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Okay.

We have a deceased,

as yet unidentified female through there.

Looks like she has been stabbed to death.

Now we have secured this floor but not the next.

So confine your work to down here only.

And death shall have no dominion.

Dead men naked they shall be one.

With the man in the wind and the west moon.

When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,

they shall have stars at elbow and foot;

though they go mad they shall be sane,

though they sink through the sea they shall rise again.

Though lovers be lost love shall not;

and death shall have no dominion.

-Right, let's go girls. -Coming, Dad!

Right we are off Lizzie,

back in about an hour or so yeah?

Bye, Mom.

And Death shall have no dominion.

Under the windings of the sea.

They lying long shall not die windily.

Twisting on racks when sinews give way,

strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break.

See you.

Faith in their hands shall snap in two.

And the unicorn evils run them through.

Split all ends up they shan't crack.

And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.

No more may gulls cry at their ears.

Or waves break loud on the seashores.

Where blew a flower may a flower no more,

lift its head to the blows of the rain.

Though they be mad and dead as nails.

Heads of the characters hammer through daisies.

Break in the sun.

'Till the sun breaks down

and death shall have no dominion.

Do it!

Do it!

It's lovely to see you.

-And you. -Take care.

Alright?

Funny that Leo didn't turn up.

Actually it's not.

He texted me.

He texted you?

Yeah.

Lizzie Fraser committed suicide this afternoon.

The police are gonna pay for this.

-I mean it.

Work.

Things were okay with your father though, weren't they?

Last couple of years.

They were okay.

DS Charlie Winter.

Detective Inspector Connie James.

Nice to meet you, Charlie.

So you're heading this one up, are you?

No, I just happened to be passing by

a major crime scene and thought I'd look in.

I'm up here by the way.

Lead on DS Winter, please.

Oh, keys.

DI Connie James.

I'm Harry Cunningham, pathologist,

this is Professor Leo Dalton.

Hi.

His bus pass and Game loyalty card identify him

as Luke Francis.

Who would do this?

Who would do this?

For what it's worth the till's empty,

as is the safe under the counter,

apart from a few deposit slips.

Don't tell me in all this he didn't leave his DNA.

Those wounds to his chest,

they're too shallow to have left all this blood.

Is that a question?

He was found with a bag over his head

when we found him

and there's signs of petechial hemorrhaging in his eyes.

So COD was Asphyxia?

If we establish cause of death it'll be

at the post-mortem in the mortuary.

So where did all this blood come from?

There was another body recovered in the house

with substantial injuries.

That's Mick Francis, who is the homeowner.

It looks like he was handcuffed to that pipe

but he managed to break free.

-And the missing piece? -There.

How did it get all the way over there?

See all these circular lacerations

around the wrist?

These paint chips on the cuffs look like

the same color as the pipe from the shop.

So he managed to free himself then?

Maybe, temporarily.

Isn't that the emblem of the SAS?

I believe it is.

Doesn't really go with the earring

and the Easy Rider poster, does it?

-So where did the fire start? -Up here.

Do we have an ID?

Jessie Francis, apparently.

Daughter of Mick Francis, the guy on the stairs

and mother of Luke, the boy.

Christ.

She was raped, wasn't she?

It looks like she was partially clothed when she

was set on fire but sexual assault may be hard to prove.

Thank you.

Sorry, just need some air.

-All right? -Yeah.

Sort of.

It is a bad one.

And they've entrusted it to a humble DI

who is six months along.

Do you want to do it?

-That's irrelevant. -Is it?

Yeah, by chucking out time I'll be bumped

by some ambitious Chief Super.

But do you want to do it?

Yeah, I do.

All right.

I'm so sorry about the memorial service.

Don't be silly.

Harry told me about Lizzie Fraser.

-Yeah. -It's so sad.

It's more than sad, it's an outrage.

Those poor kids.

Did she leave a note or anying?

She didn't have to.

Buckinghamshire Police wrote it for her.

Every bloody word.

DI James wanted to know if we can do

the three postmortems consecutively first thing?

I'll be surprised if DI James hasn't been bumped

by tomorrow, anyway.

That's what she said, funnily enough.

Obviously she knows she's out of her depth.

I think she did okay.

Out of her depth how?

Pressing me for cause of death

in the middle of a crime scene?

She hardly pressed you, Leo,

she just wanted to get a handle on what happened.

Which we were plainly not in a position to tell her.

And fair enough, it was a cluster bomb of a scene.

Alright, girls.

It's been a long day.

I know, I'm sorry to hear about that.

And you're right.

It's three crime scenes in one so we'll do

the postmortems as a team,

make sure we get the whole picture.

-10 AM alright? -Great.

12 years ago my sister Mary, a forensic scientist,

was murdered by a crack addict at a crime scene

the police were supposed to have secured.

Now I did not sue for dismissals,

I did not seek to apportion blame,

and I urged my colleagues in the Forensic Science Service

to pull together with the police

to ensure her killer was convicted.

Now, sadly, that spirit of collaboration

between the police and the FSS is long gone.

If something goes right the police take the credit,

if something goes wrong we get the blame.

The collapse of the case against the

so-called mosque bomber case was due to a number of factors,

the forensics being just one.

The evidence that I gave in...

Have they given you any idea

how long this review will last?

No, but the good news is they're starting on Monday

so it goes without saying we've nothing to hide so.

Well, we're hoping a fortnight, a month tops, right, Lizzie?

Right.

And in the interim you want us

to take on Chesham's pathology work?

Well in a word, yes.

Yes, we can do that.

That's fine.

That is bloody great of you.

I don't know what to say.

The way that the Buckinghamshire Police

scapegoated Lizzie is appalling.

You're a true friend, Leo.

Especially now we're in competition.

Obviously we'll contribute stocks and supplies

and other resources.

Thanks.

Thank you, Leo.

We'll be in touch, yes.

Right well I'll call you, Lizzie.

You look as if you could do with a drink.

Ursula, if you want to do this later, absolutely we can.

Jessie took after her dad, inherited his wild streak.

I was always the odd one out, the boring one.

How old was Jessie when you and Mick separated?

16.

When she was 15 she got pregnant

after a one-night-stand at a party.

And I wanted her to stop the pregnancy

but she refused and her dad stood by her.

She had the baby?

And that was Luke?

-Yes. -Okay.

Mick had a winged dagger tattoo, was he a fan of the SAS?

Mick was in the SAS.

I know, it doesn't really go with the earring

and the ponytail does it?

That was Mick.

A walking contradiction.

Mick worshiped Jessie.

He would have done everything to save her.

He did.

The body is that of a well-nourished adult male

appearing approximately the recorded age of 58.

No decomposition changes noted.

The deceased is in good general condition.

There are multiple stab wounds

to the upper chest and throat.

And to the abdomen.

There are defensive wounds of similar shape

to the left hand.

But not to the right?

-No. -He was right-handed,

why wouldn't he defend himself with his right hand?

I don't know.

Perhaps he damaged his right hand

while freeing himself from the pipe.

Did he break any bones?

No.

Then that doesn't add up for me.

You're right, let's come back to it.

Single right boot print on the victim's back.

Extensive bruising suggesting he was stamped on

whilst he was still alive.

There is also what appears to be a stun gun burn

in the middle of the upper back

and there are also brush abrasions studded with grit

suggesting the body's been dragged for some distance.

Fire damaged clothes recovered at the scene

belong to the victim, so she was partially undressed

shortly before or after her death.

Burn patterns and coloration suggest that she

was splashed with petrol over her genital area.

That's where he left his DNA?

Very possibly.

-He raped her? -Or he didn't.

As yet there's no forensic evidence of rape.

You'll swab for semen, though right?

Of course, but given the fire damage

I don't hold out much hope.

The light stab wounds across the chest of the boy,

what's that about?

They could be hesitation marks,

a forensic hallmark indicating of an inability

to wield the knife.

So he suffocates him instead, it's altogether easier.

And the bag would spare him the sight of his face.

His eyes.

He falters, he's not a seasoned cold-blooded killer.

Or killers.

There could be more than one.

I've got that list of serious sex offenders

in a 10 mile radius.

-How many? -157.

I don't have the manpower to interview half of that.

You're gonna have to find other criteria

to get the list down.

-Criteria? -Factors!

Hello!

DI James!

Sorry.

Look I couldn't help overhearing

what you were just talking about in the foyer

and I really don't think you should be wasting your time

looking for a serial sex offender.

-Really? -No.

I think this was a robbery gone wrong.

The till was empty, yes?

Bonus prize.

Except the fact there was no trace of any blood

inside the till or inside the safe.

So what?

So if the killer just grabbed the cash on his way out

as an afterthought we'd have transfer.

Wouldn't we?

His hands, his gloves, at least,

would've been covered with blood by then.

It's human, I know, to see the Devil's work and expect

or hope, maybe, that a Devil is responsible.

But in my experience at least,

what you actually find behind the curtain

is often pitifully small, disappointing even.

What else makes you think this was a robbery?

It'd be easier just to show you.

-Huh. -Yeah.

All the evidence points towards

a lone killer doesn't it?

It would appear so, but you never know.

Okay.

Okay so the killer arrives here at the shop

just before it closes.

Maybe he makes a show of buying something

to distract Mick or to make him turn around.

That makes sense.

I've tilled up.

Ah, never mind.

What can I get you?

The stun gun burn was right in the center

of Mick's back, wasn't it?

Yeah.

My guess is that that's when he stamped on his back.

Triumphant.

Like a hunter standing over his kill.

But then why cuff him?

I mean, why not just take the money and run?

Mick was a big guy.

The stun gun will only incapacitate him for a short period.

Yeah he needs time to get the keys off Mick

to unlock the safe.

Yeah, which would take, what?

A minute, couple of minutes tops.

And Mick will cooperate because, well,

he wants the guy gone before Jessie and Luke arrive.

So the killer's first instinct

would be to incapacitate Jessie and Luke.

He can't have them raising the alarm.

So he brings them in here.

Yeah.

But now he is thinking on his feet.

He only brought one set of handcuffs.

Maybe he, I don't know, threatened Luke with the knife

to get Mick to give him the key to the bike lock.

Yeah and even if Mick's resists,

Jessie will insist he complies.

I mean, she'd do anything to protect her son.

Don't you dare say anything, do you hear me?

And then somewhere around here

he notices how beautiful Jessie is.

The kind of girl he'd never get near in the real world.

-Sorry. -Yep.

Hello you have reached

Dr. Harry Cunningham's phone.

I can't take your call.

Oh, Leo!

I've identified the model of the stun gun.

It's German and like the police issue handcuffs

and the Kevlar mine boots it's top of the range stuff.

Not much change from a grand.

Stun guns are illegal in the UK.

And most of Europe but not the States.

So I think we should be looking

at mail order survivalist websites--

Where's Harry?

I don't know.

-Okay, question. -M-hm.

Why does he risk taking Jessie

all the way over to the house?

Move.

It's going to be okay, Luke.

Leave her alone, you bastard!

Why not?

I mean Mick and Luke are safely subdued.

He can't have the kid screaming

plus Jessie is compliant herself itself by now.

Well, if I give him what he wants

then he'll let my son live.

Do it!

Do it!

Anyway, we don't need to linger on

what happened inside the house.

He destroyed the evidence anyway.

But he is now a murderer.

All he's focused on is getting away with it.

He comes back here to finish off Mick and Luke.

Kills Mick.

And that left Luke.

God, how scared must he have been?

I think the killer must've been pretty jumpy too.

Hang on a second, look at this.

Look at this.

Don't worry, Luke.

I think he got a nasty surprise

from Mick when he came back.

There was a fight.

-Leave him alone!

Yes, that's why this pipe was all the way over here.

I knew he had to have a reason for dragging Mick over there.

He's trying to burn the body?

Yeah but not Luke.

Why drag Mick he is much heavier?

He's not worried about us finding transfer on Luke?

Exactly.

He must have lost some blood.

So, if the pipe made contact

with the killer there's a chance of DNA, right?

A fighting chance.

We have blood spatter.

Could be Mick's?

Trying to free himself?

Nope, nope the pattern definitely looks

like a single sharp impact.

Good news?

If the killer's DNA is on the database, very good news.

Harry.

Actually, I just need to make some phone calls.

Have you been back to the crime scene?

Hmm.

Trying to figure out a chronology.

Were you going to mention it?

No need.

It was a spur-of-the-moment thing.

Honestly.

And?

And I didn't want Leo throwing a spanner in the works.

Harry.

Look, we can't just stop working

because a friend of Leo's has been unfairly treated,

if that is what happened.

For all we know she was guilty

of misleading the Buckinghamshire Police.

And by the same token

just because Leo's been personally affected,

that's no reason to think--

Oh, come on, there is every reason.

You saw him at that postmortem.

He was so censoring he didn't allow anything

for this investigation to work on.

We're a team.

No we are not a team, we are part of a team

and the other part, like it or not, are the police.

And if we just stop engaging with them

then the only winners are the bad guys.

Tom Byrne?

Thank you.

Where?

A farm off the M25.

Three people are dead and one of them a child.

We're sure it's her?

DNA says so.

I want to speak to the senior forensics,

the pathologists and the DI who was in charge

until 30 seconds ago.

-Yes, sir. -And Ginny?

I want them to come here,

they need to see what they're a part of.

If something goes right the police take the credit.

If something goes wrong we get the blame.

There was one batch of toxicology which were traces

of Hydroquinone Peroxide under his fingernails.

So not the bog standard peroxide

that he might have come into contact with at his work?

Right and the police got very excited

when I said that Hydroquinone might be

a potentially explosive catalyst.

Did you retest?

Of course.

No Hydroquinone.

How did the police take that?

Badly.

By that time they'd made up their mind Depak Khan

had been making bombs.

They'd had him on their watch list for years

and they wanted their day in court.

So how do you account for that first test?

Cross-contamination.

A misreading.

Or Khan really had got trace amounts of the chemical on him.

Three possibilities.

None very satisfactory?

No.

Don't take this the wrong way

but is there any way you might have mislead the police?

In court, under huge pressure,

I may have changed one probable in my police report

to a possible but that's it.

It never crossed my mind they were pinning their entire case

against Khan on my interpretation.

Of course not.

When my sister died I nearly stopped.

Not because I was afraid or angry

or because I thought it would happen to me but because...

What?

It's crazy.

Lizzie.

You can tell me.

I felt as though Mary was telling me to stop.

Warning me.

There.

Told you it was crazy.

Hey, hey come on.

I've been wanting to do that for 20 years.

Goodbye, Leo.

I've caused you enough trouble already.

Leo, I was worried.

The office said you left two hours ago.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

I've just been driving around, you know.

I understand, I just wanted--

Hello, Simon.

Leo.

I'm arranging Lizzie's funeral.

Greg's not up to it I'm afraid, he's in a dreadful state.

Well, that's very good of you.

He wanted me to pass a message on, though.

Okay?

He is very much hoping that you would read at the service?

Yeah, of course.

Of course.

I'd be glad too.

Leo, hun.

Simon said you saw Lizzie last week?

Week before last, actually.

You didn't mention it.

-Didn't I? -No.

Well, I told you I'd agreed to help out

with their workload.

They came in to see me about that.

I mean it's not the kind of thing you sort out on the phone.

No of course.

How did she seem?

Fine, well, upset.

Understandably so.

But relieved you were stepping into the breach?

Yes.

Yeah, of course.

What?

Just seems a bit odd you didn't mention it.

Not at the time but afterwards.

-I'm sorry.

Hello.

This is the Wraith inquiry.

It is indeed.

First she was the Ghost,

then a Scottish crime correspondent christened her

the Wraith.

And what has it got to do with our case?

Let me offer some background.

Since 2000, the DNA of an unidentified female perpetrator,

the Wraith, has been found at a huge array of crime scenes

across Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire,

most notably the murder of PC Maalik Amar

in Marlow on Christmas Eve 2010.

But that was not the Wraith's first murder,

she killed Meg Stiles in November 2000,

apparently for the meager contents of her jewelry box.

Now it seems her DNA has been found

at the Ash Tree Farm crime scene inside a pipe I believe.

Sorry, sir, the recovered DNA is female?

One set is female, one set is male.

But there was only one set of shoe prints.

Sir.

I have some questions of my own if that's alright?

No.

I mean yes.

Of course.

Thank you.

I understand this was a messy, complicated scene

with a high volume of trace evidence?

That's correct.

Is there a specific reason, then,

why you chose to swab inside the pipe?

Well when I, when we re-constructed the scene

it became clear that Mick Francis had used the pipe

as an improvised weapon.

What led you to that conclusion?

There was an outstanding question from the postmortem

as to why Francis had defensive injuries

on his left hand but not his right,

when he was right-handed.

Attack is the best form of defense.

We also found some crescent-shaped indentations

on the wooden doorframe,

which matched the circumference of the pipe.

Any splinters of wood inside the pipe?

Yes, some.

Sounds like your theory panned out, then?

Not quite, sir.

We felt sure the perpetrator was male.

Acting alone.

It's entirely possible, in fact probable,

that a male was present.

Ginny, can we have a look at the Amar footage?

Now this is CCTV footage depicting the murder

of PC Maalik Amar on Christmas Eve 2010.

Is it the slighter figure that you think is The Wraith?

Aye.

We recovered DNA on the far side of the back seat,

the CCTV showed her climbing in.

The dynamic between the shooter and the Wraith

gels with our profile that she is an addictive personality

who lives for kicks.

Whether it's drugs or giving the finger to the police

or turning low life losers into killers.

And rapists?

Aye, so it would seem.

Are you surprised she'd be involved

in a sexual assault on another woman?

Nothing would surprise me at this point in time.

The sexual element together with the murder of a child

are new but, as you've seen,

cold-blooded murder and male accomplices are not.

Over the years DNA evidence has suggested

she likes working with men and those identified

have proven to be drug addicts and low-life criminals.

Weak, needy people she can manipulate.

Has she ever worked with the same man twice?

Once and the lucky guy hanged himself in his cell

while we were questioning him about her.

That's the level of fear she instills,

but he did furnish us with an E-FIT

before he killed himself.

I've taken over many cases from other officers

during the course of this inquiry and I've benefited greatly

from a full and comprehensive debrief in each case.

But you should be under no illusions,

the Ash Tree Farm murders will be subsumed into my inquiry.

DI James?

Yes, sir.

Of course.

Harry.

When exactly did you and DI James reconstruct

the scene together?

I had a specific and I hope valuable reading

of the scene I wanted her to hear.

But, I'd like to hear it too if that's alright with you?

Okay.

Essentially it was a robbery gone bad.

That sounds more to me like a reading of a criminal

at a crime scene.

Never been a problem in the past.

Well it is now.

Leo, I work with you, not for you.

Not even with me so far on this showing.

Moving forward, it makes sense if I deal

with one pathologist rather than three.

Would that be you, Professor Dalton?

No, it will be Dr Alexander.

This is a triple murder linked

to one of the worst serial offenders in recent memory.

I'm aware of that.

And you're just too busy, are you?

Something better to be doing?

My administrative duties stack up at this time of the year

and your case requires a hundred percent.

And on top of those duties

you're shouldering the workload of the Chesham lab?

That's right.

No doubt you're acquainted with the pathologist

who committed suicide?

Professor Fraser?

I imagine among the Forensic Pathology community

there's a sense that Buckinghamshire Police are to blame,

that they made her the scapegoat

for their big case crashing and burning?

Is that why you don't want to work with me?

I was more than acquainted with Professor Lizzie Fraser.

She was a good friend of mine

and actually it's not the only reason.

I'm intrigued.

It was my partner Janet who did the profile for you

so being involved so closely feels inappropriate.

Janet.

A small world.

-How is she? -Oh, she's fine.

She did a great job for us.

A light in the darkness.

You be sure to give her my best.

Sir, there's a call.

Excuse me.

Surely what happened at Ash Tree Farm is an atrocity

that would require the combined efforts of all three of us?

Number one there was nothing combined about you

and DI James going off to reconstruct the crime scene

and number two you're not off the case.

You're working to Nikki.

Do you have a problem with that?

Of course not.

What I have a problem with is why I'm working

to her on this case.

I can't believe if Lizzie Fraser was here.

-Never mind. -What?

If Lizzie Fraser was here, what?

Never mind.

Oh come on, Harry, courage and conviction.

I can't believe that if Lizzie Fraser was here

she would want this dead young woman

and her son short-changed so that you could prove a point!

Leo!

Nikki?

In the morning I'd like you to walk me through

the scene at Ash Tree Farm.

Meantime.

Connie.

I'll get you the postmortem reports

on the other three victims to bring you up to speed.

I think we should document everything we found

at the Ash Tree Farm.

Now.

-Today. -Why?

Dunno.

Two people, really?

Maybe we just missed something.

Going round a Detective Super is a bad idea.

Who said anything about going round anyone?

I'm off the case, you heard him.

I also heard him say he values

a full and comprehensive debrief.

You should've been a bloody lawyer.

Come on, let's get it all down.

We'll get a take-away, my treat.

Rash words, I'm eating for two.

Really, I thought you were just fat!

Could you clear Dr Alexander a desk, Ginny,

and dig out the path reports of the three murders?

Sure.

Listen up, people.

Go home and get some sleep.

I sense tomorrow will be a long day.

This triple murder feels disorganized and reckless.

She'll be vulnerable, on edge and, God willing,

she might even make a mistake.

The morning briefing's here, five am, off you go.

You too, Ginny.

Shouldn't we have a preliminary--

Need you on your game tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

Make yourself at home.

Alright?

You're all over the news, man, you killed a kid!

Collateral damage.

Bit of mission creep, bit of course correction required.

Yeah, but what's your plan?

What's your Exit Strategy?

What're you talking about?

Exit Strategy!

You're a moron, you know that?

Least I'm not The Most Wanted Man In England.

Give it a week they'll find something else to worry about.

Iraq, Afghanistan, the stock market.

Hey, get your trainers off the covers,

my mom just washed them.

Just tell me again.

What happened?

From the beginning.

Shut up, you're putting me off!

I don't even know why I bother coming round.

Yeah me neither.

Meg was a schoolteacher, a First Aid volunteer,

a fund-raiser for Cancer Research

and the mother of five boys.

Murdered in her home for loose change

and a couple of silver-plated rings worth 50 quid.

Where was the DNA found?

On the scarf and a teacup.

Are you one sugar?

Yes, one please.

And Ray Carpenter?

Antique dealer in Windsor, low end of the market.

He was shutting up shop on a Friday night when she attacked.

20 stab wounds in immolation.

What does that say to you?

Listen, I'm not a profiler.

Come on, Nikki, none of us work in isolation.

Off the record?

Overkill like that typically suggests

a very personal motive or the aggressor's suffering

from some form of psychosis.

Janet's profile suggests a long-term

but high-functioning drug addict.

Right.

Based on what?

Based on the fact that two days

after she murdered Ray Carpenter,

a syringe of her blood was found in a school playground.

There was heroin residue mixed in with the blood.

What about her other crimes?

DNA links her to 16 break-ins, three street robberies,

and a dozen or so car thefts.

Her DNA was also found on a bullet recovered from the brain

of a nightclub bouncer,

but we don't think she was present at the scene,

more likely she sold the gun to the killer.

The three street robberies,

what kind of descriptions did you get?

Vague.

She's always hooded or masked and nearly all her crimes

were committed at night.

The guy was ex-SAS.

Ex-SAS!

No shit, Sherlock.

You are dark, man.

You are dark.

I knew you were bad but this, this is...

Was there a woman?

Was there anybody up there with you?

At the farm?

What?

Again?

Just, you know, did anyone talk you into it?

What the hell would you say a stupid thing like that for?

Eh?

The Devil...

The Devil was up there with me.

She's a thrill seeker of the most dangerous kind

and the biggest kick of all is embroiling

the weak and the needy in her crimes.

Killing by remote control.

Come on, Lee, it's time to clean up.

You think she went into the house

with the killer and Jessie?

You think she witnessed the rape?

At the killing of PC Amar she got into the car

with the gunman.

Sir, it's me.

I don't know what kind of face Dr Alexander's putting on

for you but it's not her real one.

And DI James is still very much on the team.

You disobeyed a direct order from a senior officer

and you're obstructing a live inquiry.

-This is such bullshit! -Harry, don't.

I'd be careful.

Why's that?

Detective Superintendent Byrne

is very possessive of this case.

And his bite is considerably worse than his bark.

12 years we've been waiting for this!

She's killed a cop.

So what's left?

Have you all come here to question Janet's findings?

They're more afraid of her than they are of me.

I'm not a cold-blooded killer.