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| Missing Vicky prompts flat search | Missing Vicky prompts flat search |
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| The former home of killer Peter Tobin is due to be searched as part of a police inquiry into the disappearance of Vicky Hamilton 16 years ago. | The former home of killer Peter Tobin is due to be searched as part of a police inquiry into the disappearance of Vicky Hamilton 16 years ago. |
| The 15-year-old was last seen waiting for a bus in Bathgate, West Lothian. | The 15-year-old was last seen waiting for a bus in Bathgate, West Lothian. |
| Tobin, who is serving 21 years for the murder of polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow in 2006, lived in the town about the time Vicky disappeared. | Tobin, who is serving 21 years for the murder of polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow in 2006, lived in the town about the time Vicky disappeared. |
| The property's current residents have been moved out while forensic teams carry out the search. | The property's current residents have been moved out while forensic teams carry out the search. |
| Officers plan to use specially trained police dogs that can detect minute traces of blood even if they are decades old. | Officers plan to use specially trained police dogs that can detect minute traces of blood even if they are decades old. |
| Vicky disappeared in 1991 while making a journey from Livingston to her home near Falkirk. | Vicky disappeared in 1991 while making a journey from Livingston to her home near Falkirk. |
| Peter Tobin was convicted of the murder of Angelika Kluk | Peter Tobin was convicted of the murder of Angelika Kluk |
| She had changed buses in Bathgate and was last seen standing at a bus stop in the town. | She had changed buses in Bathgate and was last seen standing at a bus stop in the town. |
| The case was reopened in November after it emerged Tobin had lived in a flat in the Falside area of the town. | The case was reopened in November after it emerged Tobin had lived in a flat in the Falside area of the town. |
| He was jailed for murdering Ms Kluk in September last year and dumping her body underneath St Patrick's Church in Anderston. | He was jailed for murdering Ms Kluk in September last year and dumping her body underneath St Patrick's Church in Anderston. |
| Lothian and Borders Police said it was anticipated that the search operation would continue at the house in Robertson Avenue for at least two weeks. |