Sins of the Fathers
“‘It makes no sense, guv,’ he said.
‘Not a lot,’ Thackeray agreed. ‘I thought we’d been lucky that they found both the bullet and the pistol in the wreckage yesterday. The bullet’s badly damaged but a match with the gun in the Land Rover, but the gun in the Land Rover isn’t the one used in Staveley. What the hell does that mean?’ ‘You think it was murder, not suicide? And whoever shot him left the gun to make it look like suicide?’ ‘As DI Hesketh said, it’s certainly a possibility. But eithe...r way, we don’t know who the victim was, so it’s difficult to know where to go next.’ ‘What are the chances of getting usable DNA?’ Mower asked. ‘I thought with these new techniques they’d got, miracles were just about possible.’ ‘At a price,’ Thackeray said gloomily. ‘I couldn’t get any promises out of the forensics lab. They’d do their best and it would take some time, was all they’d say. They can work from a single cell, apparently, but it’s a time-consuming business.MoreLess
‘Not a lot,’ Thackeray agreed. ‘I thought we’d been lucky that they found both the bullet and the pistol in the wreckage yesterday. The bullet’s badly damaged but a match with the gun in the Land Rover, but the gun in the Land Rover isn’t the one used in Staveley. What the hell does that mean?’ ‘You think it was murder, not suicide? And whoever shot him left the gun to make it look like suicide?’ ‘As DI Hesketh said, it’s certainly a possibility. But eithe...r way, we don’t know who the victim was, so it’s difficult to know where to go next.’ ‘What are the chances of getting usable DNA?’ Mower asked. ‘I thought with these new techniques they’d got, miracles were just about possible.’ ‘At a price,’ Thackeray said gloomily. ‘I couldn’t get any promises out of the forensics lab. They’d do their best and it would take some time, was all they’d say. They can work from a single cell, apparently, but it’s a time-consuming business.MoreLess
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