The hairs on Sant’s neck were fully grown by now. ‘Did you do the forensic work back then?’
The pathologist took a long, slow swig before shaking his head. ‘In 1977 I was studying my trade and living out punk fantasies between lectures.’
‘So how come you recall the C3?’
‘Because that went on years later. In the mid-eighties I think it was. The case was still a hot topic after all that time. From what I recall, too, Rita’s killer wasn’t identified straight away. It took a couple of years before the trial began. 1979 from memory. What’s your interest?’
Sant emptied his glass and wanted something stronger, but there was too much on his mind to let alcohol dull the senses. ‘The spot where Rita Mitchell was killed is a stone’s throw from the Woodhall Road crime scene.’
‘Where the cadavers
