On 29th September 2006 police in Glasgow made an horrific discovery under the floor of a local church: the mutilated body of 23-year-old student Angelika Kluk who had been missing for almost a week. The last person seen with Angelika was 60-year-old church handyman Peter Tobin, a man with a history of violent sexual abuse. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s1e10: Peter Tobin, Pick TV 2017
A history of shocking crimes dating back as far as the early 1990s. ibid.
A case that horrified a community. And investigating whether its perpetrator was born to join this most diabolical of clubs. Born to Kill? Class of Evil s1e1: Charmed to Death, Really 2018
It would be four days before Angelika’s whereabouts were discovered: she was still at the church … As well as being subjected to a sadistic rape Angelika had been stabbed sixteen times in the chest and her head repeatedly bludgeoned. ibid.
‘He was put into some sort of approved school when he was seven years old.’ ibid.
Tobin had a history … Tobin served ten years in prison for the twisted attack but then the convicted sex offender disappeared off the police’s radar. ibid.
Found guilty on all counts, Peter Tobin was revealed as a serial killer. ibid.
‘He’s gone from being someone who beat me up and mentally abused me to viciously attacking two 14-year-old girls to now murdering a young girl. The belief that there’s other girls he’s killed before is almost a certainty now. It never rends. The Murderer & Me: Peter Tobin, Sky Crime 2021
‘He was convicted for brutally sexually assaulting two teenagers in 1993.’ ibid. US rozzer
The discovery [knife] provides a direct link between Peter Tobin and Vicky Hamilton. ibid.
We’re investigating the Scottish serial killer phenomenon. We’ll look at how multiple murderer Peter Tobin hid in plain sight. And we’ll discuss my theory that Tobin and the notorious Bible John are one and the same. David Wilson, Crime Files s1e1: Serial Killers, Amazon 2019
A man accused of eight murders: a brutal killing spree that has haunted Scotland. ibid.
St Patrick’s Church, September 2006: The body of a 23-year-old female [Angelika Kluk] has been found under the floorboards of a church … Killer at the Crime Scene s1e6, Channel 5 2021
The police turn their attention to the people who have recently been in contact with Angelika … Pat McLoughlin [Peter Tobin] was a handyman at the church. ibid.
‘We obtained DNA profiles … We obtained a match … for Peter Tobin.’ ibid. DNA lady
TOCA, GEORGE [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Toca, George]: The Innocence Network 2023 -
George Toca claims to be a victim of a miscarriage of justice. Emily Maw and Kristin Wenstrom work at IPNO, Innocence Project New Orleans. The Innocence Network, 2023
23rd April 1984: ‘My brother would never kill Eric; they was brothers.’ ibid.
A few hours after the murder the investigation began and very quickly police turned to George, making him the sole suspect. ibid.
‘The intended victims of the armed robbery picked George’s photograph out of a photo array, and that was all the evidence against him.’ ibid. IPNO
At the police station both the man and woman independently gave a precise and similar description of the person who fired the shot: a description that did not fit Chicken George at all. ibid.
When he sent his letter in 2001 he had already spent 17 years in prison. ibid.
On January 25th 2015 the State Attorney General approached Emily with a radical plea for George … If he agreed to sign a confession for the murder of his best friend, he would be released immediately. When presented with the plea, Goerge had already been in prison for 30 years. ibid.
George accepted the deal. ibid.
TOLKARS, FRED: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
Somebody opened the door before Sarah [Tolkars] could unlock it: 22-year-old drug addict named Curtis Rower stood on the other side. He brandished a sawn-off shotgun. True Crime Recaps: Attorney Hires Hitman to Get Rid of Wife? Fred Tolkars’ Case, Youtube 17.15, 2022
Curtis held the gun to the back of Sarah’s head and ordered her to drive. ibid.
Eddie Lawrence paid him $5,000 to kill her. ibid.
Sarah died trying to save herself and her children. ibid.
He [Fred Tolkars] and his client/business partner, Eddie Lawrence, used the clubs to launder money for high-level octane clients. ibid.
Back in Georgia police were digging into his business dealings. ibid.
He was arrested for money laundering and racketeering. The murder charge came later. ibid.
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On 14th February 2003 someone entered the home of Ron Tomich with deadly intentions. Killer Kids s3e3: Mommie Dearest & Forbidden Love, LMN 2014
Wanting more than ever to get Ron out of their life, Constance [wife] began to pressure Melissa [Constance’ daughter] into finding someone who would kill Ron for her. ibid.
Constance Tomich received 55 years for aiding in a murder and an additional 30 years for conspiracy … Melissa Tomich spent no time in prison. ibid.
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Found dead in an abandoned basement, her body charred beyond recognition. No witnesses and no apparent motive. This was the fate of Kimberly Antonakos. True Crime Recaps: Betrayed by Friends, Then Burned Alive, Youtube 7.37, 2022
Kim was a 20-year-old business major at the college at Staten Island. ibid.
Her friend’s 22-year-old boyfriend, Josh Torres, was a small-time crook with a big plan. He saw her nice car and her nice apartment and decided that she was a daddy’s girl who could bring him a lot of money. ibid.
Josh’s friends, Jose Negron and Nicholas Libretti were lying in wait … Her kidnappers were panicking … Kim was unconscious and almost dead … Josh insisted they burn the house to get rid of the evidence. ibid.
Jose had recorded them discussing the crime … Josh walked behind him and shot him in the head. ibid.
TORRES, JOSH et al: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
Found dead in an abandoned basement, her body charred beyond recognition. No witnesses and no apparent motive. This was the fate of Kimberly Antonakos. True Crime Recaps: Betrayed by Friends, Then Burned Alive, Youtube 7.37, 2022
Kim was a 20-year-old business major at the college at Staten Island. ibid.
Her friend’s 22-year-old boyfriend, Josh Torres, was a small-time crook with a big plan. He saw her nice car and her nice apartment and decided that she was a daddy’s girl who could bring him a lot of money. ibid.
Josh’s friends, Jose Negron and Nicholas Libretti were lying in wait … Her kidnappers were panicking … Kim was unconscious and almost dead … Josh insisted they burn the house to get rid of the evidence. ibid.
Jose had recorded them discussing the crime … Josh walked behind him and shot him in the head. ibid.
Two witnesses came forward to tell police they’d overheard them talking about what they did to Kim. ibid.
TORREZ, JORGE: viz AVILA-TORREZ, JORGE
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St Charles County, Missouri, May 15th 2001: A maintenance worker clears trash from the roadside ... The rotten corpse of a young woman. Killers: Behind the Myth s2e4: Videotape Killer/The Sidewalk Strangler, 2014
Another body ... She too was a sex worker ... Another body has been found ... All four have been tortured before being strangled to death ... Two more prostitutes ... ibid.
Travis has a history of drug abuse and has served time for armed robbery. ibid.
Travis’s letter boasted of seventeen victims. ibid.
Physical and sexual torture is just the half of it: Travis is subjecting his victims to psychological abuse. ibid.
One of the most brutal serial killers in US history. ibid.
When police in St Louis searched the home of suspected serial killer Maury Travis last summer, they found a secret torture chamber in the basement, with bondage equipment, a stun gun and clippings about the slayings he was suspected of.
But, most chilling of all, they found a videotape containing footage of his crimes.
The tape, labeled Your Wedding Day, showed Travis tying women up and torturing and raping them. One scene showed him apparently strangling one of his victims to death.
The scenes on the tape were so disturbing that Police Chief Joe Mokwa ordered psychological counseling for the officers who viewed them. ‘They’ll give you nightmares.’
Travis, a 36-year-old hotel waiter, hanged himself in jail before admitting to any of the murders, but St Louis police believe he killed between 12 and 20 women. They have identified 12 of his victims as drug-addicted prostitutes whose bodies were dumped along city streets and country roads in the St Louis area between March 2001 and May 2002.
But in a letter Travis sent to the St Louis Post-Dispatch – which helped lead police to him – he boasted of killing 17 women. ABC News online article
TRENT, CHRISTOPHER & REBECCA HOGUE: Accused: Guilty or Innocent: Did I Murder My Child? TV -
I just woke up next to my son. He’s cold. He’s not breathing. Accused: Guilty or Innocent? Did I Murder My Child? mom’s 911 call, Channel 5 2024
Christopher Trent ran away after Johnson died. Now prosecutors have filed first degree murder charges against the boy’s mother, Rebecca Hogue. They say she should reasonably have know her child was at risk of child abuse when she left him with Trent. ibid.
Rebecca spent 4 months in jail after her arrest. Released on bond, she is staying with family until trial. ibid. caption
They watch Rebecca being carried away in handcuffs. ibid.
The judge upholds Rebecca’s life sentence. But he decides to reduce her prison time. From a possible 38.5 years to 16 months. ibid.