But 27 years on from her shocking death, three people stood accused of her murder in the Scottish High Court in Glasgow. And the evidence of a four-year-old boy who was present as Caroline met her grisly end would prove crucial.
It was August 25, , when year-old Caroline was brutally killed and dumped in the River Leven, Dumbartonshire. The original police investigation was hampered by an unwillingness to cooperate with the police and only reopened in It was something her family were not happy about, with Margaret saying she had questioned Robbie on his motives for being involved with a year-old child.
But worse was to come. He was also seeing his co-accused, Donna Marie Brand, who was pregnant with his child. But when the couple arrived home, only Joanne was in the house - and she said Caroline had gone out to the other side of town, where Robbie and his friends lived. Guilt plays a lot on my mind. When you look at the people who were involved, maybe people were intimidated that if they spoke out that would bring trouble to them.
Where was I when she needed me? Several of the witnesses in the case had histories of heroin abuse from the time Caroline was murdered - leading the defence to question whether their recollections of events could be relied on. And the fact that there were three defendants in the harrowing case meant the jury would have a tough time untangling the evidence.
He would attack her, bully her. He would grab her neck and slam her into the wall. And again the three defendants banked on their alibi of being in a house together babysitting all night would put them in the clear. But the prosecution had a vital eye witness - the four-year-old boy called Archie who they had been looking after. In the bombshell video the child told police that he, Caroline, Robbie, Andy, Sarah and Sarah-Jane were all at the river.
