John Templeton was named as the possible killer of third victim Helen Puttock, in a book by Australian Jill Bavin-Mizzi.
An author who tracked down a suspect in the Bible John murders has suffered a blow in her bid to prove he is the man responsible.
“I am disappointed I have not been able to trace any but I am not giving up. I am convinced that John Templeton is Bible John and that he murdered these three women.Jill’s last hope is that Templeton has a surviving blood relative in England, but ancestry records there are much harder to search than in Scotland.
The ex-wife also revealed that her husband was questioned by detectives six months after Helen’s murder in October 1969. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team.If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'.
This led Jill to question if the person who left the DNA may have some other connection to McInnes. An examination of their family tree led her to Templeton, born in 1945.
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