Spontaneous laughter broke out once again among the team, everyone grateful for the brief moment of levity in the midst of a horrific murder investigation.
“Oh yes, he's turning into a right good joker is our Derek,” Sam Gable giggled, with a broad smile on her face.
“Alright, you two, calm down a bit,” said Ross. “Anything from Claire's friends, if you managed to contact them after all that?”
“Nothing at all, sorry, sir,” said Gable. “There were two witnesses, if you could call them that, listed in the file. One was Lisa Owen, a friend of Claire's. She wasn't at home, but her mother directed us to the florist's shop where she works. She confirmed her original statement, that she'd been with Claire in the pub that night and got into a taxi and said goodnight to Claire at the end of the
