Bible John detectives to probe new claims over the identity of Scots serial killer

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Detectives are to investigate new claims over the identity of Bible John.Former printer John Templeton has been named as the alleged killer of third victim Helen Puttock in a book by Australian author Jill Bavin-Mizzi.She is also convinced Templeton murdered two other women said to be Bible John victims, Patricia Docker, 25, and Jemima MacDonald, 31.All three had attended the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow on the nights they died.The Sunday Mail last week provided Police Scotland with a copy of Jill’s book – titled Bible John A New Suspect – following our front page report of the author’s claims.

A spokesperson said: “The murders of Helen Puttock, Jemima McDonald and Patricia Docker remain unresolved, however, as with all unresolved cases, they are subject to review and any new information about their deaths will be investigated. “We have received a copy of the book and its contents will be assessed.”Jill traced Templeton after looking at the ancestry of John McInnes, identified as a suspect in 1996.The former soldier, from Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, who took his own life in 1980, had been interviewed 72 hours after Helen’s murder in October, 1969.DNA since obtained from Helen’s clothing bore comparisons to samples provided by his siblings Jane and Hector.But when McInnes’ body was exhumed from Stonehouse Cemetery in 1996, there was no conclusive match.This led Jill to question if the person who left the DNA may have some other connection to the McInnes family.A detailed genealogical examination of their family tree led her to Templeton, born in 1945.Helen’s sister Jean had told police the man they met in the Barrowland used the surname Templeton or Sempleson.