She Lies Beneath by Frances Powell

Author:Frances Powell [Powell, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Police procedure required that a physician be called if a prisoner suffered any type of medical emergency, so as Cam waited for the doctor to arrive, he re-joined Sue in his office. Sue had been watching and listening to the interview through the one-way mirror, and Cam was eager to get her professional observations.

“So, what do you think of our suspect, Sue?”

“Frankly Cam, I’m not convinced. I’m not sure he is capable of committing these murders or had the ways and means to do it.”

Pacing back and forth and watching the hall for the arrival of emergency services, Cam finally perched on the edge of his desk and observed Sue as she began flipping through a stack of papers. Sue stopped and handed Cam the page she was seeking, “Appears your suspect is right-handed.”

Cam thought for a moment before replying, “Yeah, why is that important?”

“According to Mary’s autopsy diagrams and her notes, the person who strangled Beth was most likely a lefty.”

Deeply exhaling, Cam stared into Sue’s eyes, “Well, we can hold him for twenty-four hours without charging him. After that, we’ll have to see if the magistrate agrees to grant us more time. The maximum they’ll grant is ninety-six hours, after that if we don’t have enough to charge him, then we’ll have to release him.”

Their conversation was interrupted by Sergeant Roberts as he poked his head in the office, “Sir, Hopwood keeps drifting in and out of consciousness, so the medical team wants to take him to casualty to be checked. Do you want Anne or me to accompany them?

“Anne can handle it. I need you here.”

As soon as his sergeant returned to his office, after instructing PC Anne Parks to accompany the prisoner, Cam relayed Sue’s observations to him, “Sue feels that it is unlikely that Hopwood is the murderer, so we need to follow-up on the one lead he gave us about seeing Beth hanging around with the Uni crowd. First, stop at the coffee shop where Anne apprehended Hopwood and get a statement from the lady behind the counter. See if she can verify that the prisoner has been in there regularly and see if she noticed anything suspicious when he was talking to Ali. Then fan out and show the victims’ photos at some of the pubs nearer the university. Maybe someone will recognize one of the sisters. You can reach me on my mobile.”

After Sergeant Roberts left, Cam picked up the phone and called Helen, “We’re just finishing up here, what time is dinner?”

Helen balanced the phone receiver between her head and shoulder as she opened the oven door and slid the apple pie she’d just finished into the oven, “Dinner will be ready at seven. I just popped dessert in the oven.”

“Great, gives us time to have a drink and relax before dinner, and Sue can tell us all about her new home.”

The drive home only took a few minutes. Pulling into his drive, Cam and Sue climbed out of the car and headed towards the kitchen door.

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