9 Martins swept her eyes around the briefing room at the officers assembled and then turned her attention to the boards behind her. Once she was satisfied that everything was ready she got the briefing under way. “I’m sure you’ve all heard that we have a murder suspect on the loose,” she began. “Kieran Wright.” She tapped the picture on the board behind her, which she assumed had come from his driving licence. “Nineteen years of age, five-feet-eleven and medium build, black hair and grey eyes. He is suspected of being responsible for the rape and murder of three girls, and attacks on two other girls, all teens, in the village of Oakhurst, where he lives. For those of you that don’t know, Oakhurst is roughly twenty miles from here in the middle of nowhere. Details of the murders and attac