CHAPTER 14
THE BOOTLE CONNECTION
Fenella Church and Derek McLennan, after working the murder site in Fleetwood, had returned to headquarters and were quick to report their findings to Ross.
“The abandoned car was stolen in Bootle, a blue Ford Focus belonging to a Mrs Patricia Heath. She’d left it parked on her drive, right outside her house. She admits she may have forgotten to lock it, as she’d only recently arrived home with her shopping and had taken it all indoors and it took her a while to unpack her bags, put the frozen food in the freezer etc. She admits she’s often gone out to her car to find she’s left it unlocked,” Church said.
“I think she’ll be a little more diligent about locking her car in future,” McLennan added. “Apparently, her husband was furious when she told him the
