BIBLE JOHN NAMED BY DEATHBED PERV; Shock new twist to horrific 40yr murder mystery.
Byline: JAMES TAITMYSTERY serial killer Bible John has been named in a startling deathbed confession by a convicted paedophile.
The murderer has eluded police for nearly 40 years after strangling three women with their own clothes on nights out at the Barrowland ballroom in Glasgow.
Friends of the murderer's final victim Helen Puttock remember him quoting from the Bible during the evening.
And little else was known about him - until ex-church elder James Gallogley lifted the lid on the sickening crimes as he lay dying.
Now, the address, full name and car registration of the man named by him have been handed to murder cops.
The pervert also shed new light on the murder of schoolgirl Moira Anderson 46 years ago, even linking Fred West to her abuse.
The 12-year-old disappeared during a blizzard as she went out on on a shopping errand in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
And, in his 15-page deathbed confession at Peterhead Prison, Gallogley told his cell-mate where her body was dumped and implicated convicted paedophile Alexander Gartshore in the killing.
Cops are already stepping up their bid to solve the murder.
Yesterday, Moira's sister Janet Hart said: "When I heard there had been a confession I just broke down in tears. Maybe we can finally bring this all to an end."
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
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| Date: | Oct 13, 2003 |
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