1 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:11,880 ON JULY 15, 1992, RACHEL BECAME NICKELL MURDERED ON WIMBLEDON COMMON. 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:17,400 HER SON ALEX, ALMOST THREE, WAS THE ONLY WITNESS. 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,600 THE RESEARCH THAT FOLLOWED... 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,440 WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL OF THE BRITISH POLICE EVER. 5 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,680 SOME CHARACTERS AND STORY ASPECTS... 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,560 HAVE BEEN MODIFIED OR CREATED FOR THE DRAMATIC. 7 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,400 Do you see daddy? Shall we wave? 8 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,000 Just wave. -Do you need both hands? 9 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:58,720 I went for a walk with my mother... 10 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,240 and she never came home again. 11 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,880 Okay, let's put this sock on. And then we put on this sweater. 12 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,120 No, mommy has to do it. -Come on. 13 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,560 Mom has to do it. -Come on, Alex. 14 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,200 Alex, come on. Leave daddy do it once. 15 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,120 My sweater needs to be worn. -Daddy can do that. 16 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,160 I don't want that. -Mom is getting ready. 17 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,240 We'll let mommy get ready. -Mommy has to do it. 18 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,520 My sweater. -I'll do it. 19 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:50,160 If you insist. Come on. 20 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,080 Can I have your sweater? The sooner we're done... 21 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,440 the sooner we are in the park. And... 22 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:01,440 Then I can ride my tricycle. -Indeed. But first to the park. 23 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:06,240 Shall we say goodbye to daddy? -Have fun. I love you. 24 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,640 I'll call you at lunch. I love you. -I love you too. 25 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,920 What do we need now? -My shoes. 26 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,960 Where would they be? There? Have you hidden them again? 27 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,560 Come on, I'm in a hurry. To ride. 28 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,640 There we are. Can you jump? Well done. 29 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,080 Ok�. Just give me a hand... 30 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,080 in the parking lot. How many trees are you going to climb? 31 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,720 Fifteen. Or no, a hundred. -A hundred? 32 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,360 No, a hundred and ten. -One hundred and ten, that seems reasonable. 33 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,280 No, honey. Come on. 34 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:07,760 Fishing? 35 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:13,600 What kind of fish? Big one? -Yes, large, medium and small. 36 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,880 Good morning. -Good morning, just one today. 37 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,920 Tap gently. 38 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,600 What is that? A worm? 39 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,680 Look. 40 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:29,360 Do you see him? 41 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:33,560 I do have a pen. Sign at the bottom. 42 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:36,680 You know who would like this? The frogs. 43 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,880 Elephants. -That one too. 44 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,840 Like squish, squish, squish... 45 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,360 I don't think you... 46 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,720 POLICE 47 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:49,600 Hello? 48 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,640 Hello, I'm speaking to Andr�, Rachel's boyfriend? 49 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,360 Who is this? What are you doing in my house? -Where are you? Are you alone? 50 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,680 Hi, I'm André Hanscombe. Alex Hanscombe's father. 51 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,680 Mr Hanscombe? Alex isn't here. -Where then? 52 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,720 He's safe. Just come along. 53 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,920 Can you leave us alone for a moment? -Naturally. 54 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,120 What happened? -Sit down. 55 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:49,920 Rachel has been attacked and killed with a knife. 56 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,880 I'm sorry. 57 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:10,880 Just tell me everything. I need to know what happened. 58 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,680 Good afternoon. 59 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,440 Research team. Where should I be? -There, sir. 60 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,680 First impression? -After a cursory glance... 61 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:48,320 I think the first attack took place a little further away. 62 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:52,000 So she's been moved? -She seems to have been dragged... 63 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,080 perhaps from this first area with blood stains. 64 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:01,440 The blood trail is becoming more and more widespread. 65 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:09,120 This is where she ended up being dragged. Here he raped her. 66 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,960 She was stabbed several times. 67 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:19,240 Who is that? 68 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,600 He found her. And the child. 69 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,800 The boy did not want to leave the body. 70 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,960 Excuse me. Chief Inspector Wickerson. Did that boy say something? 71 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:42,040 He said, 'Stand up, Mom. Help her up.' 72 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,280 So he saw everything? 73 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,840 The building is closed, so that no one can get to him. 74 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,560 He was given something sedative. He's just sleeping. 75 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:04,800 His injuries are superficial. It's mainly his face. 76 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:10,320 Would you like to wait until he wakes up? Our child psychologist wants to speak to you. 77 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:15,920 We can pick up some stuff from your home? You can't be there right now. 78 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,080 Can I just... -He's under sail. 79 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,920 The brutal murder of a young mother disturbs the peace... 80 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,400 in an affluent London suburb. 81 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,040 She was raped. Her throat has been slit. 82 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:42,120 The injured boy was found near his mother's body. 83 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:47,360 He was covered in mud and blood. He appeared to have been hit on the head. 84 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,240 Police say he might be dragged into the bushes... 85 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,080 and the mother was attacked when she went after him. 86 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,160 Why wasn't the child murdered? 87 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,120 Backwards, now. 88 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,600 Come, André, this way. 89 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:19,560 Good, done now. Backwards. This is done. Enough. 90 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,800 Neighbors are offered money for pictures inside. 91 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,720 André's mother uses her husband's name. They can go there. 92 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,880 Can we do anything? 93 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,080 Rachel always does things like this, I... 94 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,120 I don't know what he needs. 95 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,600 I don't even know. -We need clothes too. 96 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:04,280 From you and Alex, for forensics. 97 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,600 Maybe you can bring some toys. 98 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,480 He hasn't said a word yet. 99 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,080 It's important to Alex, if he wants to deal with this... 100 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,480 that you don't lie to him. 101 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:34,120 He must know exactly where he stands, from the beginning. 102 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,480 He needs honesty and regularity. 103 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,240 Like this. Okay, listen. 104 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:20,960 Something bad has happened. 105 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,400 Mom was murdered and she's gone. 106 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:29,440 She's not coming back. 107 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,040 Come here. 108 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:01,840 They always walked in the neighborhood, but she had seen a pencil peddler. 109 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,720 That's why she drove to Wimbledon. That was safer. 110 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,280 He's sleeping. -Thanks, Mom. 111 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:14,320 They were a twosome, Alex and Rachel. 112 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,520 I was just... -I know this is hard... 113 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,560 Can child protection take him away from me? 114 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:27,600 Do they have it? -They have a crime scene 2,500 miles away... 115 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,880 and so far no witness. Well... 116 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:34,240 What? 117 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,680 What Alex saw can be extremely valuable... 118 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,840 but no one wants to make it worse. 119 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:46,160 And it's not up to us. -But if he's the only witness... 120 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:51,200 Then he's in danger, right? The killer knows he saw him. 121 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,600 He's safe here, Andr�. 122 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:07,880 ...it's unclear at this point how much Alex has seen. 123 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,200 I think a child has no awareness of death... 124 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,440 so for him his mother left him. 125 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:19,600 And he probably thinks that's coming because of something he did. 126 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:24,200 How long will he suffer from this trauma? -Maybe his whole life. 127 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:38,560 What? What's wrong with this one? Come on. Alex. 128 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,120 I want the one with the dinosaurs. 129 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,360 We don't have that now. -Where is he? 130 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,720 At home, but we can't go there right now. -But I want that. 131 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,400 What do you think of Desperate Dan? You like that. 132 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,200 We can't go home so you have to wear this one. 133 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:55,600 I want to go home. 134 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,880 Keith, sit down. -Sir. 135 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,000 You can't avoid it. 136 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:17,280 A beautiful blonde and a sex murder. An editor's dream. 137 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,000 In the meantime we have nothing. 138 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:25,480 She has been stabbed 49 times in public in broad daylight. Nothing. 139 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,560 The commissioner wants a daily update. -The pressure is on? 140 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,160 I need an inspector who can handle that. Solve it. 141 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,760 With all due respect, but that could be a poison cup. 142 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:45,520 Or an excellent opportunity to prove yourself. 143 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,160 I want the bus bowl. -It's not here. 144 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:59,760 This one is fine. -He doesn't eat out of that. 145 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,560 I can't keep lifting you. What do you want? -Like mommy does. 146 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,280 Alex, come on. I'll put you down. 147 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,360 Something? -No. 148 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:12,440 Let me help. He doesn't eat it like that. -Grandma June is going to help you, okay�? 149 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,560 Come on. We're going to eat. -Are you okay, kid? 150 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,360 Are you okay, André? 151 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,760 It's on all the front pages. About... 152 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,960 There are reporters in front of his daycare. -Look what I have here. 153 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,160 Did he say anything? 154 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,600 Don't want to watch? 155 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:41,760 Okay, so. 156 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,000 You need him, don't you? 157 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,080 I know. Do that... 158 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,800 When mom died... 159 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,200 there was someone else there, right? 160 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,200 Do you remember anything about him? 161 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,120 What if I draw him now? 162 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,200 Can you help me then? 163 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,120 Maybe with what he was wearing? 164 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,600 Just... 165 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:39,760 Something like that? 166 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:46,080 Do you see the bad man? I don't like him. I would like to do this with him. 167 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,360 Yes? Would you like one too? 168 00:16:58,640 --> 00:16:59,640 Nice. 169 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:11,640 Good throw. -He knows something else. God help him. 170 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:18,120 Just sit down and I'll take you. Finished? 171 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:22,560 Nice. 172 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:24,920 He didn't cry. 173 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:27,040 Do you want something? 174 00:17:27,120 --> 00:17:31,400 Maybe he doesn't understand that she is no longer there. 175 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,840 What is? Should I come? 176 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,280 Nick and Paul are good at building forts. I'll come and have a look later. 177 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:41,680 He's coming. 178 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,240 What do you want? -That pillow for the wall. 179 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,160 Ok�, take it. 180 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:52,960 Good one. 181 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,240 Who knows what's going through that head... 182 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,360 What is it for? Alex? 183 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:00,560 Oh, look. 184 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,280 Maybe I'll take him with me when I go to identify her. 185 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:07,880 Real? 186 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,600 I don't know. 187 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,160 It's his last chance to see her. 188 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,280 Where is he now? 189 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,360 Do you want to see mommy now? 190 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,120 Do you want to see mommy now? 191 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,720 WIMBLEDON POLICE STATION, LONDON 192 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,120 Keith? 193 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,600 Ladies and gentlemen, Can I have some attention? 194 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:05,880 Thank you. 195 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,520 This is Inspector Pedder. 196 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,520 Keith is one of the sharpest. -One of? 197 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,680 So, what's the latest? 198 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,120 We have two options. 199 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,240 A man with short hair who washed his hands... 200 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,040 and a guy with a ponytail in haste. 201 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,200 Such a tail should be punishable. 202 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:30,360 But we don't have any description... 203 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,880 no weapon, DNA or fingerprints... 204 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:39,480 and apart from half a footprint and some red paint splatters in Alex's hair... 205 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:41,240 no physical evidence. 206 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,600 And the note on her forehead? 207 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,680 That was a letter from the bank, about her PIN code. 208 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,840 We don't know what it was doing there. 209 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:56,120 So despite 500 potential witnesses... -Which we're still tracking down... 210 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:01,640 just like 100 sex offenders in the immediate vicinity. Sorry, continue. 211 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,840 ...we still have no description of our man? 212 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:11,160 And no arteries were hit, so he wasn't covered in blood. 213 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:16,080 So a needle in a haystack. I'm not even sure about the haystack. 214 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,880 Has the boy been questioned yet? 215 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:25,120 According to the police there certainly were 100 people present at that time. 216 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,520 Lots of joggers come and people with dogs. 217 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:34,640 There was even a golf tournament going on a few hundred meters away. 218 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,920 We were here from half past seven. Heard nothing. 219 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,520 It's exciting... 220 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,600 but I've been doing this job for years... 221 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,840 and if Alex can talk about what happened... 222 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,280 will help him in the future. 223 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,480 So, now... 224 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,960 we shared how we found out what happened... 225 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:08,600 there is still one person left. And you were there, huh, Alex? 226 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,480 Then that bad man killed your dear mother. 227 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,320 Do you remember if he said anything? 228 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,560 Which hand was he holding the knife with? Left or right? 229 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,640 Gently. -It's okay. 230 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,480 You felt stuck... 231 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:38,440 very small and helpless. 232 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,600 Do you remember what happened? when you saw that man? 233 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,560 Hey, softly. 234 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,360 It doesn't matter. 235 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,280 Alex, stop it. To draw. 236 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:30,720 I think Alex remembers everything of his worst day ever. 237 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,120 Because he's such a smart boy. 238 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,640 Okay, stop it. Gently. Gently or stop now. 239 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,560 Alex, stop it. 240 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,760 Alex, stop it. Calm down. 241 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,720 What is that? A chimney? -A building. 242 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,200 This is totally a building. And that the boat? 243 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:53,600 A kind of extension. 244 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,520 Are you ready to move on? 245 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,000 Maybe I should grab his tricycle or... 246 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,280 Well, I'd like you to keeps in mind how young he is. 247 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:17,440 He doesn't have the vocabulary or experience to put into words what happened... 248 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,400 or what he feels about it. 249 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:23,200 It feels like an interrogation. 250 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,680 You're doing well. 251 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:30,760 Are you sure? Because I didn't recognize that child. 252 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,000 Of course we have this all never experienced before. 253 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,720 Nobody knows exactly what the long term effect is... 254 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,480 but without therapy... 255 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:46,000 becomes the risk that Alex will live an angry and chaotic life... 256 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,440 and will hurt themselves or others only bigger. 257 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,840 Thanks for coming. Ivan Agnew. We called. 258 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,880 Did you have a good trip? You had your reservations. 259 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:17,720 The press sees it in the flight data, so I buy my ticket at the airport. 260 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:22,120 I get it. Would you like to put your bag there? 261 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,040 I want to show something. 262 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:42,280 This space is complete reserved for the research. 263 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,720 One of the largest studies from British police history. 264 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,360 We're going to reopen it. 265 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:54,840 I don't understand what has changed. 266 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,960 Well... 267 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,720 DNA technology has developed developed considerably since 1992... 268 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:06,840 and an independent forensic team will re-analyze the samples. 269 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,360 Okay, does the media know about this? 270 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,640 Not yet. 271 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,320 I know there was last time mistakes have been made. 272 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,720 But we need your help. 273 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,760 And I know this is sensitive... 274 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,400 but I want to talk about Alex. 275 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,440 CATALONIA, SPAIN 276 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,760 Hey, are you okay? 277 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,320 Are you okay, buddy? 278 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,400 Look. 279 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,640 It's about time. 280 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,240 Have the three wise men visited? 281 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,520 Finally he has something. -Fuck off. 282 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:26,440 Do we still light it? -Pass me on. 283 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,120 Alex, you're home. 284 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,920 Everthing okay? 285 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,480 Where were you? I've been back for hours. 286 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:10,040 I was just helping a friend with something. Have you eaten yet? 287 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:13,360 Not yet, actually. I can make something for you. 288 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:26,040 Aren't you going to ask me to London? 289 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Yes. 290 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,040 How was it? -Yes, it was... 291 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:34,600 It was ok�. 292 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:40,680 They reopen the case and want to ask you questions again. 293 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,600 But I've already told you everything. 294 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,520 And I never think about it again. 295 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,120 I know. I said that we would talk about it. 296 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,200 You can't speak for me, Dad. 297 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:58,200 Not anymore. 298 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,960 Can't you knock? -Sorry. I didn't think. 299 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,280 Alex, look, I... 300 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,640 I understand you're angry on the police. Real. 301 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,680 But it's not about them. 302 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:26,880 And not about me either. 303 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,240 It's about you... -Don't you dare. 304 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:38,640 I don't want to commemorate her death, but her life and what she believed in. 305 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,760 She did not want regular education. -That was a point. 306 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,200 She didn't want me to eat animals. -Fish then. You need proteins. That... 307 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,360 Don't start again now. 308 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:50,800 Alex, wait. 309 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,960 The question is: are we still safe as anyone? is murdered in broad daylight? 310 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,640 I have always felt safe here. This has changed my life. 311 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,320 There are suspects. Four men were seen. 312 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:16,240 Perhaps the most important one is the one that washed his hands here shortly after the murder. 313 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,720 He, like the rest, has not been found. 314 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,760 The police are afraid that he, if he it was, will strike again. 315 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,080 Sir. 316 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,640 Nicholas Campbell. Just stay put. 317 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,640 I understood that you have doubts. -Yes, I... 318 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,880 I don't think I can do this. 319 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,280 What is that? A rainbow? 320 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,120 Show it to him. -Yes. 321 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,080 We need information. 322 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:11,480 And for that we must be friends with the media. Got it? 323 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,840 Not really... -We really need this. 324 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,680 Dad will be back soon. It's okay. Paul is with you. 325 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,880 Just draw some more. -He'll be right back. 326 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,400 No, daddy... -Do you want stickers? 327 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:46,120 Don't leave. -Maybe you can draw something for Dad? 328 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,520 Which one do you like best? 329 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:58,320 Here he comes. -Please sit down quietly. 330 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:03,120 Mr. Hanscombe is going to say something. Then you can ask questions. 331 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,520 You can ask questions later. Silence now, please. 332 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,440 Has Alex talked yet? -How much does Alex remember? 333 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,240 I don't know what Alex will be like in the future. 334 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:27,680 But if you know this person, no matter how much you love him... 335 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,920 please report before he destroys any more lives. 336 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,520 Is there progress in the case? -Where do you live now? 337 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:40,520 How does Alex sleep? 338 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,360 Please respect the privacy of the family. 339 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,440 And... -Are you okay? 340 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:51,680 Who now? 341 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,400 Here we go. 342 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,760 It is not possible alone because of what Alex needs. 343 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,800 You lost her too. 344 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,440 What do you need? 345 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,240 Come here. 346 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,160 Are you sure about this? 347 00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,520 Hey, I'll be right back. 348 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,000 Hey, what's up? It will only take a moment. Nick is here. 349 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,800 We can play a game. -He'll be back soon. 350 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,080 I explained it. I want to see where Mom died. 351 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,680 I'm going to put a rose and say goodbye. I'll be right back. 352 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,720 I want to come with you. 353 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,120 Alex, I don't think... -I want it. 354 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,400 Do you also want to say goodbye? 355 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,320 That doesn't seem like a good plan to me. 356 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,040 I want to make sure you understand. 357 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,200 Would you like to come along to say goodbye? 358 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:54,200 He's sure. 359 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,800 Yes, good. 360 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,840 Don't pay attention, okay? 361 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,160 Okay, back up. Let them pass. 362 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,440 Backwards. You're scaring him. 363 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,960 Get out now. Away, I said. 364 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:47,720 Was it here? 365 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,480 Dad is with you. 366 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:58,880 I'm always there. 367 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,280 Do you remember? 368 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,720 And this one? Did he resemble this? 369 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:27,200 That's a no. 370 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:30,840 What about this one, Alex? 371 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,000 No? Good. 372 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:41,360 Ok�, do you remember what he was wearing? Was he wearing a T-shirt? 373 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:45,760 Like daddy, what he's wearing? Or a shirt with a collar? 374 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,560 Like this or what Paul is wearing? -Like this, a shirt? 375 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,160 He was wearing a shirt. -With buttons. 376 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,400 Yes, shirt. 377 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,320 Was he thin, like Dad? -Or fat, like Paul? 378 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:07,760 Like daddy. -Okay�, good. Very good, boy. 379 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,440 Was he big or small? 380 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,400 He's a child. Everyone is big. 381 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:17,760 Batman. 382 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,080 He was... -Batman. 383 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,080 We're about to play with Batman. Did he wear long or short pants? 384 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,320 Batman. -What's with that? 385 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,040 Belt. 386 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:34,320 Did he have a belt on like Batman? Yes? He had a belt on. 387 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:44,360 The belt around his suit. So a tucked-in shirt and a belt. 388 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,240 It sounds strange, but Alex was sure. 389 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:52,400 Young, white, thin, short hair, white shirt, blue pants... 390 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,200 brown shoes, black bag. 391 00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:59,160 What a child. 392 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:07,040 You're now focusing on the funeral, but this is excellent. 393 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:09,320 Yes? 394 00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:14,200 Now we can see if a witness statement is a match. 395 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,320 It says Alex remembers everything. 396 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,760 We don't know what that does to him. 397 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:29,240 This means that we review every statement look for similarities. 398 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,000 I know this will add to it... 399 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,360 but this is not a waste of time. Someone must have seen this man. 400 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:41,400 About wasting time... 401 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:46,840 Other clues and details we will discuss by telephone. 402 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:53,600 We know about your work in other forces, Professor Britton... 403 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,120 and of your successes. 404 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,360 Inspector Pedder. 405 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:04,440 Our pool of suspects must be smaller. That's how you said it, right, Keith? 406 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:10,720 So, do you think you are a psychological can you create a profile of that monster? 407 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,920 It's not a monster. 408 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:19,200 He is a man between 20 and 30 with poor heterosocial skills. 409 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,280 He has an intense fantasy sex life and probably some disorder. 410 00:39:25,240 --> 00:39:29,280 If he has work, it will involve unskilled labor. 411 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:34,080 He is single, lives with parents or alone in rooms. 412 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,280 He didn't know the victim because the child lives. 413 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,400 Her name is Rachel. We don't say 'victim' here. 414 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,520 And that on a basis some pictures, Mr Britton? 415 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,920 That's the real mystery. Why did the boy live? 416 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,720 It's 'professor'. 417 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,160 What's wrong, Mom? 418 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:04,960 They're here. 419 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:07,680 What? 420 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:09,960 Just look. 421 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,760 They found us. 422 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:38,280 You're both here. -What's wrong, Grant? 423 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,760 The man who washed his hands had a black bag. 424 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,200 After Alex's description... 425 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:48,360 I knew there was an explanation over a shirt and a bag. And... 426 00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,040 You found him. 427 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:54,840 The doctor's wife said that she encountered the same man three times. 428 00:40:55,720 --> 00:40:57,680 And the last time... 429 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:02,000 'I saw that he had a belt or had some kind of band around his waist.' 430 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:03,480 Just like Batman. 431 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:06,360 Just like Batman. 432 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:09,680 Yes. She saw our killer. 433 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,480 You called his face narrow? 434 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:30,520 We start with the infamous murder which made all the newspapers two months ago. 435 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,240 On Wimbledon Common became a young mother... 436 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,680 Rachel Nickell, waylaid and stabbed repeatedly. 437 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,120 Her two-year-old son was with her when she was found. 438 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,040 The man was in his 20s or 30s. 439 00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,480 He was over six feet tall and had short brown hair. 440 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:49,120 He was wearing a white shirt and dark pants... 441 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,600 and a small, dark bag. 442 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:05,480 Paul, this isn't possible, is it? 443 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,160 They're going through our trash. -We'll handle it. 444 00:42:09,240 --> 00:42:12,240 They steal our mail and constantly ring the doorbell. 445 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,840 We're going to talk to them. -They don't listen. 446 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,120 There is a development in response to the call. 447 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:22,160 People gave the same name based on the composite drawing. 448 00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:23,280 He's stuck. 449 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,040 Okay, get out. 450 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:45,040 Everything is correct. As if he stepped straight out of our drawing. 451 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,080 And it fits perfectly in Professor Britton's profile. 452 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:50,880 Now 'professor', huh? 453 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:55,920 Colin Stagg. twenties, single, unemployed, lives nearby and comes there every day. 454 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:01,840 He says he walked his dog there, but was home at the time of the murder. 455 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,760 The neighbors think he's strange. 456 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:08,680 There were knives in his apartment and books on black magic. 457 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:22,200 I get up, run papers and then go home to get my dog, Brandy... 458 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,240 and then we'll take a detour there. 459 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,160 Have you ever seen Rachel there? 460 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:31,640 Someone who looked like her about two years ago. 461 00:43:31,720 --> 00:43:38,680 I thought she was a beautiful girl, I wanted to meet that one sometime. 462 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,320 Huh? But... -That didn't happen? 463 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:51,440 And this one? He looks good. 464 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,840 Oh, it's broken. Do you want to throw it away? 465 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,480 Come on, there are two more. 466 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:12,600 Sorry, I just had to check with you... André, right? 467 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,680 Your wife was murdered in Wimbledon. 468 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,520 We have to go. -This must be little Alex. 469 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,440 Sorry. -I wanted to ask how things are going... 470 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:23,960 Yes, fine. I know. 471 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,560 Sorry, I didn't mean to... -I don't want to go. 472 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:40,000 It's like this, Colin, your neighbor says that you were behaving strangely... 473 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,640 the day of the murder. When you spoke to her... 474 00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:47,400 you seemed to have just showered. -I know who you mean. That's not right. 475 00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,320 Sorry, do you have a moment? 476 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:04,640 We have another neighbor who saw him go to the Common... 477 00:45:05,240 --> 00:45:08,040 when he said he was already home. 478 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,960 She says he had a black bag. 479 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,200 Take your time. 480 00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:36,240 It's number five. 481 00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:41,360 Certainly? -Number five is the man I saw. 100%. 482 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,080 What if I told you that a very reliable witness... 483 00:45:54,160 --> 00:46:00,000 you identified this morning and know for sure that she saw you that day... 484 00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:04,640 near the crime scene, at 10:10, 10:17 and 10:23? 485 00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:11,720 I didn't do it. -The point is, I don't believe you. 486 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,960 And that will apply to everyone. 487 00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,520 I didn't do it. 488 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:25,000 Well... 489 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:30,040 Because of nude sunbathing you can charge him with indecency. 490 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,960 But we need a confession. -But he's lying. 491 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:36,560 Agree. -100%, she said. 492 00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,040 Yes, he's a compelling suspect. 493 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:43,800 But without confession the evidence is considered circumstantial. 494 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,240 Can we get the eyewitness? have it confirmed? 495 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,800 Or we do another line-up for him? 496 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,680 Or we show him the photo of the suspect? 497 00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,920 He's so young. The evidentiary value is limited. 498 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,960 Alex should be able to be a child. We need that confession. 499 00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:11,640 Arrange it. 500 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:18,680 Remember them here not knowing our past. 501 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,320 Don't forget that. -As if you would allow that. 502 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:37,040 Hi, how are you? -Good and you? 503 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:42,680 Just in time, we're already downstairs. I'm coming. Welcome. 504 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:58,240 Hopefully you're hungry. There you are. Come join us. 505 00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,280 The oven is still on. Sit down. 506 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:09,960 It has rained so much that the pool was full of leaves. 507 00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:15,600 I've been busy all morning. -You were lucky you weren't there. 508 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:17,200 Oh, how was London? 509 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,840 Don't start about London. 510 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,360 It's delicious. 511 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:34,040 Don't like it? -It's not. I am a vegetarian. 512 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,560 Your father said you eat fish. -That's true. 513 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:43,840 Some vegetarians eat fish. -I said I don't eat fish. 514 00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:48,160 No problem. I make something different. -No, he's just stubborn. 515 00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,360 It's a teenager. -That's it. 516 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,440 Just taste it. If it doesn't taste good, you leave it alone. 517 00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:59,000 Do you want to make me puke? -That's going too far. 518 00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:00,080 Sorry. 519 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,520 What are you meddling with? -What do you mean? 520 00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:10,200 Alex, until you're 18, you do as I say. You're embarrassing me. Eat up. 521 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:16,240 You have to punish children, right? -It's okay, I'll make something else. 522 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,640 Will I be punished for this? -Thank you. He'll eat it. 523 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:22,840 You're disappointing her. 524 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:27,120 Your mother would be ashamed for this behavior. Eat it. 525 00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:30,640 You're worse than the police. You don't speak for her. 526 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:34,680 Hey, put down that knife. Come on, take it easy, guys. 527 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,560 Alex, put down that knife, please. 528 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:48,120 THE SON OF THE MURDERED MOTHER 529 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:06,240 So it's not him? 530 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,040 I say we should release him. 531 00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:13,160 But if it's him... 532 00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:17,160 What if he gets Alex, now that you're after him? 533 00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:20,880 Alex is safe. And that man won't be walking around freely much longer. 534 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:26,600 What do you mean safe? He would be the perpetrator and now he is free. I don't understand. 535 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:31,800 I'll be right back. 536 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:37,480 What did he say? 537 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,760 They had to release him. -Why? 538 00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:43,520 I don't know, Mom. 539 00:50:43,600 --> 00:50:46,440 Insufficient evidence. -What nonsense. 540 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:50,040 I know that. I don't know what to do. 541 00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,560 I know what to do with those gifts and with that out there. 542 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,400 Once they catch him... -But what if that doesn't work? 543 00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:58,720 Because now he's still walking around free. 544 00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:04,680 Keith can't say Alex is safe. I promised Rachel I would look after him. 545 00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:10,240 He doesn't need to hear this. -It can't be like this. Not for him. 546 00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:16,680 And with all those nice people, therapists, police and press... 547 00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,400 he cannot have an ordinary childhood. 548 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,640 Maybe I should do that. 549 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:28,640 Go somewhere where no one knows who he is. 550 00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,000 What then, Mom? 551 00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:37,560 Maybe that's the only way to start again. 552 00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:41,600 You can't make such a decision now. -Mom, stop. 553 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:44,080 Not now. 554 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,240 Don't let Alex see you like that. 555 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:06,400 In the Rachel Nickell study A total of 120 suspects were interrogated... 556 00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,680 but they seem to have little. 557 00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:12,080 Despite all the reactions on the Crimewatch call... 558 00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:14,520 they seem to be back to square one. 559 00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:19,280 Colin Stagg is our killer. And you have to help prove that. 560 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:27,360 We got a call from a woman that Stagg saw on the news. 561 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:29,800 She says they were in contact for a year... 562 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:34,120 until Staggs posts in 1991 were sexually explicit. 563 00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:36,240 Obscene, in her words. 564 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:42,400 You want to give him a new pen pal? -It's worth a try. 565 00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:46,240 Do you think you can help us... 566 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:51,360 to set up a covert operation to make Stagg talk? 567 00:52:54,680 --> 00:52:55,680 I think so. 568 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,680 But we must act quickly. 569 00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:04,960 Because if we find Rachel's killer If you don't take it, he will strike again. 570 00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:47,840 TO LETTING GO BY ALEX HANSCOMBE 571 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:12,880 Translation: Sanne van der Meij