CASE SUMMARY

Just after midday on the 10th of November 1994, a 31-year-old woman was found savagely beaten alongside a public footpath in the town of Irvine, situated on the west coast of Scotland.

She had been viciously bludgeoned with a blunt instrument during a sustained attack, and despite being air lifted to a specialist hospital unit, she sadly never regained consciousness – leaving behind a seven year old daughter.

Despite their best efforts, investigators were unable to establish a motive and seemingly had no evidence to help identify the person or persons responsible – leaving a community to fear a killer was living among them.

Multiple convicted offenders in Scotland have been linked with the crime, but none have been charged.

Over a quarter of a century later, after countless appeals and intermittent periods of high media coverage, police revealed details of a specific item found at the scene in what appears to be a last ditch attempt in the pursuit of justice.

Enormous thank you to John Douglas of Trashcan Sinatras for his time in discussing the band’s album ‘Weightlifting’, and the inspiration behind the song ‘Trouble Sleeping’ which is written about Shona’s murder.

A big thanks to Jason Myers Phototherapy, not only for allowing me to use their YouTube footage but also capturing the drone footage used in this video.