Chapter Eleven – DCI BeckleySaturday 19 December 2015
Cheryl and Nicole are the first two faces of Operation Paramount. I swipe my proximity card to access the Incident Room and eye the wall-mounted LG TVs, as I bypass the surveillance hub.
It's a hive of activity; officers behind control panels listen closely to live updates via earpieces. At the Intel 24 desks, intelligence officers focus intently on their computer screens. The Gold commander, Martin Greensdale, is with the TAC advisor, Steve Kent, to my right. I eye the room, scrutinising street maps, photographs and detailed case notes; no surface untouched by the investigation.
Both bodies were discarded in public locations, where the killer was certain they would be found by passers-by. He wanted attention. DI Morton, part of the
