The Unsolved Murder of Alexander ‘Sandy’ McClelland

On the 7th of October 1985, the body of 66-year-old Alexander ‘Sandy’ McClelland was found in the boot of his green Ford Cortina.

The light green Ford Cortina belonging to Sandy was found parked in a car park on Bethel Street, near the Brighouse Wheelers Working Men’s Club on the outskirts of Leeds, England. Sandy and his car had been missing for a few weeks. When police searched the car, they found Sandy’s body in the boot, he had been stabbed to death, with the fatal wound being through the heart.

Whoever put Sandy in the boot had wrapped him in a bedspread. On further investigation, police discovered that it had been made in 1961 for the British Army. Attached to the bedspread was a small ticket, which police believed to be either a laundry or dry-cleaning ticket. Sandy was unusually dressed. The clothing that he was wearing was too big for him. The jeans were 4 inches too long and the jumper was also too big for his body, leading police to believe that this clothing did not belong to Sandy. They presumed that someone had removed Sandy’s clothing and placed him in someone else’s clothing.

Sandy was also wearing a green balaclava that covered his head and face. On forensic examination, police determined that…