Cheese wire murder victim's family urge killer's relatives to come forward with DNA

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The family of a man murdered with a cheese wire 41 years ago have urged relatives who suspect a dead family member to submit DNA in the hunt for a killer.Taxi driver George Murdoch was found dead beside his cab on Pitfodels Station Road, Aberdeen, having just picked up a fare in September 1983.The cheese wire believed to have been used to garrotte him was found nearby - but the culprit was never found.Police investigating the unsolved case found 200 possible DNA matches as they hope to establish any family link to a profile from the scene.

But his family fear relatives who suspect a now deceased family member won't come forward for genetic testing.George's nephew Alex McKay said the family are desperately searching for 'closure'.He told the Daily Record: "We strongly believe someone out there knows who the killer is and we hope that their conscience will be pricked."Even if that person is dead, it is still closure for our family.

If you have someone's name in mind, you are not hurting them- all you could be doing is giving us the answers we desperately want."Think about our family and our pain versus anything that you might think about protecting someone."Handsome rewards have been offered by the family- with £50,000 to be paid out for anyone with information that leads to the killer.In December, the family offered a £10,000 reward for a DNA swab that found a genetic link.Forensic scientists previously managed to develop a male DNA profile from crime scene material thanks to advances in analysis techniques, but detectives need to find a match.

Nephew Alex said that given Aberdeen's booming oil industry at the time, the murderer could be from anywhere in the country or even beyond.He said: "The police had an initial list