Wire in the Blood s01e04 Episode Script

dark-haired missing teenager.
Female, dark-haired.
Five foot four.
- Oh, my God.
- My guess is, if we find this other body, and died in exactly the same way.
with considerable force.
Can we reconstruct her.
her face from her skull "We want you to die.
" Amanda is the object of hate.
- Where's your boyfriend, eh? - I haven't got a boyfriend.
- It's the same girl.
- I'm next! Me! - Easy mate, easy.
- It's Graham.
Graham Ian Dowling.
Could it be this bloke Dowling that's killed them? Yes.
Wire in the Blood Season 1 - Episode 4 Shadows Rising Part 2 Beth Morris.
Jack and Amanda's manager, single, lives alone.
It appears no one else was in the house.
- Had she had sex? - Not as far as we know, no.
I think she just got out of the shower.
The fatal wound occurred at the front of the bed.
Multiple stab wounds, an explosion of anger, but calm and precise after death.
So a killer surprises her, kills her.
Then takes her to a chair and widens her legs.
Gets some clothes, leaves them, drapes them, creates a scene.
Legs apart facing the door.
She didn't have sex.
Why didn't the killer just leave her? Why sit her in a chair and with her legs apart? No, this was meant to shock -- that's all.
- Where'd you find the dog? - Bathroom.
- His name's Graham Dowling - - Excuse me.
He's lived here for six months Don -- take a look at this.
Shit.
More hate mail.
One he didn't send.
Neighbors haven't seen him for the past few days, not since the crash.
He hasn't shown up at his brother's, and he hasn't shown his face at work.
Find his bank details and see if they'll tell us where he's drawing cash.
Yeah, it's Merrick.
But listen, can you put out a description for a Graham Ian Dowling, and his car details wanted on suspicion of murder.
Make sure the boys know to be careful if they find this guy.
He's extremely dangerous.
- Kevin -- - Guv -- divers found these in the tarn.
We think they're from the girls.
They're identical.
Look -- clasp's broken on that one.
Give it to Forensics, see if it was ripped from her neck in a struggle.
I'm sorry to have to bring you in like this.
I just thought we could talk more freely.
Hotels can be a bit public.
No, that's fine by us; it's good to get out.
Coffee, Mrs.
Vance? Okay, right -- I apologize in advance.
Some of the questions I'm going to have to ask you might seem quite insensitive, but it's my job to put them to you.
Okay? Have you ever seen this man? Is this him? I'm afraid I can't tell you that.
I just need to know if you've seen him.
Yeah, I've seen him.
He was in Dilton yesterday.
- You're positive? - Absolutely.
He knocked this girl out of the way.
- What girl? - She was about 18, I guess.
I was doing a photograph with her.
This guy just practically threw himself at us, pushed her out of the way.
But But ask Jason; he was there.
Yeah, I will.
And did you see him leave? No, I just remember the incident.
I don't know what happened afterwards.
"You can only draw the conclusion that different crimes "have different perpetrators, once it's "established that underlying the murder -- " Thank you, Jenny.
"That underlying the murder, the reason, the drive behind it is different.
" - And what do we call this? - The signature.
That's right, the signature is different when we have different killers.
What happens if the same person kills, but has a different motive? Would the signature be different? No, the modus operandi would be different.
But if you've killed before, your previous experience will override the motive, and somewhere amongst it, you will leave a trademark.
Excellent, excellent.
Go on.
And you don't know the girl's name? No, I mean, I probably did ask her.
But Jason might know; he got her a cab home.
Is this relevant? Well, there was no sign of a forced entrance, so either Beth let her killer in, or he had keys.
Who else has keys? It's just ourselves, Beth and Jason, yeah? And he was with you yesterday? Yeah, yeah, I mean, he always comes with me.
I mean, I do a lot of travelling, and it helps to have someone drive.
Okay.
Right, was Beth in a relationship? I don't see where all this is getting us.
Beth is dead.
You know who killed her.
He tried to kill me.
Why don't you try to find him? We are, Mrs.
Vance.
I'm just trying to fill in the background.
- Was Beth in a relationship? - No.
Had she recently split up with anyone? No, I've never known her be involved with anyone.
What about you, Mrs.
Vance? Me neither.
Dr.
Hill? "BETH KNIFE / SEXUAL" No, no, keep going.
You're doing really well.
Apply that to the hypothetical model.
Okay, well, in the hypothetical model, I'd be worried that the killer of the girls hides their bodies, but the killer of the woman left her exposed so graphically.
But what are the common factors apart from the slit throats? The care taken with the bodies after death.
And the killer of the woman is definitely a previous killer.
They've had previous experience with a body.
But in the case of the missing girls, you have a developing learning experience in how they're disposed of.
And central to all this is that the same people link all the deaths.
So even though it's a different type of death and discovery, they're very probably linked.
But with a different motive.
Revenge against the person represented by the girls.
And anger directly with the woman.
That's very good.
Thank you.
DOG KNIFE / BLOOD I'm still not sure about the dog.
Mum, I'll see you later.
All right, love; take care.
- Hey, Donna.
How are you? - Hiya.
- Forensics have come back on the crucifixes.
- Good.
- Carol -- - Hang on.
One is consistent with having been torn from around the neck, but there's no direct link to the girls.
Well, do you know where we buy them? Most cheap accessory shops.
Don, have you found anything with Dowling yet? There's nothing.
We're waiting for his bank to get back to us, but there's no sightings.
He's just disappeared.
Well, he must be somewhere -- get on to the ports, airports, try the passport office.
Yes, Tony? I don't think he'll have done that.
He's never going to be too far away from Jack; he wants to be close to him.
Why would he leave the country? Okay, how close is close? Well, he needs to be with him or feel he's with him when driven by the compulsion, so I'd say an hour Great, a circle with an 80-mile diameter.
Easier to say "somewhere in the north," isn't it? Probably, but at least you're not looking in Spain.
They're faxing statements, but the last we've got is, twice used a cash machine in Seaford.
Great! Get round the hotels, circulate his description.
He must be staying somewhere.
What is it you wanted? SEAFORD Go on; you'll be late.
I'll see you tomorrow.
KNIFE / BLOODBATH WATER Where have you kept the letters? Three, three, three Three, three, three, three, three, three, one.
An obsessional-delusional stalker -- three, three, three, three - Two, three, none? But sometimes one, two, none? Some of these are missing.
WHORE! LESBIAN! DYKE! I didn't expect you to be here.
What do you think? It's perfect.
How long are you going to keep me waiting here? - I can't do anything.
- Would someone understand the urgency? - My daughter is missing.
- Mrs.
Perry, I'm sorry.
I know -- take a seat.
- Can I help? - Are you a policeman? Sort of.
This your daughter? Yes.
Donna.
She's 17.
- Is this recent? - Yes, last month at Dilton College.
- You're from Dilton? - Yes.
Well, she left for college this morning, but she never got there.
I looked in her room.
She'd taken her bag.
It's not like her to do that.
Same age, same appearance, and she's from Dilton.
She went to Jack Vance's open-store day yesterday.
She looks like the others.
And went missing in the same way.
Dowling was there yesterday.
Mrs.
Perry -- I'm Detective Inspector Jordan.
For me? Yeah.
Moment I saw it I thought of you to remind you of here.
Do you think she's still alive? I think there's a strong possibility.
Okay, she was seen buying a train ticket to Five Walls Halt; that's three miles from Seaford.
It's a build-up.
It's like a romance.
He makes them travel, he takes them somewhere, he gives them a trinket, crucifix, token of his affection.
Then they have sex, and then he turns.
How long do we have before he kills her? Now let's be old-fashioned and say they have sex tonight.
At the earliest, he'll kill her in the morning; at the latest, a week.
If he treats her differently, might we have longer? Well, the only time he's departed from this pattern, he killed swiftly, ruthlessly, and in anger.
There was no trinket, no affection, just pure hate.
The one thing I don't understand, if it's Dowling why's he treating them kindly? Beth and the dog, I can understand--that is pure Dowling.
The girls and Beth by the same person--that makes sense.
But all three together -- ? What are you saying? There's inconsistencies.
Like Beth not giving you all the letters.
Are you sure about that? Yes! Good.
They found Dowling.
Get up! - Where is she? - Don - Bag it.
We'll have it tested.
You bastard, what have you done with her? Bitch! - Fuckin' slut! - No! Get off me! No! No! Let me go! Please! How do you know Jack Vance? We're friends.
Quite close friends.
We talk.
Do you write? Uh, to each other, yeah, all the time.
He likes it when I write.
He looks forward to my letters every day.
Every day? Every other day.
No delivery Sunday, three times a week.
I always leave a gap so he has time to write back.
- Always three times a week? - Always.
Told you.
And, um does Mr.
Vance write back to you? Of course.
Um, he tells me what he's been doing, and That's okay, he's just lying to protect his own self-image.
Try and keep the conversation on Jack.
Oh, really? I'd like to see those letters.
Careful, Carol, that's threatening.
And, um, when did your relationship with Mr.
Vance start? Eight years ago.
How did you meet? He looked at me while I was watching him on television.
He waved to me.
Do you write to anyone else in the house? - No.
- What about Mrs.
Vance? Ever write to Mrs.
Vance? Her, only when Jack wants me to.
Does he ask you to? He didn't have to ask, I know when he wants me to.
Does Mrs.
Vance write back? She has never replied or acted on my advice.
Oh, really.
What advice do you give her? Not so direct, Carol.
Have you ever asked her to get out of Jack's life? She has to go.
You've been to the house, haven't you, Mr.
Dowling? Carol? You doing this on purpose? - Does this thing work? - You've been inside their house, haven't you? You're pushing him too far, Carol.
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
You know, you know, you know what she does to Jack?! The whore! Behind Jack's back, Bitch! Bitch! - She's a whore! - Back off! Oh, shit! - Get off! - She's a whore! - Calm down, Graham, - listen, hey! - She's a whore! - Just calm down, Graham.
- She's a whore! How do you and Jack cope, not being together? It's hard for both of us.
But nothing we can't overcome.
Would you ever do anything to hurt him? Of course not.
I love him like a brother.
Could you prove your love if I tested you? You see, I'm not sure how else to believe you.
If you were really close, you'd know a lot about him.
Oh, like what? Okay tell me something about the house.
How many toilets downstairs? Two.
No, three.
In Beth's room, is it curtains or blinds? - Curtains.
- Carpet or lino? - I don't know.
- Jack's given you the key.
Not yet; that's when I move in.
How do you get in? There's a faulty catch in the utility room window.
How long has Jason worked for them? Oh, since he, oh, since he left -- oh, don't tell me, um -- Catering College.
- How many women live in the house? - Two.
How many dogs are there? Of course he killed the dog.
You saw his reaction, but he doesn't know Beth's dead.
He still thinks there's two women in the house.
Well, why would he get that wrong? He's an obsessive, you said.
He prides himself on knowing.
The utility room window had a security lock fitted after the dog attack.
I don't care, I still think he's a credible suspect.
Okay, why? Is his post-offense behavior different from his pre-offense behavior? Is he violent within a stable relationship? Does he have any relationships? You're joking, aren't you? Our killer's intelligent, Carol.
Has a handicap and outwardly maintains a normal relationship, but there's violence, and it's sexual violence.
Beth's murder was a sexual warning.
The abduction and the murder of the girls and of Beth was carried out by the same person, but with different motives, and that person, it wasn't Graham Dowling.
So who are we looking for, then? Someone close to the house who didn't need to break in.
Just walked in through the front door.
We found a bloodstained knife at the Vance house.
It's got Jason's fingerprints on it.
Look, I'm not a fool, so don't treat me like one.
Please just let me go.
No, I can't do that, see, that's what they all do.
You know, suddenly, they just leave me.
I just want to go home.
I was originally going to do this room in blue.
I thought it wouldn't be warm enough, you know? But I, I think this works, don't you? What color's your bedroom? Purple.
Purple? Is it? Just like ours, eh? That's nice.
Tell me you love me.
I love you.
Okay, we know that she was heading for Five Walls Halt.
What we don't know is, did she get there? The fact that two bodies have already been found in the tarn near Five Walls Halt suggests that somewhere in that area is the killing ground.
We know that she's been with him or imprisoned by him for nineteen hours.
She's out there hopefully, still alive -- we've just got to find her.
Okay? Don't assume it's Jason, Carol.
Okay? Look, Tony, what was missing with Dowling was hard evidence.
You were right, I was wrong.
But undeniably, your fingerprints were found on the knife, Jason.
- Why did you kill her? - I didn't.
The knife was covered in Beth's blood.
The blade matches the wounds inflicted on her body.
How did your fingerprints get there - if you didn't hold the knife? - I don't know.
What were you doing before you joined Mr.
and Mrs.
Vance? - I was at college.
- Studying? - Catering.
- And when you enrolled on the course, aren't you supposed to provide yourse lf with a set of professional kitchen knives, the make of which is stipulated by the college? The answer is, Jason, yes, you are.
The knife that killed Beth, the knife with your fingerprints on it, is one of those knives.
Are any of yours missing? I don't know.
All I want from you is for you to tell me the truth.
I am, I have done.
Annie -- I've got some gaps I need you, I've got some gaps I've got some gaps I need you to fill in.
Did Jack play football for Scotland? You know he did.
No, I don't.
I'm not a fan.
Oh, 65 caps, Sounds good.
Oh, aye, he was the best player of his generation.
We found the knives, Jason, in your wardrobe.
I haven't used them for years.
And Donna Perry's address and phone number written by you in your room.
Then he messed it all up by marrying Amanda, didn't he? - No, she came later.
- Really? Maybe you were jealous? She was seeing someone else? I wasn't jealous.
How could I be jealous? So she was seeing someone? - Yeah.
- Who? So until Amanda came along, he was single.
No, he already had me.
Oh, yeah.
But before you Who was she seeing, Jason? A woman.
Right, so your justification for her not finding you attractive is, "She didn't fancy me, she's a lesbian.
" She was a lesbian.
Ask Amanda.
They were lovers.
Wasn't he married before? That's right, to, um, what's her name? Now, don't tell me, don't tell me.
- Jilly.
Jilly! That's right, yeah, Jilly.
They got divorced, didn't they? She lives in that place, oh, where is it now? Don't tell me, don't tell me Yes? I'm Dr.
Hill.
I telephoned? Oh, yes, please come in.
I know how difficult this is going to be, so why don't I tell you what I think I know? and you can tell me if I'm wrong? Yeah, okay.
To the world, you and Jack were a very happy couple.
Privately, though, I think things were less happy.
He was demanding, controlling, manipulative.
Everything was your fault.
Then one day, he hit you.
He said he was sorry, you forgave him.
And to the world, you're still Mr.
and Mrs.
Perfect.
But now he's violent on a regular basis.
Then he raped you.
The rapes became more frequent.
Oh, go away.
Hello? Police.
Anybody? Then there was no such thing as a rape between a husband and wife.
No, no, help me! Help me! No one would believe that Jack Vance was capable of such a thing.
Help me! Help me! Help me! And then, seven years ago, he was injured.
It ended his career.
And that was your chance to leave.
Yes.
I left him while he was in the hospital.
He was elbowed in the face; he suffered a compound fracture of the cheekbone.
But that sort of injury, it wouldn't end a career, though, would it? Uh, no -- but what wasn't reported was that, when the cheekbone shattered, he lost an eye.
And he's been blaming you ever since? Amanda Vance is a lesbian -- that is ridiculous.
He's just grasping at something anything that'll get him off the hook.
It's complete fabrication.
No, it isn't; it makes sense.
Some of the letters from Dowling have been withheld -- why? Because they would have revealed the truth about the affair.
Come on, Tony, get with it.
Jason's fingerprints were the only ones on that knife.
He had Donna's address and phone number in his room.
It's obvious.
Beth found out about the girl, so he killed her.
Jason is too young to have committed the murders.
Our killer's older, confident, charismatic.
Our killer is Jack Vance.
Jack Vance? You ask his first wife.
He sexually abused her.
He beat her up, Carol.
His cheekbone had been shattered, ended his career, his cheekbone.
He takes Jason everywhere with him.
He used Jason, just like he uses his marriage to Amanda.
So why did he kill Beth? Was he jealous of her? No, he knew about Amanda and Beth, just as Amanda knows Jack sees other women.
But what she doesn't know is that he kills them.
It's a marriage of convenience for the both of them.
So Beth threatened to destabilize Jack's world? Yes.
If Beth hands over the letters, the affair's exposed.
Jack, he couldn't allow that to happen -- the veneer of his marriage protected him.
So he set Jason up? He used Jason's knife to kill Beth? And all the girls looked exactly like his first wife.
To him, that's who they represent.
He abused his wife until she had the strength to walk out, and that was the trigger to kill.
Okay.
Okay.
So the only way to prove all of this is to find Donna? If she's still alive.
Do you think Amanda knows where he takes them? I think you're going to have to tell Amanda what you know first.
I'm sorry, Mrs.
Vance.
We know you didn't give us all of the letters.
We're also aware of your relationship with Beth.
This is a murder inquiry.
It's an offense to withhold or destroy evidence.
Everyone would have known.
I didn't want that.
Beth did, she didn't she didn't understand that I couldn't do that to Jack.
Jason didn't kill Beth.
What do you mean? I thought you'd arrested him.
Beth wanted to be honest about her relationship with you.
The man who killed her could never allow that to happen.
Who? Jack? No.
No, he couldn't.
He raped his first wife -- he never touched you because you weren't having a sexual relationship.
Mrs.
Vance, your husband is picking up and murdering young women.
So far, the count's up to eight, with Beth, nine.
He's holding a schoolgirl -- Donna Perry -- somewhere near Five Walls Halt.
- She could already be dead.
- We have to find her now.
Where's his house, Mrs.
Vance? He's never told me where it is.
I don't ask where; we've got separate lives.
I think he used to call it his uh, his Retreat.
That's all I know.
Amanda, finding Donna is our only way of stopping him.
If you know, don't protect him.
If I knew, I would tell you.
Hi, darling.
I heard about Jason.
Have you charged him? Uh, no, not yet.
Can I have a word, Jack? I'd like you to come in.
Yeah, sure, if I can be of any help.
I need to advise the police on interview technique, and you can help with background.
Jason's denying everything, even though we've got his fingerprints.
I also need you to identify his handwriting -- he had Donna's address and phone number.
Who's Donna? It's a girl he met in Dilton.
She's gone missing.
Can't believe it.
- Right, well, I'll just get my car.
- I'll come with you.
Ring ahead.
We'll put him under pressure.
Confront him with every photograph of every girl Right, I need this room cleared now! Maps of where they disappeared and where they were last seen.
A huge map of Seaford and Five Walls Halt.
All the evidence in bags, on the desk, the crucifix.
Oh, mark the files as if Jason's a suspect, to remind him of his crimes.
Come through.
Please take a seat.
This, uh, is very impressive.
Please sit down.
Is this what an investigation usually looks like? Only when we're close to catching the perpetrator.
That's when we gather all the stuff.
Then we're able to quite easily see the strengths, weaknesses of the case -- this is particularly strong.
We're just missing one thing that will convict our man.
Sorry, won't be a sec.
- Could I have a word? - Yeah.
Sorry.
Well, how long should we leave him for? Just let him take it in.
- Kev - Yes, guv? Get over to Dowling's, take his flat apart again.
Let's go.
How did you and Jason first meet? Um it was at a college somewhere.
We were doing a piece on educational opportunities.
Sort of thing we do every August, after the exam results.
Not sure what he was studying, but, um, something to do with catering, I think.
He was always very easy with people.
I would have trusted him with my life foolish as that now seems.
Have you ever seen any of these girls before? No, no, I meet so many people.
Why? Well, he lured them with promises of getting close to you.
KNIFE Oh, that's sick.
KNIFE - SONIA He then kills them.
He's got a place near Five Walls Halt.
Where's that? Near Seaford.
Do you recognize that handwriting? Yes, yes I do; that's Jason's.
It's the address of the girl who went missing the other day.
The one you told me about? What's he done with her? Well, if his pattern's anything to go by, he's incarcerated her, restrained her, probably raped and starved her.
And smashed her cheekbone to pieces with a rock.
He does that to all his victims.
And all his victims, as you can see, are almost identical.
He takes out on them rejection he had earlier in his life.
His mother? Could be a girlfriend.
I've seen it happen with first wives.
He also gives them cheap crucifixes.
Before killing them.
How many bodies have you discovered? Two we're looking for six.
So, luckily, when we pick Donna up, she'll be able to identify him.
We should be with Donna within the hour.
We've got people closing in on various locations now.
Your footballing career ended early, didn't it? Yeah.
Do you know much about football? No, but I know a lot about compound fractures to the cheekbone and damage to the optic nerve.
You're very well informed.
Guv -- Excuse me.
CHAPEL (disused) Chapel.
Tony? Excuse me.
How old's that map, Carol? - I don't know.
- He could have converted it.
- Converted what? - He's got a chapel.
Donna's in the chapel.
Amanda said he called it his "Retreat".
It's a religious term.
Crucifix, religious iconography.
Do you know why we haven't found any more bodies? Why? Because I think he buries them in the graves.
Sorry about that.
Where is he? Andy, Vicky, Don! Move! Hidden in water.
Jack! Go on, move! Right, everyone, shh! Andy, Vicky, out there! Barry, upstairs.
Don, Kevin -- here, move this.
Dear God.
- How is Donna? - She'll be fine.
If Dowling hadn't stalked Jack, you know, we'd never have caught on to him.
Donna would be dead and God knows how many others.
What about the other girls? In their graves, close to home.
Jack Vance "the housewives' favorite".
Could never let himself get caught.
To him this was a victory.
Killers and victims both do what it takes to survive.
Why do you always sound like something out of a textbook? Did I? I didn't mean to.
Something I learned from Angelica.
It's why I'm alive.
He's back in Bradfield and he's started killing again.
This was number 2.
- What the hell is this? - Number 3.
- But bag, tape, rope.
- you know why it didn't make sense? With ten more possible victims.
That is an execution.