Paul Denyer: The Frankston Serial Killer

Confession: Roszsa Toth

After a long and detailed confession to the first murder, Paul Denyer went on to tell of the events of the night of July 8, 1993. He told detectives Wilson and O'Loughlin that he approached Mrs. Toth from behind after he had seen her walking near the Seaford station. He put a hand over her mouth and held a fake gun to her head with the other hand. Mrs Toth resisted strongly and bit his finger to the bone.

The couple wrestled and Mrs Toth escaped from his grasp and ran out into the middle of the road, but none of the passing cars stopped. Denyer chased after her, grabbed her by the hair and said: "Shut up, or I'll blow your fucking head off," and the woman nodded in agreement but again escaped and this time managed to flag down a passing car while Denyer fled.

When asked what he intended to do to Mrs Toth, Denyer replied coolly: "I was just gonna drag her in the park and kill her — that's all." Denyer said that as well as the fake gun, he was carrying one of his homemade knives with a razor-sharp aluminum blade in his sock.

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1. Frankston, Victioria, Australia 1993
2. Only a Matter of Time
3. Idle Hands
4. Moving up to Murder
5. A Lead
6. Closing In
7. Confession: Elizabeth Stevens
8. Confession: Roszsa Toth
9. Confession: Debbie Fream
10. Confession: Natalie Russell
11. Years of Stalking
12. Eligible for Parole in 30