The desperate families of serial killer Peter Tobin's victims begged him to reveal the truth about their deaths before he died. Monster Tobin, who had previously been diagnosed with cancer, died today at the age of 76.
He had been serving a life sentence at HMP Edinburgh for the cruel killings of Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol, however, is suspected of murdering dozens of others.
The sister of Vicky Hamilton said previously that police should dig up the garden of every home Tobin has ever lived in.
Sharon Crozier said the loved ones of Tobin's victims should get the truth before it is too late.
Tobin abducted 15-year-old Vicky as she waited for a bus after visiting elder sister Sharon in Bathgate, West Lothian, on February 10 1991.
He lured the schoolgirl to his home and drugged her with a sedative so he could carry out the sex attack.
After the murder, Tobin cut Vicky’s body in two and wrapped it in a curtain and bin bags. When he moved to Margate, Kent, the following month, he drove the body south in his van and buried it in the back garden.
Mum-of-two Sharon, 51, said: “I feel blessed that we got Vicki back. It sounds a very strange thing to say but I am. But we were lucky.
“We were able to bring her home and, no matter how terrible the details surrounding her death were, we got closure. We know what happened.
“These poor families who believe that Tobin killed their loved one deserve that too.
“Every single house that man has lived in over the years should be searched and the gardens dug up.”
Vicky’s mum Janette, of Falkirk, died broken-hearted two years after her daughter mysteriously vanished.
Sharon and her siblings, Lindsay and Lee, endured another 15 years of not knowing what happened to Vicky before her body was recovered 500 miles away at Tobin’s former home.
Nicola Stork, whose sister Louise Kay was strongly suspected to be a victim of Tobin's also said: “I don’t want Tobin to die because it means we might never know but I’ve got no sympathy if he’s in pain.
“If he dies without giving us information about Louise, then it probably means we’ll never know what happened to her or where she is.
“I hope he will confess something or the police can go and speak to him to get it out of him.”
Retired detective superintendent David Swindle, who caught Tobin and led the task force looking at his other crimes, added: “If there’s any humanity there, Tobin will give up the secrets of what happened to these other victims.
“There won’t be any sympathy for him being in pain but, if indeed he is dying, it’s the least he could do for these families.”
Tobin's death is not being treated as suspicious.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "At 6.04am on Saturday, October 8, 2022, officers attended at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh following the death of a 76-year-old man.
“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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