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..self harm by the kidnapper.

And Stockholm Syndrome, named after a 19th-century robbery went wrong.

The hostages ended up helping their kidnappers against the police.

In extreme circumstances,

victims develop an emotional empathy with the person harming them.

Examples to back up that theory?

Patty Hearst. Kidnapped and raped

by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.

Ended up robbing banks with them. Good.

But why is it we do that?

What drives people like Patty to that position?

Isn't it victimisation to the point of compliance?

Don't we all do what it takes not to be the victim?

Is that how you approached the Angelica Bain case?

I hadn't thought. Erm...

I was prepared to do anything rather than end up dead.

So your motivation was self-preservation.

So why do you still see her?

PHONE RINGS

It's a unique opportunity. My torturer is now my patient.

Oh. Tony Hill.

MAN: What state is the body in?

WOMAN: We have some bones, but identification will be difficult.

I've asked Tony Hill to take a look.

Last time, I felt we could have done with him much sooner.

An early opinion could prove useful.

Have the two of you had a chance to catch up?

Carol?

Carol? Er, no, no. We haven't spoken.

Did he say how he felt about coming back to us?

After what he went through?

Never mentioned it.

Can I tempt you, Jack? No, no.

Bit too early. He always says that.

Just at weekends. How am I doing?

A bit flaky. As usual, darling. Speak for yourself.

Right. Next week we will be doing

the battle of the chefs, so join us.

Ecstatix perform their new hit single.

And the sex secrets of Hollywood. Bye just now.

# DAYTIME THEME TUNE

WOMAN: Thank you, studio. Off air.

Don't worry, three times a week is a major opportunity.

You become the show to be seen on.

Jack, you're in Norwich at 7:00. Jason will pick you up at 3:30.

No problem.

I want to avoid overexposure.

What's in Norwich? A charity football match.

Jason'll be there. You just turn up and be you.

That's why they love you.

Shall I wait up? Ask Beth, she's in charge.

Sign this, will you? The hospital want to auction it.

This is the new strips, not the one I wore when I played.

It says Scotland, it's got your name and number. Does it matter?

Yeah, fans notice things like that.

Real fans, maybe. Not ones that pay 250 quid for a black-tie dinner.

(SIGHS)

Thank you!

Right, folks, best behaviour. OK. Tits and teeth!

EXCITED CHATTER

June.

Right, thanks.

What's your name? Rachel. Rachel.

Don't push, we'll get to everyone.

Hi, who's that to?

Me.

Right. Jack?

Yeah.

No. Just yours.

Jason, let's go.

Bye.

Cheers.

CAR HORN

(CLEARS THROAT)

Six weeks? Mm-hm.

And the network don't mind me being away?

No. In fact, they were all for it.

Good publicity for going three times a week.

I thought I was promoting the book.

You are, it's just good for local radio interviews.

You know how much time they have.

The publishers have come through with places and dates.

It's comprehensive, but not exhausting.

And that starts Thursday? Uh-huh.

While she's away, Jack... (GASPS)

(SIGHS) God.

It's the same person.

What does it say this time?

I thought we were weeding these out.

Sorry, I...

must have missed it.

Are you OK?

You'd think you'd get used to them.

Why should people think like that?

Why should they feel the need to be so...?

(PHONE RINGS) Beth Morris.

Yes, hello.

Yep. Yes.

Hello.

Hi.

I wanted to call, see how you were.

Why didn't you?

I did.

Really? I didn't get your message.

I didn't leave one.

No good at that sort of thing.

Yeah. Me neither.

Are you still seeing her?

What, Angelica?

Yeah.

We have to face our demons some time.

It's not very pleasant.

No need to protect me. I've seen bodies before.

I don't know what help I'll be, but we'll only know by confronting this.

So, shall we?

Yeah.

MAN: Female. Dark-haired...

5'4".

15, 16.

Been dead a while - six, maybe even seven years.

Tests on spores from the gut should narrow it down.

On those parts of the body not decomposed,

no distinguishing marks. Some missing hand bones

due to decomposition. How did she die?

Hard to tell. The water was deep and very cold,

but my guess is that her throat was cut.

This also seems to tally with some marks in the muscle tissue

but don't quote me on that.

She'd also received a fractured cheekbone prior to death.

Obviously, you can't tell if she was raped?

Sorry.

And er...no clothes to identify her. No?

I've photographed and imprinted the teeth.

So. Dark-haired missing teenager.

Not the shortest list in the world.

She hasn't had any children.

That might narrow it down.

She was wrapped, preserved, protected.

But apart from that,

until you know more about the victim there's not much more I can tell you.

Great (!)

What about the other one? What other one?

The other bones you found. They were metacarpals from her fingers.

Unless she had three thumbs, one is from another body.

RINGS

I'm going to grab a shower. OK.

Right, what does everyone want for lunch?

Whatever's in the fridge. Thanks for calling back.

Pasta it is. Not too spicy.

Oh, the dog hasn't got out again, has he?

Haven't seen him. Chester! Chester!

(SCREAMS)

Amanda! I'll call you back.

Amanda! What is it?!

Oh, my God.

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Yes. It's her. She's your victim.

Louise Locke. Aged 15. Went missing in 1996.

Never turned up to school. Seen on a train with an overnight bag.

The feeling was she'd run away.

Where's she from? Last address is Marston.

Where's Tony? Had to see a patient.

Get him. I want to brief him now.

Good, you're still here. Not for long.

We've ID'd the girl in the tarn. You have?

That means the investigation

can carry on without you. I'm sorry?

I need you elsewhere.

Jack and Amanda Vance's hate mail

has developed into something different.

They came home to find their dog with its throat cut.

Amanda Vance? I'll comfort her!

Now you can see why you were the only man for the job.

Thanks, sir, that's so reassuring (!)

Don't know why you're smiling. You've got Tony Hill.

You got any cigarettes?

You can't smoke in here.

Afraid I'll die of cancer before my trial?

The fag wants a fag!

Wouldn't want to lose you, Angelica.

Course not, I'm the torturing freak.

A celebrity.

You said you wanted to be a part of me.

Now you've got me, I hope I don't disappoint.

Does confinement make you angry? You tell me.

I like a captive audience.

You're the one

who gave me the most pleasure.

(You still take the most pain.)

But now our roles are reversed.

You're the one being held against your will.

You're not the only person in my life, Angelica.

And you got this today?

In the...mail I opened after the show.

And it came here, yeah?

Usually Jason weeds them out. Today was a studio day,

it didn't happen.

How long has this been going on?

Um...about five or six months.

It comes with being on television.

People let you in their homes. Some don't like you.

Normally, I think nothing of it. They'd become more disturbing.

Jack and I decided it was best if Amanda didn't see them.

I'd like to see them.

I'll send them over. As soon as you can.

At the moment they're all we've got to go on.

Have you noticed anyone loitering outside the house?

We get the odd person walk up the drive out of curiosity.

Did you know the alarm was off?

When we're late,

we sometimes forget to switch it on.

And there was no sign of a break-in, it was just you two and Jack?

And Jason. And where is HE now?

With Jack, in Norwich. Jack didn't want to go

but it was too late to cancel.

Have all the letters been targeted at you, Mrs Vance?

I don't know. I've only seen - Yes. Yes, they have.

Mr Vance hasn't had any letters?

Not of the threatening kind, no.

His are mostly from teenage girls

and housewives. I'll arrange for an officer to stay.

Would you? Can we discuss it with Jack?

We might increase our own security. Yeah, of course.

Mrs Locke? Yes.

Detective Sergeant Merrick. This is Dr Hill...

Louise?

I'm sorry.

What do you remember about that morning, Mrs Locke?

Mrs Locke?

It was ordinary.

That's what I'll always remember -

how an ordinary day can suddenly change your life.

We got up.

I got up.

I didn't have to wake her. She were already in the bathroom.

She had...breakfast.

I came down. She reminded me

that she were going to Laura's after school.

And then she left.

That were the last time.

And I hate it...

that...

..the last thing she told me were a lie.

She... She didn't go to Laura's.

She got on a train.

But she was a bright girl, wasn't she?

Yes.

She were doing eight GCSEs.

Hard worker.

Usually home on time.

You didn't row.

So she was a lovely girl.

She was...a good girl.

Don't hold that one lie against her.

Her clothes?

She took one change of clothes? A skirt and top.

When would she wear them?

They were her best.

Girl from a one-parent family. No real pressures at home.

Not a drug taker. Never been in care and loved her mother.

Who one day hides a bag from her with her best clothes in it.

I don't think she ran away. She left here to meet someone.

Beth.

Good, you're sorting them out. Yep.

Amanda should never have got that. I know. Jason normally sorts them.

It can't happen again. No, it won't.

Not after what happened to Chester.

Beth. Keep an eye on Jason. He's still learning.

And it is your responsibility.

Yes, I know.

(MUFFLED) We'll talk about extra security, OK?

Sleep OK?

Beth gave me some tablets. I didn't even hear you come back.

Yeah, it was late, getting on for two. How are you feeling?

The police seem certain

it's this bastard who sends the letters.

Yeah. I spoke with Beth.

Listen,

Amanda, I don't think we can take any risks.

We need some outside security until it's all over.

When's that? When he kills me?

When they arrest him. And they will. Try not to think about it.

Try not to think about somebody murdering our dog,

about someone hating me,

despising me, wanting me dead.

What sort of person is this, Jack?

Someone who's sick. And nothing is going to happen, OK?

Well, I'm not hiding.

I'm not going to stay in this house.

I'm not giving this weirdo the satisfaction of controlling me.

OK.

OK, that's fine.

That's absolutely fine. All I ask is don't do anything reckless, yeah?

OK.

There you are, sir. Thank you.

All right?

For Detective Inspector Jordan, from Jack and Amanda Vance.

DI Jordan? I'll take it. I'm going past.

All right, Kev.

Cheers, mate.

We have one body and one part of another body.

We know Louise got on a train. And someone fractured her cheekbone.

We know where her body was found.

Louise left home to meet someone and it was illicit. Otherwise, why lie?

Maybe her mum didn't approve. When I was her age I did stuff

my mum wouldn't have approved of.

Your mum disapproved because she knew the person you were going to meet.

Louise's mum didn't.

Now, Louise lied

to protect the person she was meeting.

I bet if we find this other body it is female, same age,

and died in the same way. Are you sure?

The events that led to her death

are very distinctive.

Someone influenced her behaviour.

We can assume if the killer followed the pattern -

- the victims do too.

We need to know where they died.

Yeah. The tarn is a dump site.

Where was the sighting on the train? Where was she going?

And did she get there?

Excuse me a moment.

Kevin? To what do we owe this pleasure?

From Jack and Amanda Vance.

They couldn't afford a pigeon so they used the nearest life form.

A month's salary.

Quite a setback. Could have been worse.

Could have been fined and put back into uniform.

Thank you for speaking for me.

I'd hate to see a good officer go to waste.

I hope you won't do anything quite so stupid again.

Well, I'll see you around.

What's that?

From the Vance case.

Who? Amanda Vance.

From the television.

Married to Jack Vance, also on TV, ex-Scotland football player. Yeah.

This is her hate mail. Oh, why didn't you say?

Do you want me to have a look?

Divers found a pelvis. It's from a young female.

Anything else you want to look at?

It's a weakness I have when people leave the room.

Remind me not to do it again. I know how obsessive you can be.

I don't think I'm obsessive.

No? OK.

Apart from work, patients and Angelica, what else is in your life?

Why? What else is in yours?

Come on then,

what about these letters? They are from all over the country.

Obviously.

So they either travel with work or...

they stalk Jack and Amanda as they move round the country.

I'll get a copy of their schedule.

No doubt they're from one person?

None at all.

Same handwriting.

Same language strands.

"Bitch. Die. Die."

"Bitch."

What we have here

is a delusional stalker.

"Get out of OUR lives."

"WE hate you."

"WE want you to die."

"Us."

Two people?

No.

A stalker's fixation is singular, it's theirs alone.

They perceive a relationship where none exists.

It's stalker and victim.

Here's a third party - "we, our, us."

Amanda is the hate object but the fixation is of someone else entirely.

Amanda is not the one being stalked, she is the person being hated?

The stalker thinks they're being kept from a loved one. They blame Amanda.

So who's this other person, then?

It could be anybody.

John Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan

out of love for Jodie Foster, who he'd never met.

So she's in that much danger?

If Amanda worked in a school or an office it would be easier

but because she's on television

and available to millions...

The violence stems from a perceived snub.

The stalker's felt that and killed the dog.

Any more rejections - yes, she's in danger.

HORN BLARES

HORN CONTINUES

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Are you all right?

No.

It has to be the same person. Or a coincidental accident.

She U-turned in the road. Someone could have hit her then drove off.

Whichever it is, we'll get the person.

Yesterday they were in here killing our dog,

today they ram Amanda's car.

What's planned for tomorrow? We're doing all we can.

Let's just hope it's enough, eh? Have you seen anyone following her?

It's part of the job. You get the usual faces, but they're no problem.

We'll be in touch as soon as we have something.

Guv?

What are you after?

I know what I did was wrong.

It's down to me and I'm prepared to carry the can.

But if you could give me something...

(CLEARS THROAT) You know, anything...

to prove to you, to upstairs,

that...I'm better than this.

OK. Some bloke's driven into Amanda Vance's car and just driven off.

Check the street cameras.

Someone may have missed something.

The local businesses have cameras.

I want that car found. Understood?

And you'll have a word with Brandon?

One step at a time, Kevin.

We've got exactly the same type of compound fracture

of the cheekbone Louise Locke had.

Not done with a sharp instrument.

Something flatter

but with considerable force.

Is it from the same body as the pelvis and hand bone?

Same age, same condition and have been there for the same duration.

Also it's female, like the pelvis.

My hunch is, yes, they belong to the same body.

'Wrapped, preserved, protected.'

If we could ID her we can compare characteristics.

This gives us method and personality. With personality we have a profile.

We're doing what we can. There's more with her than Louise.

Same age, same fracture, and I don't think it ends there.

We need to know what she looked like.

For that we need an ID.

Can we reconstruct her?

Her face from her skull.

Not until we've done the lists - TV, press appeals.

And in the meantime he's out there -

selecting, choosing, killing.

What she looks like is all I need.

OK.

The stalker visits sites of importance

to the object of their fixation. Where they live, work, go on holiday.

Before they'd killed the dog, they'd been to the house?

In the house. In the garden. Everywhere.

They're a walking encyclopaedia on this person.

And he's not afraid of taking risks.

He believes they must be together.

He?

The language is definitely male.

He's certainly known to the police.

Previous convictions - ABH, assault on men and women.

So he's sexually confused?

Sex has got nothing to do with it.

He's delusional about a relationship, not sex.

So if Amanda is the person preventing this relationship,

who is he fixated with?

With Jack.

She's his wife.

Could be.

So this skull, you said you had something on it?

Cheekbone fracture. Always on the left side.

So he's right-handed?

They're facing him when he hits them. You try it.

Try hitting two people in the same place

inflicting exactly the same injury.

That's virtually impossible.

Unless you're restrained. Tied up.

And these similarities between the girls you keep talking about?

We'll know when we see the face.

We've only got the first four digits of the number plate.

When you cross reference those with the paint results which belong to

a red Ford Fiesta, I got these. Good.

What's up? Three possibles, Don.

Check these names against previous convictions.

I already did that.

Graham Ian Dowling. Previous convictions -

burglary, indecent exposure and assault on a woman.

Don. Annie.

TYRES SCREECH

BANGING ON DOOR

It's the police, Mr Dowling.

Mr Dowling?

Ladies and gentleman,

please give a warm Dilton welcome to Mr Jack Vance!

WILD CHEERING

Take it easy, you'll get a chance.

Hi, what's your name, darling? Donna.

Donna, Donna, Donna. That's my mother's name, you know - Donna.

I suppose you've got a boyfriend, I haven't got a boyfriend.

No problem.

There you go, sweetheart.

I'm next!

Easy mate, easy. Graham.

Stop pushing!

No manners, Jack.

How accurate is it likely to be?

Fairly accurate. Bone structure is everything.

I adjusted the cast of the skull to eliminate the fractured cheekbone.

It's incredible, Sandra. Thank you.

I just didn't want to say it. Say what?

It's the same girl? No. It's a different girl.

A woman who looked like these girls

was important to our killer and probably rejected him.

The way he injures them is revenge

for his pain and suffering They're the same age.

Late teens, early 20s. The age of the girls is only relevant

because girls of this age... are impressionable and malleable.

The fractured cheekbones,

that's bound up with rejection. We think we've ID'd the second girl.

Matches the description of Sonia Wilson, 16, from Devon.

Never turned up at school. Took a change of clothing.

Presumed runaway, yep. Went missing in 1995.

If she died shortly afterwards, she was the first victim.

Of those we've found.

With each victim he's refined his method of disposal.

Sonia - weighted down in the water.

Louise - he's shown more care. He wrapped her, preserved her.

And in six years,

there's no way the killer has been inactive.

Each victim will have a new method of disposal.

He might keep them near home to minimise the risk.

These killings are planned.

We're looking at a male from mid-20s upwards.

OK, listen. Time is of the essence.

Cross-check similar disappearances.

See if anything matches up with Sonia or Louise.

Oh, they trusted him.

You don't travel to meet someone if you don't trust them.

How are we doing on finding Dowling?

(SIGHS)

That is exactly what I needed.

Sleep, sleep and more sleep.

When you were taken to hospital, I was so frightened, I thought...

Don't. Don't think, Beth. I feel fine. I am fine. They didn't get me.

The police have got a suspect.

They know where he lives. It'll only be a matter of time.

Then we can just carry on, can't we?

No need to cancel the book tour. No need to change anything.

Just carry on?

Exactly as before.

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Guv.

Two girls on the list disappeared in similar circumstances.

Melanie Pearson from Liverpool

and Karen Lloyd from Newport. Virtually Identical.

Similar backgrounds, disappearance. And a similar death. We've got four.

Six. You missed Hull and Cardiff.

Suzanne Mills and Rachel Bowman, also presumed runaways.

Rachel was four months ago. How did you get these?

You know I'm fond of the press!

A friend on one of the nationals. Crime desk?

Entertainment. There's another link. Apart from them looking similar.

It was on one of our desks.

Right under our nose.

The Vances' appointment diaries.

The stalker cut the dog's throat. That's how the girls were killed.

I see no connection between these women and Amanda Vance's stalker.

Each girl went missing just after Jack and Amanda had been in town.

I'm thinking, I'm thinking.

I highlighted the appointments when the girls went missing.

It's all here. All six. Regular intervals.

Do we have proof

that they actually met them?

No, but if you were them and Jack were in your area...

Not enough.

Could it be this bloke Dowling that's killed them?

Tony?

(DISTANT) Tony? Yes, it's possible.

Use of knife, the use of water.

He's fixated with Jack. He wants Jack to himself and Amanda out of the way.

If Dowling sees the girls meet Jack and reads signals that aren't there,

he could misinterpret the attention Jack gives them for...

affection.

And believes they have to be got rid of.

I want Dowling arrested.

Is he injured or disabled? If he isn't,

he will be when I find him.

Does it matter? It doesn't explain the cheekbone.

He's proved himself to be a vicious bastard. That's enough.

Did you give the police the letters? Yes.

All of them? Most. Those they needed to see.

And those they didn't? Safe.

Why, was that wrong? No. I don't think so. Do you?

Scares me that that creep knows about us. How?

I don't think we should complicate things.

No.

I just wish we could be honest about us.

So do I. It's just... it wouldn't achieve anything.

We've worked so hard for this.

Think of what it would do to Jack.

It was your idea I married him in the first place.

You're not going to say anything, are you?

No.

But it would be nice to walk beside and not behind you, that's all.

I'm going to make some calls.

What is it?

It's...nothing.

It's nothing at all.

Hi, Mr Vance. Hiya.

Hi, Jack. Hiya.

Didn't I just meet you at the sports store?

That's me.

Er...what was your name again?

Don't you remember?

Headed too many footballs, bad for the memory.

You er...want me to spell it out for you?

Um...you shouldn't be here, you know?

I don't always do what I'm told.

Right.

Jason.

Could you get this lady a cab home?

No problem. Come on.

Where do you live? Here in Dilton.

And how about I give you a lift from Mr Vance?

D-O-W - Dowling.

(OFFICERS ALL SPEAK AT ONCE)

If you're killing them, where are the bodies?

If you're not afraid of risk, why haven't we found them?

Hidden in water?

Wrapped and hidden in water. But a dog in a bath?

What's up?

Just trying to make sense of it.

Got him!

He works for a security company - Holdfast Security.

They haven't seen him for a day or so

but he's on the rota to protect Amanda Vance at a book signing.

This afternoon.

EXCITED SHOUTING

Hi, nice to meet you.

SIREN

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Nice to meet you.

BANGING ON DOOR

Come on!

Stay close. Don't argue with me.

Now look!

The man who smashed into your car.

Look at him!

He's here. He's meant to be protecting you.

Are you sure?

(SLOWLY) Are you sure?

He's not in the building.

Really, there's no need.

Beth's here.

If you're sure.

Night, then.

What?

Beth?

Beth?

My interest is strictly professional.

Yeah, yeah (!)

What's going on?

Darling, don't piss about. I'm not in the mood.

Beth.

(SCREAMS HYSTERICALLY)

No.

Can you put out a description for a Graham Ian Dowling?

Wanted on suspicion of murder.

There's violence. Sexual violence. This murder was a sexual warning.

My daughter is missing.

(SCREAMS) What have you done with her?

I've been to their house. Bitch!

Your fingerprints were found on the knife. Bitch!

Bitch! Bitch!

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