The Chameleon Killer Mystery by Gina Cheyne

Author:Gina Cheyne [Cheyne, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781915138125
Published: 2023-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

MOST CHAMELEONS EAT INSECTS AND PLANTS

As they emerged at Waterloo Station, Cat noticed she had a missed call from Caroline.

Miranda, her ankle now completely recovered, skipped over to the machine to get the tickets while Cat called her daughter back.

‘Mum,’ said Caroline, her voice full of desperate emotion, ‘Anthony’s been charged! I can’t believe it. Charged! It’s not right.’

Cat felt cold. She didn’t know how to help. If anything, everything they had found so far seemed to add to the mystery surrounding Anthony.

‘Did they find something else?’

‘Yes, but it’s rubbish, not true.’ She paused and Cat heard the rustle of chocolate paper. ‘They found some old blood on the floor. DNA testing shows initially that it is from Anthony’s blood type … Look, I don’t really understand it, but the lawyer said it has some kind of genetic resemblance to Anthony’s mtDNA, so it could be some relative of Anthony or Anthony himself.’

Cat pinched the end of her nose. ‘Someone from Anthony’s family? That’s weird. Or was that police sarcasm?’

Her daughter made a noise. ‘Apparently they need more tests. And they need to find members of his family.’

‘Oh,’ said Cat.

Would they go and ask George and Kaya for samples? Or Anthony’s brother? Where was this going? She had a feeling she read something about mtDNA being the most reliable way to check heredity, but she didn’t say anything about it to Caroline, who was quite anxious enough already.

‘What happens next?’ Cat asked.

‘He goes in front of magistrates and the police ask for remand in custody. The lawyer is going to ask for bail, but he says they probably won’t get it.’

Cat stared at the roof of the Tube station. ‘What is the lawyer going to say? I mean, how is he trying to convince the magistrates they’ve got the wrong person and will be putting an innocent man on remand?’

There was more chocolate paper scuffling before Caroline’s voice came back slightly stronger. ‘Well, we know that Anthony was outside King’s College when he talked to you. You are his alibi, but the lawyer says the police won’t buy it. He says they say they only have Anthony’s word for the fact that he was there. Oh Mum! If only you’d do WhatsApp video calls, you’d be a much better witness.’

Cat raised an eyebrow. Looks like it was all her fault. How did that happen?

‘What about tracking records?’ she asked. ‘I thought that was the problem with phones; they always know where you are. Or CCTV?’

‘Sure but! The lawyer is trying to get the information from Apple, but apparently they haven’t been very forthcoming. If Anthony is found guilty, I’ll never use an Apple phone again.’

Her mother said nothing. She wondered if the police had requested the CCTV from King’s.

‘And against him they have the gun, the silencer, the shooting certificate,’ said Caroline, ‘and—can you believe this—their DNA testing also found a match to one of the hairs in Rupert’s flat. How can that be? It must be police incompetence like in that Foxy Knoxy case … you know where the police accidentally got the boy’s DNA on the bra.

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