A 53-year-old crossdressing butcher has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of an 11-year-old girl in the Galashiels area of Scotland. The girl was reported missing by her family on Sunday, February 5, after failing to return home following a play date with friends. Police said she was around a “20 minute walk from home” before she disappeared without a trace, prompting a massive multi-agency operation into locating the child. Countless volunteers took to the streets in a bid to find the youngster.
Earlier today, Police Scotland announced the child had been found safe and uninjured after having been missing for approximately 27 hours. She has since been reunited with her family. Police have cordoned off the property where she was found in Montgomerie Terrace in the village of Gattonside, and announced they had arrested a man in connection with the girl’s disappearance. Local sources have named the individual arrested as Andrew Miller, a local butcher. Miller was known in the area as a “crossdresser.” Miller is the owner of Miller Butchers of Melrose, a poorly-rated meat shop which recently shut down. We found two Facebook profiles belonging to Miller, one of which utilizes a “female” identity under the name “Amy George.” Miller appears to have operated the accounts simultaneously, posting on both his “male” and “female” identified accounts.
Miller posted content on both of his Facebook accounts, with his “female” identity primarily uploading links to music videos and heavily-filtered selfies. The “Amy George” account was established in 2010. Miller’s transvestic tendencies were apparently well-known within his community. A source local to Miller told Reduxx that he had been labelled “tranny Miller” while in high school because of his proclivity for cross-dressing, and that he had been known as a “knicker pincher” even as a student.
After graduating, Miller apparently began occasionally dressing in women’s clothes both in the community and in his butcher shop. Two sources independently claimed that Miller had past contact with police for stealing women’s undergarments from clotheslines. Miller reportedly also had a wife and children, but their current whereabouts are unknown. “I think they split up years ago! Don’t think he sees his kids. They are adults now. He was dressing full-time as a woman for a while. Latterly, when his butcher’s shop was open, he was always dressed as Amy, not Andrew,” one member of the community said. In January of 2020, Miller posted that he was a “single woman,” and was seeking other “single women.”
Miller occasionally re-affirmed his “feminine” identity on the “Amy George” account, declaring his name and gender identity. In January of 2020, Miller posted on teaching children to explore their identities. “That simple question that we ask ourselves… who am I? Deliver that same question to your children. Let them be themselves. Guide them, but not with boundaries. Teach them, but not with misguided morals. Love them and let them know and feel that they are loved, because that is the greatest gift of all,” Miller posted as “Amy George” in January of 2020. Weeks later, Miller posted about himself, writing: “I’ve been butchering for 50 years personally now. 22 in Jedburgh. 28 years in Melrose. I come from a family of butchers. I have won many awards in butchery and in cuisine cooking skills. I am Amy G. Miller.”
Though he posted on his “Amy George” account regularly and made it clear who he was and where he worked, Miller also continued to utilize his other Facebook account, still under his birth name. In January of this year, Miller made a post alluding to the debacle surrounding Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act. “Silly Billys [sic] in Westminster… Never mess with Scottish Transgender Issues,” Miller wrote just days after the UK Government moved to block a piece of Scottish legislation which sought to significantly relax the requirements for individuals to change their legal sex in Scotland.
A January Facebook post from Miller’s “male” account. Some of the final posts made on Miller’s “male” account were from just weeks ago, and featured cryptic messages. “If you don’t want the world to see you, because they wouldn’t understand. Everything is made to be broken,” Miller wrote, revising the lyrics to the Goo Goo Dolls’ 1998 track, Iris. “But if if [sic] you don’t… goodbye. Hey, that’s life,” Miller wrote in another stand-alone post.
“You can’t have it, make do with what you have… we will respect that,” another reads. Miller’s butcher shop was poorly regarded in his town, and had overwhelmingly negative reviews online. The most recent reviews on Yellow Pages consistently mention Miller’s attitude and behavior as being “rude” and abrupt. “We were attracted by the impressive display of pies in the window, so we went in. Well, I wish we hadn’t. Can’t remember the last time – if ever – I have come across such a blatantly rude person serving,” one reviewer wrote, giving the shop a 1-star review.
“Shockingly bad poor quality food, served by a staff member who was downright rude, surly with no manners who practically threw our pies on the counter. But her/his make up was applied nicely!” Another wrote. Limited details on the case have been released by authorities, and Miller’s name is only known because of local sources that have come forward. Scotland Border Police only identified the individual arrested as a “53-year-old man,” and have stated that investigations are ongoing.
