Sample to Police”
Greenock Telegraph, 30 May, 2014 – “Murder Accused Claimed he Knew Nothing of Case”
The Daily Record, 31 May, 2014 – “I was at the Same Disco as Elaine”
Glasgow Times, 3 June, 2014 – “Accused DNA Found on Body”
The Express, 5 June, 2014 – “Fury of Accused in Elaine Killing Case”
Glasgow Times, 13 June, 2014 – “Elaine Evidence Compelling”
Glasgow Times, 14 June, 2014 – “Doyle Jury Told Police Probe was Shambles”
Daily Record, 18 June, 2014 – “Elaine Doyle Murder”
