Tying Up Loose Ends: Episode 359
The Loch of Kinnordy nature reserve in Kirriemuir, north-east Scotland, is a beautiful place where you can find amazing wildlife including otters, red squirrels and red deer.
But amid all this beauty, a sight of pure horror met two member of the publics at this spot early one morning. Inside the car park, they discovered the lifeless body of 27 year old Steven Donaldson lying next to a burnt out car.
Just who had killed Steven - and why?
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Sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-48458290
https://news.stv.tv/north/killer-left-instructions-for-family-before-taking-own-life
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fury-devious-killer-ex-girlfriend-29951565
https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/loch-of-kinnordy/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-44415177
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/steven-donaldson-murder-trial-body-14271213
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/884466/steven-donaldson-murder-steven-was-far-too-young-to-die-family-pay-tribute-outside-court-after-trio-found-guilty-of-his-killing/?__hsfp=1747869543&__hssc=164363168.4.1696352080703&__hstc=164363168.8af12bdf6e0af5c5875364275e2b5949.1696083686491.1696083686491.1696352080703.2
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/881881/steven-donaldson-a-successful-and-popular-young-man-at-the-heart-of-a-happy-family/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/881969/tasmin-glass-the-budding-angus-starlet-who-became-a-killer/
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2019hcjac84.pdf?sfvrsn=0
But amid all this beauty, a sight of pure horror met two member of the publics at this spot early one morning. Inside the car park, they discovered the lifeless body of 27 year old Steven Donaldson lying next to a burnt out car.
Just who had killed Steven - and why?
Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast:
https://uktruecrime.com
Join me at Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime
Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201
Sources
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-48458290
https://news.stv.tv/north/killer-left-instructions-for-family-before-taking-own-life
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/fury-devious-killer-ex-girlfriend-29951565
https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/loch-of-kinnordy/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-44415177
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/steven-donaldson-murder-trial-body-14271213
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/884466/steven-donaldson-murder-steven-was-far-too-young-to-die-family-pay-tribute-outside-court-after-trio-found-guilty-of-his-killing/?__hsfp=1747869543&__hssc=164363168.4.1696352080703&__hstc=164363168.8af12bdf6e0af5c5875364275e2b5949.1696083686491.1696083686491.1696352080703.2
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/881881/steven-donaldson-a-successful-and-popular-young-man-at-the-heart-of-a-happy-family/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/881969/tasmin-glass-the-budding-angus-starlet-who-became-a-killer/
https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2019hcjac84.pdf?sfvrsn=0
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