The evil Peter Tobin has been quoted as saying he killed 48 women, then told the police to 'prove it'. I do not doubt he killed 48, I really don't. But let's look at WHO he may have killed.
Serial killers start in their late teens and early twenties. Tobin was born in August 1946, so we use 1966 as a center point.
Now, let's just have a look...
Esther Mersy
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/family-of-missing-esther-mersy-fear-1003293
A twenty-seven-year-old housewife, vanished on November 29th 1965 from Port Glasgow, lived near Tobin's home. He was 19. She was small, brunette, involved with her local church and has not been found. Her handbag and coat were found in a bus shelter on Largs seafront, a few miles away. Like Dinah, money was taken out of her account.
Bible John Murders
I think Tobin is the prime suspect for these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_John
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-tobin/the-bible-john-mystery
April Fabb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_April_Fabb
Aged 13, April was cycling between Metton and Roughton on 8th April 1969, in Norfolk. Norfolk is a county that Tobin frequented on bank holidays. 8th April was the day after Easter Monday. Although Robert Black is also a suspect and drove vans (without a license) after 1964, I believe Tobin is stronger, as he was more likely to have been in Norfolk on that SPECIFIC date. April is still missing.
Jackie Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/391675/Prints-may-solve-43-year-old-killings-mystery
Hitchhiking on the M1 in March 1970, 18-year-old Jackie Ansell-Lamb was found raped and strangled. Six months later, 24-year-old Barbara Mayo was also raped and strangled near the M1. If you look at her picture, she does look like Dinah.
Susan Long
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/unsolvedcases/homicideattemptedhomicides/susanlong1.aspx
18-year-old Susan Long was catching the last bus home on the night of 10th March, from Norwich to Aylsham. She had been at a dance hall. she was found at 5.15am on 11th March by a milkman, having been strangled and drowned in a puddle.
Of course, this fits tight with the murder of Jackie, but if we believe Tobin then decided to get as far away from Jackie's murder scene as possible, this works.
Helen Kane
The 25-year-old had been out with her husband and friends in Edinburgh in May 1970. She was found stripped and battered on a building site. Angus Sinclair may be responsible but I don't think we should rule Tobin out just yet.
Anne Law
34, murdered in Newcastle. Vanished in March 1973, her body found in 1982.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Victims+waiting+for+justice+as+killers+remain+at+large.-a0215637234
Wendy Sewell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downing_case
The 32-year-old was killed in a cemetery in Bakewell in the Midlands on 12th September 1973. Beaten round the head and assaulted, her death reminds me of the Bible John murders.
Bridget Findlay
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2105
Unable to find much else.
Caroline (or Carolyn) Doreen Allen
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1171
Disappeared in April 1974, found dead in December 1975, possibly beaten round the head. Found twenty miles away, I am unable to find much else. She was seventeen.
Mary Boyle
Disappeared aged 17 from Norfolk. Might be the Cockley Cley body.
Cockley Cley Headless Woman
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=74
Found In August 1974, unidentified. Was wearing a Marks and Spencer nightdress and was wrapped in a sheet made in Scotland. The company made six particular sheets between 1962 and 1968. Why only six in six sheets is beyond me.
Pamela Exall
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/unsolvedcases/missingpersons/pamelaexall.aspx
Pamela vanished on 27th August 1974 in Snettisham, at the coast. She had gone for a walk. What puzzles me is when her family were shown jewelry from Tobin, they said they recognized it, but it wasn't Pamela's. Vicky Hamilton borrowed her mother's ring when she vanished. Maybe Pamela did the same? Tobin could also have pretended to be a lost tourist and perhaps ask her to point somewhere on a map. She wouldn't be able to see very well, almost dark, so he could have pushed her in.
Maureen Mulcahy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8351889.stm
22-year-old Maureen was strangled after leaving a pub.
Brenda Evans
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/n...tives-review-historic-cheshire-murder-5197587
A 17-year-old, murdered in October 1977, shoved down a manhole and strangled with her tights.
Jill Barnard
This one was tricky, as I found literally no information on her. All I know is she vanished sometime in October 1977 and she was 19 and lived in London.
http://z13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightEurope/ar/t2503.htm
Jill Brown
http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/jill-brown
Vanished on 3rd January 1978, aged 19. Not found.
Asha Bostan
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1370
Only information I can find about this person.
Margaret Frame
Murdered in Brighton in 1978, the 36-year-old was raped, stabbed in the back, her throat slit, an attempt was made to severe her head and her jewellery was taken. She was dragged 500 yards and buried in a shallow grave. It took ten days to find her body.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3751317.Brighton_murder_case_that_lives_on/
http://theargusandleaderseries.news...ooking_back_margaret_frame_jewellery_1978_jpg
Yvette Watson
Yvette was 17 when she was last seen in Norfolk on 30th March 1979. Listed as a runaway, but likely Tobin victim.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=869
Christina Nuala Bracken AKA Sister Jacinta
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1965dfuk.html
Vanished from Swansea in May 1979. Interestingly, her handbag was found on the shore, like Vicky's purse was near the bus stop. In Tobin's possession are religious medals and rosary beads similar to what a nun would have.
Suzanne Lawrence
Aged 14, she disappeared in Harold Hill, Essex.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/2462dfuk.html
As this was in the holidays, Tobin could have been on his way to Norfolk. If so, she could be in Norfolk.
Teresa De Simone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Teresa_de_Simone
Murdered in December 1979 in Southampton. As her jewelry was taken, as well as strangulation and naked from the waist down, this seems to fit.
Jessie Earl
Aged 22, she lived in Eastbourne in 1980 when she disappeared. Found in 1989 in Beachy Head. Rather good argument for Tobin having killed her.
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/tobin-link-to-jessie-s-murder-1-3977869
Pamela Hastie
16, murdered in the area Tobin grew up. Robert Black is a suspect but I say he didn't, as the chances of one serial killer striking where another grew up and was probably living in at the time is minuscule.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/mothers-in-arms-murdered-girls-mums-1079921
Janice Carole Weston
Janice was 36 when she was killed in 1983.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=60
Julie Gardner
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1508
Not able to find much.
Marion Hodge
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1908dfuk.html
From Dumfries, currently missing.
Elia Karjalainen
Hitchhiking in November 1984. Murdered.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1815
Lisa Hession
Aged 14, murdered on 8th December 1984 as she came home from a party. Her clothing may have made her look older.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dna-swab-programme-in-hunt-for-lisa-s-killer-1-3255383
Suzy Lamplugh
Went to see a client called 'Mr Kipper' on 28th July 1986. Never returned. Declared dead in 1994.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/426dfuk.html
Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway
Aged nine and ten, these two girls were murdered on 9th October 1986 in Wild Park, Brighton.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11524584.Families_relive_heartache_of_Babes_in_the_Woods/?ref=mr
Ann Ballantine
http://www.scotsman.com/news/edinbu...allantine-hope-killer-can-be-caught-1-1194680
Linda Cook
Killed in Portsmouth on 9th December 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Linda_Cook
Louise Kay
Aged 18, she disappeared in Eastbourne.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1712dfuk.html
Donna Healey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21024977
Janine Downes
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1556
Sharon Hoare
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1559
Gail Whitehouse
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1552
Maria Requena
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1551
Nicola Payne
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/victims-of-serial-killer-peter-tobin-248076
Johanna Young
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsan...homicideattemptedhomicides/johannayoung1.aspx
Amanda Duncan
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1046dfuk.html
Jennifer Kiely
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4215443.stm
Here is some jewelry that Tobin had in his possession.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8418183.stm
Serial killers start in their late teens and early twenties. Tobin was born in August 1946, so we use 1966 as a center point.
Now, let's just have a look...
Esther Mersy
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/family-of-missing-esther-mersy-fear-1003293
A twenty-seven-year-old housewife, vanished on November 29th 1965 from Port Glasgow, lived near Tobin's home. He was 19. She was small, brunette, involved with her local church and has not been found. Her handbag and coat were found in a bus shelter on Largs seafront, a few miles away. Like Dinah, money was taken out of her account.
Bible John Murders
I think Tobin is the prime suspect for these.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_John
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-tobin/the-bible-john-mystery
April Fabb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_April_Fabb
Aged 13, April was cycling between Metton and Roughton on 8th April 1969, in Norfolk. Norfolk is a county that Tobin frequented on bank holidays. 8th April was the day after Easter Monday. Although Robert Black is also a suspect and drove vans (without a license) after 1964, I believe Tobin is stronger, as he was more likely to have been in Norfolk on that SPECIFIC date. April is still missing.
Jackie Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/391675/Prints-may-solve-43-year-old-killings-mystery
Hitchhiking on the M1 in March 1970, 18-year-old Jackie Ansell-Lamb was found raped and strangled. Six months later, 24-year-old Barbara Mayo was also raped and strangled near the M1. If you look at her picture, she does look like Dinah.
Susan Long
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/unsolvedcases/homicideattemptedhomicides/susanlong1.aspx
18-year-old Susan Long was catching the last bus home on the night of 10th March, from Norwich to Aylsham. She had been at a dance hall. she was found at 5.15am on 11th March by a milkman, having been strangled and drowned in a puddle.
Of course, this fits tight with the murder of Jackie, but if we believe Tobin then decided to get as far away from Jackie's murder scene as possible, this works.
Helen Kane
The 25-year-old had been out with her husband and friends in Edinburgh in May 1970. She was found stripped and battered on a building site. Angus Sinclair may be responsible but I don't think we should rule Tobin out just yet.
Anne Law
34, murdered in Newcastle. Vanished in March 1973, her body found in 1982.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Victims+waiting+for+justice+as+killers+remain+at+large.-a0215637234
Wendy Sewell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Downing_case
The 32-year-old was killed in a cemetery in Bakewell in the Midlands on 12th September 1973. Beaten round the head and assaulted, her death reminds me of the Bible John murders.
Bridget Findlay
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=2105
Unable to find much else.
Caroline (or Carolyn) Doreen Allen
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1171
Disappeared in April 1974, found dead in December 1975, possibly beaten round the head. Found twenty miles away, I am unable to find much else. She was seventeen.
Mary Boyle
Disappeared aged 17 from Norfolk. Might be the Cockley Cley body.
Cockley Cley Headless Woman
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=74
Found In August 1974, unidentified. Was wearing a Marks and Spencer nightdress and was wrapped in a sheet made in Scotland. The company made six particular sheets between 1962 and 1968. Why only six in six sheets is beyond me.
Pamela Exall
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/unsolvedcases/missingpersons/pamelaexall.aspx
Pamela vanished on 27th August 1974 in Snettisham, at the coast. She had gone for a walk. What puzzles me is when her family were shown jewelry from Tobin, they said they recognized it, but it wasn't Pamela's. Vicky Hamilton borrowed her mother's ring when she vanished. Maybe Pamela did the same? Tobin could also have pretended to be a lost tourist and perhaps ask her to point somewhere on a map. She wouldn't be able to see very well, almost dark, so he could have pushed her in.
Maureen Mulcahy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8351889.stm
22-year-old Maureen was strangled after leaving a pub.
Brenda Evans
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/n...tives-review-historic-cheshire-murder-5197587
A 17-year-old, murdered in October 1977, shoved down a manhole and strangled with her tights.
Jill Barnard
This one was tricky, as I found literally no information on her. All I know is she vanished sometime in October 1977 and she was 19 and lived in London.
http://z13.invisionfree.com/PorchlightEurope/ar/t2503.htm
Jill Brown
http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/help-us-find/jill-brown
Vanished on 3rd January 1978, aged 19. Not found.
Asha Bostan
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1370
Only information I can find about this person.
Margaret Frame
Murdered in Brighton in 1978, the 36-year-old was raped, stabbed in the back, her throat slit, an attempt was made to severe her head and her jewellery was taken. She was dragged 500 yards and buried in a shallow grave. It took ten days to find her body.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3751317.Brighton_murder_case_that_lives_on/
http://theargusandleaderseries.news...ooking_back_margaret_frame_jewellery_1978_jpg
Yvette Watson
Yvette was 17 when she was last seen in Norfolk on 30th March 1979. Listed as a runaway, but likely Tobin victim.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=869
Christina Nuala Bracken AKA Sister Jacinta
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1965dfuk.html
Vanished from Swansea in May 1979. Interestingly, her handbag was found on the shore, like Vicky's purse was near the bus stop. In Tobin's possession are religious medals and rosary beads similar to what a nun would have.
Suzanne Lawrence
Aged 14, she disappeared in Harold Hill, Essex.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/2462dfuk.html
As this was in the holidays, Tobin could have been on his way to Norfolk. If so, she could be in Norfolk.
Teresa De Simone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Teresa_de_Simone
Murdered in December 1979 in Southampton. As her jewelry was taken, as well as strangulation and naked from the waist down, this seems to fit.
Jessie Earl
Aged 22, she lived in Eastbourne in 1980 when she disappeared. Found in 1989 in Beachy Head. Rather good argument for Tobin having killed her.
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/local/tobin-link-to-jessie-s-murder-1-3977869
Pamela Hastie
16, murdered in the area Tobin grew up. Robert Black is a suspect but I say he didn't, as the chances of one serial killer striking where another grew up and was probably living in at the time is minuscule.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/mothers-in-arms-murdered-girls-mums-1079921
Janice Carole Weston
Janice was 36 when she was killed in 1983.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=60
Julie Gardner
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1508
Not able to find much.
Marion Hodge
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1908dfuk.html
From Dumfries, currently missing.
Elia Karjalainen
Hitchhiking in November 1984. Murdered.
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1815
Lisa Hession
Aged 14, murdered on 8th December 1984 as she came home from a party. Her clothing may have made her look older.
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/dna-swab-programme-in-hunt-for-lisa-s-killer-1-3255383
Suzy Lamplugh
Went to see a client called 'Mr Kipper' on 28th July 1986. Never returned. Declared dead in 1994.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/426dfuk.html
Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway
Aged nine and ten, these two girls were murdered on 9th October 1986 in Wild Park, Brighton.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11524584.Families_relive_heartache_of_Babes_in_the_Woods/?ref=mr
Ann Ballantine
http://www.scotsman.com/news/edinbu...allantine-hope-killer-can-be-caught-1-1194680
Linda Cook
Killed in Portsmouth on 9th December 1986.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Linda_Cook
Louise Kay
Aged 18, she disappeared in Eastbourne.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1712dfuk.html
Donna Healey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21024977
Janine Downes
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1556
Sharon Hoare
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1559
Gail Whitehouse
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1552
Maria Requena
http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=1551
Nicola Payne
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/victims-of-serial-killer-peter-tobin-248076
Johanna Young
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsan...homicideattemptedhomicides/johannayoung1.aspx
Amanda Duncan
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-uk/1046dfuk.html
Jennifer Kiely
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4215443.stm
Here is some jewelry that Tobin had in his possession.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8418183.stm