Cigarette butt leads to killer's identity
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How cigarette butt helped solve 30-year murder mystery
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Mary McLaughlin , 58 , was found dead in her flat in west end of Glasgow in 1984 .
She had been drinking and playing dominos in the Hyndland Pub , now the Duck Club .
A log book revealed serial sex offender Graham McGill was on parole when she was killed.
A matching DNA profile was later discovered hidden in the knot of the cord used to murder the mother-of-eleven.
An Embassy cigarette end stubbed out on an ashtray on the living room coffee table.
It was of particular interest to the cold case team as Mary 's preferred brand was Woodbine .
Ms Cochrane said she hoped technological advances would enable her to obtain trace levels of DNA.
But the breakthrough created a conundrum when it emerged McGill was a prisoner when Mary was murdered.
He was not released until October 1984 - nine days after the grandmother was last seen alive.
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