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On 31 October 1969, 29-year-old Helen Puttock was found murdered in Earl Street in Scotstoun.

She had also been to the Barrowland Ballroom on the night she was murdered ; she had gone there with her sister, Jean, and had met two men called John.

One said he was from Castlemilk while the other did not disclose where he was from.

After being in their company for well over an hour, they left to head home.

Castlemilk John walked to George Square to get a bus, while Helen, Jean and " Bible John " hailed a taxi.

They crossed the city to Knightswood where Jean got out.

The taxi then continued to Earl Street in Scotstoun where Helen lived.

The next morning, Helen's battered body was found in the back garden of her flat in Earl Street.

She had been raped and strangled.

The contents of her handbag had been scattered nearby but the actual bag was missing.

It has been suggested that the killer took the bag as a trophy.

Grass stains on Helen's feet indicated that there had been a struggle in which Helen probably tried to escape her killer but he had overpowered her easily.

She had a deep bite mark on her leg, suggesting that the killer had bitten Helen when she'd refused to have sex with him because she was menstruating.

This provides another link to Tobin, because the menstruation cycle has always been known to drive Tobin to violence.