glance at Matt. ‘It’s possible they belong to a woman. We need to know where he was and what he was doing early that evening. We need to trace and eliminate everyone who he had any contact with.’
‘Do we have any suspects?’ everyone turned and looked at the young DC who had been drafted in from a nearby station.
Jen cleared her throat. There were a few sniggers and the lad looked around him in confusion. Matt wondered if one of his team had told him to ask the question.
Matt looked directly at the detective constable. ‘We have a woman helping us with our enquiries.’ He said.
Jen nodded her head.
‘You should also be aware that he was into child pornography.’ Matt said, fighting the surge of anger that struck him whenever he thought about what he’d seen at Kevin’s house. ‘His computer is being analyzed and searched. We need to follow every lead that this throws up. Is it possible that they were all part of a paedophile group? This might be a vigilante killing...’
Was it possible? Could it be all about porn? Could he really be let off the hook that easily?
‘We also need to establish how it is that the killer just walks into every house. We know that two of the victims had new front doors in the last five years. We need to check on the installation companies.’ Jen said.
Matt looked around the room and then at Jen, ‘one more thing. The press is clamouring for details. Even the nationals have picked it up now. I’m sure I don’t need to remind any of you that talking to them about this case is not permissible.’
Jen nodded her head in agreement and Matt smiled to himself. So she really doesn’t know then.
Everyone left the room apart from Matt and Jen.
‘Did you find her?’ he asked, lowering his voice.
‘Yes.’ She replied. ‘I spoke to her yesterday. Her alibi is a bit iffy; she stayed in and went to bed early. Her friend confirmed it but she could easily have slipped out later that night. She has agreed to give a DNA sample; she’s coming in this morning.’
Matt looked for Liz but she didn’t seem to be in the station. He wanted to check the roster and see when she was working, but that felt a bit stalkerish. So instead he went to his desk and carried on trying to contact the people on his list to warn them to change their locks. Given the new twist in the case with the paedophile angle he didn’t feel the same worry or urgency now. But it gave him something to do and took his mind off how much he wanted to see Liz.
He saw Avril arrive, he had been looking out for her. He walked into the corridor and they greeted each other awkwardly. Aware of the spying eyes of his colleagues, he steered her round the corner, beyond the view of his office. He would have liked to take her into one of the interview rooms but he didn’t feel that was appropriate, it might raise eyebrows and questions, since she was still a suspect.
‘Who is Ted?’ he asked her, deciding that the direct approach was the only one to take.
Her face flushed an angry red. ‘Who told you about him?’ she snapped with more fury than he’d ever seen in her.
Jen walked around the corner and stared at them uncertainly.
Avril stabbed Matt in the chest with her perfectly manicured finger nail. ‘Stay out of my life.’ Then she turned her back on him and hurried towards Jen.
All Matt could do was stare after her shocked and more than a little bit worried.
Chapter Twenty Four
Matt looked around the gym and was immediately disappointed that Liz wasn’t there. He had no idea how she had got under his skin so quickly or easily. There was something about her that had grabbed him from the moment he first saw her, and since then thoughts of her had dominated far too much of his time.
His marriage was in tatters so maybe that made him more susceptible to the charms of a beautiful lady, although he couldn’t ever remember feeling like this when he first met Avril. They hung around in the same group and as
‘Do we have any suspects?’ everyone turned and looked at the young DC who had been drafted in from a nearby station.
Jen cleared her throat. There were a few sniggers and the lad looked around him in confusion. Matt wondered if one of his team had told him to ask the question.
Matt looked directly at the detective constable. ‘We have a woman helping us with our enquiries.’ He said.
Jen nodded her head.
‘You should also be aware that he was into child pornography.’ Matt said, fighting the surge of anger that struck him whenever he thought about what he’d seen at Kevin’s house. ‘His computer is being analyzed and searched. We need to follow every lead that this throws up. Is it possible that they were all part of a paedophile group? This might be a vigilante killing...’
Was it possible? Could it be all about porn? Could he really be let off the hook that easily?
‘We also need to establish how it is that the killer just walks into every house. We know that two of the victims had new front doors in the last five years. We need to check on the installation companies.’ Jen said.
Matt looked around the room and then at Jen, ‘one more thing. The press is clamouring for details. Even the nationals have picked it up now. I’m sure I don’t need to remind any of you that talking to them about this case is not permissible.’
Jen nodded her head in agreement and Matt smiled to himself. So she really doesn’t know then.
Everyone left the room apart from Matt and Jen.
‘Did you find her?’ he asked, lowering his voice.
‘Yes.’ She replied. ‘I spoke to her yesterday. Her alibi is a bit iffy; she stayed in and went to bed early. Her friend confirmed it but she could easily have slipped out later that night. She has agreed to give a DNA sample; she’s coming in this morning.’
Matt looked for Liz but she didn’t seem to be in the station. He wanted to check the roster and see when she was working, but that felt a bit stalkerish. So instead he went to his desk and carried on trying to contact the people on his list to warn them to change their locks. Given the new twist in the case with the paedophile angle he didn’t feel the same worry or urgency now. But it gave him something to do and took his mind off how much he wanted to see Liz.
He saw Avril arrive, he had been looking out for her. He walked into the corridor and they greeted each other awkwardly. Aware of the spying eyes of his colleagues, he steered her round the corner, beyond the view of his office. He would have liked to take her into one of the interview rooms but he didn’t feel that was appropriate, it might raise eyebrows and questions, since she was still a suspect.
‘Who is Ted?’ he asked her, deciding that the direct approach was the only one to take.
Her face flushed an angry red. ‘Who told you about him?’ she snapped with more fury than he’d ever seen in her.
Jen walked around the corner and stared at them uncertainly.
Avril stabbed Matt in the chest with her perfectly manicured finger nail. ‘Stay out of my life.’ Then she turned her back on him and hurried towards Jen.
All Matt could do was stare after her shocked and more than a little bit worried.
Chapter Twenty Four
Matt looked around the gym and was immediately disappointed that Liz wasn’t there. He had no idea how she had got under his skin so quickly or easily. There was something about her that had grabbed him from the moment he first saw her, and since then thoughts of her had dominated far too much of his time.
His marriage was in tatters so maybe that made him more susceptible to the charms of a beautiful lady, although he couldn’t ever remember feeling like this when he first met Avril. They hung around in the same group and as
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