Body by the Docks: detectives investigate a baffling mystery by Diane M Dickson

Author:Diane M Dickson [Dickson, Diane M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Book Folks
Published: 2021-04-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 36

Terry arrived as they were giving David Griffiths a rundown of the case.

“So, this Eddie, the older brother,” Griffiths said, “how much do you know about him?”

“Not very much,” Jordan said. “He has a bar in Spain. It’s one of the big holiday destinations. Seems to have done okay but there’s been nothing from him at all since the discovery of the mother’s body. We have tried to contact him via mobile phone, and we did speak to someone at the bar. He left there a couple of weeks ago and they haven’t heard from him since. They’re beginning to be a bit concerned as it’s moving into their busy period and nobody else does the ordering etc.”

“Hmm. I reckon we’ll get someone to go and have a look at his bar in person. Do you have his Spanish address? And a recent picture?”

“Address is in the file, no picture. There was a possible sighting of him by a neighbour up near where the body was found. But Gary was insistent it must have been a mistake. To be honest, we haven’t spent a lot of time on him and Gary was antsy when we asked for photographs. Of course, that was before yesterday, and he didn’t seem very important. Did we slip up there?” Jordan asked.

“Don’t beat yourself up about it. This is a developing situation, it’s no good looking at what-ifs. I fully get your thinking. Anyway, leave him with me, yeah. I may be able to help you out with some of this,” said David Griffiths.

“Okay. In the meantime, I’m intending to carry on with our search for Molly. That won’t step on anybody’s toes, will it?” Jordan said.

“No, seems like a plan, actually. Keep me updated with any developments. What have you got going? Have you put an appeal out?”

“I have discussed it with my boss and we agreed to hang fire on it for a while but I’ll run it all by him again, I don’t see a need to wait now.” He was aware that Terry was looking at him with his eyebrows raised but the young DC would learn that there were times to speak out and times when it was best to keep things to yourself. “I’ll get on to it this morning. I suppose it’s too late to use Gary now. He was against it anyway.”

“Yes, I’d prefer to have him to ourselves,” Griffiths said. He glanced at his watch. “In fact, I’ve already sent a couple of my mob round there. They’ll be with him right now. We may well need to commandeer one of your interview rooms. I assume I can rely on your help with him if necessary, Jordan? He’s familiar with you.”

“Of course. Anything.”

DCI Cross arrived just as Griffiths turned to leave. Jordan made the introductions. It was obvious he’d come down because someone had alerted him to the presence of the visitor. It became clear he knew at least some of what was going on, but he was surprisingly tight-lipped.

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