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A retired detective believes a new documentary could help solve a number of unsolved murders in Sussex. David Swindle believes new BBC documentary: The Hunt For Peter Tobin could uncover new evidence to suggest serial killer Peter Tobin is linked to further unsolved murders. Scottish murderer Peter Tobin died in 2022 after serving three life sentences for the murders of Vicky Hamilton, Dinah McNicol and Angelika Kluk.
READ MORE: East Sussex cliff warning issued as heatwave takes grip Tobin lived in several other towns and was based in Brighton between 1969 and 1980. In 2010 police officers searched the gardens of two properties in Brighton, 152 Marine Parade and 67 Station Road, where Tobin previously lived from the from the late 1960s. Police discovered Tobin had also been working in a hotel in Eastbourne whilst living in the area.
Jessie Earl The killer has also been linked to previous cold cases including the murder of student Jessie Earl, 22, who disappeared from her bedsit in 1980 in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Jessie’s body was found on Beachy Head in 1989, nine years after she disappeared. Tobin has also been linked with the disappearance of Louise Kay, 18, on Beachy Head, Eastbourne in 1988.
Louise Kay was last seen after dropping her friend Sarah off after attending a disco on Eastbourne Pier with her partner and friends. Louise Kay Sarah recalled Louise saying she could be going to Beachy Head before driving away. It was also reported Louise had met a mysterious “Scottish man” before her disappearance.
Swindle believes the popularity of the documentary will help bring awareness to the serial killer and help bring justice to further victims of Tobin. As reported by the Daily Record, he said: "I am in no doubt Tobin killed other women. “As soon as I saw the ferocity of what Tobin had done to Angelika, how organised he was, how he concealed her body I knew he had killed before.
“He travelled through the UK, he was using aliases, he was 60. This wasn’t the first time. "He targeted, murdered and buried vulnerable women who may not have relatives to report them missing so sadly we may never know how many people he killed.
" He went on to say: “The huge marketing campaign behind The Hunt For Peter Tobin including social media platforms like TikTok, means the awareness of this horrible individual’s terrible crimes is extended across Scotland and England.".
