in good old fashioned police work and knew if he knocked on enough doors the right person would eventually be home.
The phone rang on Todd's desk, breaking him from his musings.
"DI Turnbull."
"Hello sir, this is Rani from the Coroner's office."
"Hi Rani, how are you?"
"Yes great thanks sir, I have some developments for you on the Amanda Thomas case."
Todd's stomach clenched with excitement, this could be the most important information in his case.
"OK Rani, what do we have?"
"The samples we retrieved were taken from the vagina of Amanda Thomas and there is spermicide which is associated with most condom brands."
"Oh, so no sperm or semen then?" Todd's initial excitement quickly dissipated.
"There is semen also sir." Rani announced. "The condom may have split or was removed at some point, but we have a trace of semen and have managed to extract a DNA profile from that."
"Happy days." The excitement was back, Todd mentally double locked his handcuffs.
"DNA profile comes back to whom?" he asked.
"No one on file I'm afraid." Rani said. Todd unlocked the handcuffs and threw them to the moon.
"Oh that's not good."
"At least we have I on file now if anyone new comes up in the future." Rani consoled him.
The DNA database currently held over two million DNA profiles which had been collected when anyone committed what was known as a recordable offence. People who had never been arrested would never have been profiled and that made Todd's job even harder. It would be ideal if the UK made a law demanding DNA to be recorded at birth, but even Todd didn't agree with a Big Brother state, so wouldn't be joining any campaigns or petitions any time soon.
"OK Rani, I appreciate the phone call, let me know if anything else come to light."
"Sure sir, we are still working on Penny Baker."
Todd grimaced at the image that statement produced in his head. "Thanks Rani, speak soon."
"Yes sir, bye."
Todd put the phone down and gathered his keys, wallet and mobile phone. He had to get a present for his niece Jasmine's birthday which was tomorrow. Todd had no idea what kind of thing to buy a seven year old; he was hoping Big Value may provide some inspiration and intended to stop on the way home, picking up a couple of bottles of red wine and some dinner to bury himself in.
As Todd left his office he bumped into Candace seemingly leaving also as she carried her handbag over her shoulder.
"Candy Cane, what are you still doing here? Your shift finished two hours ago."
Candace blushed red at the bottom of her cheeks. "I was just going over the statements of witnesses in the Penny Baker case Guv," she said. Todd didn't believe that was really the reason for Candace's remaining at the office. He had a feeling she was waiting for him to leave.
"That's very dedicated Candace, I'm impressed. Well see you on Thursday late turn as long as nothing comes up before that." He gave a little salute and began to walk along the corridor to the stairs which led down to the back door.
"Guv," Candace called after him.
"Candy cane."
"There are still a lot of statements to go through," Candace waved a thick file at him. "Maybe we could go through them together; at yours?" she asked hopefully. Whilst Todd was not of a mind to take Candace home with him, he was tempted to explore the case further. He wouldn't be at work for two days and whilst there were other detectives working in his stead, it wasn't easy to switch off from the cases which were currently outstanding; Mandy Thomas and Penny Baker had families waiting for answers and Todd wanted to be able to give them the answers they were looking for.
"Do you know what Candy Cane, that is a very good idea. Let's go; how are you with Moshi Monsters?"
"What?"
"Come along Candace, all will be revealed. Where's your car?"
"I haven't brought it with me today."
"Cor blimey; she wants to come to my house, even wants me to drive her there." He laughed. "It better be worth my while Miss Candy; come
The phone rang on Todd's desk, breaking him from his musings.
"DI Turnbull."
"Hello sir, this is Rani from the Coroner's office."
"Hi Rani, how are you?"
"Yes great thanks sir, I have some developments for you on the Amanda Thomas case."
Todd's stomach clenched with excitement, this could be the most important information in his case.
"OK Rani, what do we have?"
"The samples we retrieved were taken from the vagina of Amanda Thomas and there is spermicide which is associated with most condom brands."
"Oh, so no sperm or semen then?" Todd's initial excitement quickly dissipated.
"There is semen also sir." Rani announced. "The condom may have split or was removed at some point, but we have a trace of semen and have managed to extract a DNA profile from that."
"Happy days." The excitement was back, Todd mentally double locked his handcuffs.
"DNA profile comes back to whom?" he asked.
"No one on file I'm afraid." Rani said. Todd unlocked the handcuffs and threw them to the moon.
"Oh that's not good."
"At least we have I on file now if anyone new comes up in the future." Rani consoled him.
The DNA database currently held over two million DNA profiles which had been collected when anyone committed what was known as a recordable offence. People who had never been arrested would never have been profiled and that made Todd's job even harder. It would be ideal if the UK made a law demanding DNA to be recorded at birth, but even Todd didn't agree with a Big Brother state, so wouldn't be joining any campaigns or petitions any time soon.
"OK Rani, I appreciate the phone call, let me know if anything else come to light."
"Sure sir, we are still working on Penny Baker."
Todd grimaced at the image that statement produced in his head. "Thanks Rani, speak soon."
"Yes sir, bye."
Todd put the phone down and gathered his keys, wallet and mobile phone. He had to get a present for his niece Jasmine's birthday which was tomorrow. Todd had no idea what kind of thing to buy a seven year old; he was hoping Big Value may provide some inspiration and intended to stop on the way home, picking up a couple of bottles of red wine and some dinner to bury himself in.
As Todd left his office he bumped into Candace seemingly leaving also as she carried her handbag over her shoulder.
"Candy Cane, what are you still doing here? Your shift finished two hours ago."
Candace blushed red at the bottom of her cheeks. "I was just going over the statements of witnesses in the Penny Baker case Guv," she said. Todd didn't believe that was really the reason for Candace's remaining at the office. He had a feeling she was waiting for him to leave.
"That's very dedicated Candace, I'm impressed. Well see you on Thursday late turn as long as nothing comes up before that." He gave a little salute and began to walk along the corridor to the stairs which led down to the back door.
"Guv," Candace called after him.
"Candy cane."
"There are still a lot of statements to go through," Candace waved a thick file at him. "Maybe we could go through them together; at yours?" she asked hopefully. Whilst Todd was not of a mind to take Candace home with him, he was tempted to explore the case further. He wouldn't be at work for two days and whilst there were other detectives working in his stead, it wasn't easy to switch off from the cases which were currently outstanding; Mandy Thomas and Penny Baker had families waiting for answers and Todd wanted to be able to give them the answers they were looking for.
"Do you know what Candy Cane, that is a very good idea. Let's go; how are you with Moshi Monsters?"
"What?"
"Come along Candace, all will be revealed. Where's your car?"
"I haven't brought it with me today."
"Cor blimey; she wants to come to my house, even wants me to drive her there." He laughed. "It better be worth my while Miss Candy; come
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