“That was it, Inspector Ross” said Ronnie Doyle with a look of intense sadness on his face. “The police did virtually sod all to try and find Marie or Brendan for that matter.”
“Are you telling me you never heard from the police again after the visit from Sergeant Carson?” Ross asked Ronnie.
“Well, we did get another visit a few weeks later. Sergeant Carson came to the house one morning. Me and Mickey were at work and Dad was out, I can"t remember where. Me Mam told us later that Carson had done a routine follow-up on our report of Marie"s disappearance and that there"d been no word from any of the flyers he"d sent to other forces and there"d also been no reports of any "victims of violence" as he put it, being found anywhere in the country. That was his nice way of saying murder, I reck
