The Other Killer by Noelle Holten

Author:Noelle Holten
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-12-18T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

Dr Fiona Blake and her team arrived at the abandoned freight car within the hour. Maggie and her colleagues suited up and stepped inside. Lights had been rigged across the space and the smell was still unbearable.

‘Well the good news is, there doesn’t seem to be any body parts in here. Lesson being, tip-off from prisoners might not pan out.’ Fiona winked.

Maggie felt a wave of relief tinged with regret that they were no closer to catching their man. ‘What’s the bad news?’

‘Along with that bloody towel, there are some droplets of blood at the back. We’ll get it checked, but in the meantime, I don’t think there’s anything left for you to do here. I’ll send you my report when the team have processed everything.’

Maggie was shattered by the time they had arrived back at the office. She slumped at her desk and wrote out her report. The day had dragged, probably because of her early start. She had been hoping to catch a break in the investigation, but every time she had thought she had found something new, it always led to a dead end. She shouldn’t have expected anything less from Raven; he was probably laughing at her from his cells as he gave them the run-around. She kicked the side of her desk. And of course, they played right into his hands.

‘It’s in!’ Rutherford shouted from her office.

Maggie looked up and saw her DI waving a forensic report above her head. At this morning’s briefing, DI Rutherford had advised the team that she was expecting the results from the second crime scene in soon.

‘I’ll email it across,’ Rutherford said, then went back to her computer.

Maggie waited patiently for the details to arrive in her inbox. If the name matched another of Raven’s victims, then Maggie would have a stronger argument for stopping his chance of bail.

The investigation would be much more difficult if Raven was released. Maggie was aware that a suspect can be tried again for the same offence only if there is ‘new, compelling, reliable and substantial evidence’ which had not been previously available.

When Maggie had discussed his appeal with the prosecution, they advised that there was every possibility that Raven could be let out on bail while his appeal was being heard. Time was not on their side.

Maggie’s computer pinged, and she opened the email from DI Rutherford with the subject heading: ‘Pathology Report 2’.

Yes! She smacked her desk and smiled to herself.

The second victim had been identified as Yvonne Green, a sex worker with class A dependency. Raven had named her as one of his victims. She scrolled through the documents on Raven’s conviction to try and get to the bottom of his relationship with Ms Greene.

‘What are you looking at now?’ Nathan tapped her shoulder and Maggie jumped.

‘Shit!’ She noticed the grin on his face.

‘You’ve been awfully jumpy lately. I’ll try to behave in future. Anyway, what’s that you’re looking at?’

‘Haven’t you checked your emails?’

‘Nope. Just been speaking to the COMMS team.

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