The Silent Inheritance by Joy Dettman

Author:Joy Dettman [Dettman, Joy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2015-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

THE CAKE TIN

‘Break-through in the Danni Lane abduction.’

If there was an interview, documentary or news item about serial killers on the television, Marni found it and watched it. It wasn’t good for her, nor was her recent obsession with her dead father.

Two policemen on the screen at the moment, one of them the image of Robert De Niro, the other an older man.

Sarah sat down to watch when the one who looked like Robert De Niro took his place at the microphone. The subtitles couldn’t keep up with his mouth.

Psychopath, she read.

We like to believe our psychopaths all look like Hannibal Lecter. Most look like our neighbours. Most are our neighbours. Many have been described as charmers, as charismatic high achievers.

A successful abduction requires intelligence and patience. The abductor may stalk his victims for months before deeming it safe to strike, but when he does, it is with the finesse of a snake, swift and deadly.

Nancy Yang, the killer’s first victim, was taken under cover of darkness. He has gained confidence since. Penny, Heidi, Monica and Danni Lane were taken during daylight hours, Heidi and Danni from busy shopping centres. In all five cases, the parents of the missing girls have assured us that their daughters had been well warned about stranger danger, that they would not have spoken to a strange man.

How many of our daughters would walk by an elderly woman if they saw her struggling with heavy shopping bags and a walking stick?

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