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WOMAN: Dark-haired, missing teenager...

MAN: Female, dark hair, her throat was cut.

(SCREAMS)

My God... My guess is if we find this other body,

it's died in exactly the same way.

With considerable force.

Can we reconstruct her? You know, her face, from the skull?

"We want you to die." Amanda is the object of hate.

Suppose you've got a boyfriend? I haven't got a boyfriend.

It's the same girl. I'm next!

Easy, easy... Graham!

Graham Ian Dowling.

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

Beth Morris. Jack and Amanda's manager.

Single. Lives alone. It appears no-one else was in the house.

Had she had sex? Not as far as we know, no.

She'd just got out of the shower. The towel was still wet.

The fatal wound occurred on the bed.

Stab wounds,

an explosion of anger, but calm and precise after death.

(THINKS) So the killer surprises her, kills her.

Then takes her to a chair, and widens her legs.

Gets some clothes, drapes them, creates a scene.

Legs apart, facing the door.

(THINKS) She didn't have sex.

Why didn't the killer leave? Why sit her on a chair with her legs apart?

This was meant to shock.

That's all.

Where did you find the dog?

Bathroom.

He's Graham Dowling. He's lived here for six months.

Are you sure you haven't seen him?

Don.

Take a look at this.

More hate mail.

One he didn't send.

Neighbours haven't seen him for a few days, not since the crash.

He hasn't shown up at his brother's and hasn't shown his face at work.

Find his bank details, see if they tell us where he's drawing cash.

Yeah, it's Merrick.

Can you put out a description for a Graham Dowling and his car details?

Wanted on suspicion of murder.

Make sure the boys know to be careful if they find this guy.

He's extremely dangerous.

Kevin. Guv. Divers found these in the tarn.

We think they're from the girls.

Identical. Look.

The clasp's broken on that one.

Ask Forensics if it was ripped from her neck in a struggle.

I'm sorry to have to bring you in like this.

I just thought we could talk more freely. Hotels can be a bit public.

That's fine by us. It's good to get out.

Coffee, Mrs Vance.

OK, right.

I apologise in advance. Some of my questions may seem insensitive

but it's my job to put them to you, OK?

Have you ever seen this man?

Is this him?

I can't tell you that. I just need to know if you've seen him.

Yeah, I've seen him.

He was in Dilton yesterday.

You're positive? Yeah, he knocked a girl out the way.

What girl? She was about 18.

I was doing a photograph with her.

This guy practically threw himself at us.

Ask Jason, he was there. Yeah, I will.

And did you see him leave?

I just remember the incident, not what happened after.

"You can only draw the conclusion

that different crimes have different perpetrators..."

Thank you, Jenny.

..that the drive behind the murder is different."

What do we call this?

The signature. The signature is different

when we have different killers.

What if it's the same killer but a different motive?

Won't the signature be different? Modus operandi will be different

but if you've killed before, your previous experience overrides motive

and you will leave a trademark.

Excellent.

(Excellent.)

Go on.

You don't know the girl's name? I probably asked, but...

Jason might know, he got her a cab. Is this relevant?

There was no forced entrance so either Beth let her killer in

or he had keys.

Who else has keys?

It's just ourselves, Beth and Jason, yeah?

And he was with you yesterday?

Yeah, I do a lot of travelling and it helps to have someone drive.

OK.

Was Beth in a relationship? Where is all this getting us?

Beth is dead, you know who killed her, he tried to kill me.

Why aren't you trying to find him?

We are. I'm just trying to fill in the background.

Was Beth in a relationship? No.

Had she recently split up? She's never had a relationship.

What about you, Mrs Vance?

Me neither.

Dr Hill? Hm? No, keep going,

you're doing really well. Apply that to the hypothetical model.

OK.

I'd be worried that the killer of the girls hides their bodies

but the killer of the woman left her exposed so graphically.

But what are the common factors apart from the slit throats?

The care of the bodies after death.

The woman's killer is definitely a previous killer,

they've had experience, but there's a learning experience with the girls

in how they're disposed of.

Central to all this is that the same people link the deaths.

Different deaths

but probably linked. But a different motive.

Revenge against the person represented by the girls.

And anger, directly with the woman.

That's very good. Thank you.

I'm still not sure

about the dog.

Mum, I'll see you later. All right, love, take care.

Hi, Gemma. Hiya.

Forensics have done the crucifixes. Good.

Carol. Hang on.

One is consistent with being torn from a neck.

Where can we buy them? Cheap accessory shops.

Anything on Dowling? We're waiting for his bank.

There's no sightings. He's vanished. He's somewhere.

Get onto the ports, airports.

Try the Passport Office.

Yes, Tony.

I don't think he'll have done that.

He's never going to be far away from Jack. He wants to be close to him.

Why would he leave the country? OK. How close is close?

He needs to be with him, or feel he's with him,

when he driven by the compulsion so I'd say...

an hour.

40 miles. Great (!)

An 80-mile diameter, easier to say somewhere in the north!

Probably. At least you're not looking in Spain.

They're faxing a statement. He's twice used a cash point in Seaford.

Get round the hotels, circulate his description.

He must be staying somewhere. What is it you wanted?

Go on, you'll be late.

I'll see you tomorrow.

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Where have you kept the letters?

Three, three, three,

three, three, three, three, three, three, one...

An obsessional-delusional stalker - three, three, three...

Two... three... None?

But sometimes one, two...

None?

Some of these are missing.

I didn't expect you to be here.

Ow!

Wow!

What do you think?

It's perfect.

WOMAN: How long do I have to wait?

I can't... Will someone understand the urgency? My daughter is missing.

Mrs Perry, I'm sorry. Can you...? I know.

Take a seat!

Can I help?

Are you a policeman? Sort of. Is this your daughter?

Yes.

Donna.

She's 17.

Is this recent? Yes, last month, at Dilton College.

You're from Dilton. Yes.

She left for college this morning but she never got there.

I looked in her room. She'd taken her bag.

It's not like her to do that.

Same age, appearance, from Dilton. She went to see Jack yesterday.

She's like the others. And went missing in the same way.

Dowling was there yesterday.

Mrs Perry?

I'm Detective Inspector Jordan.

For me?

Yeah.

The moment I saw it...

..I thought of you.

To remind you

of here.

Do you think she's still alive? There's a strong possibility.

She bought a train ticket to Five Walls Halt.

That's three miles from Seaford.

It's a build-up, it's like a romance.

He makes them travel, takes them somewhere.

He gives them a trinket - crucifix, token of his affection.

Then they have sex.

And then he turns.

How long is there before he kills her?

Let's be old-fashioned and say they have sex tonight.

At the earliest he'll kill her in the morning, at the latest...a week.

If he treats her differently, might we have longer?

The only time he changed the pattern, he killed swiftly, ruthlessly

and in anger. No trinket, no affection, just pure hate.

The one thing I don't understand -

if it's Dowling... why's he treating them kindly?

Beth and the dog,

I can understand. That is pure Dowling.

The girls and Beth by the same person, that makes sense.

But all three together?

MOBILE PHONE What are you saying?

There's inconsistencies.

Beth not giving you some letters. Are you sure about that?

Yes.

Good.

They've found Dowling.

(CONFUSED SHOUTING)

Get up! Right. Where is she?

Don?

Bag it. We'll have it tested.

What have you done with her!

Bitch!

(SCREAMS) Fucking slag!

Get off me! No!

FRANTIC BANGING

Let me go! Please!

MUFFLED SCREAMS

How do you know Jack Vance?

We're friends.

Quite close friends.

We talk.

Do you write?

To each other? Yeah, all the time.

He likes it when I write. He looks forward to my letters every day.

Every day?

Every other day.

No delivery Sunday. Three times a week.

I always leave a gap so he has time to write back.

Always three times a week. Always.

Told you.

And um... does Mr Vance write back to you?

Of course.

Um...

He tells me...what he's been doing and um...

He's lying to protect his self-image. Keep the conversation on Jack.

I'd like to see those letters.

Careful, Carol, that's threatening.

(MOUTHS)

And um...when did your relationship with Mr Vance start?

Eight years ago.

How did you meet?

He looked at me while I was watching TV.

He waved to me.

Do you write to anyone else in the house?

No. What about Mrs Vance?

Did you ever write to Mrs Vance?

Only when Jack wants me to.

Does he ask you to?

He doesn't have to ask. I know when he wants me to.

Does Mrs Vance write back?

She has never replied or acted on my advice.

Really. What advice do you give her? Not so direct, Carol.

Ever asked her to get out of Jack's life?

She has to go. You went to the house, didn't you?

Are you doing this on purpose? Does this work?

You've been inside. You're pushing him too far.

Bitch. Bitch. Bitch.

You know...

You know what she does to Jack.

The whore.

Behind Jack's back!

BITCH! Bitch!

She's a whore!

Oh, shit.

ALARM She's a whore!

Hey, calm down. Just calm down.

How do you and Jack cope not being together?

It's hard for both of us.

But nothing we can't overcome.

Would you ever do anything to hurt him?

Of course not.

I love him like a brother.

Could you prove your love if I tested you?

I'm not sure how else to believe you.

If you were really close you'd know a lot about him. Like what?

OK.

Tell me something about the house. How many toilets downstairs?

Um...er...two.

Er, three.

Has Beth's room got blinds? Curtains.

Carpet or lino? Oh, I don't know.

Jack gave you a key.

Not yet. That's when I move in. How do you get in?

There's a faulty catch in the utility room window.

How long's Jason worked for them? Since he left... Oh, don't tell me.

Catering college.

How many women in the house? Two. How many dogs?

Of course he killed the dog.

He doesn't know Beth's dead. He still thinks two women live in the house.

Why get that wrong? He's obsessive, you said, prides himself on knowing.

The utility room window had a security lock fitted

after the dog attack. I don't care.

I still say he's a credible suspect. OK.

Does his post-offence behaviour differ from pre-offence behaviour?

Is he violent

within a stable relationship?

Does he have relationships? You're joking, aren't you?

Our killer's intelligent, Carol.

Has a handicap and maintains normal relationship. But there's violence.

It's sexual violence. Beth's murder was a sexual warning.

The murder of Beth and the girls

was by the same person but with a different motive. It wasn't Dowling.

Who are we looking for?

Someone close to the house, who didn't need to break in.

Just walked through the front door.

We've found a bloodstained knife at the Vance house.

It's got Jason's fingerprints on it.

Look. I'm not a fool, so don't treat me like one.

(WHIMPERS) Please let me go.

No.

I can't do that. That's what they all do.

Suddenly, they just leave me.

(SOBS) I just want to go home.

I was going to do this room in blue,

but I thought it wouldn't be warm enough, you know?

But er...

I think this works, don't you?

What colour's your bedroom?

Purple.

Purple?

Is it?

Just like ours, eh?

That's nice.

Tell me you love me.

(GASPS)

I love you.

.

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OK, we know she was heading for Five Walls Halt.

What we don't know is,

did she arrive? The fact that two bodies

have already been found in the tarn near Five Walls Halt

suggests that in that area is the killing ground.

She's with him been imprisoned by him for 19 hours.

She's out there.

Hopefully still alive. We've just got to find her. OK?

Don't just assume it's Jason, Carol.

Hard evidence was missing with Dowling.

You were right, I was wrong.

But undeniably, your fingerprints were on the knife, Jason.

Why did you kill her?

I didn't.

The knife was covered in Beth's blood.

The blade matches the wounds on her body.

How did your fingerprints get there? I don't know.

What were you doing before you joined Mr and Mrs Vance?

I was at college. Studying... Catering.

When you enrol on a course,

aren't you supposed to buy yourself a set of kitchen knives,

the make of which is stipulated by the college?

The answer is, Jason,

yes, you are.

The knife that killed Beth,

with your fingerprints on it, is one of those knives.

Are any of yours missing? (SOFTLY) I don't know.

All I want is you to tell the truth.

I am.

I have done.

Ellie.

I've got some gaps I need - DOOR SLAMS

I've got some gaps - CLUNKS

I've got some gaps to fill in. TOILET FLUSHES

Did Jack play football for Scotland?

You know he did.

No, I don't, I'm not a fan.

Well, 65 caps, 27 goals.

Sounds good.

Oh, aye. He was the best player of his generation.

CAROL: We found the knives.

In your wardrobe. I haven't used them for years.

And Donna Perry's address and number written by you, in your room.

Then he messed it up by marrying Amanda.

No. She came later. Really?

Maybe you were jealous.

She was seeing someone else? I wasn't jealous. How could I be?

So she was seeing someone?

Yeah. Who?

So until Amanda came along, he was single?

No.

He already had me.

Oh, yeah. But before you...

Who was she seeing, Jason? A woman.

Right, so...

Your justification for her not finding you attractive is -

"She doesn't fancy me. She's a lesbian."

She was a lesbian. Ask Amanda.

They were lovers.

Wasn't he married before? Mmm.

That's right, to er... What's her name?

Don't tell me...don't tell me...

Jilly. Jilly.

That's right. (Jilly.)

They got divorced, didn't they?

She lives in that place. Where is it now...?

Yes?

I'm Dr Hill. I telephoned.

Oh. Yes. Please come in.

(SIGHS ANXIOUSLY)

I know how difficult this is going to be, so...

Why don't I tell you what I think I know.

You tell me if I'm wrong.

Yeah, OK.

To the world, you and Jack were a very...happy couple.

Privately, things were less happy.

He was demanding, controlling, manipulative.

Everything was your fault.

Then one day, he hit you.

He said he was sorry, and you forgave him.

To the world, you're still Mr and Mrs Perfect.

But now he's violent on a regular basis.

Then he raped you.

The rapes became more frequent.

(SOBS) Oh, go away.

KNOCKING Hello? Police! Anyone in?

Then, there was no such thing as rape in a marriage.

No! No, help me!

HELP ME! HELP ME!

No-one would believe that Jack Vance was capable of that.

Help me!

(SOBS) Help me!

Then seven years ago, he was injured.

It ended his career.

That was your chance to leave.

Yes.

I left him while he was in the hospital.

He was elbowed in the face, he suffered a fractured cheekbone.

But that sort of injury, it wouldn't end a career, would it?

Er, no.

But what wasn't reported was that when it happened, he lost an eye.

And he's been blaming you ever since.

Amanda Vance is a lesbian - that is ridiculous.

He's just grasping at anything that'll get him off the hook.

It's complete fabrication. No, it makes sense.

Some of the letters were withheld. Why?

They'd have revealed the affair. Come on, Tony. Get with it.

Jason's prints were the only ones on the knife.

He had Donna's address and phone number in his room.

Beth found out about the girl, so he killed her.

Jason is too young to have done it.

Our killer is older, confident, charismatic.

Our killer is Jack Vance.

Jack Vance?

You ask his first wife.

He sexually abused her.

He beat her up, Carol.

His cheekbone had been shattered. Ended his career. His cheekbone.

He takes Jason everywhere with him.

He used Jason, just like he uses his marriage to Amanda.

So why did he kill Beth?

Was he jealous of her? No.

He knew about Amanda and Beth, just as Amanda knows he sees other women.

But she doesn't know that he kills them.

It's a marriage of convenience for the both of them.

So Beth threatened to destabilise Jack's world?

Yes.

If Beth hands over the letters, the affair's exposed.

Jack couldn't let that happen.

His marriage protected him.

So he set Jason up.

He used Jason's knife to kill Beth.

And all the girls...

..looked exactly like his first wife.

To him, that's who they represent.

He abused his wife

until she had the strength to leave. That was the trigger to kill.

OK.

So the only way to prove all this,

is to find Donna. If she's still alive.

Do you think Amanda knows where he takes them?

I think you're going to have to tell Amanda what you know first.

I'm sorry, Mrs Vance.

We know you didn't give us all of the letters.

We're also aware of your relationship with Beth.

This is a murder inquiry.

It's an offence to withhold or destroy evidence.

Everyone would have known.

I didn't want that.

Beth did. She didn't...understand that I couldn't do that to Jack.

Jason didn't kill Beth.

What do you mean? I thought you'd arrested him!

Beth wanted to be honest about your relationship. The man who killed her

could never allow that to happen. Who?

(Jack?)

No. No, he couldn't -

He raped Jilly. He didn't touch you, because you never had sex.

Your husband is picking up and murdering young women.

The count is eight. With Beth, nine.

He's holding a schoolgirl - Donna Perry?

Somewhere near Five Walls Halt.

She may already be dead. We must find her.

Where's his house, Mrs Vance? He's never told me.

I don't ask, we've got separate lives.

I think he used to call it his...

Er...his retreat, I... That's all I know.

Amanda, finding Donna is our only way of stopping him.

If you know, don't protect him.

If I knew, I would tell you. DOOR OPENS

Hi, darling.

I heard about Jason.

Have you charged him? Er, no.

Not yet. Can I have a word, Jack?

I'd like you to come in. Yeah, sure. If I can be of any help.

I need to advise the police on interview technique,

and you can help with background.

Jason's denying it, even though we've got his fingerprints.

We also need you to identify his writing - he had Donna's address.

Who's Donna? A girl he met in Dilton.

She's gone missing.

(SIGHS) I can't believe it.

Right, well,

I'll get my car. I'll come with you.

Ring ahead, we'll put him under pressure.

Confront him with every photograph of every girl.

I need this room cleared. Now!

Maps of where they disappeared, and where they were last seen.

Get a map of Five Walls Halt.

All the evidence in bags, on the desk. The crucifix.

Oh, and mark the files as if Jason's a suspect.

To remind him of his crimes.

DOOR OPENS

Come through.

Please, take a seat.

It's er... (COUGHS)

It's very impressive.

Please, sit down.

Is this what

all investigations look like?

Only when we're close to catching the killer.

That's when we gather all the stuff,

to see the strengths and weaknesses of the case.

This is very strong.

We're just missing one thing that'll convict our man.

TONY: Carol. Sorry.

Could I have a word? Yeah. Sorry.

DOOR CLOSES

(GASPS)

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How long shall we leave him for?

Just let him take it in.

Kev.

Yes, Guv. Get over to Dowling's.

Take his flat apart again.

Let's go.

How did you and Jason first meet?

Erm... It was at a college somewhere.

We were doing a piece on educational opportunities.

We do it in August, after exam results.

Not sure

what he was studying, but erm...

something to do with catering...

He was always

very easy with people.

I would have trusted him with my life.

Foolish as that now seems.

Have you ever seen any of these girls before?

No.

No, I meet so many people.

Why? Well, he lured them with promises of getting closer to you.

Ah, that's sick.

He then kills them.

He's got a place near Five Walls Halt.

Where's that?

Near Seaford.

Do you recognise that handwriting? Yes, yes, I do.

That's Jason's.

It's the address of the girl who's gone missing.

The one you told me about?

What's he done with her?

If his pattern's anything to go by,

he's incarcerated her, restrained her,

probably raped and starved her.

And smashed her cheekbone to pieces with a rock.

He does that to all his victims.

And as you can see, his victims are almost identical.

He takes out on them a rejection he had early in his life.

His mother?

Could be a girlfriend.

I've seen it happen with first wives.

He also gives them

cheap crucifixes. Before killing them.

How many bodies have you found?

Two.

We're looking for six. When we pick Donna up,

she'll identify him.

We should be with Donna

within the hour. We've got people closing in on various locations.

Your footballing career ended early, didn't it? Yeah.

Do you know about football?

I know about fractured cheekbones and damaged optic nerves.

You're very well-informed.

Guv.

Excuse me.

(Chapel.)

CAROL: Tony.

Excuse me.

How old's that map, Carol? I don't know.

He could have converted it. What?

He's got a chapel. Donna's in the chapel.

Amanda said he called it his retreat, it's a religious term. Crucifix - iconography.

Do you know why we haven't found any more bodies? Why?

I think he buries them in the graves.

Sorry about that.

Where is he?

Andy, Vicky, Don - move!

(THINKS) Hidden in water.

TYRES SCREECH

Jack!

(GASPS)

SIRENS

Go on, move!

Move!

Quiet, everyone. Shush.

Andy, Vicky, out there.

Barry, upstairs.

FOOTSTEPS

Don. Kevin...

Here, move this.

Dear God.

How is Donna? She'll be fine.

If Dowling hadn't stalked Jack, we'd never have got him.

Donna would be dead, God knows how many others.

What about the other girls? In their graves, close to home.

Jack Vance. The housewives' favourite.

Could never let himself get caught.

To him, this was a victory.

Killers and victims do what it takes to survive.

You sound like something from a text book.

Do I? I didn't mean to.

Something I learned from Angelica.

It's why I'm alive.

He's back and he's started killing again.

Huh?! This was number two.

What the hell is this? Number three.

Bag, table, rope - You know where this leaves us.

With 10 more possible victims.

This is an execution.

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