Timeline of Elizabeth McCabe tragedy

● February 10 1980: Trainee nursery nurse Elizabeth McCabe, 20, leaves Lyndhurst Avenue home for night out. She visited several city centre bars before heading to Teazers, Union Street.

● February 11 1980: Elizabeth McCabe reported missing by her parents.

● February 26 1980: Elizabeth McCabe’s partially clothed body found in undergrowth in Templeton Woods.

● Mid to late February 1980: Clothing belonging to Elizabeth McCabe found at Coupar Angus Road, near the Kingsway.

● March 2 1980: Taxi driver Vincent Simpson first interviewed in relation to Elizabeth McCabe murder inquiry.

● March 11 1980: Elizabeth McCabe’s clothing sent for forensic analysis.

● March 13 1980: Seance held with Tayside Police officers to determine what had happened to McCabe.

● April 2 1980: Jewellery and photo belonging to Elizabeth McCabe found in Cobden Street. Shoes found in same location some weeks later.

● 1980: After months of exhaustive inquiries, police fail to find killer but case file is left open.

● 1996: Tayside Police instruct review of Templeton Woods deaths of Elizabeth McCabe and Carol Lannen following reopening of Bible John case in Glasgow.

● 1998: A second review is undertaken into unsolved deaths at Templeton Woods by Tayside Police.

● 2004: Case reopened by Tayside Police. Items of evidence sent for DNA analysis at Yorkshire-based lab.

● July 2005: Tayside Police officers visit Vincent Simpson at home in Camberley, Surrey. He is detained and cautioned.

● July 19 2005: Simpson appears at Dundee Sheriff Court for first time in connection with death.

● October 22 2007: High Court trial of Vincent Simpson begins before Lord Kinclaven at Edinburgh.

● December 13, 2007: Jury returns not guilty verdict after seven-week trial.