1 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,120 (Unzipping) 2 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,160 (Coughs) 3 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,320 Well, let's examine the body shall we? 4 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:43,960 No, no, I don't want you going in there, the less contamination the better. 5 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:47,440 Get moving setting up the incident room. (Coughs) 6 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:52,960 Never seen anything like it. Beggars belief. She's been sliced in two. 7 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:59,680 Her skin is like a white China doll. (Coughs) My chest hurts. 8 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,120 Well, whoever killed her placed her body so she'd be found quickly. 9 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:16,880 I want details of all cars, vans, trucks parked in the area. 10 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:24,080 Search all skips and bins for handbags, clothes, shoes, anything. 11 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,720 I've never worked this side of the river. I had to catch two buses. 12 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:32,120 Do we know any details yet? Not yet. Morgan's giving uniform their orders. 13 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,240 My god, that does not look real. 14 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,160 This is the worst part. Look at this. 15 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,320 Barbara, Barbara, look at the board. 16 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,960 It's a blow-up doll, isn't it? But it's in two parts. 17 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,000 Attention, everybody. 18 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,400 We have a female victim aged between 20 and 30. 19 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,760 Naked, but with nothing to identify her. 20 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:04,960 So that will be our priority. 21 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,000 Find out who the poor soul is. 22 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,880 Have we got anything in from pathology? We're working blind. 23 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,480 It's hard to see what she looked like because of that slash to her mouth. 24 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:20,040 Dci Morgan's been at the lab all afternoon. He looked terrible. 25 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,080 He should be in bed. As it is, he's spreading his germs. 26 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,520 I've walked miles. 100 door-to-doors and no-one's seen anything apparently. 27 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,280 Have we got anything from the post-mortem yet? No. 28 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:34,440 There's no-one fitting her description from this area reported missing. 29 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,680 Anyone tried to contact dci Morgan? Not recently. I'll do it. 30 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,720 Tea, anybody? 31 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,560 Somebody must have really hated her to do something like that. 32 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,720 Well, I don't think we're looking at domestic violence. 33 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,840 Oh, really, Barbara? Very incisive. 34 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,200 What do you think we're looking for, then? 35 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:00,120 It would take some kind of a psychopath with a chainsaw in his bathroom. 36 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,160 Yeah. What? 37 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,600 Ok, thank you. 38 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,640 Dci Morgan's been taken to hospital with pneumonia. 39 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,480 I told you he was sick. 40 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,520 Right, listen up, everybody. What, picnic time, is it? 41 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,800 For those of you who don't know me, 42 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,720 I'm detective chief inspector James Langton. 43 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,120 I will now be heading up this enquiry, 44 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,320 due to the inability of dci Morgan to continue running the show. 45 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,280 This is di Mike Lewis. Some of you have worked with him before. 46 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:38,480 So... do we have her identified yet? 47 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,520 Oh, my... 48 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,240 By now, Travis, you should be used to post-mortem procedure. 49 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,400 Yes, sir, I've worked three cases now. 50 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,320 Good, because we don't want you crashing out and vomiting. (Snigger) 51 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,680 Got anything to say? 52 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,120 No, sir. 53 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,800 Have you ever come across anything like this before, Mike? 54 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:12,560 No. 55 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,400 I want a tight lid on this one. Complete press embargo. 56 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,960 No need to go on up, I'm ahead of you. 57 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,800 I'm going to need a bit more time for finer details. 58 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,040 Her injuries are extensive. 59 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,440 Are you taking over? Correct, Veronica. 60 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,400 Poor dci Morgan was in a bad way, I had him shipped off to hospital before - 61 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,240 yeah, yeah. Let's get cracking, enough time's been wasted already. 62 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,280 Not on my part. 63 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,800 Your victim was between 24 and 30 years old, 64 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,480 5'5" tall and 56 kilograms. 65 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,320 The mutilation was done very professionally, 66 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,960 perhaps by someone with surgical experience. 67 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,960 Slicing through her body, cutting through muscle tissue 68 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,520 and then the spinal cord, 69 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,480 not only takes time but these incisions are very neat. 70 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,400 The body was drained of blood before being severed. 71 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,320 There are incisions to the femoral artery and the right jugular vein. 72 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,440 Again, no easy feat. One would require a pump and tubes. 73 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,280 The cuts to her face were made with a scalpel. 74 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:17,920 They are deep, slicing through the cheek to give the impression - 75 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,960 that she's smiling. Yeah. 76 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,600 There's extensive bruising to sections 77 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,920 of the head, forehead and midline. 78 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,960 Some of the hair's been shaved off. 79 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,800 Her hair, dyed, by the way, she's a natural blonde, 80 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,640 you can see a little bit of regrowth in the parting. 81 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,360 There's further bruising to her arms and thighs 82 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,960 and restraint marks on her wrists and ankles. 83 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,440 Now all of this would have taken some considerable time. 84 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,760 Judging by the marks on her body, she would have had to have been tied down. 85 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,400 Badly bitten fingernails, by the way. 86 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,400 Did you get any fibres or anything that might help us? 87 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,080 No, her body was scrubbed clean with a stiff brush. 88 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,240 Leaving nothing on her skin bar the abrasions. 89 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,320 And the time of death? 90 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,800 Within the last 36 hours. 91 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,280 We're still working on her internal organs and toxicology have samples, 92 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:09,560 but without her blood we won't turn up anything satisfactory. 93 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,040 I've taken hair and tissue samples for her DNA profile. 94 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,960 Dci Morgan asked if we could help provide a photograph 95 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:20,000 for identification of her face without the injuries. 96 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,200 (Gulls cry) 97 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,800 Somebody somewhere must know who she is. 98 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,040 She was lovely. 99 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,680 I don't know. Look how many girls we checked out, 100 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,560 she don't match any one of them. 101 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,200 We're maintaining a complete press blackout 102 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,640 on what has been done to the victim. 103 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,840 But an identical picture went out in this morning's papers appealing for information. 104 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,080 Because until we know who she was, we'll get nowhere fast. 105 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,840 Good of you to join us, Travis. 106 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,880 This is a possible sir. Sounds as if she recognises our victim. 107 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,680 Female? Yeah. Travis, take it. 108 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,160 Hello, it's DC Travis. Can I have your name, please? 109 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,080 We're not giving out information at the moment, I'm afraid. 110 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,040 What's the problem, Mick? 111 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,400 Journo from the telegraph, Richard Reynolds. Tell him to piss off. 112 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,800 Yes, Joan? Another caller, says it could be his sister. 113 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,360 Cut through the dross. Ask about colouring, height, age, 114 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,920 and if it's a match we'll bring them in. Ok. 115 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,840 What is it, Travis? Hold the line, please. 116 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,280 A Sharon bilkin says the missing girl is her flatmate. 117 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,720 When did she last see her? Three days ago. Do we have a name? 118 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,240 Louise pennel. Get her address, go and see her. 119 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:46,760 Sharon bilkin? Hi. I've not got very long. 120 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:49,600 I've got an audition this afternoon in the west end. 121 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,400 What kind of sick bastard would do all this? 122 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,960 I'm still working but I think you should know 123 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,480 that your victim is missing a number of lower internal organs. 124 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,640 What with this and the blood draining, 125 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,160 it's more likely your killer has surgical experience. 126 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,400 This is Louise. She's trying to break into modelling, like me. 127 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:15,840 She had these done a few months back. 128 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:17,960 It's her, isn't it, from the paper? 129 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,480 I'm going to have to ask you some questions, ok? 130 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,920 Can I take this? Yeah. 131 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,280 What's she done? Has she done something? 132 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,680 When was the last time you saw her? Er, Friday, we went to a club. 133 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:41,800 I left her there and she didn't come back 134 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,440 but that's not unusual, sometimes she stays out for days. 135 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,240 Does she work? Yeah, part-time dental nurse. 136 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,800 She's paid peanuts cos they're doing her teeth, putting on caps. 137 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,680 What has she done? I'm sorry to tell you this, 138 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,920 but it's possible your friend may have been murdered. 139 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,120 Yes. 140 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:10,680 We need a positive ID, so bring her in. 141 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,720 Yeah, we'll be here. 142 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,480 We've maybe got her identified. 143 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,920 Travis is bringing in the flatmate. No immediate family, as yet. 144 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,600 Veronica, is there any way you could uh... Clean her face up a bit? 145 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,800 So, I need you to look at this girl and tell me if you recognise her. 146 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,120 But I did from the photograph, I said it was her. 147 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:48,440 I know, but we need to be sure and er... With no next of kin. Right. 148 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,480 Are you ready? Yeah. 149 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,360 What's been done to her? Her face, what's the matter with her face? 150 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,400 Is this Louise pennel? Why's she look like that? What's happened to her? 151 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,440 Now we go to work. 152 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:14,320 (Keys jangle) 153 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,080 That's the landlady, she owns the house. 154 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,520 (Door opens) 155 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:26,440 A lot of dirty laundry but not many new clothes. 156 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,840 Found some evening gear that looks expensive. 157 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,000 Ah, look at this, very nice. Cashmere. 158 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:46,760 And some, uh, new, hardly worn, compared with uh - 159 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,760 do you reckon she was on the game? 160 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,000 You tell me. You don't get this kind of gear 161 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 working part-time as a dental nurse. 162 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,040 I'm going to go talk to the landlady. 163 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,440 When was the last time you saw miss pennel? 164 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:03,800 They used to get back late. 165 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,880 Waking me up. But it would be... 166 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,320 Probably be last Friday. I saw her leave with Sharon. 167 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,600 She had a flower in her hair, I remember that. 168 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,160 Did you ever see anyone with her, anyone come visit? 169 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:26,720 No. Well... One night there was a ring on my doorbell, 170 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:30,920 and there was this man there, said he wanted her. 171 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,640 Then he walked across the road to wait in his car. 172 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,480 Now we know who she is, Mike, what else have we got? 173 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,440 She worked for a dentist but got fired three weeks ago. 174 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,880 His alibi checks out, says she was always late. Paul, anything? 175 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,800 Not a lot, no letters or diary. 176 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,480 Missing is a red coat with velvet collar and matching buttons. 177 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:53,040 She was wearing it when - no friends, no boyfriends? 178 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,880 No boyfriends. There was an older guy she was seeing. 179 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:00,880 The flatmate told Travis that Louise answered an advert somewhere. 180 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,000 The times or could it have been time out? And? 181 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 She thinks she got the job but she doesn't know what it was. 182 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,920 But she was asking about getting a passport. 183 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:11,360 Check it out! 184 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,560 She used to go out and meet him 185 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:17,080 and come back with a lot of clothes and stuff, 186 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,800 and one time she looked really done in, she had a bruise on her face. 187 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,720 Said she'd fallen down the stairs. Did you see him? 188 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,440 Listen, sweetheart, we've got no time to waste. 189 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,560 Tell me about this man she was seeing. 190 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:32,160 He was tall, dark haired. He wore a long black coat. 191 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:35,800 This is dci Langton. He was giving her presents, right, money? 192 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,520 Yeah, and perfume. It was an old-fashioned one, it smelt of lilac 193 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,560 and she started wearing odd makeup. 194 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:44,680 Very pale with lots of black eyeliner and red lipstick. 195 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:47,400 Like a goth or something out of the Adams family. 196 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,840 And when she went out, she started to pin a red Rose in her hair. 197 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,880 ♪ Billie Holiday: You go to my head 198 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:58,600 Travis, I want you to go back to the landlady, jog her memory, 199 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,600 see if she can come up with anything about this older bloke 200 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:04,960 that was seeing the victim, and question the neighbours again. 201 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,920 Have we got anything on this new job the victim was supposed to have? 202 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,360 Only a possible time re the advert but I'm checking with time out - 203 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,400 remember it required a passport. 204 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,160 Well, that's not much to go on. Right now it's all we've bloody got! 205 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,200 Keep at it! Sharon said that Louise went to local cafes 206 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,160 to get free meals off the men there. 207 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:25,200 Have you been down there? Not yet. 208 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,240 Paul, check them out. 209 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,280 Guv, better read this. 210 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,240 'Roses are red, violets are blue 211 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,520 who cut Louise pennel's mouth in two?' 212 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,040 how the hell did they get hold of that information? 213 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,680 This looks like the picture Sharon bilkin had. 214 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,400 It's not a Dahlia, it's a Rose. 215 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,920 We are going to get a load of calls from now on. 216 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,000 As long as we hold off on the atrocities that Louise suffered, 217 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:04,400 then maybe we can distinguish between any nutters and any real tip-offs. 218 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,680 Get over there and close this down. 219 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,680 Hi, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, I'm Richard Reynolds. 220 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:17,720 Anna Travis. Nice to meet you. 221 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:20,160 Do you want to come through to the newsroom? 222 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,720 Or if you prefer, we can bag someone's office. 223 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,360 More private. Crime desk's a little bit like piccadilly circus. 224 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,400 (Indistinct) 225 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,920 Take a seat, I'll get some coffee organised. 226 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,440 How can I help? It's about the article you wrote 227 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:43,480 about the murder victim Louise pennel. 228 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,320 We didn't have much. There hadn't been a press release. 229 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,280 But you wrote that her mouth had been slit in two. That was in the letter. 230 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,000 I got another anonymous letter 231 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,160 that likened your victim to somebody called... Elizabeth. 232 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Elizabeth short? Have you heard of her? 233 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:01,280 No. Me, neither. 234 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,320 I haven't had a chance to look her up. 235 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,080 To be honest, I've been sidelined by this young boy that's missing. 236 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,280 Do you still have the letter? No, I don't. 237 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,600 You know, I did call the police about it, 238 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,360 I wasn't exactly taken seriously. Then I got the second letter. 239 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,400 I don't have that, either, I'm afraid. 240 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,440 Can you recall exactly what it said? 241 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,480 Thanks, Lex. 242 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:26,680 This second letter. 243 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,600 Like I said, we get a shed-load of crank letters 244 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,840 every time we lead with a murder story. 245 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,640 Thanks. But what did this one say? Something about how 246 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,640 the case of the black Dahlia was never - 247 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:39,960 hang on, the black what? Dahlia. 248 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,680 What does that mean? 249 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,080 No idea. It's just what the letter said. How it was never solved 250 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,760 and now there was another one, the red Dahlia. 251 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,520 Was it handwritten? No, typed. 252 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:54,640 That was the 'roses are red, violets are blue 253 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:56,800 who cut her mouth in two?' 254 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,760 was it, by the way, cut in two? 255 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,000 Do you know a young woman called Sharon bilkin? Should I? 256 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,080 Ok, look, could you please get in touch with me 257 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,400 if you get any more contact from anyone? 258 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,080 This is my direct line. 259 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:17,360 Thanks for your time. My pleasure. 260 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:19,400 Have you had lunch? 261 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,920 Pardon? There's a nice pub just around the corner. 262 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,160 Oh, no, I've got to get back. Thanks. 263 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,200 How about dinner one evening? 264 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,080 Apparently, it was a story cobbled together 265 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,320 when they received the photograph. But you got the note? 266 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,760 Actually there's two of them. Two? 267 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,120 It said exactly what Richard Reynolds printed in the paper. 268 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,880 It had to have come from the killer. We never disclosed the wounds. 269 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,840 The only person outside our team who saw them is Sharon bilkin. 270 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,880 I'm on my way to her now. 271 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,520 I said they could take everything cos I don't want her stuff. 272 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,840 Got to get someone else in to pay the rent. 273 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,800 They've left some things in an old suitcase. I shoved everything in it. 274 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,480 (Vacuuming) 275 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:07,640 You just sold her photograph, did you? 276 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,480 I didn't sell it. Sharon, this is very important. 277 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,000 You may not feel like you are withholding evidence, but you are. 278 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,720 Are you telling me everything? You had a folder of photos. Sharon! 279 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,760 Yeah, all right. (Vacuum off) 280 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:24,080 I know this bloke, Kenneth, he's done some snaps of me. 281 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:27,440 I bumped into him and we got talking. I told him about Louise. 282 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,600 He came back here for coffee and I showed him her pictures. 283 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,640 Did you tell him about the marks on Louise's mouth? No. 284 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,960 Will you stop cleaning for a minute, please! 285 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,520 (Vacuum off) Did you give the journalist anything else? 286 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,160 I never even met him. Kenneth gave me 50 quid. 287 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,080 I just want her stuff removed. 288 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,760 She was always on the scrounge, pleading poverty. 289 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,680 She'd use my makeup, my perfume. 290 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,200 She'd even Nick my tampons and then deny it. 291 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,760 Is there no-one who would want her things? 292 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,920 I don't know. 293 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,680 What is it? 294 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,840 Anything you think of might help me. 295 00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:29,440 When I first met her, she was really positive, you know? 296 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,440 Really excited about the future but... 297 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,920 ..After a couple of months she changed, she was different. 298 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,080 Always sneaking in and out, secretive. 299 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,840 (Murmur of conversation) 300 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,680 It was always as if she was waiting for something. 301 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,040 Like every time the phone rang, she'd look towards it 302 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,400 like she was hoping for something to happen. 303 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,960 I knew something was wrong, I just didn't know what. 304 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,760 I'll never know now, will I? 305 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,840 (Distorted singing) 306 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,640 (Gulls cry) 307 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,520 (Reads) Howard house library 1964. 308 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,760 Etiquette: All you need to know about home entertaining? 309 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,520 Dear sir, I have enclosed a photograph of myself. 310 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,960 Louise: I would like to apply for the position of personal assistant 311 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,000 I am presently working for a dental practice but have always 312 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,760 wanted to travel and as I have no dependants, 313 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,920 this would not be a problem. 314 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:21,440 I am able type but do not have shorthand experience. 315 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,280 ..Working. Reliable and hardworking. 316 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,320 Please contact me on the number above. 317 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,440 I look forward to hearing from you. 318 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,240 (Distorted singing) 319 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,080 (Gasps) 320 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,840 Is he in yet? 321 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,520 Oh, yes. I think he spent the night here. 322 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:23,000 Barbara, you were trying to trace the advert in the paper, right? 323 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,560 Well, this might help. Found it in Louise pennel's belongings. 324 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:30,240 This is part of her job application. That's her suitcase. 325 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,200 Meant to bring it in last night. 326 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,480 Barbara, guv wants a bacon roll. What's this? 327 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:37,240 It's Louise pennel's suitcase. 328 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,960 Barbara: She just brought it in. It stinks of mothballs. 329 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:42,920 I'm not bagging and tagging all that lot. 330 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:44,800 Get lost! (Chuckles) 331 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,400 I couldn't believe it when I saw it. 332 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,240 Elizabeth short. She was 22 years old 333 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,160 and was murdered in Los Angeles in 1947. 334 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,520 Her killer was never found. It was called the black Dahlia case. 335 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,400 Sorry. 336 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:10,560 Just look at these mortuary shots. 337 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,400 Awful. 338 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,920 There are even more photographs, 339 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,320 describing the exact way that she was found, 340 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,200 and a detailed description of the man that they were hunting. 341 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,040 There's even a sketch somewhere. 342 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,520 (Whistles through teeth) Give me a minute. 343 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:35,360 This la killer sent anonymous letters to a reporter. 344 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,760 Louise pennel's body was placed in exactly the same way. 345 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,440 A few years ago there was a book out written by a detective 346 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,040 who claimed that his own father was the killer. 347 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,720 He worked for the la homicide team. 348 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,800 The suspect? No, no, his father - he was a surgeon - 349 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,240 he was the police officer. Look, it's here. 350 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,560 Give me some breathing space. 351 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,800 (Sighs) 352 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,320 I'm still loathe to go to the press with more details. 353 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,360 It's just that there were two other murders. 354 00:25:07,360 --> 00:25:10,120 If he is copying the black Dahlia, 355 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:12,240 he could go the whole way and kill again. 356 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,160 They never released details of how - (Knock at door) 357 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,720 Yes! - The Yorkshire ripper killed. 358 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,840 Bacon roll, sir, no tomato. Thank you. 359 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,880 Well, maybe they should have done, he murdered 11 women. 360 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,120 If we give the press anything near the details of this case, 361 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:28,160 it will create mayhem. 362 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,280 (Noisy chatter) 363 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,200 Right, settle down, everybody. 364 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,480 Settle down, this will just take a minute. 365 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,480 Anna, Howard house was a children's home. 366 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,920 It closed down about five years ago. 367 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,120 From the library book we were able to check out a mrs f pennel in margate. 368 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,640 Relation? I couldn't speak to her. She's elderly and bedridden. 369 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,800 But her housekeeper, a Joyce Hughes, 370 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,360 says she thinks she's our victim's grandmother. 371 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,960 Sorry, sir, I was just giving the margate update. 372 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,720 Travis, don't bother phoning, just get down there. 373 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,000 In the meantime, have we had any joy in tracing this bloody advert? 374 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,960 Train timetable. 375 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,080 I don't know, you get all the perks, nice little trip to the seaside. 376 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,800 Barbara! No luck, sir, but I thinking 377 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,320 of applying for a job on a cruise ship. 378 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,320 Yeah, very funny. 379 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:35,720 We find who placed this advert, I reckon it will lead us to the only suspect we have, so come on! 380 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,360 Move your arses. 381 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,040 Travis. 382 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,560 I hope this little trip to margate proves worthwhile. 383 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,440 Is it all right if I go straight home afterwards, sir? 384 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,280 Why? Have you got a date or something? 385 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,920 I'll call you if I find anything. 386 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,000 (Gulls cry) 387 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:22,400 Mrs Hughes? I'm Travis. 388 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,840 Follow me. 389 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,360 Mrs pennel is expecting you. She may be sleeping. 390 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:44,200 Have you worked for mrs pennel long? 12 years. 391 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,000 There used to be other staff but now it's just me. 392 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,720 Give me a minute. 393 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,360 Florence. 394 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,680 The lady's here to see you. 395 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,640 Florence! 396 00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:03,040 There's a bell by the door. If you'll ring it when you're leaving, 397 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:06,440 I'll be downstairs in the kitchen. 398 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:21,800 (Hums softly) 399 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,840 Mrs pennel. 400 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,960 Sit down, dear. 401 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,680 Have you been offered a drink? Er, no. I'm fine, thank you. 402 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,000 Do you mind if I take my coat off? 403 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,240 There's a gin and tonic on the dresser. 404 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,640 Are you from the social services? 405 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:52,320 No, I'm here to ask you about a young woman called Louise pennel. 406 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,560 Mrs pennel, Louise was murdered. 407 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,680 Mrs pennel. 408 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,920 This is a photograph of her. 409 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,680 Do you mind taking a look at it and telling me if you knew her? 410 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,760 Is it Raymond's daughter? 411 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,000 Who's Raymond? 412 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,240 My son! 413 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,600 That's him over there. 414 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,080 This is your son? He married a terrible woman. 415 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,360 A hairdresser. 416 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,040 He died of a burst appendix. 417 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,720 If she'd had a brain, she'd have called an ambulance! 418 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,360 But she let him die. 419 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,560 Heather! 420 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,880 Her name was Heather. 421 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,920 Mrs pennel, I'm here because i'm investigating the murder of Louise. 422 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,400 I need to know if she was here. 423 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,640 Or if she was with anyone. 424 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:10,960 Yes! 425 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,120 I'm sorry? I said yes. Yes, yes. 426 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,320 My son, I would have helped. 427 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,640 But not that woman! 428 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:26,760 With her bleached hair, common voice, cheap perfume. 429 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,440 She was to blame. 430 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,400 She killed him. 431 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,120 She can go on like this for hours. 432 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,080 The same thing over and over. 433 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,760 Do you want a cup of tea? 434 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,320 Yes, please. 435 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,640 How does she live in that heat? 436 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,160 (Liquid pours) 437 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,640 I should have warned you not to bring up Raymond. 438 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,880 She's 94 and I think her venom is what keeps her alive. 439 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:02,160 Did you know her son? No, before my time. 440 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,120 Lot of gossip about him. Caught with young boys up on the sand dunes. 441 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,240 Then apparently he met this hairdresser and wanted to marry her. 442 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:12,880 But mrs pennel wouldn't hear of it. 443 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:17,000 Cut him off. I think she was pregnant. 444 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,520 Doubt if it was his. That would be Louise, the child? 445 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,320 I think that was her name. I only met her once. 446 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,720 Is this mrs pennel's house? Yes. 447 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,360 I'm Louise, I'm her granddaughter. 448 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,080 I'm sorry? 449 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:37,680 My name's Louise pennel, I want to see my grandma. 450 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,480 If you're speaking about mrs pennel, I'm sorry, she can't see you. 451 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,680 'It was last September. Nine months ago.' 452 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:48,040 I don't know who you are, but I've come a really long way... 453 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:53,800 'I think she was after money. I'd say Florence is worth a few hundred thousand, probably more.' 454 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,760 well, I'm going to answer this advert in the paper for a personal assistant. 455 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,440 He's very wealthy. He's a writer. 456 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,680 And he travels a lot, so I've got to get a passport. 457 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,040 If he says he wants to meet me, 458 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,440 well, I haven't got the right clothes. 459 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,920 There's wardrobes full of good quality clothes that'll never be worn. 460 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,760 So I went upstairs and got them for her. 461 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,160 Anything else? 462 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,800 I'd been sitting here polishing the silver when she turned up. 463 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,600 After she'd gone, I noticed a few things missing. 464 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:34,320 A candlestick holder. 465 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,280 Ok, well, I'm going to need a description. 466 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,440 Oh. 467 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,200 Will I get into trouble? 468 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,840 Mrs pennel: I know Raymond took my jewellery for that whore! 469 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,920 And I never pressed charges. 470 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,920 Sad, isn't it? And I could have done... 471 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,400 All this money and this huge house 472 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,160 and she came begging and then gets killed. 473 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:05,080 (Distorted singing) 474 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,480 (Gulls cry) 475 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,840 I don't know how good the food is but I thought go local, then you can invite me in for coffee after. 476 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,960 Really? I've never been here before. 477 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,880 Always a good idea to check out your local eateries. 478 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,920 You can get legless and totter home. 479 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,880 Ok, I'm going to have the chicken liver to start and the meatballs for main. 480 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,320 Are you having a starter? Yeah, I'm starving. 481 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,200 I'll have the avocado salad and the lamb tagine, please. 482 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,320 Did you get all that? Yep. Thank you. 483 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,080 We got a breakthrough on the missing boy. 484 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,400 They found his body in highgate cemetery. 485 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,320 Stuffed into a half-dug grave. Oh, god, I'm sorry. 486 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:56,840 It's really hard to keep your distance emotionally when there's children involved. 487 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,000 It's the peripheral things that take it out of you. 488 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,440 The poor mother couldn't speak, was in total shock. 489 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,920 My editor rings me and says, get her to talk about the way she feels. 490 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,640 Sorry, sorry, I didn't want to get into it. 491 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,640 But that was why I was late picking you up. 492 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,800 It's ok, I'd just got back from margate, anyway. 493 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,040 Margate? What were you doing there? Making enquiries. 494 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,920 About what? 495 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,080 No, I shouldn't really talk to you about it. 496 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,960 Anna, we're just having a nice, friendly dinner. 497 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,480 I'm not trying to pump you for information. 498 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,480 I don't suppose you've received any more anonymous letters. 499 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,560 No, but I've been away from my desk all afternoon. 500 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,160 Were the letters... were they addressed to you personally? 501 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,120 Only in the original black Dahlia case, 502 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,760 their suspect specifically chose the journalist. 503 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,440 No, they were just in the mail bag. 504 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,360 So, what, you're linking the two cases now, are you? 505 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,240 Are you married? Swift change of subject! 506 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:57,640 No, I was. We broke up a year ago. 507 00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,200 You have kids? No. We had a parrot. But her mother's adopted it. 508 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,360 Ah, good man! 509 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,640 Thanks. 510 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,680 Another bottle of the Merlot. Thanks. 511 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,600 Do you think your killer had medical training? 512 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,720 I know you're not telling the press any of the grisly details 513 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:21,200 but after you left I looked up Elizabeth short's murder on the Internet. 514 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,400 If this Louise pennel's case is similar, 515 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,560 it makes my hair stand up on end. 516 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,960 What's up? 517 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,400 It's my boss. 518 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,240 Excuse me a minute. 519 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,360 Hi. 520 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,080 Surprise. 521 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,120 Or maybe not. This has to be your local. 522 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,480 I come here a lot. First time for me. 523 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:09,400 This is dci Langton. This is - Richard Reynolds, nice to meet you. 524 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,640 Dick. 525 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,520 Enjoy your dinner. 526 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,720 Sh... and that's his boss. 527 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,640 Why don't we just get coffee back at your place? 528 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,320 (Sighs) You ready? 529 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,880 Anna, do you mind if I take a rain check on that coffee? 530 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,040 It's just that I have to be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow 531 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,880 and I'll need to do a follow-up on that poor kid. 532 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,480 Oh, that's fine. 533 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,400 Uh... bill, please. 534 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,360 Wait, hang on, let me give - no, no, no, this is on me. 535 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:05,960 Are you ok? 536 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:10,440 Yeah, just wish I hadn't been clocked by my boss, that's all. 537 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,640 Can we do this again? And at a different restaurant? 538 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,640 Yeah, I'd like that. 539 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:24,080 Er... that bloke you were with last night, the journalist. Yeah. 540 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,160 I hope he wasn't pumping you for information. 541 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,160 No, he's just an old friend, sir. Really? 542 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,760 Keep your mouth shut around him, right? 543 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,000 When we want the press involved, we rope them in. 544 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,280 Don't go spilling beans they're not privy to. 545 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,880 I wouldn't do that, sir. 546 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,800 How old a friend is he? I've known him for quite a while. 547 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,120 They're all the same as far as i'm concerned. 548 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,760 Just be careful what you say to him. 549 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,000 I will, but thank you for the advice. 550 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,000 Hey, don't get shirty with me. 551 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,320 All right, listen up, everybody. If we have a copycat killer, 552 00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,240 we need to be one step ahead of him, 553 00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,840 and I want you to pay particular attention to this. 554 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,760 This is the LAPD sketch from 1947, the suspect. 555 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:11,200 Now, the only description we have of our suspect comes from Sharon bilkin 556 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:15,640 and the landlady mrs Jenkins, so let's see how they match up. 557 00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,240 Tall, about six feet, possibly more. 558 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,040 Wore a long dark coat, we can put this drawing out - 559 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,640 sir, it's the crime desk at the telegraph, 560 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,840 they reckon they've had a phone call from the killer. 561 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:29,880 Who am I talking to? 562 00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:38,520 Mr Reynolds, I will be very grateful if you'd bring in a tape recording immediately. 563 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,000 Did he ask for you personally? 564 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,760 Yes, but I didn't record that, as it came via the switchboard. 565 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,040 It's exactly the same - let's hear it. 566 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:54,560 Well, mr Reynolds, I congratulate you on what your newspaper's done on the red Dahlia case. 567 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,040 You seem to have gone silent on it. Have you run out of material? 568 00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,840 I wouldn't say that. 569 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,360 Maybe I can provide some assistance... 570 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,400 A bit muffled here. Ssh! 571 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,840 I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll send you 572 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,720 some of Louise pennel's personal things 573 00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:12,160 that she had with her when she, shall we say, disappeared. 574 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,720 When will I get them? 575 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,200 Oh, within the next day or so. 576 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,920 See how far you can get with them. 577 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:23,240 Now I have to say goodbye, you maybe trying to trace the call. 578 00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:24,800 He cut me off. 579 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,760 (It's almost identical to the call made in the black Dahlia case.) 580 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,920 Travis! Mr Reynolds, I do not want the contents of this call 581 00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,200 printed in your newspaper or any reference to it. 582 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:40,120 We'll send it over to the lab, it may be vital evidence. Play it again. 583 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,640 (Click) Well, mr Reynolds, I congratulate you 584 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,960 on what your newspaper's done on the red Dahlia case. 585 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,160 You seem to have gone silent... (Door clangs) 586 00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,200 Have you got anything? 587 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:56,520 It's a middle-aged male. It doesn't sound as if he's attempting to disguise his voice. 588 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,000 Educated, confident. Slightly upper-crust intonation. 589 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,240 Is that it? 590 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:08,640 It's muffled, indistinct, and little background noise to pinpoint location. 591 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,480 This type of phonetic analysis is very time consuming. 592 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:15,000 It requires painstaking preparations of speech samples 593 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,400 and close observation of acoustics and characteristics. 594 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:20,760 So, what do we do? 595 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:25,680 Shove our thumbs up our arses because it could take, what, days? 596 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:27,960 Weeks? 597 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,000 Mike, Mike. I'm working on the adverts, 598 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,800 I've been scrolling through them 599 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,840 and this one ticks the right boxes. 600 00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,160 Novelist seeking a pa with shorthand and typing experience 601 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:44,120 and willingness to travel worldwide at a moment's notice. 602 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,200 No previous experience required. 603 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,800 Applicants are to be between 20 to 30 years old, attractive and well dressed. 604 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,240 The dates fit. Ad was withdrawn six months ago. 605 00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:58,400 And? 606 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:03,040 It was paid for in postal orders bought in different post offices, one in slough one in charing cross. 607 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,320 He's covering his tracks. 608 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,120 Can you please look at this sketch 609 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,560 and tell me if it resembles the man that came to call for Louise? 610 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,640 Oh, similar. 611 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,000 After you left, I had a good think about it 612 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,880 and I've remembered something. It might be nothing. 613 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,840 But he held his left hand to his face. 614 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,000 Like this. 615 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,920 Maybe he didn't want me to see him clearly, 616 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:33,480 but I remembered he was wearing a very distinctive ring, quite large 617 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,800 with a carnelian stone, I think. 618 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,760 It's a bit like him, but I never really had a good look. 619 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:41,960 Whoever it was, Louise was scared of him. 620 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,200 Why do you say that? 621 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,880 The way she acted when she was going to see him, 622 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,640 and she told me that he didn't like her to dress sexy. 623 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,040 Demure, that was the word she used, he liked her to dress demure. 624 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,840 But on the night we last went out 625 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,800 it was like she was expecting him cos she didn't want to come. 626 00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:00,480 Did she get a phone call or something that made her change her mind? 627 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:04,720 I don't know. She might have done while I was in the bath. 628 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:07,760 But she didn't wear her own clothes, she was in mine. 629 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,760 Not demure, then? 630 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,800 No. 631 00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,720 But she put on that red coat that she had. 632 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:17,760 She was wearing this red strapless dress with sequins - 633 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,080 with the pink sequined bag, that was mine. 634 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,080 Do you think she was hoping to see him in the club? 635 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:28,160 Don't know. Well, maybe she wanted to dress sexy to put him off. 636 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,120 I'm having my nails done this morning. 637 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,200 There's no bank account, no post office savings. 638 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,960 She gets 150 quid a week from the dental surgery 639 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,760 but she pays Sharon 120 quid in rent each week 640 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,480 so that doesn't leave much to live on, though, does it? 641 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,440 But there is the cash in the boot. 642 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:52,360 But there's no trace of the red coat, 40s style with a velvet collar. 643 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,120 Skirts, blouses. 644 00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:57,440 The suitcase reeks of mothballs. 645 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,440 You heard we traced the adverts? 646 00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:07,200 Well, the bad news is that the postal box and the number listed for applicants to call... 647 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,680 It's drawn a blank so far. It's a pay-as-you-go mobile. 648 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,800 Right, I'm off home. Joan's already gone. 649 00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,600 Right. Wait, but you can still trace the calls made to it. 650 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,560 We have done that, haven't we? 651 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:18,600 I'll do it, I'll do it. 652 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,520 Is the boss in? These were delivered to reception. 653 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:34,200 Reads: Dahlia's killer cracking, wants terms. 654 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,600 The la examiner received an almost identical letter, sir. 655 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:41,240 He's a copycat. That's bloody obvious, Paul. 656 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:48,560 Dci Langton, I will give up on the Dahlia killing if I get ten years. Don't try to find me. 657 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:52,760 Ok, take a break, recharge your batteries. 658 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,840 Go on, get out. I'll deal with these. 659 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,880 (Phone rings) 660 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,560 Dci Langton. Yes. 661 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,960 About time. I'll send someone over to pick them up. 662 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:13,240 Yeah, and this is a murder enquiry that takes precedence 663 00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:16,480 over a few starlets getting drunk on champagne. Thank you. 664 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:21,160 The club's releasing the cctv footage. Get over there. 665 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,120 You here about that murdered girl? Were you not questioned? 666 00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:27,560 Nah, I'm part-time nights. Well, this shouldn't take too long. 667 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,120 Look at these photos. She didn't leave me a tip. 668 00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,480 I'm sorry? 669 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,720 The coat didn't fit. Old fashioned. 670 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,000 I remember it because my mum had one. 671 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,920 You took her coat. Yeah. 672 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,760 I hung it on the rail at the back. Our system. 673 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,520 The early birds are usually the ones that stay very late. 674 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,760 This is a sketch of the man we're trying to trace. You ever seen him? 675 00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,480 Hm, I don't know if it was him. Sort of similar. 676 00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:54,040 In the club? No, outside in the alley. We nip out there for a smoke. 677 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,400 Right, let's take a look out the back. 678 00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:00,440 He was parked opposite. Cars think they can park here at night 679 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:02,360 and the wardens have a field day. 680 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:04,720 You saw him? I didn't get a close look. 681 00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:07,200 He was sitting in his car. Do you know what make it was? 682 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:12,120 A big car. A 4x4, maybe. Very dark, but shiny, clean. 683 00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,160 He got out when she came up to the passenger side. 684 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,720 He said something and then she got in. 685 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:19,520 And the man looked like the one in the sketch. Sort of, yeah. 686 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:24,000 Older looking, thin faced, tall. He had this long dark coat. 687 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,720 I'd better get back. There'll be coats up the ying-Yang! 688 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,240 Is there anything else you remember? 689 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:32,760 That other girl. They came in together. 690 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:34,880 She's often here. Naughty one, she is. 691 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:39,680 But she didn't stay more than an hour. They were having a row. 692 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,240 I'm not your bloody babysitter, I'm leaving! 693 00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:45,440 I haven't got any money, Sharon! You never have, do you? 694 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,600 Here, and this time you can pay me back. 695 00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,440 Why haven't you come forward with this before? 696 00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:59,800 I didn't think it meant anything, really. Doesn't, does it? 697 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,200 Doreen, you've been very helpful. Thank you. 698 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,240 Is there a reward? 699 00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:15,520 Reads: Lp deserved to die, another victim will pay the same price. 700 00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,760 The body of a white female's been discovered in a field off the a4. 701 00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,600 The body's covered in a red coat. 702 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,360 Are we going to bed? 703 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,600 You're investigating a brutal murder, you know the rules 704 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:27,640 and you've broken them. 705 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:31,640 Third time this woman's called. Sounds scared but says she knows who the killer is. 706 00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,840 Did your father ever entertain young girls like these, Emily? 707 00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,960 Subtitles by itv signpost 708 00:46:38,010 --> 00:46:42,560 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0