I was so impressed by how police used DNA to catch my sister's killer Peter Tobin I'm now a forensic science teacher: Courage of victim's family on eve of powerful TV documentary
Daily MailIt was one of Scotland’s biggest missing persons investigations and led to the uncovering of a horrific serial killer. It took a further 17 agonising years before the tragic 15-year-old’s body was found buried in convicted killer Peter Tobin’s garden – nearly 600 miles away. Speaking in The Hunt for Peter Tobin, a new BBC Scotland documentary, she said: ‘I was fascinated by how the evidence pinpointed Vicky’s murderer – how was it still there after 17 years. Schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton was murdered by convicted sex killer Peter Tobin and found buried in the back garden of his former home in Margate, Kent. Dogged detective work led to the discovery of the remains of Vicky and Dinah covered in black bin bags and buried in the back garden of Tobin’s former home in Margate, Kent.
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Serial killer Tobin could have been stopped in the 1980s if police listened to me, says rape victim
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Hunt for a serial killer: Two teenage girls mysteriously disappear within days of each other... a beautiful Polish student vanishes and is later found murdered. Police embark on one of the biggest man
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Nursing student was murdered while walking to a friend’s house. 40 years later, DNA leads police to suspected killer
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Genetics reveal suspect in 1981 beauty queen murder
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Victim’s sister speaks out after Tobin’s death
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‘I’m glad he’s dead’ – Ex-wife of Peter Tobin reacts to news of killer’s death
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‘His victims will become a footnote in history’ – relatives reflect on Tobin death
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Full extent of Peter Tobin’s violence may never be known
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Serial killer Peter Tobin in hospital after falling unwell in prison
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Fresh DNA clue to murder of Lindsay Jo Rimer 22 years on sent for testing
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Peter Tobin drops Vicky Hamilton murder appeal
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Tobin's first victim: a 15-year-old schoolgirl
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