Serial killer Peter Tobin refused one last plea to confess to his vile crimes as he lay dying.
The 76-year-old murderer, rapist and paedophile, who was serving a whole life sentence for murdering three women, died earlier today at an Edinburgh hospital.
Detectives have long suspected he was responsible for many more crimes but sick Tobin opted to take his horrific secrets to the grave.
He was convicted of raping and murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk, 23, and hiding her body under the floor of a Glasgow church in 2006.
The killer was also serving life terms for the murders of 15-year-old schoolgirl Vicky Hamilton, of Redding, near Falkirk, in 1991, and 18-year-old Dinah McNicol the same year.
Their bodies were found 17 years later, buried in the garden of his former home in Margate, Kent.
Detectives know that he used at least 40 aliases and 150 cars during his life, fuelling suspicions those deaths were the tip of the iceberg.
Detective chief superintendent Laura Thomson, head of major crime at Police Scotland, said: ‘Recent attempts to encourage him to do the right thing and share any knowledge he may have which could assist the police were unsuccessful.
‘While we have no current lines of investigation into Peter Tobin, we welcome any information in relation to his activities.’
The Sunday Mail previously reported he had cancer and had broken his hip in a fall but was refusing food and medication.
A statement from Vicky Hamilton’s three siblings read: ‘We remember Vicky, we remember her laughter, her smile and we want to keep that memory after all the years of having no idea what had happened to her, followed by heartbreak of losing our mum not long after Vicky went missing.
‘He does not deserve anymore of our families thoughts.
‘If he has taken more victims, our hearts go out to their families and can only wish one day they get the closure they so badly deserve.
‘We will not be celebrating any passing but instead will be remembering Vicky, Angelika and Dinah along with any other victims, and we respectfully ask for others to do the same.’
Former Strathclyde Police detective David Swindle, who led the investigation into Tobin, said he had no doubts the serial killer murdered more people.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: ‘Peter Tobin is evil. He’s pure evil. This is someone who had no respect for humanity.’
He added: ‘This is a coward, who has taken his secrets to the grave.’
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