1 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,160 Cease fire! Cease fire! 2 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,800 OK. 3 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,420 Stay put, lads. I'll come back to you. 4 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,750 Police liaison called it in. 5 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,310 Tactical night manoeuvres. 6 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,900 Lance Corporal Mervyn Rogers. 7 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:22,990 A lance corporal on recruit training? 8 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,510 No, he wasn't part of the exercise. 9 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,390 He just got in the way, unfortunately. 10 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,350 Apparently it was an accident. 11 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,310 He's wearing civvies so he's off-duty. 12 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,670 Christ, he's just a kid. 13 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,720 And killed only a few hundred yards from home. 14 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,980 What was the target, Charlie? 15 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,400 Right. Damn near impossible to tell who fired the fatal shot. 16 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:51,470 Alright. 17 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,360 Well... 18 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:58,670 - There's no exit wound. - Mm-mm. 19 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,880 Single entrance wound to the anterior chest. 20 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:08,800 There's no evidence of sooting or gunpowder tattooing. 21 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,950 He was shot from a distance. 22 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,430 It looks pretty straightforward. 23 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,510 According to the recruits, he died a few minutes after midnight. 24 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,310 His family have been informed. 25 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,390 Right. 26 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,240 Think they might be able to use some of your bedside manner. 27 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,660 He must have been out running. 28 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,320 He used to do that when he couldn't sleep. 29 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,550 You'll stay here until your Ben gets home, alright? 30 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,230 Ben -- your husband? 31 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,630 He's away on a training op. 32 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,670 Mrs Rogers, I know how hard this must be for you. 33 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,470 Please know you have our deepest sympathies. 34 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,870 Yes. It's best you rest for a few days. 35 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,390 If there's anything we can do, don't hesitate to ask. 36 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,830 I'll organise her leave from payroll. 37 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,350 I run the admin office on base. Daisy lives next door. 38 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:29,520 I just want to know why this happened to my son. 39 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,150 I can't believe that took all night. 40 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:42,080 That's the military, Charlie. That is the military. 41 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,350 Accidentally shot. 42 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,800 By one of his own, no less. 43 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,270 Still, they followed the book to the letter, though. 44 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,550 Safety officers at hand. They notified the military police. 45 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,470 Nothing else anyone could have done. 46 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,000 Bloody hell! 47 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,520 Where do you think you're going? Give me your keys. 48 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,880 Do you even have a license? 49 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,080 Stand there. 50 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,070 Walter Johns, west Ballarat. 51 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,880 Hello, Walter. That's dangerous driving. 52 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,710 Driving in excess of 35 miles an hour above the posted speed limit. 53 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,300 - No rego plates. - Charlie? > 54 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,320 Stay there. 55 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:17,840 Look. 56 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,270 I was meeting a girl after work. 57 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,750 What time was this? 58 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,110 Round 11:30. 59 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:40,830 And then? 60 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,470 I rode my bike. Took the scenic route through a paddock. 61 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,310 Some idiot had left his car running. 62 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,710 - So you stole it? - Yeah. 63 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,390 Thought it'd impress her. 64 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:53,710 Turn up in a nice car. 65 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:57,430 So you spend the rest of the night joyriding, do you? 66 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,470 Tell me, Walter, what line of work are you in? 67 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,590 - I'm a logger. - Logger. 68 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,550 Right. 69 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,870 So, this, then? Much need for a bayonet in your line of work? 70 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,160 - Where... - We found it, Walter, in your car. 71 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,430 - It's not mine. - Can you tell us whose it is, then. 72 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:24,950 I don't know. The car, whatever you found in it, it wasn't me. 73 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,790 Check the rego. 74 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,310 Walter, that doesn't mean you didn't commit the crime. 75 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,070 Just means you stole someone's car to commit the crime. 76 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,070 - Are you having a lend? - Tell me about the paddock where you found the car. 77 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,400 Dunnstown, off Old Melbourne Road. 78 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,790 This would be where the car was when it stopped. 79 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:51,390 Yeah. We're still searching for the owner. 80 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,350 No luck as yet. 81 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,670 If the car was left running 82 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,990 and someone was trying to dispose of a body, I mean... 83 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:01,670 Yeah, you wouldn't choose here. 84 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,550 Bloody hell, you'd be digging for days. 85 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,990 And another thing -- this bicycle Walter claims he was riding... 86 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,440 I know, no sign of it. 87 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,390 - Good. You're here. - Good morning, Alice. 88 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,030 - This rug... - Alice, call me old-fashioned. 89 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:29,190 Out of respect, don't you think we should start with the body first? 90 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,990 Why? He's not going to get any more dead. 91 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,790 From this amount of blood, 92 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:37,350 the police are aware that someone has died. 93 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,310 The size of the red blood cells and the absence of any nucleation 94 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,750 suggest it's human. 95 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,510 Yes, and trace evidence tells us someone was wrapped up in it. 96 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:48,190 Corpus delicti -- without a body, 97 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,550 a certain amount of evidence is needed to prove possible murder. 98 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,750 Which, as of this moment, we don't have. 99 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:55,550 Exsanguination goes on the report. 100 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,510 Alice, look here -- these burn marks seem quite fresh. 101 00:08:58,560 --> 00:09:01,030 Perhaps the owner of the rug is a smoker. 102 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,310 Possibly. 103 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,630 And the blood is congealed down here. 104 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:07,870 I'll perform blood typing and toxicology tests. 105 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,360 - Now, your Corporal Rogers. - Ah! 106 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,990 The bullet missed the heart but clipped the aorta above the valve. 107 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,790 Most of the bleeding was internal. 108 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,110 So, the bullet hits his left side 109 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,160 as he's running. 110 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:26,470 Interesting. 111 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:28,950 I'll run his bloods too, then, shall I? 112 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,830 Yes. Alice, look here. 113 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:36,470 There's a smear of blood across the right shoulder, 114 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,190 well away from the wound. 115 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,190 Perhaps his hands were bloody and he touched his shirt. 116 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,110 - There's one more thing. - Yes? 117 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,800 - The bayonet you found in the car. - Ah! 118 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:55,640 I see. 119 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:03,190 At some point, this bayonet, which our boy in lock-up says wasn't his, 120 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,780 was in fact covered in blood. 121 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,750 Well, no surprises there. What about Rogers? 122 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,870 Anything we can give their investigating officer? 123 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,750 Nothing much at this stage. 124 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,550 However, we can tell him the boy was sober. 125 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:22,040 Got the feeling the department was wishing he wasn't. 126 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,390 Yes, it would certainly clear the military of any wrongdoing. 127 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,710 The army's asked for a full report. 128 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:36,400 Come. 129 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,320 Major. 130 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:47,880 You must be the Chief Superintendent. 131 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,110 - Major Derek Alderton. - Frank Carlyle. 132 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:54,710 And Lucien. 133 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,750 A trip to Ballarat wouldn't be complete. 134 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,670 Derek, it's been a while. 135 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,190 - Take a seat. - Thank you. 136 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,470 Autopsy report on Corporal Rogers. 137 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,790 - Was he drunk? - No. 138 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,550 That's a pity. 139 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,750 So, all he was guilty of was being stupid enough 140 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:14,630 to run in front of a live fire exercise. 141 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:17,950 Well, stupidity's not something we can test for. 142 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,150 Already have. 143 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,280 Enter. 144 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,120 - Corporal Rogers' uniform, sir. - Thank you, Kelly. 145 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,990 So, a midnight training exercise. 146 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,390 Well, you both know the object is to simulate an emergency scenario. 147 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:43,990 - Well, it worked. - Unlike your safety procedures. 148 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,360 I'm writing a report. You're welcome to read it once it's complete. 149 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,950 Look, let's be frank, gentlemen -- 150 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,350 this was just a mistake, an accident, pure and simple. 151 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,030 And the possible safety breach? 152 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,350 We'll explore thoroughly. 153 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,270 Right now the army's main priority is men and material -- 154 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,230 limiting damage to morale, 155 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,430 which is why I'm here. 156 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,150 That, and to check current procedures, 157 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,000 make sure this never happens again. 158 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,280 Let's assume I know how to proceed. 159 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,590 Such a pity, isn't it? 160 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,640 All that potential gone to waste. 161 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:37,510 So, you two. 162 00:12:37,560 --> 00:12:39,230 Yes, we served together. 163 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,820 So he's a mate of yours, then. 164 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:44,470 Not anymore. 165 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,520 Yes, I can see why. 166 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,950 Jean, it's me. I'm sorry, I'm heading straight back out again. 167 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,510 Just dropping my bag off. 168 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,480 Yes, I know. 169 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:05,320 She'll be hungry... Mai Lin. 170 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:08,750 Yes, of course, I... 171 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:11,440 Thank you. 172 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,470 It's beautiful. 173 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,520 Yes, it is. 174 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:27,720 You know... 175 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,110 .. it didn't feel like home when I came back. 176 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,630 Not at first. 177 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:36,790 But now... 178 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:40,640 Now you can't imagine living anywhere else, can you? 179 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,230 Roast beef and tomato chutney. 180 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,070 Your favourite. 181 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,360 Well, some things never change. 182 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,200 Jean, she knows you well. 183 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:03,150 I thought that I would see you for breakfast, 184 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,310 but she told me that you were with the police again this morning. 185 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:09,110 Yes. Yes. 186 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:11,550 We're looking into a missing person case. 187 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:16,390 I didn't ever think you would dedicate yourself to anything more 188 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,580 than you did the army. 189 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,390 It's alright, Lucien. 190 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,390 I understand. 191 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,040 What you're doing is important. 192 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:31,440 And so are you. 193 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,280 All these years... 194 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,920 .. I was afraid that... 195 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,360 - No, it... - What? 196 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,700 Mai Lin, it's alright. Afraid of what? 197 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,830 I was afraid you'd forgotten me. 198 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,390 No. 199 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,590 Never. 200 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,400 Not for a single second. 201 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,390 - Chutney. - Oh, dear. 202 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,840 Hang on a moment. Allow me. 203 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,400 Thank you. 204 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,750 Alright, Charlie, no-one's telling us where this car came from. 205 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,750 Perhaps it's time we asked the car itself. 206 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,510 I don't really speak automobile, Doc. 207 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,270 That's very funny, Charlie. 208 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:45,390 Now, there was a sticky substance on the rug. 209 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,030 Of course, I just assumed it was coagulated blood 210 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,160 but I think we'll find it is in fact... 211 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,990 - Pine. - Tree sap. 212 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,870 Well, that narrows it down. 213 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,870 We're looking for a tree in Ballarat. 214 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,430 Hang on, Charlie. 215 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,430 Young Walter works as a logger, does he not? 216 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,070 You think... 217 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,590 He might be able to help us 218 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,400 find a pine needle in a haystack, what do you think? 219 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,710 What if it wasn't Walter Johns, doc? 220 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,390 Well, Charlie, he was, quite literally, 221 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,630 caught holding what we think could be a murder weapon. 222 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,750 Still, if it wasn't him, who else could it be? 223 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,510 Who else indeed? 224 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,000 Well, whoever it was, Charlie, they've driven in here... 225 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,550 .. continued down here, 226 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,870 but they've stopped here. 227 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:49,390 And, Charlie, would you say that's a drag mark? 228 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,870 - Definitely. - Yes. 229 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,880 And look... 230 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,950 .. it continues along down here, 231 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,790 and ends... 232 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:02,320 Charlie! 233 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,470 Late 20s. 234 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,190 Rigor mortis has passed. 235 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,110 No... significant decomposition. 236 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,710 Estimated time of death... 237 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,390 .. around 24 hours ago. 238 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,790 The edges of the wounds here and here 239 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:31,030 are consistent with the triangular cross-sections on the bayonet. 240 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:33,830 Her blood type matches what we found on the bayonet 241 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,950 and on the rug as well. 242 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,680 Right. Anything else? 243 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,420 She had penicillin in her system. 244 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,950 Right. 245 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,670 What were you being treated for? 246 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,870 - Doctor? - Mm? 247 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,750 It looks like a telephone number 248 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,880 and there's a name. 249 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,080 Yes. 250 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:14,360 Yes, hello. I was wondering, could I speak with Beverly, please? 251 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,560 I see. Thank you, yes, I'll call back in the morning. 252 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,310 That was a cleaner. 253 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,190 Apparently, everyone's gone home for the day. 254 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,710 Gone home? From where? 255 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:36,510 The Ballarat Courier? 256 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,750 Yeah. Let's ring them in the morning and find out who Beverly is. 257 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,070 In the meantime, we may already have a suspect in our Jane Doe case. 258 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:46,840 - The owner of the FX Holden. - Right. 259 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,790 Why don't you take the lead on this one, Davis? 260 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,720 Yes, sir. 261 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:58,670 Lieutenant Keith Marling Ellis. 9th CVR, Central Victorian Regiment. 262 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,390 Yes, you're stationed at the military base. 263 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:02,950 That's right. 264 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,590 Is this about my stolen car? 265 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:07,550 I'm hoping it hasn't been damaged at all. 266 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,800 I put a lot of work into that vehicle. 267 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,470 Do you know this woman? 268 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:17,760 No. 269 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,630 Where were you last night? 270 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,710 Laverton, on training for the past week. 271 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,190 Lieutenant, it was your car 272 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,430 that transported this woman's dead body 273 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:33,510 to a nearby forest last night. 274 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,190 There's a group of us on base -- 275 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,040 we all share our cars... 276 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,310 share everything. 277 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,270 You're saying anyone could have easily taken off with it? 278 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,790 Because when we found it, 279 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,990 it had no rego plates, 280 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,630 and the boot was covered top to bottom in blood. 281 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:55,390 I took the plates off last week, 282 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,230 so I could reroll and rechrome the bumpers. 283 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,510 But I don't know anything about any blood. 284 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,280 Where were you between 9 o'clock and midnight last night, Lieutenant? 285 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,830 Finished rifle training, 286 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,310 had dinner about 8:00, a nightcap, 287 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,430 went to sleep about 9:30, maybe 10:00. 288 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,830 Well, Laverton's only an hour and a half away. 289 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,640 What are you getting at, Sergeant? 290 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,310 Actually, why am I talking to you 291 00:20:25,360 --> 00:20:28,100 and not to your superior officer? 292 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:33,780 Alright, then, Lieutenant. 293 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,270 So, you were in barracks. 294 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,160 - No, a civilian house. - Not another soul around. 295 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,360 - No. - So no-one can vouch for you between 9:00 and midnight. 296 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,200 - No. - No. 297 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,320 Didn't think so. 298 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:02,430 - Major. - Chief Superintendent. 299 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,190 I believe you're holding one of my men. 300 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,430 We are. Lieutenant Keith Ellis. 301 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,550 We were hoping with your permission we may see his service records. 302 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,670 I'm sure you would but the answer is no. 303 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,990 We can lodge a request with the DoD. 304 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,710 You can, and the answer will still be no. 305 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,590 You're questioning him over a civilian matter. 306 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,550 When it becomes a matter for the military, then we can talk. 307 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,600 - Derek, what brings you here? - I want Ellis released. Now. 308 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,870 Yes, but that's not really your call, is it? 309 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:35,110 Unfortunately, Major, I can hold Lieutenant Ellis 310 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,710 for up to 24 hours without charge. 311 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,350 I'm well aware of what you can and can't do, Mr Carlyle. 312 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,510 - But this... - This is a civilian matter. 313 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,280 When it does become a matter for the military, well... 314 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,590 Chief Superintendent. 315 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,630 Major. 316 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,620 Won't be able to hold him off forever. 317 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:02,870 What other news from the day? 318 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,590 The woman's last meal. We examined the contents of her stomach... 319 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,870 - Do we have to hear about that right now? - You did ask. 320 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,870 For what it's worth, a shiitake mushroom -- 321 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,510 swallowed whole. 322 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:16,320 The only Asian restaurant in Ballarat is The Golden Crown. 323 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,720 Mrs Gladys Cook. She's a regular. 324 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,430 How did this happen? 325 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,950 That's what we're trying to determine, Mr Tan. 326 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,790 When did you last see her? 327 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,190 The night before last. 328 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,510 She ate quickly, said that she was meeting a friend. 329 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,790 Right. You seem to remember an awful lot about... 330 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,030 I remember because I offered to drive her there. 331 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:49,670 I see. 332 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,830 What time did you leave with her? 333 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,790 Around 9:30. 334 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,390 Mm-mm. So you were close friends, then. 335 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:03,030 I dropped her off. 336 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:04,750 Then I drove straight back to work. 337 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:07,150 My 12-year-old daughter came with us. 338 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,830 She'll be at the restaurant after school 339 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,390 if you're planning on interrogating her too. 340 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,390 Sorry, Mr Tan. 341 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,560 Where exactly did you take her? 342 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:08,630 Seeing how the other half live, Doctor? 343 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,390 Maybe. 344 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,550 What exactly are the other half doing? 345 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,470 Payroll. 346 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,950 She needed a distraction. 347 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,110 I'd have thought you'd be with the others right now, 348 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,830 interrogating my husband. 349 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,990 - You're Joyce... - Ellis. That's right. 350 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,630 So, what did Keith do now? 351 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,470 Something to do with that bloody car he loves so much? 352 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,830 His car wasn't borrowed this time, Mrs Ellis, it was stolen. 353 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,190 I'm guessing it's usually parked by your quarters. 354 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,790 Behind them, yes. 355 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,750 You didn't see anything, hear anything? 356 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,350 - Not a thing. - Right. 357 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:48,840 Um, Mrs Ellis, do you know a woman by the name of Gladys Cook? 358 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,510 Was... was that who you found in the forest? 359 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,800 Yes. Was she a friend? 360 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,510 She worked in the mailroom. 361 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,950 I hadn't seen her since she left the base six months ago. 362 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,150 None of us had. We all used to be quite close. 363 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,030 She and her husband... 364 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,550 They're separated now. He took a posting interstate. 365 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,030 I see. 366 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:18,800 Your husband, Keith, told the police he didn't know Gladys. 367 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,150 He... he would have lied, because... 368 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,040 .. whatever he and Gladys got up to, we dealt with it. 369 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:32,790 I see. 370 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,790 You'll have to excuse me -- we're all knocking off early today, 371 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,390 meeting our husbands for a drink. 372 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:42,190 Of course. Mrs Ellis -- Joyce -- one last thing, if I may. 373 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,750 You help with recruiting women to work on the base, yes? 374 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,790 I do. Why do you ask? 375 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,110 We're looking for a woman by the name of Beverly. 376 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,990 Beverly Alison, maybe. 377 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,790 She works in the laundry with Kelly. 378 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,150 - Is she working today? - No, it's her day off. 379 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,190 Joyce, tell me, do you think you could possibly help me... 380 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:04,720 Lucien. 381 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:11,430 Do you have a moment? 382 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,280 So Mai Lin's alive. 383 00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:24,710 That war just keeps throwing us surprises, doesn't it? 384 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,510 Quite. 385 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,430 She enjoying Ballarat? 386 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,190 Well, she doesn't really know anyone here. 387 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:34,980 She knows you. 388 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,310 My wife was missing for longer than we were married. 389 00:26:39,360 --> 00:26:43,270 Let's just say I got used to my situation. 390 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,790 Well, now you don't have to. 391 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,750 You should take some time off, Lucien. 392 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:54,120 Instead of loitering around my base harassing my staff. 393 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,270 I'm trying to find Beverly Alison. 394 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,630 Due back at work tomorrow, apparently. 395 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,030 She's a solid link to Gladys Cook, 396 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:06,360 whose murder, I believe, is connected to your base somehow. 397 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,740 Do you remember the last time we saw each other? 398 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,300 Men marching through the streets of Ballarat. 399 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,830 Soldiers, all of whom were once part of something 400 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,710 much bigger than themselves. 401 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,750 All marching in unison, 402 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,560 relying on the man next to them to keep them in line. 403 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,310 Yes. 404 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,470 All blindly following orders 405 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,790 without ever stopping to consider the consequences. 406 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:49,030 You know, I'm beginning to see a bit of a pattern in you, Lucien. 407 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,590 How so? 408 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,870 You're hiding, aren't you? 409 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,190 You've made a job for yourself 410 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,540 unravelling the mysteries of missing women. 411 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,270 Finding my wife... 412 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,480 .. was never a job. 413 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,320 Derek. 414 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,200 Just a minute. 415 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,240 Please, come in. 416 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,390 You didn't have to come all this way just to drop those off. 417 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,150 I wanted to say thank you, 418 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,470 and to return your plates. 419 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,110 They're the doctor's plates. 420 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,630 Yes, but I know how you take care of him. 421 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,680 These things are important to you. 422 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,950 And I wanted to tell you that I understand. 423 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,110 I know how difficult my arrival must have been. 424 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,560 He seems... 425 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,270 He seems very happy here. 426 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,550 Well, you're his wife, 427 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,140 and that's all there is to it. 428 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,390 So, Lucien told me that he and the police 429 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,110 were investigating a missing woman. 430 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,950 Yes, they are. 431 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,550 He spoke to you about that? 432 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,550 Yes, I think... 433 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,630 I think perhaps he just wanted to talk. 434 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,830 Yes. 435 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,950 That sounds like him. 436 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,070 - Thank you. - No need. 437 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,590 Excuse me? 438 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,470 Open bar. Mrs Forsyth over there's insisted on paying for everyone. 439 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,060 How lovely. Thank you so much. 440 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,790 I see the Chief Superintendent has released Keith Ellis, then. 441 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,230 Not before he got a confession out of him, though. 442 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,550 He admitted that he was sleeping with the victim. 443 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:11,800 - Yes, so I heard. - From who? 444 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,870 - Mrs Ellis. - Doctor. 445 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,510 Here to pay your respects? 446 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,750 Sergeant Davis and I are, yes. 447 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,750 That's very kind of you. I'm sure the family will appreciate it. 448 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,350 They're about to start. Doctor? 449 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,630 Mrs Forsyth, thank you so much for the drinks. 450 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,400 - That's ever so generous of you. - You're quite welcome. 451 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,230 Mrs Ellis there -- ah, Joyce -- 452 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:40,110 was quite close to Gladys Cook too, apparently, 453 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,590 as were Daisy and Ben. 454 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,030 If I may, everybody, a toast. 455 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,360 To Merv. 456 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,480 To Merv. 457 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,630 I imagine that's Kelly's husband. 458 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:01,440 Yes. Daniel Forsyth. They all live on the base. 459 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,950 Are we sure that's Kelly's husband? 460 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:11,950 Yes. He seems quite close with Mrs Ellis, doesn't he? 461 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,390 Gentlemen. 462 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,990 Friend of the deceased, were you? 463 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,440 - Something like that. - Like what exactly? 464 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,710 A few days ago, I received a message at work. 465 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,670 A woman claiming to have a story about the Ballarat military base. 466 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,790 - She left a number for me to call. - And? 467 00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,790 And I've been calling non-stop -- no answer. 468 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,150 I figured if she was from the base, 469 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,550 she might see me here, maybe approach me. 470 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,350 If this woman is so eager to talk, 471 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,070 why do you suppose she's not answering the telephone? 472 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,310 People want to report something, they get nervous. 473 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,670 They change their mind. It happens all the time. 474 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,040 Or she can't answer the telephone. 475 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,870 The woman who was murdered. 476 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:03,710 Gladys Cook lived on base six months ago. 477 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,750 You didn't think to bring this to the attention of the police. 478 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,790 It wasn't a police matter until three seconds ago. 479 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,640 I'm going to need that number. I'll check the phone book here. 480 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,510 The number, please, Miss Anderson. 481 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,110 You know I'm not on the payroll at the station, right? 482 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,160 I don't have to tell you anything. Now! 483 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,440 Thank you. 484 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,710 So what am I missing? 485 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,310 The night Merv Rogers died, 486 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,510 he'd gone for a run around the base. 487 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,990 Nothing unusual according to his mother, Daisy, over there. 488 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,600 And? 489 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,480 He was wearing trousers and a smart shirt, not exactly... 490 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,070 .. not exactly running attire. 491 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,270 And quite frankly, 492 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:06,030 of all places to run and exercise on base, why there? 493 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,990 Through trees, in the dark, on uneven ground. 494 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,110 That's a good point. 495 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,520 - Do you want another? - I'd love one. 496 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,150 Oi! I'm not going to tell you again, you dickhead. 497 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,700 Stop coming around the wrong side of the bar! 498 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,190 Rose! You followed me. 499 00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:24,310 When you ducked out of the pub I figured you were on to something. 500 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,230 You really shouldn't be out here doing this sort of thing alone. 501 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,350 I'm not alone, am I? 502 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,550 Listen, sometimes journalists think 503 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,510 the story is more important than their own safety -- it's not. 504 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,590 - Trust me, I know. - I'll be careful, then. 505 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,640 So, what are we looking for, Nancy Drew? 506 00:34:44,240 --> 00:34:46,270 Come on. 507 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,390 It seems strange to me 508 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,760 that Rogers was running so close to the fence. 509 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,840 Bloody hell! 510 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,620 Damn thing's been cut. 511 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,190 Rose, he wasn't out for a late-night run, 512 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,150 he was running back on to base from the outside. 513 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,200 What was Rogers doing outside the camp? 514 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,630 - There's only one way to find out. - Where are you going? 515 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,150 Alderton doesn't want me on the base, 516 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,390 and he doesn't want us seeing Ellis's service records. 517 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,990 I'm going to find out why. 518 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,110 That's army property. 519 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,100 Always lovely chatting with you, Rose. 520 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,750 Sir! I'm going to ask you to put your hands up 521 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,880 and turn around. 522 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,670 There's really no need for that, Private. 523 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,950 I have my identification here in my jacket pocket. I'm Dr Lucien Blake. 524 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,030 Ballarat police surgeon. 525 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:45,520 Now, what say we lower that weapon of yours, mm? 526 00:36:49,240 --> 00:36:52,470 - Lucien, where have you been? - Just dealing with some paperwork. 527 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,390 - The hospital called for you. - Oh, they did? 528 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,110 Yes. Alice has been in touch with Gladys Cook's current doctor. 529 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,070 I wrote up the notes, they're on your desk. 530 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,120 Oh, thank you. Anything of interest? 531 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,630 Gladys presented with a venereal disease. 532 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,590 Ah! Which explains the penicillin. 533 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,470 Gladys's doctor is here in town? 534 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,550 Yes. He has her records dated back over a year. 535 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:21,710 I see. Now, why wouldn't she see the military doctor 536 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,390 if she lived on base? 537 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,590 Lucien, I just dropped a domino under there. 538 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:30,240 Oh... Ah, yes. 539 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,310 - There we are. - Thank you. 540 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:35,760 How are things at the base? 541 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,550 Um, Jean, would you mind if I just had a bit of a... 542 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,140 Not at all. I'm losing anyway. 543 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,790 Let's imagine, just for a moment, 544 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,200 this domino represents Keith Ellis. 545 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:56,320 Now, Joyce Ellis was, of course, intimate with her husband. 546 00:37:58,240 --> 00:38:02,390 Gladys Cook was having an affair with Keith. 547 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,590 She was? 548 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,390 Oh, yes. 549 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,230 And we discovered just this afternoon 550 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,390 that it's highly likely that Joyce was, shall we say, 551 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:16,470 quite familiar with a chap called Forsyth, Daniel Forsyth, 552 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,230 who is an officer on base. 553 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:23,990 Now, Daniel is married to Kelly. 554 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:29,470 Kelly, it would appear, may well be involved 555 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,990 with Ben Rogers. 556 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:36,630 Ben, of course, is Daisy's husband. 557 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,830 How do you like them apples? 558 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:42,110 So, they were all stepping out together. 559 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,030 How do they keep it from each other? 560 00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,240 Maybe they don't. 561 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,070 Hang on. Are you telling me that... 562 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,390 Yes! 563 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,270 I think they're a community of couples 564 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,080 who all enjoy each other's, shall we say... 565 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,520 .. company, consensually. 566 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,110 Right. So when Keith Ellis said they share everything... 567 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:11,670 He meant it. 568 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:16,110 And I think Gladys Cook and this Beverly woman are involved too. 569 00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,390 Beverly Alison. We're off to interview her now. 570 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:21,510 Frank, promiscuity within the base 571 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,430 poses a serious security problem for the military. 572 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,070 Maybe that's why Alderton's here. 573 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:29,950 And of course there's Corporal Rogers. 574 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,750 Who we know is connected to the hole in the fence that you found. 575 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:37,110 Yes. You know, I think we've been looking at this all wrong. 576 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,590 These are the questions we should be asking. 577 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,590 One, why was he sneaking back onto base so late at night? 578 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:46,280 And two, what the hell was he doing outside in the first place? 579 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,190 Well, I think there's only one person I could ask right now. 580 00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:56,430 You're suggesting Rogers is involved in the death of Gladys Cook? 581 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,590 Rogers was sneaking back onto base through a hole in the fence 582 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,350 the night Gladys Cook died. 583 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,750 The vehicle that was dumped we now know belongs to Lieutenant Ellis. 584 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,950 He managed to drive Ellis's car off the base without being seen. 585 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,230 We think he may have distracted the sentry on duty 586 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,220 by throwing a rock through the window. 587 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,190 Kelly, we're after Beverly Alison. 588 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,310 She's not here today. 589 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,430 She should be, she clocked on at 8:00. 590 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,680 Oh, she went home sick. 591 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,360 Right. Thank you. 592 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:30,870 We'll need to be informed when Beverly does return to work. 593 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,390 Your police surgeon was here yesterday, drinking on the job. 594 00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,190 And? 595 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,790 And I believe it was Blake who found that hole in the wire 596 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:43,080 before he was caught trespassing on military property. 597 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,430 If he's found on this base again without my permission... 598 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:50,550 - You'll have him arrested. - No. 599 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,270 I may just have him shot. 600 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:58,190 You deal with your men, Chief Superintendent. 601 00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:00,230 And I'll deal with mine. 602 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,160 Good day to you. 603 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:20,150 Um, I'm actually here to find out a little bit more about Gladys Cook. 604 00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,140 I figured it wasn't for the biscuits. 605 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,270 Yeah, I know you have a doctor here on base, 606 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,080 but Gladys chose to visit a doctor in town. 607 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,230 Yes? 608 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:40,670 Well, apparently, the last time the military doctor saw her, 609 00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:46,350 he recommended she see someone at the special clinic 610 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,600 at Ballarat Hospital. 611 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,310 He made that same recommendation to other women on base too. 612 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,030 Whatever happened to doctor/patient confidentiality? 613 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,680 No names were mentioned, Joyce. 614 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,800 I'm assuming you're all presenting with the same symptoms. 615 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,840 This is never easy to talk about but this really needs to be addressed. 616 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,190 When Keith came home from Korea, 617 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:30,310 he told me about this... activity. 618 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:34,750 Out there, they weren't too sure of a tomorrow, 619 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,830 so the men would... 620 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:41,280 .. give their wives to fellow soldiers. 621 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,710 That way if anything should happen 622 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,750 there would always be someone to take care of us. 623 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,710 That's how it all started. 624 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:52,230 Didn't take long for it to become normal 625 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:53,870 within our own little group. 626 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:59,840 It's a kind of love when love isn't around. 627 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,350 Yes. 628 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,590 But you weren't happy with this, were you? 629 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,440 Of course we weren't happy with it. 630 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,120 Every marriage comes at a cost, Dr Blake. 631 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,390 That's very true. 632 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,150 And Gladys... Gladys was part of this. 633 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:28,880 Until she and her husband separated. We never saw her again after that. 634 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:34,540 The women confirmed they'd been... 635 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,110 .. indulging in partner swapping. 636 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,300 Gladys was part of it. 637 00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:42,550 And they just, um.... 638 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,990 .. gave you this information, did they? 639 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,110 Well, I am a doctor. 640 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,430 Updated autopsy report, 641 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,390 confirming the presence of Gladys Cook's blood 642 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:55,790 on Merv Rogers' clothing. 643 00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:58,390 Well, seems fairly cut and dried then. 644 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,030 Frank, I... 645 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,550 I still don't think Merv killed Gladys. 646 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,150 What was his motive? 647 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:07,670 Crime of passion, for one. 648 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:10,470 Numerous sexual dalliances going on at the base, 649 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,790 and the victim's blood on his shirt. 650 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,980 What more do you want? 651 00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,500 - Doc. - Yes? 652 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,390 A recruit came forward earlier 653 00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:27,520 saying they served Rogers at the officers' mess at 9:30. 654 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,320 9:30, Charlie. Let's think about this. 655 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,470 Merv kills her, 656 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:39,830 transports and buries the body, 657 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,230 then makes his way back to base. 658 00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,390 All within... All within a couple of hours. 659 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,800 Really? 660 00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,470 Two hours, start to finish. 661 00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:54,270 Now, let's say it took him half an hour to kill Gladys 662 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,070 and drag her body to Ellis's car. 663 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:57,990 And drive off the base without being seen. 664 00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,980 Exactly. Let's go. 665 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,550 Right, Charlie, we know Corporal Rogers buried the body over there. 666 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,590 How long would that take? Half an hour? An hour? 667 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,670 I'll meet you halfway and say 45 minutes. 668 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:18,230 But that would mean 669 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,830 - he'd only have half an hour to get back to the base. - Exactly. 670 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:23,620 Not looking very probable, is it? 671 00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,070 Alright. He parks the car, gets out, 672 00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,070 looks for a suitable place to hide the evidence. 673 00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:33,990 He leaves the knife and the rug in the car, 674 00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,270 which is when Walter and his girlfriend steal it. 675 00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,110 Yes. By now it would be 11:45. 676 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:40,670 There's a slim chance 677 00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:43,750 that if he ran back to base -- and I mean RAN -- 678 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,670 he might just make it in time, but... 679 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:47,350 There's no way he'd find any time 680 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,110 to clean up the scene of the crime after killing Gladys. 681 00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:53,470 So, either Rogers didn't do it... 682 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,120 Or... Or he wasn't working alone. 683 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,070 What happened? 684 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,270 I need to wash up. Right you are, Charlie. 685 00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:10,470 Well, Carlyle is about to posthumously charge Corporal Rogers 686 00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:14,150 with Gladys Cook's murder, but you know what? 687 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,430 I don't think he killed her. 688 00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,800 - Anyhow, I should wash up too. - How is Mai Lin? 689 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:27,280 Um, well, she's, um... 690 00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:30,950 You know, she's adjusting. 691 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,150 Um... 692 00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:37,590 She's never been anywhere quite like Ballarat before. 693 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:39,390 Must be so difficult for her. 694 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,070 Yes. After everything's that's happened. 695 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:45,350 Must be awful to be so alone. 696 00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:49,040 And to be so dependent on people you barely know. 697 00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:55,040 - Lucien? - Um, sorry, Jean. 698 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,270 Something you said just now. These army wives... 699 00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:04,110 They say Gladys left their group. I'm starting to wonder. 700 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:08,470 Look, her husband's gone. 701 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,790 She has to move off base. She's all alone. 702 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:16,350 Why would her friends just cut her off? 703 00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,830 She'd be devastated. 704 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,480 Maybe Gladys was back on base to get revenge. 705 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,120 Maybe. 706 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,070 Maybe she'd become a threat. 707 00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:33,150 Does anyone else know about the promiscuity within the group? 708 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:36,840 Beverly Alison might. The woman you can't find. 709 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,790 Lucien, officers have just got back 710 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:43,070 from Beverly Alison's listed address. 711 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:44,830 It's an empty block. 712 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,550 They're checking for another address or a postal box. 713 00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:52,870 Right. If Beverly knew Gladys, she could be in real danger. 714 00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,110 Have you checked the lieutenant's alibi or any of the husbands'? 715 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:58,230 Yes, they all check out. All except for Ellis's. 716 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,750 Still to find anyone who can confirm his story. 717 00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:03,550 Right. Service records? 718 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,310 No luck yet. 719 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,830 We have heard some scuttlebutt from a few men at the base 720 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:10,990 suggesting the lieutenant has been warned before for roughing up women. 721 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,470 - Charming. - They're also saying 722 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,830 that Gladys Cook tried to enter the base several times 723 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,390 a month or two ago. 724 00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:20,750 I'll give you one guess who the CO was who personally threw her out. 725 00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,030 - Keith Ellis. - Mm. 726 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:27,310 All of this officially makes Beverly a missing person, 727 00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,550 which, of course, is exactly what Gladys was until she wasn't. 728 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:36,070 Frank, are these Ellis's licence plates? 729 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:37,870 Charlie found them at the base. Why? 730 00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:42,310 If he was so attached to his car, 731 00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:45,710 he might have come up with a playful nickname for it... 732 00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,710 .. inspired by the registration plates. 733 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,400 Beverly. 734 00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,310 I-I don't understand. 735 00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,670 Mrs Rogers, we believe Gladys Cook was killed here on the base 736 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:09,310 and Merv was enlisted to help remove the body. 737 00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,150 Using Keith's car. 738 00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,870 Merv was familiar with it. He'd driven it before. 739 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,430 Isn't that right, Joyce? 740 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:18,880 What, you think that I... 741 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:22,310 Gladys is my friend. 742 00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:24,230 Was your friend, Mrs Ellis. 743 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:25,990 She was on the base that night 744 00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,150 because she was about to go to the Courier 745 00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,950 with your group's little secret. 746 00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:33,430 You know? 747 00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:36,710 About your little arrangement? Yes, we do. 748 00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:40,710 But that's not what Gladys was going to report to the Courier. 749 00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,550 You all wanted some kind of payback 750 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,870 for what your husbands and the army had put you through. 751 00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:53,950 So, you created a female employee out of thin air. 752 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:56,270 Gave her a job in the laundry. 753 00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:58,950 The laundry, perfect. 754 00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:01,670 She'd rarely be seen, if at all, 755 00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:03,870 and of course you pay her a wage. 756 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,790 But you did make one mistake. 757 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,710 You named her after one thing your husband loved more than you. 758 00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,240 His car, Beverly. 759 00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:16,470 Major Alderton, just thinking out loud here -- 760 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:18,390 military funds missing? 761 00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:21,390 Quite a substantial amount, actually. 762 00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:23,750 Yes. 763 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,390 Impossible to do on your own, 764 00:50:27,440 --> 00:50:31,790 but Daisy in payroll, Gladys in the mailroom, 765 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:33,390 Kelly working in the laundry -- 766 00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,840 it was easy enough to maintain the illusion. 767 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,080 Beverly was just one of many created identities. 768 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:48,000 And this brilliant idea was all yours. 769 00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:51,920 Wasn't it, Mrs Ellis? 770 00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:56,870 Even if any of this was true, 771 00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:01,350 I don't see how this proves I killed Gladys. 772 00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:04,790 The rug used to transport Gladys's body 773 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:07,510 had cigarette burns all over it. 774 00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:13,040 Fine, except the rug I own, you're all standing on it. 775 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:19,400 The rug used to transport Gladys's body... 776 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,110 .. had circular imprints on it. 777 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:29,150 Clearly, your lovely coffee table here has square legs. 778 00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:30,750 So, would you mind terribly 779 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:34,440 if we had a look inside your place, Mrs Rogers? 780 00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:44,550 What really happened, Daisy... 781 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:48,280 .. when Merv arrived and saw that you'd killed Gladys? 782 00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:52,390 No. 783 00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,710 He was disciplined, well-trained. 784 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:59,860 He would have sprung into action to try and help you. 785 00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:04,270 Gladys came here because she was scared of Joyce. 786 00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:08,310 You all were. She was desperate. 787 00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:12,750 She probably thought, of all the women, she could talk to you. 788 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:16,110 Of course Gladys could ruin everything for all of you. 789 00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:18,790 Please, I... 790 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:20,630 You argued. 791 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:22,230 And then when she threatened you, 792 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:26,760 you stabbed her to death right here, right where I'm standing now. 793 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:32,200 The burn marks on the rug. Cigarettes? 794 00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:37,390 No. I think you burnt whatever evidence 795 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,520 Gladys brought with her that night. 796 00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,080 Payroll ledgers. 797 00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:53,510 But they're gone. 798 00:52:53,560 --> 00:52:55,480 It's all gone. 799 00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,680 Ah, but it's not, Daisy. 800 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,920 This was delivered to the Ballarat Courier earlier today. 801 00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:09,550 Sent by a Beverly Alison. 802 00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:13,550 Gladys must have written up a copy and posted it to them 803 00:53:13,600 --> 00:53:15,920 before she came here. 804 00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:20,750 Before she came here to ask for her share of the money. 805 00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:24,510 You see, this was never about the sex, 806 00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:27,670 or the love, 807 00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,670 it was all about the money. 808 00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:33,070 Money and power. 809 00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:37,110 Taking back some sort of control in your lives. 810 00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:39,710 And your son was shot 811 00:53:39,760 --> 00:53:43,310 because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, Daisy. 812 00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:46,590 And he was only there because you implicated him 813 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,270 in the murder of Gladys Cook. 814 00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,190 I didn't mean to. 815 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,270 I just want my son back. 816 00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:11,390 I heard Daisy Rogers killed Gladys Cook. 817 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,270 - Uh-huh. - So it's true? 818 00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:16,310 - It sounds like you already know. - What was her motive? 819 00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:19,640 Does it have anything to do with why Mrs Cook called me? 820 00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:22,550 You're not going to give me anything 821 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,270 after I told you about the package she sent to the Courier. 822 00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,070 Which you opened up and read first. 823 00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,430 Why? So it all ends up in tomorrow's paper? 824 00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,670 - You were right, you know? - About what? 825 00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:36,820 You're not on the payroll at the station. 826 00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:47,350 So she's confessed. 827 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,950 Yes. Well, Joyce Ellis was the ringleader, 828 00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,940 but Daisy Rogers admitted to the rest. 829 00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,070 Now the army can focus on what's really important 830 00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:57,750 in this whole disaster -- 831 00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:00,230 the bloody paperwork. 832 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,240 You ever miss it? 833 00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:06,830 No. No, not anymore. 834 00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,440 - You? - Not at all. 835 00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:13,630 You know, you're still going to have to deal with the top brass 836 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,670 for a while longer, I'm afraid. 837 00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:19,670 You do know he was in town before the incident. 838 00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:24,860 - Major. - Gentlemen. 839 00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:29,630 Just thought I'd drop by to make sure we're all on the same page 840 00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:35,150 and to confirm that Corporal Rogers is to be posthumously charged. 841 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,430 Yes, he is, as an accessory to murder. 842 00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:39,310 Excuse me. 843 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:42,040 Thank you, Superintendent. 844 00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:49,110 Derek, you already knew about the money laundering, didn't you? 845 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,350 We knew that funds were trickling out. 846 00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,550 We just didn't know how, or by who. 847 00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:58,500 - The police could have helped you. - And they did. 848 00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,750 No-one had connected the money laundering to these three women 849 00:56:01,800 --> 00:56:03,870 until you came along. 850 00:56:05,600 --> 00:56:07,190 Priceless. 851 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:09,270 I was working for you the whole time. 852 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:13,230 You don't like it when things land in your lap, do you, Lucien? 853 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,800 You prefer an obstacle. 854 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:21,160 So I thought I'd throw you a little challenge. 855 00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:26,000 Why are you really here, Derek? 856 00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:30,840 Good afternoon, Lucien. 857 00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,320 It's over? 858 00:56:47,720 --> 00:56:52,990 Chief Superintendent Carlyle insisted I go home and relax. 859 00:56:53,040 --> 00:56:54,870 Well, after all those late nights 860 00:56:54,920 --> 00:56:56,750 I'm not surprised. 861 00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:59,840 Things can get back to normal now, I suppose. 862 00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:05,720 Jean... 863 00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:12,270 .. I'm sorry if you've been feeling a bit... 864 00:57:12,320 --> 00:57:14,920 .. in the dark with everything. 865 00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,720 Something of an understatement, I know. 866 00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:22,350 I want you... 867 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:27,440 I want you to know you're not losing anything. 868 00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,630 I promise you. 869 00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:33,480 Mai Lin and I... 870 00:57:36,040 --> 00:57:38,350 It's just not the same as it was. 871 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,000 It really isn't. 872 00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:44,190 But a big part of it is. 873 00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:49,630 That kind of love, it never really goes away, does it? 874 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,880 And I want you to know I understand that. 875 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:01,720 She's your priority now.