♪ [Clucking] Leo, we're going to be late!

Uh, Colden Road was flooded yesterday.

Oh, we'll take the back lanes.

You out all day?

Yeah.

Need to pick up some parts.

Supplier's up in Longridge.

I said we'd drop in at Jackie's on the way home from school, so Leo can have his tea there.

All right.

I'll call if I'm going to be late.

[Kiss] -Bye, Leo.

-Bye, Daddy.

Love you.

Get your coat on, you!

Come here.

♪ [Bicycle bell rings] ♪ Morning, Sarah.

Celia.

Late one, was it?

A bit of a lock-in.

Lunchtime specials.

I'll do the board if you make a start on those glasses.

[Indistinct chatter] Here we go, guys.

Two ploughman's.

You got your sauces.

Thank you, sir.

[Ding] [Drops coins] Man: Morning.

Coffee.

Celia: Sugar on the table.

♪ [Cell phone ringing] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] Hello?

[Faucet dripping] ♪ Right.

Inside.

Get changed.

Mummy!

♪ Mummy.

♪ [Gasping] [Cell phone ringing] [Ring] [Ring] [Ring] [Scream echoes] [Ringing continues] ♪ ♪ [Siren in distance] Morning, sir.

Tara Dunning, 32.

Husband reported her missing yesterday after she failed to pick up her son from school.

She was last seen in her village around 9:30 that morning.

We got a fix on the clothes that she was wearing at the time--denim jeans, blue, a stripy top, and a purple cardigan and a dark-colored coat.

Paul: The car is also missing from the premises-- dark green classic Volvo Estate.

Hold on.

We're already declaring this a critical incident.

Darren: It's all over social media.

A firestorm that kicked off last night.

200 members in her village message group.

Carol: "Where is Tara Dunning?"

Paul: Yeah.

Full of helpful conspiracy theories.

The moderator's name is Simon Beamish, the landlord of the village pub called The Two Tubs.

Young mother, a 5-year-old child, popular face in the village.

You can see how this is going to play out.

Chris, can you call up some support from ANPR, see if we can narrow down the vehicle's movements?

Comfort, Sharon, I need you to put a team together-- house to house in Colden.

-OK. -Boss.

I'll set up a press conference, public appeal.

Carol: Darren, I want non-reportable background briefings to accredited journalists only, OK?

And then meet me up in the village?

Yep.

Paul: We need to move quickly on this one, Carol.

Yeah.

I want to find her as much as you do, sir.

[Piano music] [Cell phone ringing and vibrating] We've got a missing from home that's making some headlines.

Her name's Tara Dunning.

Disappeared yesterday from Colden Vale.

It's already blown up all over social media.

Goodwin felt that your help could be invaluable on this.

To be honest, so did I.

We need answers quickly.

Yeah.

Any leads we can run with?

Nothing so far.

Her husband reported her missing when she failed to pick up their son from school.

Have we spoken to him yet?

I'm heading up there now.

They live in a farm about a mile away from the village.

All right.

Send me the address.

I'll meet you there.

♪ First time I've set eyes on any detectives.

She's been missing for hours now.

The case has been passed on to serious crimes.

Ridley: They are doing their best to try to find her.

I can assure you of that, Mr. Dunning.

Carol: Now, I know you've already made a statement with the police, but we'd like to try and start with a clean slate.

All right.

Yeah.

When did you last see your wife?

Ah.

Yesterday morning at breakfast before she drove Leo to school.

And did you have any concerns about her behavior?

Not that I remember.

Ridley: What about your own movements yesterday?

I was out all day.

Needed a new ignition coil, car rim refitting.

Carol: So when did you first suspect that she might be missing?

The school rang to say she hadn't picked up Leo.

Would've been around 4 p.m.

Tried her mobile.

It just rang out.

Must've rang it 100 times since.

What about any friends in the village?

Leo was supposed to go to a classmate's for tea.

I spoke to his mum last night.

She hadn't heard anything.

You sure there's not anyone you've missed?

Well, Tara works at the cafe in the village, part-time.

Helps out when she's needed.

Could Tara have gone to visit some relatives maybe?

Both her parents are dead.

How long have you two been married?

Just shy of seven years.

Ridley: And how are things at home?

Any difficulties we should know about?

What kind of question is that?

Just one of those questions that needs answered, Mr. Dunning.

That's all.

Uh... Tara can get a bit depressed sometimes.

That's what the meds are for.

All right.

So your wife is on medication.

She's been diagnosed with bipolar.

And these depressions, were you ever concerned that she might be suicidal or...?

She would never do anything like that.

Ridley: Look, I understand you're trying to protect her, Mr. Dunning, but there comes a point when you're going to have to be straight with us.

What do you think would happen if any of this came out?

They'd say she was unstable, some kind of unfit mother.

No one's trying to say that.

But if you want to help us try and find her, We have to be appraised of all the facts.

I'm telling you, someone's taken her.

-Daddy!

-Any news?

My sister Sarah.

She's been helping out with Leo.

D.I.

Farman.

I'm running this case.

Sarah: Ran into a couple of journalists parked up on the lane.

Yeah.

Phone's been ringing all morning.

Carol: Listen, it might be better if Leo isn't here for this.

Yeah.

Go on up to your room, son.

We're just talking.

OK, Dad.

Keeps asking when his mum's coming home.

Carol: We'll also need your permission for launching a public appeal.

The sooner we get all the facts out there.

In the meantime, I would suggest that you don't speak to anyone.

Carol: And we'll need to get a DNA reference sample-- something of Tara's for our records-- a hairbrush or a toothbrush.

Sarah: Surely it's too soon for that.

No.

We just generate a profile now and then anything that we find we can match it against it later.

It's just to stop you from worrying.

I'll see what I can find.

Sarah: I'll make a start on those pots.

-Just leave them.

-Won't take me long.

I said, leave 'em.

Sarah: He's out of his mind with worry.

We just want to see her back home safe.

I understand that she was well-liked in the village.

No one a bad word to say about her.

Not a sentiment you shared, obviously.

She threatened to leave him before.

Nothing Rob did was ever good enough.

But he told me she'd come to her senses.

You don't sound so sure.

She falls into these dark moods.

Sometimes they last for days.

What, you think Tara might have left of her own accord?

Things hadn't been right for a while.

That's all I'm saying.

I should get back.

So she's depressed, unhappy, prescribed medication.

Not the profile we had a couple hours ago.

So what, she just takes off without warning, abandons her own child?

I don't know.

Maybe she has a breakdown, an episode.

You know it happens.

But if she threatened to leave before, then how come her husband failed to mention it?

Shame, guilt.

We'll get her story checked out.

I'll see you back at the station.

[Vehicle alarm is disarmed, door unlocks] ♪ What's all this?

Oh, yeah.

I'm thinking about a refurb.

You know, new layout, softer lighting.

I quite like things the way they are.

Eh, the place is looking tired, Annie.

And, I mean, if we want to attract a younger crowd, we're gonna have to invest in the future.

Hang on, hang on.

Where do you see yourself in ten years' time?

I don't know.

Caribbean would be nice.

So we turn this place around, right little nest egg, see us into our retirement, and it'll be an adventure.

Hmm.

Seems like you've got it all planned out.

Oh, yeah.

You keep this place buzzing.

Leave the rest to me.

[Glasses clink] OK, everyone, if you'd like to gather round, please.

Thank you.

Quickly.

Darren?

Yeah?

-Whenever you're ready.

-Sorry.

OK, so Tara Dunning has been missing for over 30 hours now.

And due to some new information that we've received from her husband, we've upgraded her to high risk of serious harm.

Darren: I checked out Rob Dunning's movements yesterday.

He bought some car parts from a supplier's in Longridge.

The purchase was made at 13:38.

Which places him 25 miles from the village in and around the same time frame that we think that Tara went missing.

Any history of domestic abuse?

Nothing on record, though her sister-in-law has alluded to some tensions in the marriage.

Darren: But the search of the farm didn't give us anything.

All right.

Unless we learn anything else, we can rule him out.

Ridley: He also told us that Tara was diagnosed bipolar.

Now, it'd be wrong for us to jump to conclusions, but it'd be hard not to think that it has some bearing on her disappearance.

Darren: But we can't rule out the possibility that she might've wanted to harm herself.

I'll apply for a production order, see if we can access her medical records.

Any trace on the missing vehicle?

Darren: Yeah.

we got a hit on the plates.

We can place it up on the moor road near Colden Crags around 4 p.m. yesterday.

We've got to get a search unit up there immediately.

Paul: Agreed.

Let's extend the house to house-- any adjacent farms in the area.

Make sure we're seen as a visible presence.

Yeah.

Phone records, call data, IP logon history.

I want every witness statement checked, and then I want it double checked, yeah?

OK. Off you go.

[Camera shutter clicks] Paul: Tara Dunning was reported missing after she failed to collect her son from school.

The police are very concerned about her welfare, which is why CID are now involved in the case.

Tara is a well-known face in the village, an active member of the Colden community.

She worked at the village cafe.

We think that the public holds significant information about her disappearance.

We're urgently appealing for your help in trying to find her.

Now, we know there has been considerable speculation on social media.

I'd just like to respectfully remind everyone there is a family at the heart of all of this.

A little boy is waiting for his mum to come home.

♪ [Indistinct transmission] PNC check.

There's blood on the windscreen.

Romeo-4-5-4 Whiskey- November-Echo.

Green Volvo Estate.

[Wind whistling] Hi.

Give us a quick look at that.

Ah, yes, I can sign on the black line, black line, black line.

Carol: Here he is.

Ridley.

Ridley: Definitely her car, then?

Yup.

What the hell is she doing out here?

Cracked front windscreen, broken rear axle.

The car must have been traveling at some speed.

Skidded on this loose scree and ended up here.

Do you think another vehicle was involved?

Wendy: We did find some secondary tire tracks, but no evidence of any collision.

Yeah, but someone else was on the scene, yeah?

Wendy: Yeah.

We'll try and narrow down the make of the vehicle.

Anything inside the car?

That gave us rather more.

Plenty of prints.

We'll need to rule out any family members.

I'll get somebody on to that.

What about that phone?

Found it under the passenger seat.

No sign of life.

Battery must have died.

Yeah, well, we'll get that charged up.

Darren?

Wendy: We also found traces of blood-- windscreen, driver's seat, more on the outside door handle.

We'll need to run it for a match.

OK. Let's get the drones up, tracker dogs.

Darren, can you just pull that cordon back?

Block the road off from the top.

Boss.

Carol: Let's go.

-See you, Wendy.

-Talk later, Carol.

Celia: So Tara.

Yes.

She works here part-time.

She helps me with the lunchtime trade.

My hands aren't so good.

Look.

Early-onset Parkinson's.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

[Chuckles] Oh, come on.

Sit down.

I shall be truthful.

I like the company.

It's been very quiet here, you know, this time of year anyway.

Yeah.

Was Tara supposed to be working here yesterday?

She said that she wanted to take the day off.

She hasn't been herself lately.

Really?

And how was she the last time that you saw her?

Well, uh, unfocused, I suppose.

It wasn't that unusual.

What makes you say that?

She'd stopped taking her meds a few days before.

Made me swear not to tell anyone.

You two must be pretty close.

Well, I'd like to think that she could always confide in me.

Ridley: And did Tara ever mention feeling threatened or that she was being followed or...?

You think something's happened to her, don't you?

Just trying to get a fix on her state of mind, really.

Is there anything you think might be important?

Well... there was something.

Uh, an incident with one of the customers.

What kind of incident?

It's a fella called Jason Dover.

He's new to the village.

Always came in for a brew whenever Tara was working and made it his business to always speak to her.

Some of his comments were-- were inappropriate.

Comments of a sexual nature?

Well, I warned her not to indulge him.

He made my flesh creep the way his eyes followed her around, you know.

In the end, I had to warn him off.

And where might we find this Jason?

I saw his van parked outside the pub.

I think he works the odd session there.

Huh!

Goodness.

Nothing really happens around here.

[Chuckles] You do hear of the most dreadful things, don't you?

Well, I can assure you, Celia, that the police are doing their level best to find her.

Thank you.

Thanks for your time, Celia.

Darren: Boss?

Yeah.

No new leads from house to house.

Well, what about the public appeal?

Plenty of calls coming in, but the usual random sightings.

Oh, we did get a result with Tara Dunning's bank statements.

She paid for a train ticket dated for travel 3 days ago from Colden Parkway to Renton.

But that's more than 30 miles away.

Three other visits in the last three months.

She used her debit card in the meter at the station car park.

I wonder who she's meeting.

♪ [Buzz, door unlocks] Leaving already?

Meetings with the parole board.

I'll be gone for the rest of the day.

[Buzz, door unlocks] Carol: We found your wife's car up at Colden Crags.

We're just wondering if you have any idea what she might have been doing up there.

She used to drive up there sometimes.

She said it cleared her head.

We also think that Tara might have stopped taking her medication.

No, she never would have done that.

Would've left her at risk of an episode.

Can you confirm whether this is her phone?

Where did you find it?

It was left behind in the car.

I knew it.

I knew something bad must have happened to her.

Now, it's too early to jump to conclusions, Mr. Dunning.

So where the hell is she?

Well, we know that she bought a train ticket to Renton.

She was meant to be traveling there 3 days ago.

She'd been volunteering for work at a charity shop a couple of hours a week when they needed her.

Got her out of the village, she said.

Did your wife ever mention what this charity was called?

St. Botolph's, I think.

Ridley: And your sister told us that Tara had threatened to leave before.

Is that right?

Sarah's just making trouble.

Why would she do that?

We were close growing up as kids.

But the day I met Tara, priorities changed.

She can't bear the thought of her running the place.

It'll be fair enough to say they don't get on, then.

She's never given Tara a chance.

[Cell phone vibrates and chimes] They've organized a search party.

Group from the village, first thing tomorrow.

Carol: If you're thinking about joining them, I'd strongly advise against that.

It's better than being stuck here waiting for news, innit?

[Heavy sigh] The last thing I need is a posse of village vigilantes.

[Cell phone vibrates and chimes] PNC's just come through for Jason Dover.

He's got previous-- two years suspended for sexual assault.

So Celia was right to have concerns.

♪ Heard you found the car.

Abandoned up at Colden Crags.

Any idea what happened to her?

Of course they haven't or they wouldn't be here pulling off me lunchtime trade.

Ridley: We're just trying to get our facts straight, which is more than I can say for your blog.

This has shaken up the community.

No one in Colden feels safe.

I hear you've organized a search tomorrow.

Yeah.

No one knows these moors better than us.

Might be something you lot have missed.

Well, we advise you to leave this to the police.

Half the community's already signed up.

National press, social media, so unless you're planning on arresting us.

Don't tempt me.

Ridley: Look, we just want a word with Jason Dover.

Simon: What do you want to talk to him for?

Ridley: Just following up on some inquiries.

Jason?

Police would like a word.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

We can do it here or outside.

[Sighs] Typical coppers, lazy as sin.

What, you do a background check on everyone in the village and my name just came up?

Actually, that's not the reason we're here.

But, yes, you did get two years for sexual assault.

And, yes, you are on the register.

I'm guessing no one in Colden has any idea.

No.

And I'd like to keep it that way.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Carol: We understand that you were friendly with Tara Dunning.

We got on well enough.

Ridley: Right.

Well, a witness came forward and said you made inappropriate comments to Tara.

She had to warn you off.

That's reason enough for us to question you.

A bit of banter, that's all.

I didn't know that was a crime these days.

Do you mind telling us your whereabouts on the day that Tara went missing?

I was doing some coppicing up near Coatbridge.

Jensen Mill Rangers.

Check with the gaffer there.

He'll tell you.

That your usual line of work, is it?

Look, I get work where I can.

Ridley: Yes.

I suppose with your conviction, that must be difficult.

You know, it's hard to shake off.

Are we done here?

For now.

Coatbridge.

That's a couple of miles from where we found that car.

Ridley: Let's run the plates of his van, see what comes up.

Everything OK?

Yeah, fine.

Nothing for you to worry about.

♪ [Indistinct conversations] ♪ Have you been able to resolve any of the issues we talked about in the last session?

With Harry?

Yeah, I think so.

Yeah.

Good.

Yeah.

I was actually looking at some old holiday photographs the other day, and I realized how much I really love traveling, and that got me thinking, you know.

There's not really that much tying me to this place anymore.

I could just up sticks and go.

You know you can't leave the past behind.

Wherever you are, you'll always carry it with you.

Yes, I understand, but so much of my life here is just gone now.

And what about those people who need your support?

Your partner in the club.

I haven't been to the club in a while.

Is there a reason for that?

I can see they-- they've got plans, you know, big ideas.

And, huh, I don't want to get in the way.

No, Annie's doing just fine.

[Laughter] I've booked Carla for the headline slot this evening.

Without asking me first?

Ah, she's been going down a storm.

Clearly.

Oh, come on, Annie.

You don't honestly think I'd go there, do you?

In case you'd forgotten, that's Ridley's slot.

Ridley's not shown his face in a while.

Yeah, well, he's been busy with a case.

There's no room for sentiment in business, Arnie.

Maybe that's where you've been going wrong.

Still my name above the door.

Yeah.

My name on the checks.

You might have thrown a bit of money at the place, but-- A bit?

[Scoffs] I bailed this club out.

Oh, right.

So we're running things your way now.

Is that it?

Look, if we want to keep the punters coming in, we're going to have to make changes.

Even Ridley's got the message.

Hey, you got to listen to Carla's opening number.

She's going to bring the house down.

[Kiss] I'll leave you to it.

[Siren in distance] All right, Jack?

All right.

Just thought I'd come and see that you hadn't done a runner.

Yeah.

well, I've got 200 hours.

It's going to be months before I'm finished.

Yeah.

Could have been banged up, kid.

Yeah.

So everyone keeps telling me.

My barrister's entered a plea of mitigation.

Said one of my mums is a copper.

Well, that would have worked in your favor.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Everyone at the station must be talking about it.

Believe me, they've got bigger things to be thinking about.

Just feel like I let her down.

Well, between you and me, Jack, she's probably thinking the same thing, so cut her a bit of slack, yeah?

Best get back to it.

Yeah.

Thank you for stopping by.

Anytime.

Thanks, mate.

Good luck.

The blood we found in the abandoned vehicle has been confirmed as Tara Dunning's.

Carol: So we're running with the theory that someone else was involved in her disappearance.

She'd wandered off somewhere, left the scene of the crash.

Ridley: Surely one of the police dogs would have picked up the scent.

The rain may have washed away crucial evidence.

Hmm.

She was probably taken away in another vehicle, probably the person who was driving this unidentified car.

I'm still waiting for an update on those tire tracks.

Oh, we do know her mobile had been connected to a mast in the Colden area.

Last reading was recorded at 14:30.

Right.

Been there for some time, then.

What about the evidence you found in Tara's car?

Ruled out any familial matches.

Nothing else that flagged up on the system.

We did find--Hang on.

I've got it here-- a palm print that we couldn't account for, exterior driver's door window.

Might be unrelated.

Yeah.

Run it through IDENT?

No hits, I'm afraid.

I've sorted out tea for all the volunteers.

I've got cakes, tarts, sandwiches for when they get back.

Don't know what we'd do without you, Celia.

Well, at least the weather's holding up.

Hey, the police came in the pub yesterday.

They wanted to talk to Jason Dover.

I told them he was bad news.

I've been doing a bit of digging online.

It seems Jason's got some dubious history.

Oh?

Oh, yes.

Come on.

Come on.

Come-- Carol: OK, so we've just heard back from Wendy.

The blood found in the vehicle has been confirmed as a match with our misper.

We're now treating Tara Dunning's disappearance as a possible murder inquiry.

Now, it goes without saying that due to the exceptionally high media and public interest in this case, then it has created a more challenging environment for the investigating team.

But I have confidence in each and every one of you that you will do your job.

We just need to maintain the trust of the wider community.

So it now appears that Tara's assailant was known to her, and it's up to us to narrow it down who that might be.

Darren: I checked out the charity shop in Renton, spoke to the woman in charge.

She was adamant she'd never set eyes on Tara Dunning.

Her name wasn't on the volunteer roster.

Right.

So she's lying to her husband.

OK, Darren, go back through Tara's phone records and see if she had any other contacts in Renton.

Ridley...

I, um, wondered if you fancied a drink, early doors.

Yeah.

You buying?

Ha ha!

Shall I let the missus know?

You do that.

See you there.

Great.

Simon: We're urging all volunteers to exercise caution.

The moor can be pretty inhospitable at this time of year.

Celia: So you'll all need a torch and a whistle.

The plan is to head up towards Colden Crags.

Full recce of the area, and we'll be searching for any evidence the police may have missed.

Celia: What is he doing here?!

He's come to help with the search, same as everyone else.

Simon: Not sure we need his kind of help.

Man: What's this?

He's a convicted sex offender up on a rape charge.

To think, I gave you work in my pub.

This was you spreading lies.

You're poisonous, you know that?

I only said what I saw.

You ought to watch your mouth.

Oh.

And then what?

You'll come for me and all?

Sarah.

Sarah, wait.

I had nothing to do with this.

[Volunteers grumbling] Jason Dover's name is all over social media.

How the hell did this get out?

An altercation with Celia Machin in the village this morning.

This is going to compromise the whole investigation.

Darren: Well, he's still a person of interest.

Ridley: Yeah, we've got nothing to tie him to Tara's disappearance.

A witness who accused him of predatory behavior, a history of sexual assault.

What about his alibi?

I've left a message with Jensen Mill.

We're still waiting for the gaffer to come back to us.

Well, can you chase it up, Darren?

Boss.

Paul: You guys clear out.

I'd better square this with the super.

Good luck with that.

Sir.

Darren: I got a result with Tara Dunning's call log.

There's another Renton number that keeps coming up.

Psych unit just outside of town.

Renton Hospital?

Hmm.

She called the switchboard two days before she disappeared.

Well, that's got to be significant.

Good work.

Mm.

It's good that you've come out.

I thought you might have been down at the club.

No, not the same there now.

It's good to get out sometimes, you know.

Working on a case like this.

Everything all right?

Yeah, it's just home, you know.

The little one can be a bit of a nightmare.

Yeah.

And you got another one on the way, I hear.

Mm.

Things are just a bit tight, you know.

Finances.

Yeah, well, you know, a copper's salary doesn't go very far these days.

So, um, mortgage on the new property.

We're barely covering the interest repayments.

Right.

[Exhales] Alex?

Yeah.

Could you do me a favor?

Go on.

Could you lend me some money?

Yeah.

Yeah.

How much do you need?

Five grand should cover it, but I'd pay you back as soon as possible.

[Ridley chuckles] Yeah, yeah.

OK, OK.

But you're not in any trouble, Darren, are you?

I mean, it's not good for a cop to be in debt.

You'd tell me, wouldn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Of course I would.

♪ [Jazz music playing] ♪ [Bell ringing] [Doorknob turns partway, knock on door] Celia?

Simon.

You there?

Carol: We're trying to trace the movements of a missing woman-- Tara Dunning.

We think she may have been planning to visit here.

Any visitors would have needed to have been booked in.

Um... [Typing] Yeah.

She was due here Wednesday.

Never turned up.

So she's on the system.

Regular as clockwork, every four weeks.

Comes to visit her mother.

Tara's mother is a patient here?

Mary Jane Bulmore.

Committed to Renton eight years ago.

Ridley: Any chance of us getting to see her?

Not without prior clearance.

These are high-security patients.

Yeah, but it could have some bearing on a serious crime.

I'll need to contact Dr. Assi.

He's our clinical lead.

[Knock on door, door opens] Sorry to interrupt, sir.

I've just been going through Tara Dunning's phone log.

She called Celia Machin's landline the day that she disappeared.

Celia never mentioned it in the statement that she gave to the S.I.O.

OK, get over to Colden and check it out.

Sir.

[Metal detector beeps softly] [Buzz, door unlocks] Man: We look after male and female patients with dangerous, violent, or criminal propensities.

Mary Jane is considered low risk.

Yeah, and can I ask you why she was admitted?

She was sentenced for the murder of her husband in 2016.

Diminished responsibility.

She killed her own husband?

While he was asleep upstairs in bed.

Doused the house in petrol and set fire to the place.

I mean, he'd abused them both for years physically, emotionally.

I assessed her myself after the verdict.

Carol: And what was the diagnosis?

Residual schizophrenia, recently compounded by early-onset dementia.

She may seem unresponsive.

The medication can make her drowsy.

Visitors, Mary Jane.

A couple of police officers.

They'd like to ask you some questions.

Not too long, please.

[Door shuts] Mrs. Bulmore, I'm D.I.

Farman.

This is my colleague-- Mr. Ridley.

We'd like to talk to you about your daughter, Tara.

I understand she was due to come and visit you.

I sat here waiting.

She never showed her face.

Tara's been missing for a few days now.

We're concerned about her well-being.

She stays away to punish me.

Assi: Now, you know that's not true, Mary Jane.

Mary Jane: For what I did.

When was the last time you saw your daughter?

A few weeks ago.

I could tell she wasn't right.

Really?

Why do you say that?

Something was troubling her.

A mother always knows.

Ridley: Yeah.

Did Tara mention anything that she thought was important to you or...?

She told me she was frightened.

Really?

Frightened of what?

Oh, we should take a break now.

You see him?

You should watch him.

It's OK, Mary.

Let's get you back.

He keeps me locked up, you know.

Potions and pills.

Assi: Gertie will take you back to your room.

Gert?

Mary Jane: Just look at those bruises.

Ridley: Those bruises on her arms.

They're Mary Jane's self-harms.

Persecutory delusions, a symptom of her condition.

And is the condition hereditary?

Well, both conditions have genetic deficits as core disease features, similar white-matter deficit patterns.

Because we know that Tara was diagnosed bipolar.

Tara saw herself as a ticking bomb.

You sound like you know her pretty well.

Yeah.

We discussed her condition, her medical history, clinical options available to her.

But why would she come to you?

I've been treating her mother for years.

I know her better than anyone.

We think that Tara may have stopped taking her meds.

I would have advised against that.

You must have heard that she was missing.

I was away at a conference.

I saw it on the news, I think.

But she didn't show up for her monthly visit.

Surely alarm bells started to ring?

Tara's visits were upsetting Mary Jane.

I advised her to stop coming altogether.

That's not what she told us in the visiting room.

Oh, that depends on which Mary Jane you happened to be talking to.

Have you any idea what have might happened to her?

We're following up various leads.

Assi: Well, I'm late for my rounds.

If I can help you in any way, you've got my number.

[Knock on door] Darren: Ms. Machin?

Ms. Machin?

Celia?

D.C. Lakhan, Copelton Police.

Celia?

♪ Wendy: As you can see, she fell downstairs, died as a result of a broken neck.

So it could have been an accident.

I mean, we know she had Parkinson's.

From the placement of the body, I'm fairly certain she must have fallen backwards with some force.

There's blood on the spindle.

Yeah.

So she may have been pushed.

Office has been ransacked.

Back door lock was splintered.

So maybe she came home and disturbed a burglary.

Wendy: Well, initially that appeared to be the case, but these kitchen surfaces have been wiped down with disinfectant.

I could smell it the moment I arrived.

So whoever it was cleaned up after themselves.

We found a couple of prints on the back door frame, still unaccounted for.

Didn't match the deceased.

Carol: Any idea how long she's been dead?

Rigor mortis is well established, drawing at the periphery, so I'd say around 8 to 12 hours.

You might want to check those prints against the profile of Jason Dover.

He's on the system.

Darren?

Yeah?

Can you check all the surrounding areas, see if anyone saw anything yesterday evening that was suspicious?

Boss.

Thanks.

Do you mind if I take a look?

Just try not to touch anything.

♪ Any burglar worth his salt would have found these.

You think this was staged?

It feels like it.

That phone call from Tara.

Why didn't Celia mention it?

Maybe she was covering for her.

[Cell phone ringing] Yeah, maybe she knew a bit more about the disappearance than she let on.

I'll get that laptop checked out.

Yeah.

Wendy: Thank you.

You might want to hear this.

We just had a call from the lab.

You were right about those prints.

They found a match.

It is Jason Dover.

♪ [Siren] Carol: You had an altercation with Celia Machin yesterday in Colden, during which you accosted her in a threatening manner.

This exchange was witnessed by a number of people.

I should never have lost me temper.

She'd already implicated you in Tara Dunning's disappearance.

A few hours later, we found her lying at the bottom of her stairs with her neck broken.

You can't seriously think I killed her.

Do you often lose your temper with women, Mr. Dover?

What's that supposed to mean?

We pulled out the details of your sexual assault case.

What happened with me and that girl was consensual.

The verdict suggests otherwise.

The woman you assaulted was known to you.

Apparently, you developed a very unhealthy obsession with her.

Carol: It seems like a pattern is emerging here, Jason.

Do you mind me calling you that?

I think you followed her up to Colden Crags.

You wanted to put her in her place.

You have no idea what happened to Tara, so you're trying to fit me up.

We're not in the business of fitting anybody up, Jason.

The evidence is incriminating enough.

Yes.

We found a set of your fingerprints in Celia Machin's kitchen, not to mention one of your business cards.

I did some gardening work for her--weeding, lawn.

She said she wasn't good on her feet anymore.

Was that before you had words with her in the cafe?

She didn't like me talking to Tara.

It was like she was jealous or something.

Did you ever go into the house?

Just to clean up, use the bathroom.

I think she made me a cuppa once.

Carol: And that was the last time you went there?

I haven't been near the place since.

We'll need you to account for your movements yesterday evening.

I was at Sarah's all night.

Sarah Dunning?

I hadn't told her about the conviction.

She wasn't answering me calls.

And what time did you get there?

It must have been about 6:00.

Well, we have a statement from one of Celia Machin's neighbors that claims that she saw your van parked up outside her house around that same time.

OK, I went round there but just to apologize.

Right.

OK. Well, you see, Jason, the more you keep lying to us, the more we keep thinking you've got something to hide.

Jason: I thought if I cleared the air, Sarah would give me another chance.

Did you go into Celia's house?

Talked on the doorstep.

She seemed guarded, on edge.

That's hardly surprising.

I tried to explain that she'd gotten me all wrong.

She warned me to leave.

Said she'd call the police.

Carol: That must've really riled you up.

I turned around and walked away.

See, I think you went back, forced your way through that back door.

She ran upstairs to try and get away from you.

No.

You grabbed her and she fell.

I didn't lay a finger on her.

I moved here for a fresh start, a clean slate.

Things between me and Sarah are great.

Why would I mess that up?

He told us he'd come round to see you last night.

Said he wanted to make things right between us.

Did he tell you he'd just been to see Celia Machin?

How did he seem?

Angry, on edge.

He said Celia had got everything wrong, that there was nothing going on between him and Tara.

Did you ever suspect he had anything to do with Tara's disappearance?

You think I might have been covering for him?

I think sometimes we choose not to see things.

He used to ask me about her sometimes.

I shared stuff that maybe I shouldn't have.

What kind of stuff?

I told him how the marriage was a sham, the way she behaved with my brother, games she played.

Rob had the business, the perfect family.

Me, I was stuck here with nothing.

Had Jason ever been violent towards you?

He'd been talking about moving in together.

Came out of nowhere.

I said it was too soon.

Jason just lost it.

Said I've been stringing him along, that I was lucky to have him.

The way he blew up, it frightened me.

So what happens now?

Well, he'll be released from custody as a person under investigation.

I know this much, he's finished in this village.

Recording: Hi.

Alex Ridley here.

Leave a message.

Hello, stranger.

Remember me?

Just wondering how you are, where you are.

You're probably busy on a case anyway.

Um... just give me a ring when you get a chance.

All right.

Bye.

[Door opens, knock on door] Just the man!

The Rawtenstall Inner Wheel are looking for a new guest speaker.

Clearly, they're tiring of my forensic schtick.

Now you could share your thoughts on criminal psychology, the short version.

Any monetary incentive?

Biscuits.

Homemade?

No?

Fine.

Ridley: So you said you had something for me.

Celia Machin's postmortem results confirmed the cause of death-- C1 fracture of the spinal cord.

Now, we also found biological markers in her brain.

We call them red neurons.

They develop after an ischemic event.

Her brain was deprived of oxygen for some hours.

So it took her a while to die.

Mm-hmm.

Slow suffocation as the brain loses oxygen.

Wouldn't have been pretty.

Is there anything here that ties it to Jason Dover?

No.

We ran some checks for trace DNA.

Nothing so far, except for those incriminating prints.

We did find some dark woolen fibers on the body that didn't match anything the deceased was wearing.

Could have been transferred by her assailant.

What about the tire tracks at Colden Crags?

Definitely not a match for Jason Dover.

Neither was the palm print.

Right.

So there's nothing to work with at all.

I wouldn't say that.

We finally got ahold of Tara Dunning's medical records.

Interesting reading.

She was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after the birth of her son.

That's definitely a bit more than just depression, isn't it?

Spent some time in a specialist mother and baby unit.

Doctors prescribed antipsychotics.

We think she was off her medicine.

There's a very good reason for that.

♪ Tara Dunning was pregnant.

♪