The Reconstruction: Episode 397

It was a bright winters day in Sheffield at about 4pm as two friends were walking to return a drill bit to a tool factory. As the walked, they saw something just off the pavement in the hedges – it hadn’t been covered up and was easily spotted. It was a three foot holdall. The two men who found it carried it down the road, thinking it contained something valuable like an engine; it was certainly big enough. The bag was covered by a bedding sheet tied with rope and the body was wrapped in polythene. They undid the rope, unzipped the bag, peeled open the polythene and got the shock of their lives. They had found a badly decomposed body - a body that was soon confirmed to be that of a man who had been murdered a number of years before. Just who had dumped the body in this area where it would easily be found. And who had killed him - and why? Please support my sponsor - NordVPN Get your exclusive NordVPN deal here → https://nordvpn.com/uktruecrime It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Find out more about the UK True Crime Podcast: https://uktruecrime.com Join me at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKTrueCrime Join me in Sheffield on 7 September https://armchairdetectiveswanted.com/events Join the UK True Crime Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Buy my book 'Gone Fishing' about serial killer Angus Sinclair: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gone-Fishing-Unsolved-Crimes-Sinclair/dp/1914277201 Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/615460.stm BBC News | UK | 'Fascinating puzzle' of Mr X https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/in-25-years-crimewatch-snares-57-398587 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1190207.stm#:~:text=Police%20believe%20Mr%20Ali%20was,house%20and%20move%20to%20Sheffield. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1190207.stm BBC NEWS | UK | England | South Yorkshire | Body in bag killer loses appeal