Ex-detective issues cold case plea to catch his mum's killer

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Ann Heron, from Glasgow, was found murdered in her Durham home in 1990 but her killer has never been caught.

Mr Cockburn, a former Strathclyde Police officer, said that his mother's case was the only murder he had been associated with that had not been solved."It's been a long time that they've been investigating, so clearly there have been some mistakes and some errors made - but on the whole I think they've done a good job.

The case against him was dropped due to a lack of evidence and in 2020 a private investigator, working on his behalf, concluded a violent criminal on the run from prisonMs Heron was from Glasgow but moved to England after divorcing Mr Cockburn's father. He was working as police officer in Glasgow when he was informed of his mother's death.

Officers are also reviewing all information submitted by members of the public and have urged anyone who might know something from that day to"It might be that missing piece of the jigsaw that someone has sat on for all these years and might not realise its significance," Mr Cockburn said. "I will always try and get it into the public eye to try and get that little missing piece," he said.

 

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