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‘What offences.’ She replied, ‘I thought there was on one – murder.’
‘What about depravation of liberty.’ Bundy echoed.
‘What – I’ve never heard of the charge.’
‘Denis drugged the girl, placed her in his vehicle against her will and drove her to the spot where he murdered her. He deprived her of her liberty.’ Bundy explained.
‘How do you know about this?’ Kate frowned.
‘Back – a long time ago.’ Bundy began.
‘Here we go again – back in my day.’ She tormented him.
‘Okay – back in my day, another detective, I worked with in those days; we investigated two girls picked up on the side of the road by a truck driver. They wanted to be dropped off in the centre of town.’
‘There’s nothing wrong with getting a lift, hitch-hiking - it’s not a crime.’
‘Unfortunately for the girls the driver didn’t stop where they wanted to be dropped off. Instead he continued until he drove across a bridge and slowed. One of the girls opened the door and jumped from the truck, the other followed.’
‘How could this incident be compared to your incident?’ Kate wanted to know.
‘Denis deprived Colleen of freely driving in his car, the same as the truck driver did with the two girls. Can you see the comparison?’ He asked.
‘A little – anyway, I suppose you’ll never let up until we charged Denis on both offences – will you?’ Kate asked.
‘No – he did the crime, he should do the time.’ Bundy finished.
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identity of their daughter, ‘yes – I’m right. I’ll need to keep my emotions in check. If not I’ll hand it over to you.’
Kate and Bundy sat on the lounge in the Andersen home. Carol and Jim sat opposite, ‘Carol and Jim, the tests have been finalised to compare the samples of hair from the brush to the skeleton found at the forestry. These tests proved positive.’ Before Kate could explain the examination, Carol openly sobbed, placed her face into her hands. Jim cuddled his wife.
Kate said, ‘we’re sorry for your loss.’ Her voice trembled and tears sprung into her eyes.
Carol continued sobbing with Jim hugging his wife. Jim’s eyes filled with tears, his throat thickened; he looked at Kate and Bundy, ‘thank you. Can you give us a moment?’
‘Of course, we’ll leave.’ Kate and Bundy left.
When they returned to their vehicle Kate said, ‘why do we do this job?’
‘Kate, you did well. I know you’re upset and angry. It’s not the end. We’ve still got to charge Denis with murder.’ Bundy explained.
‘Charge the bastard – I’d like to see him hang by his neck until dead – what he did to Colleen would justify hanging’, she said angrily.
‘Are you okay to drive?’ Bundy asked.
‘Yeah – I’m okay. This is emotional Bundy – don’t you feel anything?’ She questioned.
‘Yes – however, if we’re going to finish the job, let’s finish it.’ He explained.
They drove in silence until they reached their office.
‘When do you want to charge Denis?’ Bundy asked.
‘Bloody immediately, if not sooner.’ Kate exploded.
‘Okay, I’ll contact Colin to see when we can see Denis and charge him.’ Bundy went ahead and contacted

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Colin who arranged the appropriate time for Denis to be charged.
Over the next couple of weeks Denis was charged with murder of Colleen Andersen as well as a second charge of depravation of liberty.
‘The Commissioner wants to see us.’ Kate informed Bundy when he arrived at work after they’d charged Denis with the offences.
‘Your Godfather – we better not keep him waiting - shall we.’ Bundy said sarcastically.
‘Bundy – no other police know he’s my Godfather. Can we keep this between ourselves, please?’ She pleaded.
‘We’ll keep it our little secret.’ Bundy agreed. They went to his office.
‘Come in you two – congratulations Kate and Bundy on a good job well done.’ The Commissioner expressed when they entered his office shaking their hands vigorously.
‘Bundy did more than was expected. Everything fell into place. Thank you.’ Kate expressed in a solemn tone.
‘It doesn’t matter – the murder is solved and you two did it. I’m going to recommend you each receive a Favourable Commendation. You each deserve the accolade.’ A smile spread across his face.
‘Thank you Commissioner. Is there anything else before we get back to the real job at hand?’ Bundy asked.
'No – that will be all for now. Keep up the great work.’ He replied before they left his office.
Kate and Bundy returned to their dingy small office on the third floor, ‘okay Bundy – what do we do next with this Quincy theory?’ Kate asked with determination in her voice.
‘I think we should get back to the family tree. Can you bring it up on the computer screen?’ Bundy asked.

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Kate switched the computer on and displayed the family tree, ‘here it is – what’d we do now?’
‘Okay – all we’ve got at this stage is a photograph of Peter, enhanced to show what he would look like at eighteen years old. Has your friend in graphics designed the photograph to show a computer enhanced photograph of his present age?’ Bundy asked.
‘I’ll check.’ Kate checked her e-mail icon to discover an attachment of a photograph from her friend in graphics. She copied the photograph, replaced it with the one she’s had on the screen. ‘Do you want this printed out?’ She asked Bundy.
‘Yes please, and could you e-mail a copy to Quincy?’ Bundy asked.
Kate completed the tasks.
‘We can now visit Mary, and ask to take her photograph, then Peter’s grandmother – by the way we haven’t spoken to her yet. After we’ve got their photographs we can place them onto the family tree. Also, we’ll need to ask Mary for a latest photograph of her husband Les.’ Bundy explained.
‘Okay – I’ve give Mary a call and we’ll get on with it.’
One hour later they were seated at Mary’s home enjoying a cup-of-tea and coffee and freshly cooked scones.
‘I’m pleased you discovered the identity of the skeleton found in the forestry.’ Mary said.
‘So are we. It was a bit of a coup really, to have one up on my partner in Homicide. Bundy was the one who broke the ice with the person who murdered her. Do you know he took lamingtons into the prison when we interviewed him?’ Kate explained.
‘It was smart of you Bundy.’ Mary looked at him.

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‘Ah – I don’t know. I remembered when I interviewed his father; he liked lamingtons, so it helped.’ Bundy felt humble when others spoke of his deeds. He thought it natural to use whatever tools in the toolbox to fix the problem. ‘Mary, has Kate explained what we are doing with Peter’s investigation?’ Bundy asked.
‘In a sort of a way, Kate and I have become very close friends after all this time. She explained about taking my photograph and you wanted one of Les. Is that correct?’
‘Yes, we’re constructing a family tree. Quincy has come up with a theory of comparing facial features of family members to see any differences.’ When he explained his theory to Mary, his mind set off a ping, which normally indicated something wasn’t fitting into place.
‘You don’t mind if Kate took your photograph. Would you Mary?’ Bundy saw Mary’s features change.
‘No – I’m thinking of a suitable photograph of Les. I think the last time I took his photograph was about ten years ago at a family function. Excuse me, I’ll try and get it for you.’ She left the room.
‘Did you see Mary’s change when I asked her about the photograph?’ Bundy whispered to Kate.
‘I wasn’t looking. I’m still trying to get my head around Quincy’s theory. I hope you’re on the right track.’ She shared.
‘So do I.’ Bundy replied, still thinking about the expression Mary used after being asked about a photograph of her late husband.

Chapter 15

Mary handed Kate a photograph of her late husband. This was the first time Bundy saw Les and what he looked like. Grey hair, slightly receding, stylist and wavy; blue coloured eyes, as bright as the sky on a clear

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day; clean facial features, aged around fifty years plus, stood erect, shoulders back.
Kate took a photograph with her mobile of Mary standing against the lounge room wall. Mary’s features more defined; ginger-grey streaked hair, long to the nape of her neck, moon faced features, hazel coloured eyes – attractive smile. They thanked Mary and left to visit Mary’s mother.
‘Good morning Mrs Peacock, we haven’t met before, I’m Detective Superintendent Kate Emerson and this is my partner Bundy Quicksilver. We’d like to speak to you about your grandson, Peter Clayton.’
Mrs Peacock was a lady in her nineties – slightly bent because of her age, ‘do come in, yes poor Peter, it’s been a long time. You know he always visited me each Tuesday without fail. It was such a long time ago since I’ve seen him.’ She replied with an aged voice, quiet and solemn.
They entered the house. Like her daughter’s home it was neat and tidy.
She guided them into the lounge room and said, ‘do sit down’. She seated opposite.
‘Mrs Peacock, sorry about our intrusion but we want to take a photograph of you if you don’t mind; to help us with our investigation into Peter’s disappearance.’ Kate asked sincerely.
‘Why do you want a photograph of an old woman like me?’ She muttered.
‘Because of Peter’s disappearance we’re building a family tree exhibiting different family photographs to see if there are any resemblances between family members.’ Kate explained.
‘Has Mary given her photograph?’ She asked in a stern voice.

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‘Yes – we’ve only left her home after taking her photograph.’ Kate admitted.
‘I don’t like my photograph being taken – is it necessary?’ She admonished.
‘Yes – if possible we’d also like to have a photograph of Peter’s grandfather if you have one. We have one of his father, Les.’ Kate admitted.
Bundy noticed something strange when Kate mentioned she had a photograph of Peter’s father, Les, Mrs Peacock’s head bent slightly; then dropped, which always indicated a suspicion something was not right. Was this reason enough she did not want her photograph taken. Is there more going on than meets the eye? He pondered.
‘Please excuse me,’ Mrs Peacock rose from her seat; left the room to return shortly afterwards with a photograph of her late husband and a woman standing beside him. She handed it to Kate, ‘can you return this to me please; it is very special?’ She pleaded.
‘By all means, as soon as we’ve made a copy, I’ll return it personally – thank you. Mrs Peacock, may we take a photograph of you please?’ Kate asked politely.
‘Isn’t it enough you’ve got the both of us in the photograph I gave you?’ She reprimanded.
‘I suppose we can use this one.’ Kate admitted. ‘Thank you for your time, we’ll let ourselves out. Before we leave I’ll give you my card if you ever want to contact us about Peter.’ Kate handed her a card.
They left the home and walked to their parked vehicle.
‘What’d make of that Bundy?’ She asked after they drove away from the home.
‘I can’t put my finger on it, but I think there’s more going on than anyone’s letting on. I felt a ping go off in my head - something’s not right.’ Bundy told Kate.