ONCE BACK AT THE STATION, and before he got onto Ellis, the Suffolk DI in charge of the other investigation, Rafferty had a word with those of the house to house team who had returned, though he had little hope that any witnesses would emerge. And so it proved. As young Hanks remarked, ‘What would anyone but an ardent conservationist be doing, hanging around an overgrown meadow? Particularly one within sniffing range of the River Tiffey.’
Though he didn't say so to the young officer, Rafferty shared his opinion, and Hanks's remarks deepened his doubts about the killer's identity. The bodies of the two victims in Suffolk had been found in alleyways. Why would a rapist like the killer over the border change his pattern and hang around a lonely meadow? Surely he would realise that potential
