Luke Rawlings adjusted his designer tie and knocked on Rimis’s door. ‘You got a minute, boss? I thought you’d want to hear the update on David Cheung.’
Rimis looked up from the file on his desk. ‘Sit down, Rawlings. But before you tell me what you’ve got, I want Brennan working with you on the Lucy Fletcher case.’
‘Yeah, Brennan told me.’
Rimis gave a nod. ‘Brennan’s been seconded to work on Asian gangs in the Chatswood area under Scott Carver’s task force. Given Lucy Fletcher had restraint marks and taking into account her age, it’s obvious her death was a result of more than a simple hit and run. This spate of attacks we’ve been having looks like it’s escalating.’ Rimis scratched his head and moved a pile of files to one side of his desk. ‘I’ve asked area command for extra manpower.’ Rimis looked at Rawlings. ‘Tell me what you’ve got on David Cheung.’
‘I went back to the Cheung’s house and spoke to the neighbours. ‘The kid, Benjamin, goes to St Pius X College. The school hasn’t heard from him or his mother.’
‘The family was obviously involved in something serious enough to cost David Cheung his life.’ Rimis leaned into his desk. ‘What about the neighbours in Douglas Avenue?’
‘There’s an old folks’ home in the street and with the eighteenth birthday party and the footy game on television I think most people were inside with the curtains drawn. The music wasn’t that loud, but loud enough for one neighbour to complain. The two uniforms that went to investigate didn’t remember seeing the car on that occasion, but because the parents weren’t home they decided to go back an hour later to check up on the kids. The party was over, and that’s when they noticed the BMW.’
‘Any forensics?’ Rimis asked.
‘The car’s been impounded and the crime-scene techs are going over it now. There wasn’t enough blood in the boot or the car to suggest he was killed in-situ. It looks like Cheung was killed elsewhere and the body dumped in the boot.’
‘Well, follow up on it. Let me know as soon as you’ve got something. This hit and run, the attack on Adam Lee and Cheung’s murder are all tied back to the Red Cave Gang, I’m sure of it. From this point on, all leave is cancelled. I want everyone’s full attention on this.’
Jill was at her desk, staring at her computer screen. She was supposed to be looking at David Cheung’s file, but instead she decided to try and track Robbie’s car. She logged onto the Road and Maritime Authority website on a hunch. Robbie had sold his car. So, that was where he got the money to repay Billy Veland. Jill wasn’t sure what to make of this latest piece of information. If anything, it fuelled the idea of a man tying up loose ends.
She was running out of motives and conspiracy theories.