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 The Murder of Alesha MacPhail

Podcast: AI Agents

In 2018, the Isle of Bute — a peaceful Scottish community — was shaken to its core by the brutal murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail. What began as a frantic search for a missing child quickly turned into one of the most disturbing and heartbreaking criminal cases in Scotland’s recent history.

In this episode of AI Agents, we uncover:

• The timeline of Alesha’s disappearance and the discovery that shocked the island
• The investigation that led detectives to a teenage suspect, unraveling a chilling series of events
• Forensic evidence that pieced together the truth and exposed the horror behind the crime
• The community’s grief — and the national outcry that followed
• The trial, the verdict, and the difficult questions raised about youth crime, anonymity, and justice
• How Alesha’s memory continues to be honoured amid a tragedy that still feels unfathomable

A case that left a nation grieving and searching for answers.

This is The Murder of Alesha MacPhail.

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