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DETECTIVES investigating a schoolgirl's disappearance have submitted a report 
to the procurator-fiscal - 47 years after she vanished. 
Moira Anderson, 11, went missing from her home in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in 
the winter of 1957 while on an errand for her gran. 
Police fear the youngster was raped and murdered. Her body was never found. 
Now, almost five decades on, the procurator-fiscal is studying a new police 
report on the case. 
This follows a deathbed confession from a convicted paedophile who is 
understood to have blamed a man long-suspected by detectives as being 
responsible for the murder. 
James Gallogley, a former church elder in Coatbridge, reportedly implicated 
retired bus driver and friend Alex Gartshore. 
Gartshore, now 83 and living in Leeds, was also labelled as guilty by his 
daughter, Sandra Brown, in a book. 
Gallogley, who died in April 1999, at Peterhead Prison, alleged Gartshore 
took Moira to a bus depot were she was sedated with chloroform and sexually 
abused. 
He claimed her body was dumped in a Coatbridge area known as the Tarry Burn. 
Gallogley's deathbed confession was made to fellow Peterhead prisoner Alec 
Keil and details were passed to police in October last year. 
Last week, senior police officers met with Airdrie's top prosecutor to 
discuss the case. 
A report has now been submitted to the regional procurator-fiscal David 
Speirs who will submit a detailed report to the Crown Office. 
He said: "I had a lengthy discussion with the investigating officer and a 
report will shortly be submitted to the Crown Office." 
Detective Chief Inspector David Marsh, of Motherwell CID, confirmed a report 
has been submitted to the procurator-fiscal. 
DCI Marsh and Mr Speirs refused to comment when asked whether the report was 
linked to the recent confession or named Alex Gartshore as a suspect. 
The investigation was previously reopened in 1992 when Sandra told police she 
thought her father was implicated in her disappearance. 
Alex Gartshore was a bus driver in the Coatbridge area at the time of Moira's 
disappearance, and a convicted paedophile. 
No charges arose from the investigation. 
The Evening Times was unable to contact Mr Gartshore. 
However, four years ago, he appeared on television to deny claims that he had 
murdered Moira. 
In an interview with Channel 4's Cutting Edge documentary, he insisted he was 
innocent of the attack which caused a split in his family. 
In 1998 Sandra Brown published a book, Where There Is Evil, exposing her 
father. 
The proceeds from the book were used to set up a fund in the name of Moira 
Anderson to help victims of sexual abuse to take their cases to court. 
Ms Brown said today: "The police dossier names my father and gives a specific 
location of Moira's body. 
"We've come full circle, as 10 years ago we were awaiting a decision from the 
fiscal and were devastated by the decision to do nothing. 
"There is now a chance for the police and fiscal to find forensic evidence 
and an opportunity to check a specific location. 
"The best outcome for Moira's family would be to find her body." 

Publication date 10/03/04


DETECTIVES investigating a schoolgirl's disappearance have submitted a report 
to the procurator-fiscal - 47 years after she vanished. 
Moira Anderson, 11, went missing from her home in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in 
the winter of 1957 while on an errand for her gran. 
Police fear the youngster was raped and murdered. Her body was never found. 
Now, almost five decades on, the procurator-fiscal is studying a new police 
report on the case. 
This follows a deathbed confession from a convicted paedophile who is 
understood to have blamed a man long-suspected by detectives as being 
responsible for the murder. 
James Gallogley, a former church elder in Coatbridge, reportedly implicated 
retired bus driver and friend Alex Gartshore. 
Gartshore, now 83 and living in Leeds, was also labelled as guilty by his 
daughter, Sandra Brown, in a book. 
Gallogley, who died in April 1999, at Peterhead Prison, alleged Gartshore 
took Moira to a bus depot were she was sedated with chloroform and sexually 
abused. 


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