The Horrific Murder of Alesha MacPhail
The 6-year-old’s killer was exposed by his own mother.
The case of missing girl Alesha MacPhail reverberated throughout Scotland as helicopters flew above the small Island of Bute trying to find her body. On July 2, 2018, her father and his girlfriend found that she was not in her bedroom nor anywhere else in their house. What could have happened to her?
Her bicycle was there, and she did not have a habit of running away. After all, she was only 6 years old.
As it turned out, a psychopath had wandered into her bedroom while looking for drugs. As the family slept, he took her away. She woke up in his arms as he was walking by the beach. Aaron Campbell told her that he was bringing her home. He was also just 16 years old. This is the story of the events that transpired on the night of July 2 which terrified the entire nation.
Off the coast of Glasgow
The Island of Bute has a small community living on it and was long thought to be a quiet and scenic Nordic haven. Residents of the island frequently left their doors unlocked at night and if they did lock them they left spare keys under the front door mats. It was a safe place.
In that safe place lived Robert MacPhail with his girlfriend Toni McLachlan. He…
