"Where's Sandra?" Gerry asked after having been in the office five minutes and was only just realising that Sandra's purple coat hung from the coat hanger just inside her smaller office door.

"Strickland called down about fifteen minutes ago and said he had a new case for us, she's gone up to get the case files. She said something about it being an interesting one according to Strickland." Jack replied.

"He thinks anything related to work is interesting." Gerry mumbled.

"Yeah well we'll see what he's got for us. Where's Brian?"

"Esther rang just after you'd gone last night and said he had the dentist this morning and that he'd be in after lunch. It's probably all of that chocolate he consumes."

"Well you know Brian and his maltesers."

"Morning boys, we have a new case." Sandra called as she walked through the door ten minutes later.

"Is it as bad as the last? If I have to look at another crime scene as horrible as the last in the next month then I'm quitting."

"No, it's not graphic, in fact people walked by his for days thinking he was just another person sleeping on the streets." Sandra replied in answer to Gerry's question.

"What was it? Someone poisoned him? Drug overdose?"

"Strangulation." Jack told his friend as he picked one of the files up.

"Do you think you could let me do my job before we get to questions?" Sandra asked sarcastically.

"Feel free." Jack told her as he sat down on the sofa next to Gerry.

"This is Ronald Truman, born 7th April 1938." Sandra started as she pointed to a picture of an old looking man laying on the pavement down a quiet looking alleyway. "He was an American citizen who moved to Britain at the end of 1957. He was finally found to be dead on the 17th March 1996, post mortem examinations estimated that he'd been dead 3/4 days before being found. When an appeal for witnesses went out to the public, a handful of people came forward to tell us they'd seen him the afternoon of the 14th and thought he was asleep and then thought he was asleep until someone checked to make sure he was alive several days later, only to find that he wasn't. The statements focused on the fact that he hadn't been there the morning of the 14th which meant the original team put the time of death between 9 and 5."

"Killed in broad daylight and ignored for days? He really wasn't very lucky." Gerry sighed, feeling especially sorry for their latest victim.

"No he wasn't, so I think we should start reading over the original files and then talk to his remaining family. He has twin daughters Karen and Sarah." Sandra continued.

"Wait, why was this case put to the top of our pile of cases?" Jack asked curiously.

"Oh sorry, it was originally thought to be a Willie Jones who killed him and there was a clear motive..."

"Let me guess, our man here was sleeping with Willie's wife?" Gerry asked.

"No, daughter- Jennifer- she was 18 so it was all legal but Willie wasn't wild about the fact that his old friend was sleeping with his daughter however there was never enough evidence to find him guilty and he was acquitted in 1998. There was never enough evidence to suggest that it was anything to do with Willie."

"How did we figure that out?" Gerry asked, already being sure that it was this Walter guy.

"During routine retests of all open cases, a small fragment of DNA was extracted from Ronald's clothes which wasn't previously found. Forensics have found it to be saliva and in all probability the killer..."

"But it didn't match anyone on the DNA database?" Jack asked.

"No, but it did match DNA found on another unsolved murder, however the presence of his DNA at the scene of the second murder could be circumstantial as a Walter Dawson was found battered to death in the men's toilets at The White Horse."

"So we could have a serial killer on our hands?" Gerry asked.

"Two murders hardly warrants the label of a serial killer." Jack pointed out.

"We could have a double murderer on our hands, yes."

"So are we not investigating the death of Walter Dawson?" Jack clarified.

"Not unless we find a link, if we do then we start investigating. Unless you have any more questions, then let's get started."

A/N I'm studying for 21 exams this summer at the moment and I seem to remember fics easier than school work so I have decide to have fics based on the key facts that I need to know for exams so hopefully you'll learn to while reading. Enjoy this and the other fics that will come on other topics.

Beth x