Documentary unveils the devastating impact of Peter Tobin’s crimes on victims’ families, seeking closure.
Ian McNicol hoped it was his Dinah. Dinah vanished in 1991, aged 18. She was hitchhiking home from a festival. Her disappearance deeply affected Ian. He wanted to bury her. Knowing where she was would bring peace. This shows the cruelty of serial killers.
The BBC documentary explains how Dinah’s case was solved. Angelika Kluk’s murder helped solve it. Vicky Hamilton, 15, also vanished in 1991. Tobin murdered Angelika in 2006. He hid her body in a church. Police suspected he had killed before.
Police started Operation Anagram. They checked for Tobin’s links to unsolved cases. He lived near Vicky when she disappeared. Vicky vanished without a trace for 15 years. Tobin’s connection changed everything. His son’s DNA was on Vicky’s purse.
Police searched Tobin’s old home in 2007. They found a knife with Vicky’s DNA. Tobin was linked to Dinah’s disappearance. Dinah’s cash card was used in southeast England. Tobin lived near there when she vanished. A neighbor saw him digging.
Police hoped to find Dinah at Tobin’s old house. They found Vicky instead. Tobin dismembered her body. He moved her remains 470 miles. Ian wanted closure for his family. He found comfort in helping another family.
He wished Vicky’s family well. Police found a second body later. Ian hoped it was Dinah. He wanted to bury her next to her mother. The remains were Dinah. Ian could die in peace and passed in 2014.
Vicky’s sister, Lindsay, shared her pain. Her mother died from grief. Lindsay remembered Vicky as she lived. Detectives thought Tobin had more victims. They found no other answers. Tobin died in 2022, taking his secrets.
No one claimed his body, they disposed of his ashes at sea. One person remembered Ian’s words. “Please be Dinah.”