Now we’re getting somewhere, he thinks, reading Kim’s looping handwriting. Five weeks missing and we’ve finally got some detail on Edith Hind’s movements in the days running up to her disappearance.
He casts a look at Manon, who is so slumped she’s practically laid her head on the table.
‘The new information is from Scope – the charity shop on the high street. They’ve come forward with CCTV footage showing Edith buying a whole heap of stuff on Friday sixteenth of December, the day before she disappeared.’
‘Such as?’ asks Davy.
‘Can’t say exactly. Footage is grainy and from the wrong angle to see what’s on the counter. We interviewed the old dear on the till but, to use official police parlance, she’s quite a few sandwiches short of a picnic.’
‘Wouldn’t that indicate she’s trying to disguise herself?’ Davy asks.
‘Not really,’ says Kim. ‘Will Carter says she was fond of buying clothes at charity shops – fitted with her environmental, y’know, what-not.’
Davy glances at the board.
Saturday 10 Dec: Visits Helena Reed’s flat in the early hours. Intercourse with HR.
Sunday 11: Drives out to Deeping in G-Wiz, 3.20 p.m. ANPR return into Hunts at 10.45 p.m.
Monday 12: Pays rent to landlord next door, who says she seemed ‘distracted’.
Call to Tony Wright’s phone.
Wednesday 14: Visits Helena Reed’s flat again. Intercourse with HR.
Friday 16: Second call to Tony Wright’s phone. Shops at Scope on high st. Intercourse with Will Carter. He states she was ‘highly emotional’.
Saturday 17: Christmas do at The Crown, Cambs. Sexual contact with Jason Farrer. Guided bus back to Huntingdon with HR.
‘Well, you know the rest from here,’ Kim is saying.
‘Fuck,’ Manon blurts, so the department, Davy included, turns to look at her. Her eyes brim with tears.
‘Good to know I had everyone’s attention,’ says Kim.