Silent Witness (1996–…): Season 9, Episode 5 - The Meaning of Death: Part 1 - full transcript
Harry investigates the death of a woman who drowned in a backyard pool. She was apparently struck on the side of the head and her husband claims that her expensive necklace is missing. Leo ...
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(Lucy.)
Mr Alexander, your daughter's
on the phone. Thank you.
Nik?
'I called you earlier.
'Wanted to warn you about Gran'
Why, what's happened?
She passed away...
'about an hour ago.
'It all happened quickly,
'but it was peaceful'
Last thing she said was,
''I'm looking forward to
getting my new body in heaven.''
'Then she slipped away'
Nik? You there?
I was going to visit.
I'm sorry.
♪ Testator Sile-ens
♪ Costestes e Spiritu-u
♪ Si-ilenciu-um. ♪
Hi. Hi.
You look lovely. Thanks.
We better go in, then.
I am the resurrection and
the life, says the Lord.
Those who believe in me,
even though they die, will live,
and everyone who lives and
believes in me will never die.
We've come here today to remember
before God our sister, Vivian.
To give thanks for her life,
to commend her to God,
our Merciful Redeemer and Judge,
to comfort one another in our grief.
And to commit her
body to be buried.
Right.
Come on.
This is the right time? If it isn't,
someone's made a very costly mistake.
Is that the SlO? It is.
Sorry to interrupt,
Harry Cunningham, the Pathologist.
Detective Inspector Bob Mumford.
Can you wake Auntie Dawn up?
Who found her?
She did. The deceased's sister.
She's been staying here
with her little girl.
What was she doing out here?
Dancing. So the husband says.
It looks like she was
smacked on the side of head.
It's peripheral cyanosis. In English?
It is English.
Means blue lips and
foam around the mouth.
Which means what?
She probably drowned.
Well, I suppose it's possible.
After someone coshed her one.
What makes you think
someone coshed her one?
The thousand quid necklace.
Where? Exactly.
That's her husband.
Chris Pivcevic, teacher.
Says she was wearing the
necklace when he last saw her.
Now it's gone.
Could someone have jumped over this?
No, there's no back alley entrances.
The only way in is through the flat.
No, you'd have to be Spiderman.
We have entrusted our
sister Vivian to God's mercy and
now we commit her body to the ground.
Earth to earth.
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.
In the sure and certain hope of
the resurrection to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mr Pivcevic?
My name is Harry Cunningham.
I'm the forensic pathologist.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I know you've spoken to DI Mumford,
but it would help me if you could
tell me what happened.
I don't know what happened.
I can only tell you what I saw.
I bought her the necklace yesterday.
I left it under the pillow
before I left to work.
An hour after I left,
she called me
and told me to come home right away.
She was...
..full of life.
Come on, let's go.
Where? The garden!
Come on!
We felt like celebrating.
I went to get the
bottle from the kitchen.
It was the...
..last time I saw her alive.
I heard the door buzz.
Julie arrived with
her daughter, Tamsin.
She had a row with her husband...
again!
Then I heard a scream.
At first, I thought it was Dawn.
Then I saw her.
I can't have been gone more than...
three minutes.
It's been good to see you, Nik.
Despite the circumstances.
I can't believe she's gone.
I know.
I've got some things she
wanted me to give you.
Maybe when you visit? Maybe.
Look, I've got to go
but it would be nice
to see more of you.
I don't know that it would.
What do you think happened
in those three minutes?
Well
Pivcevic went back in that way,
the sister arrived at the front
door, so our intruder can't have
got to the garden through the house.
So how did he get in?
We're doing door to door, but
looks like the family upstairs
weren't home when it happened.
There's no sign of
break-in there, either.
In fact, so far no-one
recalls seeing anyone else.
Is Auntie Dawn still asleep?
Tamsie.
Come back in.
You don't want to be seeing that.
How was she lying before
you tried to resuscitate her?
Her head was facing away from here.
I'm not sure. Just found this.
Embassy. Is this yours?
Smoking is for stupid people.
Ask her. It's not my brand.
Do you wanna check
out Spiderman's DNA?
Hi. Detective Chief Inspector
Tom Wimber. Leo Dalton.
This is Nikki Alexander.
Hi. We think it's the body
of Lucy Philips.
She was kidnapped several days ago.
She's the daughter of Clive Philips.
CEO of Panacorp.
They sent a ransom note
along with her little finger.
What went wrong?
An exchange time and place was
agreed. Money was delivered.
But they didn't collect it.
Panacorp? They make... everything
that makes you feel better.
Unless you're an animal.
Hence the suspicion this
may be the work of an
extreme animal rights group.
Female, 30 to 35, consistent
with stated age of Dawn Pivcevic.
We'll need a full tox,
stomach contents, blood,
urine, vitreous and hair.
Is all that really necessary?
Traditionally considered
quite useful, yeah.
Mark on the face
consistent with blunt trauma.
We'll need to fix the
brain for neuropathology.
LOUD CHEWING
Looks as if her body
was dragged across here.
Then thrown there.
Didn't make much of an
effort to hide her, did they?
What time was she found? About 9am.
She was found by a security guard.
They check round
here every 24 hours.
There are early signs of
decomposition, I suggest that
she's been dead for a few days.
That'd mean she was dumped
here when she was already dead.
Which would mean she was already
dead the day they intended
to hand her back.
The lungs are hyper-inflated.
I can collect some of
this fluid for diatoms.
But these and the foam round the
nose and mouth would do for drowning.
They could have bungled it,
killed her by mistake.
Maybe they thought they'd get
the money an_ay. Or she tried
to escape.
Have photographs been taken
of the wrists? Ligatures? Yes.
No sign of grip marks on her arms,
no fingertip bruising.
Looks like they took her
without too much trouble.
Think maybe she knew her abductors?
Or they took her by surprise.
Mud on the toes of her shoes
could be consistent with the
marks in the mud over there.
Suggests she was face-down
when she was dragged.
And her front's covered
in mud too, as though
she'd been thrown in face down.
See these splash marks?
I'd say they're suggestive
of her falling here.
So what's she doing
Lying there face up?
Is this where she was found? Yes.
She hasn't been moved.
This is fresh.
Looks like whoever dumped the body,
spared the time to go back,
turn the body over face-up.
Why would they do that?
Well, keep on it,
I'll be with you in half an hour.
Found the intruder yet?
None of the neighbours I've talked
to saw anyone.
Do you like cutting people up?
Mmm.
Oh, what the
hell are you doing there?
Cutting a sample of bone from
the femur to test for diatoms,
which should help
confirm that she did drown.
What about a blow to the head? I'll
keep the brain for neuropathological
tests, which should show if
someone else delivered the blow or if
she got it when she struck the
ground. You really think she drowned?
I'm fairly sure that's why her heart
stopped. People don't just drown
in three inches of water.
I could drown you in one
inch of water, if I wanted.
Now excuse me,
bit more cutting up to do.
Oh, my baby.
I'm afraid you can't touch her.
What kind of person does this?
It's utterly meaningless.
That was a tough one.
Even a bad reason for being killed
is better than no reason at all.
You all right?
Copy of the ransom note.
Forensics have treated the
original for DNA and prints,
came up with nothing.
There's something almost...
self-consciously amateur about it.
It's like a parody of a ransom note.
Which suggests they're being cute.
It's like a joke.
A sick joke. You think the animal
rights people would do this?
Well, we can't discount them.
What about Clive Philips?
What do we know about him?
impeccable history. Happily married.
very good at his job. No, I don't
think this was about him personally.
Until they killed his daughter.
The little finger on the left hand
has been severed at the knuckle,
consistent with the one sent
with the ransom note.
I think I'll watch from the fish
bowl, it isn't really my scene.
OK. Bruising on the shins.
Could be consistent with being
bundled into a vehicle.
The garrotting's been done
with something like twine.
All very calm and controlled.
It doesn't smack of panic.
You'll check for traces of sedation?
Tox reports will take a while.
At this stage,
I'd estimate time of death
is likely to be at least
72 hours ago, given the absence
of any rigor mortis,
discolouration of the right iliac
fossa and marbling on her limbs.
In other words they, well,
they, he, she, whoever killed her,
before sending the ransom note.
Which would suggest a bungle.
And yet a bungle would, should,
suggest a struggle, but there's no
evidence of anything like that.
Any more ideas on why she might have
been turned over? No. I don't know.
Could be nothing.
Mum or Dad in? No.
I'm Detective Inspector Mumford.
I'm investigating the death of
your neighbour, Dawn Pivcevic.
I need to ask you some questions.
Well. I'm not...
Having a sneaky fag?
What's it to you?
Shouldn't you be in school?
It's games. I've got an exemption.
What happened? Fell off my bike.
Oi! What are you doing?
You think you could climb
down there? Not with this.
Were you here yesterday morning? No.
You want to be careful
where you throw your fags.
There was an Embassy butt
near that paddling pool.
You were here yesterday
when Dawn Pivcevic died. I wasn't.
Oh, come on. You were here.
You could have climbed down
and taken the necklace and
it all went wrong. With this?
Shouldn't you be saying, ''Ouch''?
Hi, I'm here to see
Victor Alexander.
Thanks for coming.
I haven't a lot of time.
How is work?
Any interesting cases at the moment?
It's a little posthumous to
start taking an interest
in my career, isn't it?
I am interested.
You've been busy at work.
I just wondered what it was.
You said you wanted to
give me something, from Gran.
She specifically
asked me to give you this.
insisted on keeping it at
her bedside at all times.
Bloody depressing thing
if you ask me.
For some reason she thought
you'd appreciate it.
Is this what you
wanted to see me about?
Let's talk outside.
I need to talk to you
about Gran's estate.
About your inheritance.
Right.
It isn't what you might think.
I hope not.
Because what I'm thinking right now
is that you want my money.
Just for a while.
Oh, God! Even Gran's death
is an opportunity for a scam.
Why are you so hard on me?
Well, let me see, where
would you like me to start?
Could it be to do with
the way you've treated people?
Or that you use friends and family
to get what you want? Nikki.
I have to go.
I need to finish this conversation.
Can I call you?
If you like.
'You won't say anything to my mum?'
About the bunking off school
or the pretending to be injured?
The smoking. Smoking's not a crime.
Yet.
No, I can keep schtum.
But you need to
tell me what you saw.
Do you mind?
I'll join you.
I hear them a lot.
They leave the bedroom doors open.
They were always at it...or arguing.
So what happened?
I was in here having a fag.
She suddenly ran out into the garden.
You got a good look?
Then he came out and
they messed about.
Then he went off into the house.
And she was wearing the necklace?
I think so.
Then I went to the toilet.
When I came back she was
Lying face-down in the pool.
Well, how long were
you in the toilet? A few minutes.
Teenage boy. Half naked woman.
Joys of spring. Then what?
I went back out and saw the
little girl standing over the body.
The little girl?
Then the woman came out.
She screamed. I watched for a bit
but I felt bad, so I went in.
And the necklace?
Don't remember.
And you didn't see anyone else enter
or leave the garden?
No.
You washed your hands
before you boxed those? Shhh!
Babes, going over to the new place.
See you there.
Know where you're going this time?
Think so.
every time you deliver a
cold Capricciosa you cost me.
You know how much profit we made on
your last delivery? minus 8 quid.
Any more refunds because you got lost
and you're chip wrappers.
This can't be right.
Jen? Can you check the
address on my drop? Lost again?
It's a good job he's not here!
2 Albert Drive.
He called from a mobile, I've
got a name here. Jeremy Bentham?
I'm on Albert Drive and I can't see
a single bloody house.
I'll try the number. Hang on.
Tone, there's no answer.
Have you checked for other
Albert Drives? Could be Albert Row.
An_ay, better get on before
your husband gets the hump.
Same time and place tomorrow?
'You're bad!'
Tony Lane. Pizza delivery rider,
called out to a non-existent address.
Cash belt still full.
I suspect he was stabbed from
behind at first while standing.
But this wound to the neck, he'd have
garrotted, which would explain the
arterial splatter pattern.
He collapsed here.
He should've fallen on his front.
Did anyone trample over the scene?
The pizza company called the police.
The officer who found him was the
first to see him since the killer.
Has anyone lifted this visor?
That's how they found him.
The blood spatter pattern is
consistent with the arterial
spray from a stab to the neck.
But the face is clean.
Someone lifted the visor
after he was dead?
Unless he did it before he died.
No, the neck wound would've
incapacitated him instantly.
He'd have died very quickly.
Someone's turned him over.
Sounds familiar.
Lucy Philips, the kidnap victim.
I think I'd better call Tom Wimber.
Are you all right?
You left the PM early.
Yes. I saw all I needed to.
Was there anything else? We think
that Tony Lane had intercourse
shortly before his death.
We'll check for the presence of
anyone else's DNA on the swabs.
So why did you leave early, then?
I'm allergic to dead people.
You've chosen a strange job, then!
It never used to bother me.
So, can you show any link
between this and Lucy Philips?
I don't wish to be rude but
you look... Amul?
Terrible.
Not sleeping well.
Are you religious? Not really.
I got it from my gran.
She died last week.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
She'd lived a good life. She was 87.
Even so. It's the end of a life.
Though Gran believed it
was the start of another.
I hope she's right.
Drop your linen and stop
your grinning.
The necklace. Little girl,
took it for her Tiny Tears.
She had it all along.
So we can discount the thief.
Oh, and you
can put away the chemistry set.
I think I could have an answer
to this already. The husband.
The kid upstairs, the secret smoker,
he heard the Pivcevics arguing,
a lot.
I think he did it. He murdered her.
I've got means, motive
and opportunity.
Yes. Well, before you get too
excited, you might want
to have a look at this.
Come round. I did some initial
neuropathology on the brain.
So?
We're interested in a phenomenon
called coup and contra-coup.
That's French and Latin, by the way,
brain bounce in English.
It concerns the damage to the
opposite side of her brain
from the point of impact.
It might tell us whether
she was knocked out by a fall
or from a blow to the head.
There wasn't much damage to the brain
because it wasn't a violent fall.
But to make sure and get the results
quickly I fixed the brain in the
microwave and sliced it. All right.
I would say that this amount of
contra-coup, makes it likely that she
was rendered unconscious by her head
striking a rock beneath the pool,
not from a blow to the head.
So he pushed her over. It's
possible. I don't know why you're all
so, ''I know better'' about it. No.
I mustn't let the facts get
in the way of the case. Meaning?
It's my impression you're keen to
make this a juicy murder case,
whether it is or not.
Chris Pivcevic may have
pushed his wife over.
But on the evidence that we
have so far, I would say that
it is extremely unlikely.
Well, let's ask him, shall we?
sorry I'm late.
I'm getting hungry standing here.
So, what's the verdict?
Well, there is no verdict yet.
I'm still tying to establish
if Tony Lane was killed in a random
incident or by someone who knew him.
So, you were are at
this party from when?
I left here about 8.30,
right after Tony left. How long had
Tony been working here?
Too long. He was the worst
delivery boy I've ever had.
Never once delivered
a warm pizza.
How distressing for you(!)
Look, sorry about what happened, but
I'm not about to be giving
a memorial speech at his funeral,
saying what a great
pizza delivery boy he was.
Will you be at his funeral? No.
Of course I won't.
I hardly knew the kid.
I employ eight delivery riders here,
I don't make friends with them.
Most of them only stay
here about as long as it
takes to make a margarita.
Look, I'm opening a new place
in an hour, I need to be there.
I hope you find who did this.
We appreciate your time.
We just need to
clarify a few things.
Did Tony have a girlfriend here at
the restaurant? Not to my knowledge.
He had sexual intercourse
shortly before his death,
which means after his shift began.
Might explain the cold pizzas.
You know, you have a curiously
inappropriate sense of humour.
sorry. Jen?
Do you know if Lane
was seeing anyone here?
No idea. sorry.
Maybe a customer? Well, do we know
where he was in the two hours
before he left at 8.30?
You'll need to talk to Jen,
she does the orders.
The neighbours said they often
heard you and your wife arguing.
They gave me the distinct impression
things weren't that
great between the two of you.
Well?
You nodded, so it's true.
Dawn's sister staying
caused quite a bit of friction.
Your neighbour said he heard you
going for each other for months.
Well?
Yeah.
We had been having
fertility treatment.
We'd tried one lot,
it hadn't worked.
She wanted to try one more time.
I wanted her to stop.
It caused a lot of tension,
arguments
and it was expensive too.
But you could still afford a
grand's worth of diamond necklace?
That seems a lot for a
teacher to spend on his wife.
How much should you spend
on someone you love? Huh?
800 is what we would've spent
on our next cycle of IVF.
When I bought that necklace,
we had just decided not do any more.
A week before Julie came to stay,
we'd finally agreed to leave it.
That necklace marked an end of it.
It was meant to be symbolic.
Making the decision...
felt like a release.
You think I killed her?
interesting interviewing technique.
It's my job to ask the
right questions, all right?
Mine too, but your implication
was based on scanty evidence.
There's no burglar. We're agreed
no-one else could've got in.
He must have done it, nobody else
had the chance. Supposition.
You have no evidence.
So what do YOU think the
answer is, Professor(?)
Doctor, for now.
I haven't got all the tests back
yet, I need to check if the diatom
results are ready. Good idea.
You do what you're paid to do.
I'll do what I'm paid to do.
He did the first delivery at six.
To a 34 Collingwoo...
Were you close to Tony Lane?
What? No. I hardly knew...
I mean, Ged's my husband.
Jennifer, this is a
murder investigation.
It was a fling. Ged doesn't know.
Please don't say anything.
She says they had a quickie in the
stock cupboard between deliveries.
Maybe the husband found out?
sorry. His alibi stacks up.
He went straight from
here to their new site.
Four witnesses say he was there
at the time Tony Lane was killed.
The order for Albert Drive has been
traced to a pay-as-you-go mobile.
Hardly likely to be
the killer's real name.
Jeremy Bentham.
Vaguely recall that name from my
school history lessons. Philosophy.
He was the ''greatest happiness for
the greatest number of people'' guy.
I only did the O level.
Took me a while to
decide what I wanted to be.
Neither death was motivated by money.
Different places,
different circumstances.
Different motives, you'd think.
Unless killing people
is your motive.
Is there any motivation for the
animal rights people in this case?
Not unless they decided to target
non-vegetarian pizza restaurants.
What are you thinking, Leo?
I just can't get the particularity
of finding two bodies within a week
that have both being
turned face-up after death.
That's not a coincidence,
that's a pattern!
Not a pretty pattern, but a pattern.
What about our pizza affair?
The time and alibis make it
impossible for Jennifer or Ged
to be responsible.
This isn't a crime of passion.
It was thought out. Randomly selected
maybe, but it was thought through.
Hope that face means good news
for us poor confused people?
It's really rather intriguing.
We have plenty ''rather intriguing'',
Frank. Can we have some
ragingly obvious instead?
As you know the kidnapper used a
random selection of newspapers and
magazines to construct his note.
Some of them are very recognisable.
Here we have a letter from the Sun,
this B is... Bella magazine?
Yes. Some of the others are
a little harder to determine.
Most periodicals use
standard fonts and colours.
However, I took soft X-rays of
the notes so we can see what's
on the back of the letters.
You see, that's at 250/o visibility.
Now I can increase that to 50,
75, and 1000/o.
Now if we just flip it,
your kidnapper wasn't quite
as random as he thought.
This one here, I've traced it
through the British Library, it's
from a journal called Ethics Today.
Three of the letters in the note
are from the same publication.
It's a scholarly specialist review.
It publishes articles on modern
morality. And who reads it?
Well, that's the handy thing.
Practically no-one. Academics.
Not pizza restaurant owners?
Or animal rights campaigners.
It's that obscure you could fit
every reader in a telephone kiosk!
Hello?
Good afternoon. I'm Detective
Chief Inspector, Tom Wimber.
This is pathologist
Doctor Nikki Alexander.
We're looking for Dave Stubbs,
the editor of Ethics Today.
He's not here.
He left a few months ago.
Well, who is the editor now? Me.
I'm Paul Fordyce. Can I help?
I'm investigating the kidnap
and murder of a young woman.
Who is she?
Her name is Lucy Philips.
The ransom note used
Letters from this publication.
We need to find out who receives
the magazine, get hold of
any back issues that we can. Right.
Well. I can help you there.
So where is Dave Stubbs?
He left about three months ago.
He'd mentioned going to Africa
to do some missionary work.
We presumed he did.
There. Who receives the magazine?
It goes to about 200
people on a regular basis.
Although I intend to get
it to a wider audience.
The reputation of the journal
dwindled under the previous editor.
And why was that?
Let's say, he tended to use
the journal to preach his
own world view. Which was?
He was a Christian.
Anything wrong with that? Plenty.
Especially if you're introducing
metaphysical mumbo-jumbo
into what is essentially a serious
philosophical journal.
I think Nietzsche put it well -
''Christianity is the
crutch of the weak-minded.''
Didn't Nietzsche go crazy?
You're interested in philosophy.
Prefer women's magazines.
Well, most of us need
a crutch of some sort.
Mine's coffee.
We'd like to boost your
circulation figures and purchase
some back issues if we can.
You can take these.
They're all spare.
Thanks.
What're you looking at there?
Dawn Pivcevic's histology.
Cause of death IS drowning.
But I have absolutely
no idea how it happened.
I'm just thinking, no, I'm hoping,
there's something I haven't picked up
cos at the moment, I have this DI who
is intent on adding a murder case
to his otherwise rather dull CV.
Well, can't hurt to keep looking.
What do you make of it?
A lot of confusion in a meaningless
world according to Paul Fordyce.
What did you make of him?
Gave me the creeps.
Don't you think it's odd that
the editor of an ethics journal
would leave his magazine
without telling anyone?
Busy? What you see here could
be the essential moment
in the deductive process.
Looks very taxing.
''The universe is pitiless.
''To talk of good and evil, kindness
and cruelty is to miss the point.
''Nature is callous
and completely free of the
supposedly benign purpose
''that the religious
would have us believe in.''
Who wrote that?
Paul Fordyce.
One day you're digging the earth
for someone, the next day someone's
digging the earth for you.
Whoever killed him waited for
him to put his safety belt on.
Any signs of being broken into?
No, it was either open
or the killer got the keys.
The receptionist was the
Last to see him.
He let her go home early,
said he was staying to do the books.
Could I have a word?
sorry? You work for Mr Elliot?
Yes.
How many of you work here?
Er, eight.
I can't believe this has happened.
Hi. sorry. Can I have
a word if you've got a minute? Sure.
Do you have any ideas as
to who might have done this?
I can't imagine who's done this.
Well, if you can think of
or remember anything
that you think might help,
then don't hesitate to call me, OK?
Thank you.
Cause of death 1A,
multiple stab wounds to the back.
I'd like to say we've made the leap
from unlikely coincidence
to likely pattern.
But we have three
deaths with no obvious connection.
The first two murders looked
very different but turned out to be
similar, this one looks similar but
there are striking differences.
I thought it was
the same kind of knife?
Well, broadly similar in
Length and width but the
thrust of the knife is left-handed.
The stabbing action is frenetic.
Not like the measured, accurate
blows inflicted on Tony Lane.
Which were almost
certainly right-handed.
Well, maybe the thing that
binds them all is the brutality,
the callousness.
When is murder not callous?
Henry Elliot was a young person
getting on with his life, not
obviously causing offence to anyone.
Lucy Philips and Tony Lane were
the same. These murders haven't been
committed for love or money.
Is that for bad breath?
No, I have trouble producing saliva.
It provides my spit.
Thanks for letting me come with you.
No, it was your hunch. This way I
can blame you if it's a red herring.
You know they were smoked herrings.
They were used to divert bloodhounds
away from the smell.
You're full of useful facts.
Don't tell me, women's magazines?
Girl Guides.
Do you have any idea
where David might be?
Someone at the journal said
he might have gone to Africa.
He talked about going.
Always full of plans.
He's not in any trouble, is he?
I'm investigating a
kidnapping and murder.
The ransom note used cuttings from
your son's magazine. We'd like to
talk to him about his subscribers.
So when did you last see him?
The day after the funeral.
Funeral?
His grandfather died, my father.
When was that? Three months ago.
I usually run David to the station
at Wickham, but he said he wanted
to drop by the church
to say one last farewell.
That was the last time I saw him.
Was he close to his grandfather?
They were very close,
especially as my husband died
when David was very young.
You think something's
happened to him, don't you?
We don't know.
Where was the funeral?
It was here in the village.
At St John's.
This is the last place
he said he was going to.
Stay close.
I've got a thing about graveyards.
Morning. Hi.
This is it.
Excuse me.
Do you always
separate out the soils?
Yeah, I always put it back right.
The clay's underneath,
so that goes back in first.
Thanks.
What is it?
Clay.
This mound has clay in it. So?
If you look at the grave he's
digging over there, he's separated
out the soil so he can put the clay
back in first where it was found.
This earth hasn't
been put back right.
It's been disturbed.
I've found something.
Keep going, gently.
Can you photograph that?
which some viewers may find
upsetting.
(Lucy.)
Mr Alexander, your daughter's
on the phone. Thank you.
Nik?
'I called you earlier.
'Wanted to warn you about Gran'
Why, what's happened?
She passed away...
'about an hour ago.
'It all happened quickly,
'but it was peaceful'
Last thing she said was,
''I'm looking forward to
getting my new body in heaven.''
'Then she slipped away'
Nik? You there?
I was going to visit.
I'm sorry.
♪ Testator Sile-ens
♪ Costestes e Spiritu-u
♪ Si-ilenciu-um. ♪
Hi. Hi.
You look lovely. Thanks.
We better go in, then.
I am the resurrection and
the life, says the Lord.
Those who believe in me,
even though they die, will live,
and everyone who lives and
believes in me will never die.
We've come here today to remember
before God our sister, Vivian.
To give thanks for her life,
to commend her to God,
our Merciful Redeemer and Judge,
to comfort one another in our grief.
And to commit her
body to be buried.
Right.
Come on.
This is the right time? If it isn't,
someone's made a very costly mistake.
Is that the SlO? It is.
Sorry to interrupt,
Harry Cunningham, the Pathologist.
Detective Inspector Bob Mumford.
Can you wake Auntie Dawn up?
Who found her?
She did. The deceased's sister.
She's been staying here
with her little girl.
What was she doing out here?
Dancing. So the husband says.
It looks like she was
smacked on the side of head.
It's peripheral cyanosis. In English?
It is English.
Means blue lips and
foam around the mouth.
Which means what?
She probably drowned.
Well, I suppose it's possible.
After someone coshed her one.
What makes you think
someone coshed her one?
The thousand quid necklace.
Where? Exactly.
That's her husband.
Chris Pivcevic, teacher.
Says she was wearing the
necklace when he last saw her.
Now it's gone.
Could someone have jumped over this?
No, there's no back alley entrances.
The only way in is through the flat.
No, you'd have to be Spiderman.
We have entrusted our
sister Vivian to God's mercy and
now we commit her body to the ground.
Earth to earth.
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.
In the sure and certain hope of
the resurrection to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mr Pivcevic?
My name is Harry Cunningham.
I'm the forensic pathologist.
I'm very sorry for your loss.
I know you've spoken to DI Mumford,
but it would help me if you could
tell me what happened.
I don't know what happened.
I can only tell you what I saw.
I bought her the necklace yesterday.
I left it under the pillow
before I left to work.
An hour after I left,
she called me
and told me to come home right away.
She was...
..full of life.
Come on, let's go.
Where? The garden!
Come on!
We felt like celebrating.
I went to get the
bottle from the kitchen.
It was the...
..last time I saw her alive.
I heard the door buzz.
Julie arrived with
her daughter, Tamsin.
She had a row with her husband...
again!
Then I heard a scream.
At first, I thought it was Dawn.
Then I saw her.
I can't have been gone more than...
three minutes.
It's been good to see you, Nik.
Despite the circumstances.
I can't believe she's gone.
I know.
I've got some things she
wanted me to give you.
Maybe when you visit? Maybe.
Look, I've got to go
but it would be nice
to see more of you.
I don't know that it would.
What do you think happened
in those three minutes?
Well
Pivcevic went back in that way,
the sister arrived at the front
door, so our intruder can't have
got to the garden through the house.
So how did he get in?
We're doing door to door, but
looks like the family upstairs
weren't home when it happened.
There's no sign of
break-in there, either.
In fact, so far no-one
recalls seeing anyone else.
Is Auntie Dawn still asleep?
Tamsie.
Come back in.
You don't want to be seeing that.
How was she lying before
you tried to resuscitate her?
Her head was facing away from here.
I'm not sure. Just found this.
Embassy. Is this yours?
Smoking is for stupid people.
Ask her. It's not my brand.
Do you wanna check
out Spiderman's DNA?
Hi. Detective Chief Inspector
Tom Wimber. Leo Dalton.
This is Nikki Alexander.
Hi. We think it's the body
of Lucy Philips.
She was kidnapped several days ago.
She's the daughter of Clive Philips.
CEO of Panacorp.
They sent a ransom note
along with her little finger.
What went wrong?
An exchange time and place was
agreed. Money was delivered.
But they didn't collect it.
Panacorp? They make... everything
that makes you feel better.
Unless you're an animal.
Hence the suspicion this
may be the work of an
extreme animal rights group.
Female, 30 to 35, consistent
with stated age of Dawn Pivcevic.
We'll need a full tox,
stomach contents, blood,
urine, vitreous and hair.
Is all that really necessary?
Traditionally considered
quite useful, yeah.
Mark on the face
consistent with blunt trauma.
We'll need to fix the
brain for neuropathology.
LOUD CHEWING
Looks as if her body
was dragged across here.
Then thrown there.
Didn't make much of an
effort to hide her, did they?
What time was she found? About 9am.
She was found by a security guard.
They check round
here every 24 hours.
There are early signs of
decomposition, I suggest that
she's been dead for a few days.
That'd mean she was dumped
here when she was already dead.
Which would mean she was already
dead the day they intended
to hand her back.
The lungs are hyper-inflated.
I can collect some of
this fluid for diatoms.
But these and the foam round the
nose and mouth would do for drowning.
They could have bungled it,
killed her by mistake.
Maybe they thought they'd get
the money an_ay. Or she tried
to escape.
Have photographs been taken
of the wrists? Ligatures? Yes.
No sign of grip marks on her arms,
no fingertip bruising.
Looks like they took her
without too much trouble.
Think maybe she knew her abductors?
Or they took her by surprise.
Mud on the toes of her shoes
could be consistent with the
marks in the mud over there.
Suggests she was face-down
when she was dragged.
And her front's covered
in mud too, as though
she'd been thrown in face down.
See these splash marks?
I'd say they're suggestive
of her falling here.
So what's she doing
Lying there face up?
Is this where she was found? Yes.
She hasn't been moved.
This is fresh.
Looks like whoever dumped the body,
spared the time to go back,
turn the body over face-up.
Why would they do that?
Well, keep on it,
I'll be with you in half an hour.
Found the intruder yet?
None of the neighbours I've talked
to saw anyone.
Do you like cutting people up?
Mmm.
Oh, what the
hell are you doing there?
Cutting a sample of bone from
the femur to test for diatoms,
which should help
confirm that she did drown.
What about a blow to the head? I'll
keep the brain for neuropathological
tests, which should show if
someone else delivered the blow or if
she got it when she struck the
ground. You really think she drowned?
I'm fairly sure that's why her heart
stopped. People don't just drown
in three inches of water.
I could drown you in one
inch of water, if I wanted.
Now excuse me,
bit more cutting up to do.
Oh, my baby.
I'm afraid you can't touch her.
What kind of person does this?
It's utterly meaningless.
That was a tough one.
Even a bad reason for being killed
is better than no reason at all.
You all right?
Copy of the ransom note.
Forensics have treated the
original for DNA and prints,
came up with nothing.
There's something almost...
self-consciously amateur about it.
It's like a parody of a ransom note.
Which suggests they're being cute.
It's like a joke.
A sick joke. You think the animal
rights people would do this?
Well, we can't discount them.
What about Clive Philips?
What do we know about him?
impeccable history. Happily married.
very good at his job. No, I don't
think this was about him personally.
Until they killed his daughter.
The little finger on the left hand
has been severed at the knuckle,
consistent with the one sent
with the ransom note.
I think I'll watch from the fish
bowl, it isn't really my scene.
OK. Bruising on the shins.
Could be consistent with being
bundled into a vehicle.
The garrotting's been done
with something like twine.
All very calm and controlled.
It doesn't smack of panic.
You'll check for traces of sedation?
Tox reports will take a while.
At this stage,
I'd estimate time of death
is likely to be at least
72 hours ago, given the absence
of any rigor mortis,
discolouration of the right iliac
fossa and marbling on her limbs.
In other words they, well,
they, he, she, whoever killed her,
before sending the ransom note.
Which would suggest a bungle.
And yet a bungle would, should,
suggest a struggle, but there's no
evidence of anything like that.
Any more ideas on why she might have
been turned over? No. I don't know.
Could be nothing.
Mum or Dad in? No.
I'm Detective Inspector Mumford.
I'm investigating the death of
your neighbour, Dawn Pivcevic.
I need to ask you some questions.
Well. I'm not...
Having a sneaky fag?
What's it to you?
Shouldn't you be in school?
It's games. I've got an exemption.
What happened? Fell off my bike.
Oi! What are you doing?
You think you could climb
down there? Not with this.
Were you here yesterday morning? No.
You want to be careful
where you throw your fags.
There was an Embassy butt
near that paddling pool.
You were here yesterday
when Dawn Pivcevic died. I wasn't.
Oh, come on. You were here.
You could have climbed down
and taken the necklace and
it all went wrong. With this?
Shouldn't you be saying, ''Ouch''?
Hi, I'm here to see
Victor Alexander.
Thanks for coming.
I haven't a lot of time.
How is work?
Any interesting cases at the moment?
It's a little posthumous to
start taking an interest
in my career, isn't it?
I am interested.
You've been busy at work.
I just wondered what it was.
You said you wanted to
give me something, from Gran.
She specifically
asked me to give you this.
insisted on keeping it at
her bedside at all times.
Bloody depressing thing
if you ask me.
For some reason she thought
you'd appreciate it.
Is this what you
wanted to see me about?
Let's talk outside.
I need to talk to you
about Gran's estate.
About your inheritance.
Right.
It isn't what you might think.
I hope not.
Because what I'm thinking right now
is that you want my money.
Just for a while.
Oh, God! Even Gran's death
is an opportunity for a scam.
Why are you so hard on me?
Well, let me see, where
would you like me to start?
Could it be to do with
the way you've treated people?
Or that you use friends and family
to get what you want? Nikki.
I have to go.
I need to finish this conversation.
Can I call you?
If you like.
'You won't say anything to my mum?'
About the bunking off school
or the pretending to be injured?
The smoking. Smoking's not a crime.
Yet.
No, I can keep schtum.
But you need to
tell me what you saw.
Do you mind?
I'll join you.
I hear them a lot.
They leave the bedroom doors open.
They were always at it...or arguing.
So what happened?
I was in here having a fag.
She suddenly ran out into the garden.
You got a good look?
Then he came out and
they messed about.
Then he went off into the house.
And she was wearing the necklace?
I think so.
Then I went to the toilet.
When I came back she was
Lying face-down in the pool.
Well, how long were
you in the toilet? A few minutes.
Teenage boy. Half naked woman.
Joys of spring. Then what?
I went back out and saw the
little girl standing over the body.
The little girl?
Then the woman came out.
She screamed. I watched for a bit
but I felt bad, so I went in.
And the necklace?
Don't remember.
And you didn't see anyone else enter
or leave the garden?
No.
You washed your hands
before you boxed those? Shhh!
Babes, going over to the new place.
See you there.
Know where you're going this time?
Think so.
every time you deliver a
cold Capricciosa you cost me.
You know how much profit we made on
your last delivery? minus 8 quid.
Any more refunds because you got lost
and you're chip wrappers.
This can't be right.
Jen? Can you check the
address on my drop? Lost again?
It's a good job he's not here!
2 Albert Drive.
He called from a mobile, I've
got a name here. Jeremy Bentham?
I'm on Albert Drive and I can't see
a single bloody house.
I'll try the number. Hang on.
Tone, there's no answer.
Have you checked for other
Albert Drives? Could be Albert Row.
An_ay, better get on before
your husband gets the hump.
Same time and place tomorrow?
'You're bad!'
Tony Lane. Pizza delivery rider,
called out to a non-existent address.
Cash belt still full.
I suspect he was stabbed from
behind at first while standing.
But this wound to the neck, he'd have
garrotted, which would explain the
arterial splatter pattern.
He collapsed here.
He should've fallen on his front.
Did anyone trample over the scene?
The pizza company called the police.
The officer who found him was the
first to see him since the killer.
Has anyone lifted this visor?
That's how they found him.
The blood spatter pattern is
consistent with the arterial
spray from a stab to the neck.
But the face is clean.
Someone lifted the visor
after he was dead?
Unless he did it before he died.
No, the neck wound would've
incapacitated him instantly.
He'd have died very quickly.
Someone's turned him over.
Sounds familiar.
Lucy Philips, the kidnap victim.
I think I'd better call Tom Wimber.
Are you all right?
You left the PM early.
Yes. I saw all I needed to.
Was there anything else? We think
that Tony Lane had intercourse
shortly before his death.
We'll check for the presence of
anyone else's DNA on the swabs.
So why did you leave early, then?
I'm allergic to dead people.
You've chosen a strange job, then!
It never used to bother me.
So, can you show any link
between this and Lucy Philips?
I don't wish to be rude but
you look... Amul?
Terrible.
Not sleeping well.
Are you religious? Not really.
I got it from my gran.
She died last week.
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
She'd lived a good life. She was 87.
Even so. It's the end of a life.
Though Gran believed it
was the start of another.
I hope she's right.
Drop your linen and stop
your grinning.
The necklace. Little girl,
took it for her Tiny Tears.
She had it all along.
So we can discount the thief.
Oh, and you
can put away the chemistry set.
I think I could have an answer
to this already. The husband.
The kid upstairs, the secret smoker,
he heard the Pivcevics arguing,
a lot.
I think he did it. He murdered her.
I've got means, motive
and opportunity.
Yes. Well, before you get too
excited, you might want
to have a look at this.
Come round. I did some initial
neuropathology on the brain.
So?
We're interested in a phenomenon
called coup and contra-coup.
That's French and Latin, by the way,
brain bounce in English.
It concerns the damage to the
opposite side of her brain
from the point of impact.
It might tell us whether
she was knocked out by a fall
or from a blow to the head.
There wasn't much damage to the brain
because it wasn't a violent fall.
But to make sure and get the results
quickly I fixed the brain in the
microwave and sliced it. All right.
I would say that this amount of
contra-coup, makes it likely that she
was rendered unconscious by her head
striking a rock beneath the pool,
not from a blow to the head.
So he pushed her over. It's
possible. I don't know why you're all
so, ''I know better'' about it. No.
I mustn't let the facts get
in the way of the case. Meaning?
It's my impression you're keen to
make this a juicy murder case,
whether it is or not.
Chris Pivcevic may have
pushed his wife over.
But on the evidence that we
have so far, I would say that
it is extremely unlikely.
Well, let's ask him, shall we?
sorry I'm late.
I'm getting hungry standing here.
So, what's the verdict?
Well, there is no verdict yet.
I'm still tying to establish
if Tony Lane was killed in a random
incident or by someone who knew him.
So, you were are at
this party from when?
I left here about 8.30,
right after Tony left. How long had
Tony been working here?
Too long. He was the worst
delivery boy I've ever had.
Never once delivered
a warm pizza.
How distressing for you(!)
Look, sorry about what happened, but
I'm not about to be giving
a memorial speech at his funeral,
saying what a great
pizza delivery boy he was.
Will you be at his funeral? No.
Of course I won't.
I hardly knew the kid.
I employ eight delivery riders here,
I don't make friends with them.
Most of them only stay
here about as long as it
takes to make a margarita.
Look, I'm opening a new place
in an hour, I need to be there.
I hope you find who did this.
We appreciate your time.
We just need to
clarify a few things.
Did Tony have a girlfriend here at
the restaurant? Not to my knowledge.
He had sexual intercourse
shortly before his death,
which means after his shift began.
Might explain the cold pizzas.
You know, you have a curiously
inappropriate sense of humour.
sorry. Jen?
Do you know if Lane
was seeing anyone here?
No idea. sorry.
Maybe a customer? Well, do we know
where he was in the two hours
before he left at 8.30?
You'll need to talk to Jen,
she does the orders.
The neighbours said they often
heard you and your wife arguing.
They gave me the distinct impression
things weren't that
great between the two of you.
Well?
You nodded, so it's true.
Dawn's sister staying
caused quite a bit of friction.
Your neighbour said he heard you
going for each other for months.
Well?
Yeah.
We had been having
fertility treatment.
We'd tried one lot,
it hadn't worked.
She wanted to try one more time.
I wanted her to stop.
It caused a lot of tension,
arguments
and it was expensive too.
But you could still afford a
grand's worth of diamond necklace?
That seems a lot for a
teacher to spend on his wife.
How much should you spend
on someone you love? Huh?
800 is what we would've spent
on our next cycle of IVF.
When I bought that necklace,
we had just decided not do any more.
A week before Julie came to stay,
we'd finally agreed to leave it.
That necklace marked an end of it.
It was meant to be symbolic.
Making the decision...
felt like a release.
You think I killed her?
interesting interviewing technique.
It's my job to ask the
right questions, all right?
Mine too, but your implication
was based on scanty evidence.
There's no burglar. We're agreed
no-one else could've got in.
He must have done it, nobody else
had the chance. Supposition.
You have no evidence.
So what do YOU think the
answer is, Professor(?)
Doctor, for now.
I haven't got all the tests back
yet, I need to check if the diatom
results are ready. Good idea.
You do what you're paid to do.
I'll do what I'm paid to do.
He did the first delivery at six.
To a 34 Collingwoo...
Were you close to Tony Lane?
What? No. I hardly knew...
I mean, Ged's my husband.
Jennifer, this is a
murder investigation.
It was a fling. Ged doesn't know.
Please don't say anything.
She says they had a quickie in the
stock cupboard between deliveries.
Maybe the husband found out?
sorry. His alibi stacks up.
He went straight from
here to their new site.
Four witnesses say he was there
at the time Tony Lane was killed.
The order for Albert Drive has been
traced to a pay-as-you-go mobile.
Hardly likely to be
the killer's real name.
Jeremy Bentham.
Vaguely recall that name from my
school history lessons. Philosophy.
He was the ''greatest happiness for
the greatest number of people'' guy.
I only did the O level.
Took me a while to
decide what I wanted to be.
Neither death was motivated by money.
Different places,
different circumstances.
Different motives, you'd think.
Unless killing people
is your motive.
Is there any motivation for the
animal rights people in this case?
Not unless they decided to target
non-vegetarian pizza restaurants.
What are you thinking, Leo?
I just can't get the particularity
of finding two bodies within a week
that have both being
turned face-up after death.
That's not a coincidence,
that's a pattern!
Not a pretty pattern, but a pattern.
What about our pizza affair?
The time and alibis make it
impossible for Jennifer or Ged
to be responsible.
This isn't a crime of passion.
It was thought out. Randomly selected
maybe, but it was thought through.
Hope that face means good news
for us poor confused people?
It's really rather intriguing.
We have plenty ''rather intriguing'',
Frank. Can we have some
ragingly obvious instead?
As you know the kidnapper used a
random selection of newspapers and
magazines to construct his note.
Some of them are very recognisable.
Here we have a letter from the Sun,
this B is... Bella magazine?
Yes. Some of the others are
a little harder to determine.
Most periodicals use
standard fonts and colours.
However, I took soft X-rays of
the notes so we can see what's
on the back of the letters.
You see, that's at 250/o visibility.
Now I can increase that to 50,
75, and 1000/o.
Now if we just flip it,
your kidnapper wasn't quite
as random as he thought.
This one here, I've traced it
through the British Library, it's
from a journal called Ethics Today.
Three of the letters in the note
are from the same publication.
It's a scholarly specialist review.
It publishes articles on modern
morality. And who reads it?
Well, that's the handy thing.
Practically no-one. Academics.
Not pizza restaurant owners?
Or animal rights campaigners.
It's that obscure you could fit
every reader in a telephone kiosk!
Hello?
Good afternoon. I'm Detective
Chief Inspector, Tom Wimber.
This is pathologist
Doctor Nikki Alexander.
We're looking for Dave Stubbs,
the editor of Ethics Today.
He's not here.
He left a few months ago.
Well, who is the editor now? Me.
I'm Paul Fordyce. Can I help?
I'm investigating the kidnap
and murder of a young woman.
Who is she?
Her name is Lucy Philips.
The ransom note used
Letters from this publication.
We need to find out who receives
the magazine, get hold of
any back issues that we can. Right.
Well. I can help you there.
So where is Dave Stubbs?
He left about three months ago.
He'd mentioned going to Africa
to do some missionary work.
We presumed he did.
There. Who receives the magazine?
It goes to about 200
people on a regular basis.
Although I intend to get
it to a wider audience.
The reputation of the journal
dwindled under the previous editor.
And why was that?
Let's say, he tended to use
the journal to preach his
own world view. Which was?
He was a Christian.
Anything wrong with that? Plenty.
Especially if you're introducing
metaphysical mumbo-jumbo
into what is essentially a serious
philosophical journal.
I think Nietzsche put it well -
''Christianity is the
crutch of the weak-minded.''
Didn't Nietzsche go crazy?
You're interested in philosophy.
Prefer women's magazines.
Well, most of us need
a crutch of some sort.
Mine's coffee.
We'd like to boost your
circulation figures and purchase
some back issues if we can.
You can take these.
They're all spare.
Thanks.
What're you looking at there?
Dawn Pivcevic's histology.
Cause of death IS drowning.
But I have absolutely
no idea how it happened.
I'm just thinking, no, I'm hoping,
there's something I haven't picked up
cos at the moment, I have this DI who
is intent on adding a murder case
to his otherwise rather dull CV.
Well, can't hurt to keep looking.
What do you make of it?
A lot of confusion in a meaningless
world according to Paul Fordyce.
What did you make of him?
Gave me the creeps.
Don't you think it's odd that
the editor of an ethics journal
would leave his magazine
without telling anyone?
Busy? What you see here could
be the essential moment
in the deductive process.
Looks very taxing.
''The universe is pitiless.
''To talk of good and evil, kindness
and cruelty is to miss the point.
''Nature is callous
and completely free of the
supposedly benign purpose
''that the religious
would have us believe in.''
Who wrote that?
Paul Fordyce.
One day you're digging the earth
for someone, the next day someone's
digging the earth for you.
Whoever killed him waited for
him to put his safety belt on.
Any signs of being broken into?
No, it was either open
or the killer got the keys.
The receptionist was the
Last to see him.
He let her go home early,
said he was staying to do the books.
Could I have a word?
sorry? You work for Mr Elliot?
Yes.
How many of you work here?
Er, eight.
I can't believe this has happened.
Hi. sorry. Can I have
a word if you've got a minute? Sure.
Do you have any ideas as
to who might have done this?
I can't imagine who's done this.
Well, if you can think of
or remember anything
that you think might help,
then don't hesitate to call me, OK?
Thank you.
Cause of death 1A,
multiple stab wounds to the back.
I'd like to say we've made the leap
from unlikely coincidence
to likely pattern.
But we have three
deaths with no obvious connection.
The first two murders looked
very different but turned out to be
similar, this one looks similar but
there are striking differences.
I thought it was
the same kind of knife?
Well, broadly similar in
Length and width but the
thrust of the knife is left-handed.
The stabbing action is frenetic.
Not like the measured, accurate
blows inflicted on Tony Lane.
Which were almost
certainly right-handed.
Well, maybe the thing that
binds them all is the brutality,
the callousness.
When is murder not callous?
Henry Elliot was a young person
getting on with his life, not
obviously causing offence to anyone.
Lucy Philips and Tony Lane were
the same. These murders haven't been
committed for love or money.
Is that for bad breath?
No, I have trouble producing saliva.
It provides my spit.
Thanks for letting me come with you.
No, it was your hunch. This way I
can blame you if it's a red herring.
You know they were smoked herrings.
They were used to divert bloodhounds
away from the smell.
You're full of useful facts.
Don't tell me, women's magazines?
Girl Guides.
Do you have any idea
where David might be?
Someone at the journal said
he might have gone to Africa.
He talked about going.
Always full of plans.
He's not in any trouble, is he?
I'm investigating a
kidnapping and murder.
The ransom note used cuttings from
your son's magazine. We'd like to
talk to him about his subscribers.
So when did you last see him?
The day after the funeral.
Funeral?
His grandfather died, my father.
When was that? Three months ago.
I usually run David to the station
at Wickham, but he said he wanted
to drop by the church
to say one last farewell.
That was the last time I saw him.
Was he close to his grandfather?
They were very close,
especially as my husband died
when David was very young.
You think something's
happened to him, don't you?
We don't know.
Where was the funeral?
It was here in the village.
At St John's.
This is the last place
he said he was going to.
Stay close.
I've got a thing about graveyards.
Morning. Hi.
This is it.
Excuse me.
Do you always
separate out the soils?
Yeah, I always put it back right.
The clay's underneath,
so that goes back in first.
Thanks.
What is it?
Clay.
This mound has clay in it. So?
If you look at the grave he's
digging over there, he's separated
out the soil so he can put the clay
back in first where it was found.
This earth hasn't
been put back right.
It's been disturbed.
I've found something.
Keep going, gently.
Can you photograph that?