Mortal Ouija (2019) - full transcript
BELL RINGS
PASSER-BY:
Hello?
Oh God.
I'm gonna go get help, OK?
Gonna get help.
PARAMEDIC: One, two, three.
- SIREN WAILS
That's it.
Let's get her in there.
- POLICEMAN: ...151.
Can we get night duty CID here?
It's a possible fatal.
DOCTOR: ...five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen...
Evening.
Alright, do we know who she is?
Eh, was. We just heard she died.
No ID, no purse, just the carrier bag.
You alright?
- Mm.
It's only her second week.
Well, let's just keep our heads
and we'll find out who did this.
There's some evidence bags
in the boot of my oar.
Silver Vectra by the tree.
Right, can I use your torch please?
CLIVE: Scene of Crime on their way?
- PAUL: Coming from an RTA in Kingston.
There's a couple
of handwritten phone numbers on the receipt.
PHONE BEEPS
DIALLING TUNE
MAN: Hello?
- Oh, hi, good evening.
Uh, this is Detective Constable Clive Grace.
Uh, who am I speaking to?
Olivier. Olivier Lenfant.
What's this about?
Um, we've found
the property of a young female.
We're hoping you can help identify her.
OK.
We think she's got blonde hair.
She's in her early twenties.
She was in the
Twiokenham Green area this evening
she was wearing a red top, white jacket...
- Amé/ie. It's Amé/ie.
Amélie.
BIRDS CAW
- PHONE RINGS
COLIN SIGHS
- CHARGER BEEPS
Hello?
- DAVE: Colin, Dave Cobb.
Something up with your mobile?
- Oh, just it's owner. What's up?
Boss asked me to call.
He's got a job for you.
Dead French girl on Twickenham Green.
Battered over the head.
Briefings at nine at Barnes.
- OK.
I'll be there.
Congratulations, mate.
- What?
Feels like a proper job.
Yeah.
What?
Call me later.
- Why?
No reason. Just let me know you're OK.
Alright.
- Mm.
KAT: Bye.
- Bye.
Thanks for letting Kat stay.
- Don't be daft.
Was that work?
- Yeah.
Young French girl.
They found her body on Twiokenham Green.
They want me as S“).
That's great!
Well, the timing could be better.
- Timing's perfect.
You've been waiting ages for this.
Yeah, well,
I won't be much help with the move.
Look, if we need help we'll get help.
In Surrey this'd be a promotion case.
In the Met it's your boss who gets promoted.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Here we go.
Bye-bye.
- Bye.
BEEP
- Hello?
Yep.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Morning, sir.
COLIN:
Thank you.
DAVE: ...victim's name
is Amélie Martine Josette Delagrange
twenty-two years old,
born 2nd February 1982.
Been in the UK two months
working at a patisserie on Lyntall Street.
Her ID has been confirmed by the manager.
Amélie's parents live in France
and she spoke to them regularly.
Have they been informed?
- French police are doing the honours.
Her address is 55 Paynters Road, Twiokenham.
Now, that's two streets north
of the Green where she was attacked.
DCI Colin Sutton is taking over
as Senior Investigating Officer
but there is
one more thing I want to say, um...
I've heard murmurs about Operation Upwey
but there's currently no reason to link
this with the Marsha McDonnell murder.
We've got a good suspect in that case,
sectioned up in...
CLIVE: Newcastle, Guv.
- Thank you, DC Grace.
Yes, there are similarities,
but for now we stay focused on Amelie.
Thanks, Dave.
Um, well, most of know me already,
but for those of you who don't
I'm more John Major
than Churchill when it comes to speeches...
THEY CHUCKLE
- so I'll keep it simple.
Me, you, all of us,
we give this everything we've got.
Alright. Everything.
That's all. Thanks.
- INDISTINCT CHATTER
Hello Clive.
- Guv'nor. How goes it?
Uh, yeah, moving house,
but apart from that I can't complain.
Oh, well, you know what they say?
Third most stressful thing
after bereavement and divorce.
Whoever decided that
probably wasn't Old Bill, were they?
CLIVE:
No, probably not.
Long overdue if you ask me.
- What?
You getting a case like this.
Oh, cheers, Clive.
Um, you're not convinced either, are you -
there's no link to Marsha?
Well, doesn't matter what I think, does it?
YOU?
I think these things are rare,
and we've got two very similar victims
in the same safe corner of south London.
CLIVE: Sir.
- Need to talk staffing before I go.
Uh, yeah, 'm a “(mute Guvnor.
I've just got a few things
I want to get off and running.
Fine. I'll be in your office.
Great. Cheers, Clive.
Jo. Jo.
- JO: Just a sec.
Just a few things.
It's your biggest case ever
and you're brioking it?
Yeah, don't write that down.
Get TIU to give us data on calls
and cell-sites, not just billing.
OK. Jonesy's already volunteered
his services as CCTV officer.
COLIN:
Course he has.
Sitting in a dark room...
- JO: Thanks.
...watching videos
of strangers with crap lighting.
Right up his alley.
- SHE CHUCKLES
Shouldn't you be making me a cup of coffee?
Uh, of course Guv.
- JO: Thanks, Gary.
Make sure Jonesy casts the net wide.
Shops, banks, ATMs.
Every frame, every camera,
everywhere she might've been.
Yeah, who's to say she wasn't being followed?
- Exactly. We could have a face by tonight.
Guy?
Need a signature.
Hire cars, twenty and counting.
COLIN:
Sir.
I got you some help tee'd up
from the Flying Squad
the Kidnap Squad and the other Murder teams.
Should take you up to sixty or seventy.
- Oh, that's great, Andy.
I'll keep the Up-Aboves off your back and, uh
and handle the media for the first few days.
I'm helping you out. I'm not muscling in.
- Alright.
This is gonna be huge.
The press are gonna be all over it.
I'm already fending off
local community numpties
and four different branches
of Neighbourhood Watch.
Thank you, sir.
So, who's gonna be your number two?
BS Jo Brunt.
Uh, we worked together on--
- You can have Jo but, uh...
your deputy's got to be a DI.
What about Richard Ambrose?
I don't know him, sir.
He was on the Marsha job.
Oh, right.
So you think it was the same bloke?
I think we keep an open mind
until there's proof either way.
Hm...
You're gonna need an extra DI.
Chris Saunders is available.
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
- He's been up in Enfield.
Earned his spurs by all accounts.
- Yeah, we can do better.
Chris is on your team, Colin. Get over it.
Truth is not everyone thinks
you're up to this.
Like who?
Doesn't matter.
Just go out and prove 'em wrong.
DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS
RADIO ANNOUNCER:
LEIC 97.3.
NEWS MUSIC PLAYS
REPORTER: A woman was found
last night with a serious head injury
lying on Twickenham Green
in southwest London.
She was taken to
West Middlesex Hospital
where she was pronounced dead
shortly after midnight.
Metropolitan Police have yet--
- HANDBRAKE CRACKS
CROWD CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY
POLICEWOMAN: Can I help you, sir?
- Yeah, I'm DCI Colin Sutton. I'm the SIO.
We need to tape the pavement
on all sides of the Green.
And, uh... can we put these somewhere safe
on the other side of the street
and make sure that that's as close
as our friends from the press get?
Thank you.
Gary. Ludlow.
CLIVE:
Guv.
Might have something from the house-to-house.
Back in April, a woman named
Adele Harbison was attacked
'bout a quarter of a mile north from here.
And she'd been
in that restaurant with some mates.
Attacked how?
- Uh, three or four heavy blows to the head.
Now, her route took her across the Green
but she doesn't remember anything
after leaving the restaurant.
Who found her?
- A Good Samaritan.
But it turns out
that wasn't the scene of the crime.
They found her bags in a pool
of blood about four streets away.
Anything stolen?
Uh, “handbag, mobile, shopping,”
all present and correct.
That rules out robbery.
- Yeah, not quite.
Now, apparently 8000s found an open carton
of orange juice in her shopping.
Now, I'm thinking,
thirsty work attacking women.
And? Did forensics
get anything off the carton?
TBC.
- What d'you mean “TBC”?
Yeah, well, I called Twiokenham but they said
the DC who handles forensics is on a job.
So we don't know if they got prints or DNA?
I'll give him a call.
No, get over there now! If he's our guy
and he's in the system then we got him.
Yes, Guv.
JO:
Sir!
GARY: Guvnor.
French police.
What is it?
- They want us to tell Amélie's parents.
They've given us a number.
Let me have it.
This is Detective Chief inspector
Colin Sutton.
We're investigating the murder
of French national Amélie Deiagrange
and we need you
to inform her parents that she's dead.
FRENCH POLKZEMAN:
Yes, I explained to your colleague
it's better if you ca" them.
Listen, I don't know
how you do things in France
but we don't tell people over the phone
that their children are dead.
I'm sorry...
- DIALOGUE TURNS INDISTINCT
No, forget it.
We'll get in touch
with the British Embassy in Paris
and they“ send someone over'
- I'm sure that's not necessary.
Then do I have your word
that you'll tell them in person?
OK, yes.
Thank you.
Unbelievable. Thanks, Gary.
- Guv.
Jo.
Mr Morris, could you tell my colleague
what you told me, please?
What, everything?
- Yeah, please.
Last night I was kicking a ball
about with my kids, about half-nine.
There was this guy
hiding behind the screens.
Dark hair. Stubble.
Looked a bit like Maradona.
Maradona?
- Yeah.
And I had this... this sense
he was watching my kids, y'know?
Like, spying on them.
And he was behind the screens?
- Yeah.
So how could you tell what he looked like?
Well, he was peeking around the sides.
Right. And you had a bad feeling about him?
Yeah. Yeah, I did.
What, you think I'm making it up?
- No.
When people have a bad feeling
about someone, there's usually a reason.
Not always, but often.
He was smoking.
Can't be sure, but looked like roll-ups.
Well, like I said, we'll need you to come in
and make a statement, OK?
Alright. Thanks.
Yeah, thank you.
- Thank you.
JO: Diego Maradona.
- Yeah.
Makes a change from Phil Mitchell.
What d'you think?
I think he seems pretty solid, actually.
Yeah, if he's right about that time
that's less than an hour
before she was killed.
CROWD CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY
- MICROPHONE TUNES
SPEAKER:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
My name is
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Murphy.
The body of a French national
was discovered
on Twlckenham Green
shortly after ten o'clock last night.
I can now confirm that her name
was Amélie Delagrange, age 22.
It's believed that she had been drinking
with friends in Tw/ckennam. ..
SPEECH SWITCHES TO TV
...but was alone at the time of the attack.
A dedicated, highly experienced team
are currently vigorously pursuing
all avenues of inquiry.
Look at Murph's chin.
Telly adds ten pounds, easy.
I can't tell you much else for now
but I will take a couple of questions.
Yes.
MALE REPORTER: Can you tell us
if you're pursuing a link with Milly Dowler?
ANDY: loan tell you
that we've no reason to believe
that the cases are linked
at this point in time.
U", yes?
What about the Marsha McDonnell murder
last year?
Yeah, we have a suspect for that case.
But, you haven't charged them?
Uh, the subject's being detained
under the Mental Health Act.
What if he didn't do it'?
I mean, what if Marsha and Amélie
were killed by the same person?
Well, there are similarities, certainly,
but there are also key differences.
But, isn't it possible
that there is a serial killer out there?
It's important that we do not cause
public panic with unfounded speculation.
People are scared.
What can you say to reassure them?
That we are very confident with the calibre,
scale and direction of this inquiry
Thank you. That's all for now.
Thank you very much.
- CROWD UNSETTLES
Oh, Guv. Post-mortem.
HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE
Yeah.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Kat, you alright?
Yeah. Fine. You said to call.
Uh, yes. I did, um, thank you.
Listen, can you do me a favour...
“for the next few weeks
I don't want you getting the bus
or walking home after dark, OK?
Is this about the girl in Twiokenham?
Yes.
Good guess.
Everyone's talking about it.
Yeah.
So, if you're gonna be late
call me or your mother
or get a black cab
and I'll give you the money.
OK.
- OK, thank you.
Speak soon' Bye.
- Bye.
DI Richard Ambrose.
They said to meet you here.
Colin. Welcome aboard.
Andy Murphy speaks very highly of you.
- Likewise.
Oh, he must be right then.
- RICHARD CHUCKLES
You were on the Marsha McDonald murder
weren't you?
- Yeah.
We've got five minutes,
you want to tell me about it?
Five minutes? We won't get far.
Cappuccino? Latte?
I have to tell you,
they both taste exactly the same.
Yeah, I've been here a few times myself.
- Yeah, of course, yeah.
The suspect up in Newcastle - Taylor, right?
Adam Taylor. That's right.
What's the strength of him?
On the night Marsha was killed,
about two hours earlier
a girl called Tracey Brown
reported being followed.
Panda oar responded, but the bloke scarpered.
How far from the Marsha scene?
'Bout a mile, give or take.
Right. And the thinking was
that it was the same bloke?
Yeah, we put Taylor in an ID parade,
got Tracey in.
And she picked him out?
- Yeah.
99 percent it was Taylor
who followed her.
Fitted her description to a tee.
Uh, beyond that there was no link to Marsha?
- No.
After you'd arrested Taylor...
We never nicked him.
He was sectioned before we got the chance.
OK, but after you'd picked him up
things were wound down?
Yeah.
Cheeky question,
did you think that was premature?
I had my doubts, yeah.
Afternoon, Colin.
Uh, Richard, this is Rob Chapman.
Rob, this is DI Richard Ambrose.
We've met before.
Oh, forgive me, what was the case?
Marsha McDonnell.
ROB:
This way gents.
DOOR CREAKS
- WIND CHIMES SOUND
Detective Sergeant Jo Brunt.
Are you Vanessa?
Yes.
Is there somewhere where we can talk?
Do you want to go in the back?
That's, um, me and Amélie
at Chessington World of Adventures.
Dragon Falls.
We both got one.
Amélie has the same key fob?
I'm sorry.
Don't be. It's normal.
Vanessa, I need to ask you
some questions about last night.
Do you think you're up to it?
I'll try.
- No rush. No pressure.
OK.
So, you and Amélie were out with two friends
in a French bistro
in Twickenham last night, correct?
Uh, yes.
What time did you get there?
Mm, about eight.
We came straight from work.
I keep thinking
she's gonna walk in for her shift.
She was just... so special.
One of those people you meet and it's like
you've known them all your life.
ROB: Now, the victim is
a previously healthy 22-year-old female
identified as Amélie Delagrange.
There is evidence of massive blunt force
trauma to the back of the skull.
COLIN:
Any ideas about a weapon?
Could be a hammer.
The wounds are squarish in shape.
So, not a conventional one then?
I can't say for a hundred percent
but I'd say not...
it, it looks more like a roofer
or a panel beater's hammer.
Just like Marsha.
- Similar, certainly.
The wounds are too ragged
for an exact comparison.
I'm sorry.
I'll take 'similar' for now.
PHONE RINGS
OFFICER:
Meeting guys. Chop chop.
JO: Jonesy?
- NEIL: Yeah.
PHONE STOPS RINGING
What have you found?
What does it mean? And what do we do next?
Clive, could you tell us
about that earlier assault?
Yes, Guv.
Chance of a link to an attack
near the Green a few months ago.
Adele Harbison, 34, blonde,
struck over the head.
Now, that's a compelling number of
commonalities with Amélie.
We're trying to get forensics off an orange
carton in Adele's shopping, but that's TBC.
Still?
Uh, yeah,
we're promised an answer by tonight, Guv.
Not jumping to conclusions, are we?
About a link?
Well, it's the same location,
similar victimology.
Warrants a second look at the very least.
- Well, you can understand my confusion.
Murph's telling the media we're not focusing
on links, and here we are looking for one.
Well, if you're confused by anything else,
Chris, my door is always open.
It says 'Governor' on it.
THEY LAUGH
Forensics.
They have a ton of prints off the side
screen, but no match in the database so...
no clue as to who Maradona is.
LD'ing this man seen on the east side
of the Green at 9.30 is a priority, OK?
Maybe it was Maradona.
Fucking 'Hand of God',
wouldn't put it past him.
THEY LAUGH
- COLIN: Jonesy?
Yeah, we've asked Telephone Intelligence
at the Yard for cell dumps
and the financial boys
for credit card activity.
Uh, Jo, you went to visit, um, Vanessa,
Amélie's boss at the patisserie?
Yeah, she was at the French bistro last night
with Amélie and two other friends
thinks Amelie left around 9.30
and said she was gonna walk home.
She remembers her carrying
a Disoman and a handbag
with a mobile and a purse,
all of which are missing.
Should be easy enough to source
a photograph of the phone.
What about the handbag?
Got a pretty detailed description
from Vanessa.
Alright. Can anyone here draw?
A-level Art, grade D.
- THEY CHUCKLE
COLIN:
Still a pass, isn't it?
Get over to Smith's and get some crayons.
- THEY LAUGH
Uh, Gary, any more from the house-to-house?
Uh, we've covered Hampton Road
and Staines Road and their side streets.
Nothing.
COLIN: The middle of Twiokenham,
just after ten, and nobody saw a thing.
That's about the size of it, Guv.
So, she was coming from here,
and she lived here.
So there was no reason for her
to cross the Green walking home.
COLIN:
So, maybe she wasn't walking.
Let's have a look at the bus routes
and the cab companies.
That's all, thank you very much.
INDISTINCT CROSSTALK
Tough start?
Um, yeah. A few frustrations, sir.
I'll need more
than a drawing of a bag, Colin.
You got anything else?
Anything solid?
Um... not yet, sir, no.
Nothing that will help us.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
Where are we, Jo?
Maradona?
SHE SIGHS
Early days.
You think I'm up to this?
- Of course you are, stupid.
Well, you're as good for this as anyone.
Now you've ruined it.
Guv. The orange juice carton
looks like someone had a bit
of a spring clean 'round the property store.
You are having a laugh.
- No. That's why they were oagey.
They knew they'd binned it,
before it'd been near a lab.
STEVE:
Louise?
Superintendent Steve Scott.
Good to meet you properly.
You too.
You OK to review your open cases tomorrow?
- Sure.
Always like to get an analyst's perspective.
Yeah, no problem.
- Hm.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
- Oh, sorry.
Goodnight.
- Thanks, sir.
How did it go?
- Long day.
Shall I get us a curry?
OK. Sure you've got time?
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Coir???
- I've gotta go.
PHONE BEEPS
- COLIN: Sir?
The local nicks are drowning in calls, Colin.
It's a pain in the arse,
but we've got to keep the public onside.
A community meeting?
I'm afraid so.
I know you haven't got time.
You're gonna have to make it.
Alright.
- PHONE BEEPS
SIREN WAILS
Boss wants to go
over our open cases tomorrow.
What? You mean Milly Dowler?
That'll be one of them, sure.
- Well, good for him.
Two years on and no new leads.
- Well, that's what reviews are for.
Fresh perspectives.
Doesn't sound like you've got much to go on.
Without your juice carton.
Ah, no, not much.
Dare I say that a prioritisation matrix
is standard procedure in Surrey?
Oh, yeah, we're not so blinded
by science in the Met.
Listen to you.
Progress is nothing to be scared of.
That's just a posh way of saying
'round up the usual suspects' isn't it?
I know you don't set much store
by behaviourists
but they can taper your suspect pool.
Yeah, unless they're wrong
in which case, my killer gets yanked out
of the pool before I've met him.
Taper. Not shrink.
It's about prioritising suspects,
not dismissing them.
Semantics.
And it's not old school
did-he-wet-the-bed-as-a-kid profiling either.
A matrix reflects an offender's habitat,
routines and education.
Alright. I'll run one up the flagpole.
You just want me off your back.
Yes, I do.
But I'll do a prioritisation vector anyway.
Matrix.
- Matrix.
What?
Look, call me paranoid, but at Surrey,
even after we'd got together
I had the sense
that you didn't take me seriously.
I mean, my work as an analyst.
- That's not true.
Then prove it. Don't shut me out.
OK?
- OK.
GARY: Morning, Guv.
- COLIN: Gary.
CHRIS: Morning, Guv.
- Chris.
DETECTIVE:
Guv.
Morning.
- Boss
Amélie's parents
are flying in tomorrow afternoon.
Oh, yes... we're putting them up
and, um, picking up the flights, too.
Sounds like she was a much-loved daughter.
Yeah, I want to be there to greet them.
Oh, um...
What do you think?
COLIN: Oh, that's actually quite good.
I just mocked it up.
Thank the resident artist.
Oh, well done, Chris.
- Man of many talents.
Well, you're good
at drawing handbags, anyway.
Speak to the press officer. Let's get this
out to the papers and all the news bulletins
and splash copies around Twiokenham Green...
the pubs, the shops, all the usual.
- Yep.
Is it alright to claim the crayons back, Guv?
Chris, that's one ninety-nine.
You can afford that
on your inspector's salary.
Guv. Amélie's phone last pinged
on the T-Mobile network at 22.23 hours
on the 19th of August.
That's twenty minutes after she was attacked.
Yeah, handshake registered
on a mast in Walton.
COLIN:
What sort of area are we talking?
Well, about 500 square yards, uh,
it's north of Walton bridge.
Yeah.
- After that last handshake
there was an implicit detachment.
- COLIN: What's that mean?
The phone was switched off?
- Uh, no, that's an explicit detachment.
Implicit means one of three things -
someone's pulled the battery out,
trashed the phone, or it's in the dead spot.
Well, we can rule out option three, can't we?
- CLIVE: Yeah, I think so, Guv.
We've got the parameters of the quadrant.
- This is great work, guys.
Twiokenham Green to Walton's six miles
and we know he dumped the phone
at ten twenty-three.
He's in a vehicle.
If I'm dumping the phone
of a girl I just murdered
I'm chucking it in the river every time.
River's not in the mast quadrant, Guv.
He's right, sir, it's not.
It's close enough. We're searching it.
INDISTINCT TRANSMISSION
All well, Dive Two. All well, Dive Two.
JO:
Who knows who any of this shit belonged to?
The dive team just got
a call about another job, Guv.
And?
- Well, what do you want me to tell them?
Tell them to keep looking. Nothing's changed.
Every inch of the river...
- PHONE RINGS
...thirty yards
from the bridge gets searched.
If it's not there
I need to know it's not there.
Yes, Guv.
Stay here.
Make sure they keep looking.
Yes, Guv.
- PHONE BEEPS
Jonesy.
NEIL: We gather on CCTV, Guv, getting on a bus.
We've already lD'd the bus driver
and spoken to him.
There.
What's she saying to him?
- She missed her stop.
She's asking how often the buses went.
She walked back.
Looks like it, Guv.
That's why she had to go across the Green.
She missed her bloody stop.
CHRIS:
We need to wrap this up.
No word from the Guv'nor to that effect, sir.
- HE SIGHS
CHRIS:
For fuck's sake.
Who chucks their sunglasses in the river?
I dunno. I had a pair once
that really chafed my nose.
I'm gonna make a call.
BREATHING THROUGH DIVING MASK
It's a wild goose chase.
Sir!
COLIN:
We've had luck with the river.
Father Thames gave up her house keys,
her purse and her CD player.
No, that's not luck,
Guv, that's sticking to your guns.
Yeah, but we still haven't found
her phone or bag.
The search is ongoing.
So, we know that she was attacked
around ten o'clock on Twickenham Green.
We know her phone went off line at 10.23
in Walton when it was dumped in the river.
So, we know he's in a vehicle
we know he went from the Green to Walton,
and we know when.
But, we don't know his route.
COLIN:
No, but there's only a certain number of ways
you can make that journey in twenty minutes.
And we intend to find out which one he took.
HOW?
CCTV.
It's an enormous area so Jonesy,
you've got your work out out.
No, I'm only joking.
He's gonna need some help.
DETECTIVE:
Guv.
Thank you. Thank you.
He's gonna need more than that.
OK, I'm volunteering you and you and you.
All on CCTV, Guv?
- COLIN: All on CCTV.
What are we looking for?
- We don't know yet.
But we know he's in a vehicle.
That's all. Thank you very much.
INDISTINCT MURMURING
COLIN: And while I'd urge you all
to still go about your business, it's vital
that you pay more attention
to your surroundings, especially at night.
So, now I'd like to
open this meeting up for questions.
Yes, madam.
The High Street aside,
Twiokenham has very poor lighting.
Certainly compared
to Richmond and East Sheen.
Well, we'll pass that on to the Council
and I'm sure
they'll remedy it wherever possible.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Any other questions?
Well, in that case--
It is a nonsense, is it not, Chief Inspector
for the police to go on television
and say these crimes may not be linked.
Why should we suddenly have
a spate of murderous attacks
on our peaceful streets committed
by lots of different people?
What my colleague said is correct.
These of fences have not been formally linked.
But they do comprise
a 'Linked Investigative Series'.
Yeah, no, I know, that sounds like a lot of
jargon so I want to explain it properly.
Please do.
We can't formally link these of fences
without conclusive proof
that the same person carried them out
such as fingerprints or DNA.
However, because they are so similar
it makes no operational sense
to have them investigated by different teams.
Declaring this
a Linked Investigative Series means
the cases all get examined
under one roof by the same team.
Maximizing our chances of success.
Thank you. That's... it's good to know.
- You're welcome.
Any other questions?
PHONE RINGS
Sir?
'Linked Investigative Series' -
you better copyright that.
I know. I was on the spot.
Uh, it wasn't my intention
to contradict what you'd said...
Forget it. You did well.
Bullshit always baffles brains.
BOTH CHUCKLE
Well, it wasn't complete bullshit, was it?
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Amélie's parents are getting in at seven.
- Ah.
You - you're up to your eyes, Guv.
I'll take care of reception duties.
Who's your Family Liaison?
Uh, Gary Fuller.
ANDY:
Well, just send him.
I'll take him with me,
but I need to see them.
Thanks Richard, thanks very much.
Guv.
- Yep.
Ah, it's this one.
Monsieur Delagrange?
- Yes.
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton.
This is Family Liaison Officer,
Detective Constable Gary Fuller.
Please come in.
- COLIN: Thank you.
Madame Delagrange.
Colin Sutton.
MADAME DELAGRANGE: It's kind of you
to put us up in such a nice hotel.
It's the least we can do.
The staff are very friendly.
- Yeah.
COLIN:
Oh, good.
Well, Gary is here to look after you.
If there's anything you need just ask.
Um, I'd like to ask you a question.
Please just be
completely honest in your answer.
Of course.
Would you like to visit
the place where Amelie died?
SHE GASPS
Tu veux?
MADAME DELAGRANGE: Hm?
- Tu veuxyafler?
Tm?
HE SOBS
Yes. Yes, we'd like that very much.
Right.
I'll pick you up tomorrow morning.
COLIN: Louise?
- In here.
COLIN:
I'm sorry I'm so late.
LOUISE:
I expected it.
Oh.
Had to unpack some cases today.
Shame we haven't actually moved yet.
So? How was today?
Oh, it was OK.
Sorry, I'm exhausted.
I can help.
- You already have.
We used your stand-alone database,
and you're right, it's faster than HOLMES.
So Surrey can teach
the Met a few tricks after all.
Mm-hm.
The buyers are still faffing about.
- Oh, you're joking.
Need another week
to get their money together.
HE SIGHS
If it falls through the agent says
there is another offer, but it's lower.
Oh, thanks for dealing with all that, luv.
Here's how you show your appreciation.
My brother's wedding.
I know you'll have to do calls and stuff
but... l want you there in body and spirit.
I want you there.
Body and spirit, eh? Hm.
Well, alright then.
And... when we move...
- Mm-hm.
If we ever bloody move...
Let's form some new habits.
Like what?
Like weekends.
We do stuff at weekends.
That's a weekend.
- Hm.
When I look at that, it's ridiculous,
but I am jealous.
You look so relaxed, so yourself.
I want to know that bloke.
He was a bit of a tosser by all accounts.
- I'm serious.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
New habits.
SHE CHUCKLES
COLIN:
Hello.
MADAME DELAGRANGE SOBS
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
It's a work of art, Jonesy.
Well, once I knew
she walked back from the bus garage
I started pulling in the cameras
from the shops to plot her journey.
Now look...
the last footage of her is
from this aooountanfs office at 22.01.
She's about 150 yards south of the Green,
on Hampton Road.
We're getting closer.
Hey.
Do you want me?
Yeah. Fancy some lunch, Guv?
What's yours? Cheese and ham?
- Hm.
It's alright actually.
How many have we got on CCTV now?
Seven, full-time?
Eight.
That's quite a lot.
What, it's ten percent of our team?
Bit more, twelve and a half percent I think.
You think it's too many?
Yeah.
I do. And so do some of the team.
If we secure every piece
of CCTV on every conceivable route
from Twickenham to Walton
then the killer's vehicle will be on it, Jo.
But we don't know what that vehicle is.
It could be a motorbike.
- Yeah, it could.
So, it's not a needle in a haystack,
it's a needle in a stack of needles.
Listen, Brunty. Car, van, motorbike,
he's on those recordings somewhere
but unless we secure them now
they're gone forever.
Yeah, yeah, OK. I hear ya.
HE KNOCKS
- DOOR OPENS
Jonesy might've caught him
on one of the bus cameras.
What, a passenger?
- External camera.
Transport for London only started installing
them front and back in January.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Yeah. Watch this bay...
watch this bay here.
COLIN:
What street's this?
Hampton Road.
We pieced this together
from four different bus cameras.
Now, this white van
appears sometime between 2200 and 2205.
And by 2208 - he's gone.
And that's, what, a hundred yards
from where Amelie was attacked?
Seventy, I'd figure.
- CLIVE: There's the cricket screens, Guv.
JO:
At the very least he's a witness.
At the very least.
Looks like a Fiesta with a box on the back.
It's definitely a Ford.
They'll tell us what model.
Any chance of cleaning it up
and getting a reg number?
A fighting chance, I'd say, Guv.
He's not a witness.
My advice, don't pin everything on this van.
That Van's our best lead, sir.
If you don't play you can't lose.
What, you think I should quit?
COLIN: In March 2002,
Bellfield and partner Laura Marsh
were living in Collingwood Place,
Walton-on-Thames.
JO:
And?
Milly Dowler went missing in March 2002.
JO:
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking, if he hit you
with a hammer you wouldn't get up.
PASSER-BY:
Hello?
Oh God.
I'm gonna go get help, OK?
Gonna get help.
PARAMEDIC: One, two, three.
- SIREN WAILS
That's it.
Let's get her in there.
- POLICEMAN: ...151.
Can we get night duty CID here?
It's a possible fatal.
DOCTOR: ...five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen...
Evening.
Alright, do we know who she is?
Eh, was. We just heard she died.
No ID, no purse, just the carrier bag.
You alright?
- Mm.
It's only her second week.
Well, let's just keep our heads
and we'll find out who did this.
There's some evidence bags
in the boot of my oar.
Silver Vectra by the tree.
Right, can I use your torch please?
CLIVE: Scene of Crime on their way?
- PAUL: Coming from an RTA in Kingston.
There's a couple
of handwritten phone numbers on the receipt.
PHONE BEEPS
DIALLING TUNE
MAN: Hello?
- Oh, hi, good evening.
Uh, this is Detective Constable Clive Grace.
Uh, who am I speaking to?
Olivier. Olivier Lenfant.
What's this about?
Um, we've found
the property of a young female.
We're hoping you can help identify her.
OK.
We think she's got blonde hair.
She's in her early twenties.
She was in the
Twiokenham Green area this evening
she was wearing a red top, white jacket...
- Amé/ie. It's Amé/ie.
Amélie.
BIRDS CAW
- PHONE RINGS
COLIN SIGHS
- CHARGER BEEPS
Hello?
- DAVE: Colin, Dave Cobb.
Something up with your mobile?
- Oh, just it's owner. What's up?
Boss asked me to call.
He's got a job for you.
Dead French girl on Twickenham Green.
Battered over the head.
Briefings at nine at Barnes.
- OK.
I'll be there.
Congratulations, mate.
- What?
Feels like a proper job.
Yeah.
What?
Call me later.
- Why?
No reason. Just let me know you're OK.
Alright.
- Mm.
KAT: Bye.
- Bye.
Thanks for letting Kat stay.
- Don't be daft.
Was that work?
- Yeah.
Young French girl.
They found her body on Twiokenham Green.
They want me as S“).
That's great!
Well, the timing could be better.
- Timing's perfect.
You've been waiting ages for this.
Yeah, well,
I won't be much help with the move.
Look, if we need help we'll get help.
In Surrey this'd be a promotion case.
In the Met it's your boss who gets promoted.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Here we go.
Bye-bye.
- Bye.
BEEP
- Hello?
Yep.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Morning, sir.
COLIN:
Thank you.
DAVE: ...victim's name
is Amélie Martine Josette Delagrange
twenty-two years old,
born 2nd February 1982.
Been in the UK two months
working at a patisserie on Lyntall Street.
Her ID has been confirmed by the manager.
Amélie's parents live in France
and she spoke to them regularly.
Have they been informed?
- French police are doing the honours.
Her address is 55 Paynters Road, Twiokenham.
Now, that's two streets north
of the Green where she was attacked.
DCI Colin Sutton is taking over
as Senior Investigating Officer
but there is
one more thing I want to say, um...
I've heard murmurs about Operation Upwey
but there's currently no reason to link
this with the Marsha McDonnell murder.
We've got a good suspect in that case,
sectioned up in...
CLIVE: Newcastle, Guv.
- Thank you, DC Grace.
Yes, there are similarities,
but for now we stay focused on Amelie.
Thanks, Dave.
Um, well, most of know me already,
but for those of you who don't
I'm more John Major
than Churchill when it comes to speeches...
THEY CHUCKLE
- so I'll keep it simple.
Me, you, all of us,
we give this everything we've got.
Alright. Everything.
That's all. Thanks.
- INDISTINCT CHATTER
Hello Clive.
- Guv'nor. How goes it?
Uh, yeah, moving house,
but apart from that I can't complain.
Oh, well, you know what they say?
Third most stressful thing
after bereavement and divorce.
Whoever decided that
probably wasn't Old Bill, were they?
CLIVE:
No, probably not.
Long overdue if you ask me.
- What?
You getting a case like this.
Oh, cheers, Clive.
Um, you're not convinced either, are you -
there's no link to Marsha?
Well, doesn't matter what I think, does it?
YOU?
I think these things are rare,
and we've got two very similar victims
in the same safe corner of south London.
CLIVE: Sir.
- Need to talk staffing before I go.
Uh, yeah, 'm a “(mute Guvnor.
I've just got a few things
I want to get off and running.
Fine. I'll be in your office.
Great. Cheers, Clive.
Jo. Jo.
- JO: Just a sec.
Just a few things.
It's your biggest case ever
and you're brioking it?
Yeah, don't write that down.
Get TIU to give us data on calls
and cell-sites, not just billing.
OK. Jonesy's already volunteered
his services as CCTV officer.
COLIN:
Course he has.
Sitting in a dark room...
- JO: Thanks.
...watching videos
of strangers with crap lighting.
Right up his alley.
- SHE CHUCKLES
Shouldn't you be making me a cup of coffee?
Uh, of course Guv.
- JO: Thanks, Gary.
Make sure Jonesy casts the net wide.
Shops, banks, ATMs.
Every frame, every camera,
everywhere she might've been.
Yeah, who's to say she wasn't being followed?
- Exactly. We could have a face by tonight.
Guy?
Need a signature.
Hire cars, twenty and counting.
COLIN:
Sir.
I got you some help tee'd up
from the Flying Squad
the Kidnap Squad and the other Murder teams.
Should take you up to sixty or seventy.
- Oh, that's great, Andy.
I'll keep the Up-Aboves off your back and, uh
and handle the media for the first few days.
I'm helping you out. I'm not muscling in.
- Alright.
This is gonna be huge.
The press are gonna be all over it.
I'm already fending off
local community numpties
and four different branches
of Neighbourhood Watch.
Thank you, sir.
So, who's gonna be your number two?
BS Jo Brunt.
Uh, we worked together on--
- You can have Jo but, uh...
your deputy's got to be a DI.
What about Richard Ambrose?
I don't know him, sir.
He was on the Marsha job.
Oh, right.
So you think it was the same bloke?
I think we keep an open mind
until there's proof either way.
Hm...
You're gonna need an extra DI.
Chris Saunders is available.
Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.
- He's been up in Enfield.
Earned his spurs by all accounts.
- Yeah, we can do better.
Chris is on your team, Colin. Get over it.
Truth is not everyone thinks
you're up to this.
Like who?
Doesn't matter.
Just go out and prove 'em wrong.
DOOR OPENS AND SHUTS
RADIO ANNOUNCER:
LEIC 97.3.
NEWS MUSIC PLAYS
REPORTER: A woman was found
last night with a serious head injury
lying on Twickenham Green
in southwest London.
She was taken to
West Middlesex Hospital
where she was pronounced dead
shortly after midnight.
Metropolitan Police have yet--
- HANDBRAKE CRACKS
CROWD CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY
POLICEWOMAN: Can I help you, sir?
- Yeah, I'm DCI Colin Sutton. I'm the SIO.
We need to tape the pavement
on all sides of the Green.
And, uh... can we put these somewhere safe
on the other side of the street
and make sure that that's as close
as our friends from the press get?
Thank you.
Gary. Ludlow.
CLIVE:
Guv.
Might have something from the house-to-house.
Back in April, a woman named
Adele Harbison was attacked
'bout a quarter of a mile north from here.
And she'd been
in that restaurant with some mates.
Attacked how?
- Uh, three or four heavy blows to the head.
Now, her route took her across the Green
but she doesn't remember anything
after leaving the restaurant.
Who found her?
- A Good Samaritan.
But it turns out
that wasn't the scene of the crime.
They found her bags in a pool
of blood about four streets away.
Anything stolen?
Uh, “handbag, mobile, shopping,”
all present and correct.
That rules out robbery.
- Yeah, not quite.
Now, apparently 8000s found an open carton
of orange juice in her shopping.
Now, I'm thinking,
thirsty work attacking women.
And? Did forensics
get anything off the carton?
TBC.
- What d'you mean “TBC”?
Yeah, well, I called Twiokenham but they said
the DC who handles forensics is on a job.
So we don't know if they got prints or DNA?
I'll give him a call.
No, get over there now! If he's our guy
and he's in the system then we got him.
Yes, Guv.
JO:
Sir!
GARY: Guvnor.
French police.
What is it?
- They want us to tell Amélie's parents.
They've given us a number.
Let me have it.
This is Detective Chief inspector
Colin Sutton.
We're investigating the murder
of French national Amélie Deiagrange
and we need you
to inform her parents that she's dead.
FRENCH POLKZEMAN:
Yes, I explained to your colleague
it's better if you ca" them.
Listen, I don't know
how you do things in France
but we don't tell people over the phone
that their children are dead.
I'm sorry...
- DIALOGUE TURNS INDISTINCT
No, forget it.
We'll get in touch
with the British Embassy in Paris
and they“ send someone over'
- I'm sure that's not necessary.
Then do I have your word
that you'll tell them in person?
OK, yes.
Thank you.
Unbelievable. Thanks, Gary.
- Guv.
Jo.
Mr Morris, could you tell my colleague
what you told me, please?
What, everything?
- Yeah, please.
Last night I was kicking a ball
about with my kids, about half-nine.
There was this guy
hiding behind the screens.
Dark hair. Stubble.
Looked a bit like Maradona.
Maradona?
- Yeah.
And I had this... this sense
he was watching my kids, y'know?
Like, spying on them.
And he was behind the screens?
- Yeah.
So how could you tell what he looked like?
Well, he was peeking around the sides.
Right. And you had a bad feeling about him?
Yeah. Yeah, I did.
What, you think I'm making it up?
- No.
When people have a bad feeling
about someone, there's usually a reason.
Not always, but often.
He was smoking.
Can't be sure, but looked like roll-ups.
Well, like I said, we'll need you to come in
and make a statement, OK?
Alright. Thanks.
Yeah, thank you.
- Thank you.
JO: Diego Maradona.
- Yeah.
Makes a change from Phil Mitchell.
What d'you think?
I think he seems pretty solid, actually.
Yeah, if he's right about that time
that's less than an hour
before she was killed.
CROWD CHATTERS INDISTINCTLY
- MICROPHONE TUNES
SPEAKER:
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
My name is
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Murphy.
The body of a French national
was discovered
on Twlckenham Green
shortly after ten o'clock last night.
I can now confirm that her name
was Amélie Delagrange, age 22.
It's believed that she had been drinking
with friends in Tw/ckennam. ..
SPEECH SWITCHES TO TV
...but was alone at the time of the attack.
A dedicated, highly experienced team
are currently vigorously pursuing
all avenues of inquiry.
Look at Murph's chin.
Telly adds ten pounds, easy.
I can't tell you much else for now
but I will take a couple of questions.
Yes.
MALE REPORTER: Can you tell us
if you're pursuing a link with Milly Dowler?
ANDY: loan tell you
that we've no reason to believe
that the cases are linked
at this point in time.
U", yes?
What about the Marsha McDonnell murder
last year?
Yeah, we have a suspect for that case.
But, you haven't charged them?
Uh, the subject's being detained
under the Mental Health Act.
What if he didn't do it'?
I mean, what if Marsha and Amélie
were killed by the same person?
Well, there are similarities, certainly,
but there are also key differences.
But, isn't it possible
that there is a serial killer out there?
It's important that we do not cause
public panic with unfounded speculation.
People are scared.
What can you say to reassure them?
That we are very confident with the calibre,
scale and direction of this inquiry
Thank you. That's all for now.
Thank you very much.
- CROWD UNSETTLES
Oh, Guv. Post-mortem.
HE CLICKS HIS TONGUE
Yeah.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Kat, you alright?
Yeah. Fine. You said to call.
Uh, yes. I did, um, thank you.
Listen, can you do me a favour...
“for the next few weeks
I don't want you getting the bus
or walking home after dark, OK?
Is this about the girl in Twiokenham?
Yes.
Good guess.
Everyone's talking about it.
Yeah.
So, if you're gonna be late
call me or your mother
or get a black cab
and I'll give you the money.
OK.
- OK, thank you.
Speak soon' Bye.
- Bye.
DI Richard Ambrose.
They said to meet you here.
Colin. Welcome aboard.
Andy Murphy speaks very highly of you.
- Likewise.
Oh, he must be right then.
- RICHARD CHUCKLES
You were on the Marsha McDonald murder
weren't you?
- Yeah.
We've got five minutes,
you want to tell me about it?
Five minutes? We won't get far.
Cappuccino? Latte?
I have to tell you,
they both taste exactly the same.
Yeah, I've been here a few times myself.
- Yeah, of course, yeah.
The suspect up in Newcastle - Taylor, right?
Adam Taylor. That's right.
What's the strength of him?
On the night Marsha was killed,
about two hours earlier
a girl called Tracey Brown
reported being followed.
Panda oar responded, but the bloke scarpered.
How far from the Marsha scene?
'Bout a mile, give or take.
Right. And the thinking was
that it was the same bloke?
Yeah, we put Taylor in an ID parade,
got Tracey in.
And she picked him out?
- Yeah.
99 percent it was Taylor
who followed her.
Fitted her description to a tee.
Uh, beyond that there was no link to Marsha?
- No.
After you'd arrested Taylor...
We never nicked him.
He was sectioned before we got the chance.
OK, but after you'd picked him up
things were wound down?
Yeah.
Cheeky question,
did you think that was premature?
I had my doubts, yeah.
Afternoon, Colin.
Uh, Richard, this is Rob Chapman.
Rob, this is DI Richard Ambrose.
We've met before.
Oh, forgive me, what was the case?
Marsha McDonnell.
ROB:
This way gents.
DOOR CREAKS
- WIND CHIMES SOUND
Detective Sergeant Jo Brunt.
Are you Vanessa?
Yes.
Is there somewhere where we can talk?
Do you want to go in the back?
That's, um, me and Amélie
at Chessington World of Adventures.
Dragon Falls.
We both got one.
Amélie has the same key fob?
I'm sorry.
Don't be. It's normal.
Vanessa, I need to ask you
some questions about last night.
Do you think you're up to it?
I'll try.
- No rush. No pressure.
OK.
So, you and Amélie were out with two friends
in a French bistro
in Twickenham last night, correct?
Uh, yes.
What time did you get there?
Mm, about eight.
We came straight from work.
I keep thinking
she's gonna walk in for her shift.
She was just... so special.
One of those people you meet and it's like
you've known them all your life.
ROB: Now, the victim is
a previously healthy 22-year-old female
identified as Amélie Delagrange.
There is evidence of massive blunt force
trauma to the back of the skull.
COLIN:
Any ideas about a weapon?
Could be a hammer.
The wounds are squarish in shape.
So, not a conventional one then?
I can't say for a hundred percent
but I'd say not...
it, it looks more like a roofer
or a panel beater's hammer.
Just like Marsha.
- Similar, certainly.
The wounds are too ragged
for an exact comparison.
I'm sorry.
I'll take 'similar' for now.
PHONE RINGS
OFFICER:
Meeting guys. Chop chop.
JO: Jonesy?
- NEIL: Yeah.
PHONE STOPS RINGING
What have you found?
What does it mean? And what do we do next?
Clive, could you tell us
about that earlier assault?
Yes, Guv.
Chance of a link to an attack
near the Green a few months ago.
Adele Harbison, 34, blonde,
struck over the head.
Now, that's a compelling number of
commonalities with Amélie.
We're trying to get forensics off an orange
carton in Adele's shopping, but that's TBC.
Still?
Uh, yeah,
we're promised an answer by tonight, Guv.
Not jumping to conclusions, are we?
About a link?
Well, it's the same location,
similar victimology.
Warrants a second look at the very least.
- Well, you can understand my confusion.
Murph's telling the media we're not focusing
on links, and here we are looking for one.
Well, if you're confused by anything else,
Chris, my door is always open.
It says 'Governor' on it.
THEY LAUGH
Forensics.
They have a ton of prints off the side
screen, but no match in the database so...
no clue as to who Maradona is.
LD'ing this man seen on the east side
of the Green at 9.30 is a priority, OK?
Maybe it was Maradona.
Fucking 'Hand of God',
wouldn't put it past him.
THEY LAUGH
- COLIN: Jonesy?
Yeah, we've asked Telephone Intelligence
at the Yard for cell dumps
and the financial boys
for credit card activity.
Uh, Jo, you went to visit, um, Vanessa,
Amélie's boss at the patisserie?
Yeah, she was at the French bistro last night
with Amélie and two other friends
thinks Amelie left around 9.30
and said she was gonna walk home.
She remembers her carrying
a Disoman and a handbag
with a mobile and a purse,
all of which are missing.
Should be easy enough to source
a photograph of the phone.
What about the handbag?
Got a pretty detailed description
from Vanessa.
Alright. Can anyone here draw?
A-level Art, grade D.
- THEY CHUCKLE
COLIN:
Still a pass, isn't it?
Get over to Smith's and get some crayons.
- THEY LAUGH
Uh, Gary, any more from the house-to-house?
Uh, we've covered Hampton Road
and Staines Road and their side streets.
Nothing.
COLIN: The middle of Twiokenham,
just after ten, and nobody saw a thing.
That's about the size of it, Guv.
So, she was coming from here,
and she lived here.
So there was no reason for her
to cross the Green walking home.
COLIN:
So, maybe she wasn't walking.
Let's have a look at the bus routes
and the cab companies.
That's all, thank you very much.
INDISTINCT CROSSTALK
Tough start?
Um, yeah. A few frustrations, sir.
I'll need more
than a drawing of a bag, Colin.
You got anything else?
Anything solid?
Um... not yet, sir, no.
Nothing that will help us.
Excuse me.
Thanks.
Where are we, Jo?
Maradona?
SHE SIGHS
Early days.
You think I'm up to this?
- Of course you are, stupid.
Well, you're as good for this as anyone.
Now you've ruined it.
Guv. The orange juice carton
looks like someone had a bit
of a spring clean 'round the property store.
You are having a laugh.
- No. That's why they were oagey.
They knew they'd binned it,
before it'd been near a lab.
STEVE:
Louise?
Superintendent Steve Scott.
Good to meet you properly.
You too.
You OK to review your open cases tomorrow?
- Sure.
Always like to get an analyst's perspective.
Yeah, no problem.
- Hm.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
- Oh, sorry.
Goodnight.
- Thanks, sir.
How did it go?
- Long day.
Shall I get us a curry?
OK. Sure you've got time?
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
Coir???
- I've gotta go.
PHONE BEEPS
- COLIN: Sir?
The local nicks are drowning in calls, Colin.
It's a pain in the arse,
but we've got to keep the public onside.
A community meeting?
I'm afraid so.
I know you haven't got time.
You're gonna have to make it.
Alright.
- PHONE BEEPS
SIREN WAILS
Boss wants to go
over our open cases tomorrow.
What? You mean Milly Dowler?
That'll be one of them, sure.
- Well, good for him.
Two years on and no new leads.
- Well, that's what reviews are for.
Fresh perspectives.
Doesn't sound like you've got much to go on.
Without your juice carton.
Ah, no, not much.
Dare I say that a prioritisation matrix
is standard procedure in Surrey?
Oh, yeah, we're not so blinded
by science in the Met.
Listen to you.
Progress is nothing to be scared of.
That's just a posh way of saying
'round up the usual suspects' isn't it?
I know you don't set much store
by behaviourists
but they can taper your suspect pool.
Yeah, unless they're wrong
in which case, my killer gets yanked out
of the pool before I've met him.
Taper. Not shrink.
It's about prioritising suspects,
not dismissing them.
Semantics.
And it's not old school
did-he-wet-the-bed-as-a-kid profiling either.
A matrix reflects an offender's habitat,
routines and education.
Alright. I'll run one up the flagpole.
You just want me off your back.
Yes, I do.
But I'll do a prioritisation vector anyway.
Matrix.
- Matrix.
What?
Look, call me paranoid, but at Surrey,
even after we'd got together
I had the sense
that you didn't take me seriously.
I mean, my work as an analyst.
- That's not true.
Then prove it. Don't shut me out.
OK?
- OK.
GARY: Morning, Guv.
- COLIN: Gary.
CHRIS: Morning, Guv.
- Chris.
DETECTIVE:
Guv.
Morning.
- Boss
Amélie's parents
are flying in tomorrow afternoon.
Oh, yes... we're putting them up
and, um, picking up the flights, too.
Sounds like she was a much-loved daughter.
Yeah, I want to be there to greet them.
Oh, um...
What do you think?
COLIN: Oh, that's actually quite good.
I just mocked it up.
Thank the resident artist.
Oh, well done, Chris.
- Man of many talents.
Well, you're good
at drawing handbags, anyway.
Speak to the press officer. Let's get this
out to the papers and all the news bulletins
and splash copies around Twiokenham Green...
the pubs, the shops, all the usual.
- Yep.
Is it alright to claim the crayons back, Guv?
Chris, that's one ninety-nine.
You can afford that
on your inspector's salary.
Guv. Amélie's phone last pinged
on the T-Mobile network at 22.23 hours
on the 19th of August.
That's twenty minutes after she was attacked.
Yeah, handshake registered
on a mast in Walton.
COLIN:
What sort of area are we talking?
Well, about 500 square yards, uh,
it's north of Walton bridge.
Yeah.
- After that last handshake
there was an implicit detachment.
- COLIN: What's that mean?
The phone was switched off?
- Uh, no, that's an explicit detachment.
Implicit means one of three things -
someone's pulled the battery out,
trashed the phone, or it's in the dead spot.
Well, we can rule out option three, can't we?
- CLIVE: Yeah, I think so, Guv.
We've got the parameters of the quadrant.
- This is great work, guys.
Twiokenham Green to Walton's six miles
and we know he dumped the phone
at ten twenty-three.
He's in a vehicle.
If I'm dumping the phone
of a girl I just murdered
I'm chucking it in the river every time.
River's not in the mast quadrant, Guv.
He's right, sir, it's not.
It's close enough. We're searching it.
INDISTINCT TRANSMISSION
All well, Dive Two. All well, Dive Two.
JO:
Who knows who any of this shit belonged to?
The dive team just got
a call about another job, Guv.
And?
- Well, what do you want me to tell them?
Tell them to keep looking. Nothing's changed.
Every inch of the river...
- PHONE RINGS
...thirty yards
from the bridge gets searched.
If it's not there
I need to know it's not there.
Yes, Guv.
Stay here.
Make sure they keep looking.
Yes, Guv.
- PHONE BEEPS
Jonesy.
NEIL: We gather on CCTV, Guv, getting on a bus.
We've already lD'd the bus driver
and spoken to him.
There.
What's she saying to him?
- She missed her stop.
She's asking how often the buses went.
She walked back.
Looks like it, Guv.
That's why she had to go across the Green.
She missed her bloody stop.
CHRIS:
We need to wrap this up.
No word from the Guv'nor to that effect, sir.
- HE SIGHS
CHRIS:
For fuck's sake.
Who chucks their sunglasses in the river?
I dunno. I had a pair once
that really chafed my nose.
I'm gonna make a call.
BREATHING THROUGH DIVING MASK
It's a wild goose chase.
Sir!
COLIN:
We've had luck with the river.
Father Thames gave up her house keys,
her purse and her CD player.
No, that's not luck,
Guv, that's sticking to your guns.
Yeah, but we still haven't found
her phone or bag.
The search is ongoing.
So, we know that she was attacked
around ten o'clock on Twickenham Green.
We know her phone went off line at 10.23
in Walton when it was dumped in the river.
So, we know he's in a vehicle
we know he went from the Green to Walton,
and we know when.
But, we don't know his route.
COLIN:
No, but there's only a certain number of ways
you can make that journey in twenty minutes.
And we intend to find out which one he took.
HOW?
CCTV.
It's an enormous area so Jonesy,
you've got your work out out.
No, I'm only joking.
He's gonna need some help.
DETECTIVE:
Guv.
Thank you. Thank you.
He's gonna need more than that.
OK, I'm volunteering you and you and you.
All on CCTV, Guv?
- COLIN: All on CCTV.
What are we looking for?
- We don't know yet.
But we know he's in a vehicle.
That's all. Thank you very much.
INDISTINCT MURMURING
COLIN: And while I'd urge you all
to still go about your business, it's vital
that you pay more attention
to your surroundings, especially at night.
So, now I'd like to
open this meeting up for questions.
Yes, madam.
The High Street aside,
Twiokenham has very poor lighting.
Certainly compared
to Richmond and East Sheen.
Well, we'll pass that on to the Council
and I'm sure
they'll remedy it wherever possible.
Thank you.
- You're welcome.
Any other questions?
Well, in that case--
It is a nonsense, is it not, Chief Inspector
for the police to go on television
and say these crimes may not be linked.
Why should we suddenly have
a spate of murderous attacks
on our peaceful streets committed
by lots of different people?
What my colleague said is correct.
These of fences have not been formally linked.
But they do comprise
a 'Linked Investigative Series'.
Yeah, no, I know, that sounds like a lot of
jargon so I want to explain it properly.
Please do.
We can't formally link these of fences
without conclusive proof
that the same person carried them out
such as fingerprints or DNA.
However, because they are so similar
it makes no operational sense
to have them investigated by different teams.
Declaring this
a Linked Investigative Series means
the cases all get examined
under one roof by the same team.
Maximizing our chances of success.
Thank you. That's... it's good to know.
- You're welcome.
Any other questions?
PHONE RINGS
Sir?
'Linked Investigative Series' -
you better copyright that.
I know. I was on the spot.
Uh, it wasn't my intention
to contradict what you'd said...
Forget it. You did well.
Bullshit always baffles brains.
BOTH CHUCKLE
Well, it wasn't complete bullshit, was it?
KNOCKING ON DOOR
Amélie's parents are getting in at seven.
- Ah.
You - you're up to your eyes, Guv.
I'll take care of reception duties.
Who's your Family Liaison?
Uh, Gary Fuller.
ANDY:
Well, just send him.
I'll take him with me,
but I need to see them.
Thanks Richard, thanks very much.
Guv.
- Yep.
Ah, it's this one.
Monsieur Delagrange?
- Yes.
Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton.
This is Family Liaison Officer,
Detective Constable Gary Fuller.
Please come in.
- COLIN: Thank you.
Madame Delagrange.
Colin Sutton.
MADAME DELAGRANGE: It's kind of you
to put us up in such a nice hotel.
It's the least we can do.
The staff are very friendly.
- Yeah.
COLIN:
Oh, good.
Well, Gary is here to look after you.
If there's anything you need just ask.
Um, I'd like to ask you a question.
Please just be
completely honest in your answer.
Of course.
Would you like to visit
the place where Amelie died?
SHE GASPS
Tu veux?
MADAME DELAGRANGE: Hm?
- Tu veuxyafler?
Tm?
HE SOBS
Yes. Yes, we'd like that very much.
Right.
I'll pick you up tomorrow morning.
COLIN: Louise?
- In here.
COLIN:
I'm sorry I'm so late.
LOUISE:
I expected it.
Oh.
Had to unpack some cases today.
Shame we haven't actually moved yet.
So? How was today?
Oh, it was OK.
Sorry, I'm exhausted.
I can help.
- You already have.
We used your stand-alone database,
and you're right, it's faster than HOLMES.
So Surrey can teach
the Met a few tricks after all.
Mm-hm.
The buyers are still faffing about.
- Oh, you're joking.
Need another week
to get their money together.
HE SIGHS
If it falls through the agent says
there is another offer, but it's lower.
Oh, thanks for dealing with all that, luv.
Here's how you show your appreciation.
My brother's wedding.
I know you'll have to do calls and stuff
but... l want you there in body and spirit.
I want you there.
Body and spirit, eh? Hm.
Well, alright then.
And... when we move...
- Mm-hm.
If we ever bloody move...
Let's form some new habits.
Like what?
Like weekends.
We do stuff at weekends.
That's a weekend.
- Hm.
When I look at that, it's ridiculous,
but I am jealous.
You look so relaxed, so yourself.
I want to know that bloke.
He was a bit of a tosser by all accounts.
- I'm serious.
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
New habits.
SHE CHUCKLES
COLIN:
Hello.
MADAME DELAGRANGE SOBS
MOBILE PHONE RINGS
It's a work of art, Jonesy.
Well, once I knew
she walked back from the bus garage
I started pulling in the cameras
from the shops to plot her journey.
Now look...
the last footage of her is
from this aooountanfs office at 22.01.
She's about 150 yards south of the Green,
on Hampton Road.
We're getting closer.
Hey.
Do you want me?
Yeah. Fancy some lunch, Guv?
What's yours? Cheese and ham?
- Hm.
It's alright actually.
How many have we got on CCTV now?
Seven, full-time?
Eight.
That's quite a lot.
What, it's ten percent of our team?
Bit more, twelve and a half percent I think.
You think it's too many?
Yeah.
I do. And so do some of the team.
If we secure every piece
of CCTV on every conceivable route
from Twickenham to Walton
then the killer's vehicle will be on it, Jo.
But we don't know what that vehicle is.
It could be a motorbike.
- Yeah, it could.
So, it's not a needle in a haystack,
it's a needle in a stack of needles.
Listen, Brunty. Car, van, motorbike,
he's on those recordings somewhere
but unless we secure them now
they're gone forever.
Yeah, yeah, OK. I hear ya.
HE KNOCKS
- DOOR OPENS
Jonesy might've caught him
on one of the bus cameras.
What, a passenger?
- External camera.
Transport for London only started installing
them front and back in January.
INDISTINCT CHATTER
Yeah. Watch this bay...
watch this bay here.
COLIN:
What street's this?
Hampton Road.
We pieced this together
from four different bus cameras.
Now, this white van
appears sometime between 2200 and 2205.
And by 2208 - he's gone.
And that's, what, a hundred yards
from where Amelie was attacked?
Seventy, I'd figure.
- CLIVE: There's the cricket screens, Guv.
JO:
At the very least he's a witness.
At the very least.
Looks like a Fiesta with a box on the back.
It's definitely a Ford.
They'll tell us what model.
Any chance of cleaning it up
and getting a reg number?
A fighting chance, I'd say, Guv.
He's not a witness.
My advice, don't pin everything on this van.
That Van's our best lead, sir.
If you don't play you can't lose.
What, you think I should quit?
COLIN: In March 2002,
Bellfield and partner Laura Marsh
were living in Collingwood Place,
Walton-on-Thames.
JO:
And?
Milly Dowler went missing in March 2002.
JO:
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking, if he hit you
with a hammer you wouldn't get up.