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First broadcast 20th February 2009.
When student Elaine Donohoe goes missing, Clare Vorland, a professed psychic, comes forward to help the police, though Burke is cynical.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Katrina Bryan - Pathologist Ellis Sinclair
Julie Duncanson - Clare Vorland
Alan Francis - Kieran
Finlay McLean - Mr Gill Donohoe
Jane Stabler - Mrs Donohoe
Pollyanna McIntosh - Morag Shearer
James McAnerney - Jamie Shearer
Charlotte Allan - Veronica
Kirstin McLean - Elaine
Gavin Jon Wright - Manager
Carole Anders - Redhead
When student Elaine Donohoe goes missing, Clare Vorland, a professed psychic, comes forward to help the police, though Burke is cynical.
Blythe Duff - DS Jackie Reid
John Michie - DI Robbie Ross
Alex Norton - DCI Matt Burke
Colin McCredie - DC Stuart Fraser
Katrina Bryan - Pathologist Ellis Sinclair
Julie Duncanson - Clare Vorland
Alan Francis - Kieran
Finlay McLean - Mr Gill Donohoe
Jane Stabler - Mrs Donohoe
Pollyanna McIntosh - Morag Shearer
James McAnerney - Jamie Shearer
Charlotte Allan - Veronica
Kirstin McLean - Elaine
Gavin Jon Wright - Manager
Carole Anders - Redhead
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00:10You
00:30No!
01:16no one's seen or heard from her for the last three days something's happened
01:23it would be wrong to jump to conclusions yes there might be a perfectly good reason
01:28you're not listening to us i speak to elaine two or three times a day
01:40we're best friends she wouldn't just go off and not tell us
01:53there are some sick people out there inspector mrs donahoe we're going to find your daughter
02:05check to lean's diary sir nothing jumps out it's just a uni timetable the last time anyone saw her
02:11was it our hockey match on tuesday night she didn't shop for a wednesday morning lectures
02:14tuesday night one of our lads pulled in a drunken disorderly look what he had on him elaine donahoe's
02:21bag
02:33tire tracks drag marks this is on her way back from hockey never makes it home
02:41she gets jumped here dragged into a vehicle nice cheerio so either we're talking opportunistic or
02:48somebody was watching her no one should come this way well i'll re-interview your hockey pals find out
02:54if they saw anybody unusual hanging around
03:00there's a big blood stain for an abduction
03:06this is a nasty one robbie you can feel it
03:10the blood type from the scene matches elaine's we won't know for sure till we get the dna results
03:14back okay thanks sir that's elaine's mother here what are you going to tell her
03:22the bare minimum
03:26mrs donahoe i didn't expect to see you again today i brought someone to see you this is claire
03:31she's a friend of the family i know you from somewhere you used to have a tv series claire's a
03:37psychic she's going to help us find elaine elaine was abducted by a person driving a white van
03:43possibly an older vehicle i'm sorry i don't remember your full name it's claire for land
03:51right could you just give us a minute i need to get this uh statement for the record
04:02so this van that you saw it was white that's correct and a bit long in the tooth you said
04:09i'm pretty sure i saw some rust around the um front wing i don't know the technical term
04:17near side or off side you managed to catch the number plate
04:23my visions don't work like that inspector oh do they not they're elliptical and require
04:32interpretation and your consultancy fees just how elliptical are they i don't charge for missing
04:39persons cases so what is your angle i'm trying to help you find her well you know something over
04:47the past couple of hundred years we've been developing some investigative methods of our own
04:52life by large we do all right you've got nothing to lose by checking out the lead it could save
04:58elaine's
04:58life we'll be in touch
05:07bloody nerve of that woman some people get no shame inspector
05:16mind your head so what do you want to do with the van sir
06:00i've got something you know i'm so close to throwing this thing out the bloody window
06:04what is it i think you should come and see for yourself
06:16it was taken by one of the university cameras on tuesday night the same night elaine went missing
06:22look at the time stamp so what white van 15 years old you'll never guess who it's registered to
06:28morag shearer and well robbie took a statement from her she's the captain of elaine's hockey team i
06:35know who she is well she was one of the last people to see elaine in the night she disappeared
06:40shouldn't we bring her in that doesn't mean a thing there's nothing to link that van with elaine's
06:44abduction except that psychic's prediction and she's been on the money so far the day i allow an
06:50investigation to be influenced by the likes of that vulture is the day i blow my brains out understand yes
06:55sir
06:59still we should maybe have a word with shira just eliminate her from her inquiries just like anybody
07:17else
07:18that's right there sir could we have a word
07:23this is about elaine it's about the van your report is stolen catch up
07:31tell us exactly how the van was stolen i've already spoken to the police well you can tell
07:35us again i took it to my brother's garage to get it serviced and it got nicked from the forecourt
07:41and his name what's he got to do with this please miss just the name
07:49jimmy shearer this is about elaine isn't it there have been allegations that your van was used to
07:56abduct her what so you think i lied about it being stolen
08:03you think i took her
08:06you got this from her father didn't you
08:10he's always had a problem with me he's jealous because me and elaine are so close how close
08:17i wasn't romantically involved if that's what you're thinking elaine's a pretty girl she's not my type
08:30she's definitely morag's type so what do you reckon sir you think that psychic might be right about the van
08:44what was the nature of elaine's relationship with morag shira
08:47the friends more than friends the first time we met morag we knew something wasn't
08:54right about her that's unnatural isn't it older woman hanging around with younger girls
09:02hasn't she got friends her own age they're teenagers they don't know what they're doing
09:08and you were worried about elaine being influenced by morag elaine's a nice girl she was brought up a
09:16good catholic unlike most of the kids these days she actually knows the difference between right and
09:22wrong unlike morag who in the eyes of your church is guilty of committing a mortal sin isn't that right
09:29mr donoghul not just my church inspector there's quite a consensus out there why do you keep asking
09:37about morag do you think she's involved in elaine's abduction i'm afraid we can't comment at this stage
09:44i'm elaine's mother i've got a right to know i've given you my answer mrs donoghul
09:49it's for everyone's protection morag was driving that van wasn't she claire was right
09:58thanks for the tea we have a suspect morag shira 28 postgraduate students at the university
10:05i want to know everything about her relationship with elaine who are friends lovers enemies are and
10:11you get a christmas bonus if you find this white van that she claims was stolen and not a word
10:16of
10:16this gets into the press yeah i can see the headlines now hot lesbo sex killer on campus
10:23haven't you already got that one in your collection robbie
10:51that's her favorite
10:57what is it
11:06elaine's here
11:09she's standing beside you
11:17she says she's lying in woodland
11:22but how can she tell you
11:27is she still alive
11:37no
11:39she's passed over to the other side
12:00i can't have her lying out in the cold you have to find her we will find her sorry inspector
12:07i told
12:07her not to come
12:08girl go home talk some sense into her please elaine's dead i know it she's in the woods
12:17claire said so
12:19she spoke to her spoke to who to elaine last night do you see what that woman is doing to
12:26us can't you keep
12:27her away claire's the only one helping this family
12:31as if it's not bad enough without vorlin stirring things up
12:34the thing is she's probably right i mean anyone here think that elaine's still alive
12:39we continue to treat this as an abduction until we have a body understood
12:45sure yeah i have to say i'm with robbie in this one how do you mean
12:48maybe she's doing us a favor by not building the family's hopes up doesn't matter if you believe in
12:52vorlin's powers or not you can't follow our logic keep digging in morag shearer check out her brother
12:59what about elaine's father yeah him too softly
13:11is claire vorland here i'm afraid not can i help i'm her manager i'm elaine donahoe's father
13:18ah right i'm sorry forget it when you see vorlin tell her to stay away from us i don't want
13:25that
13:25woman coming anywhere near my house do you hear me you have to speak to your wife about this she
13:29asked for claire's help tell that witch to stay away from my family or she will live to regret it
13:42tell them to tell them no comment
13:49great now we get the mother and the press on our backs sir morag shearer's brother's got a record
13:55and we're not talking shoplifting conspiracy to supply firearms with a twist he converts replica pistols
14:02to fire live ammo boys get serious skills
14:17your sister said the band was stolen from outside here
14:21that's right you get to be the victim for once some might call that poetic justice
14:27so this is the place you work all your magic eh i had one of your guns blew the brains
14:33out a
14:33security guard and took a chunk out the guy that pulled the trigger i've done my team did morag ever
14:39mention elaine donahoe to you no but you've seen her name in the paper can't miss it can you so
14:47you've
14:48never met her no no are we finished because i've got work to do yeah me too be seeing you
14:57jimmy
15:01thank you
15:09road accident can someone take this in the middle please
15:17does bridge mean anything to you madam my son was killed in a road accident on a bridge
15:24in a blue car he's tried to get through to you for so long but you can't hear him
15:31he wants you to know that he's at peace he's happy and you don't have to put flowers in that
15:38bridge
15:38anymore
15:52thank you for coming thank you so much thank you
16:17thank you
16:22any luck with the witnesses yeah we can place where the shot came from and the timings all match
16:2711 10 just after the show finished the shooter no nothing he disappeared he but i mean no one's
16:33saying anything either way well maybe we'll get a print sir paramedic said that claire's wound wasn't
16:39too bad they dressed it in the ambulance then sent her home she was lucky true and then she
16:45other ways can't be that good then can't she so didn't see you coming you'd want her dead but you
16:53accuse me robbie rightly you're wrong that the whole world thinks that claire vorland's helping with
16:58her inquiries somebody thinks you know something steward yes jackie do me a favor could you check
17:11all of elaine's diary entries for the week prior to her abduction
17:20why didn't you tell us about your meet with elaine you've given me no reason to trust you
17:24you didn't exactly treat me with respect last time we met it didn't occur to her to say anything
17:29it wasn't out of the ordinary elaine regularly came to see claire for consultations elaine was a good
17:36soul like her mother a true believer what are you scared of the things that keep me awake at night
17:43are not of this world at this rate you'll be visiting the spirit world in record time somebody
17:49tried to kill you last night next time you might not be so lucky i didn't see the face but
17:55you've
17:55a pretty good idea who it was haven't you there's a missing girl out there i think her disappearance
18:01is connected with the shooting last night so stop messing me around there's no need to shout
18:05inspector can't you see she's frightened
18:09why did you tell mrs donahoe elaine was dead because that's what i saw no you met up with elaine
18:17she told you something that made you think she was at risk now what was it clear what did elaine
18:25say
18:31my clients have a right to privacy what passed between elaine and i has to remain confidential
18:50hello veronica
18:56so was elaine gay no but she sometimes gave that impression how do you mean i should flirt with the
19:02other girls on the hockey team including morag come on a simple yes or no yeah well elaine led morag
19:11on big
19:12time she wanted to get on the hockey team and morag's in charge of selection you make elaine sound
19:16pretty manipulative she was past tense when was last time one of these things had a happy ending
19:24must have been hard for you knowing that elaine was wrapping morag around her little finger
19:30morag is your girlfriend isn't she
19:34so where were you the night elaine disappeared
19:38i was at morag's i was waiting for her to get back from hockey
19:41could anyone confirm that i was on my own what time did morag get back it's important
19:48you have to tell me the truth veronica it was late
19:54it was almost first light
19:57morag was out all night no alibi or credible explanation as to what she was up to and where
20:03are we at with the vorland shooting well no casings no bullet wonderful but we know all about jamie
20:08shearer's history of firearms so maybe he supplied the gun to his sister i mean morag thinks vorland
20:14is helping us it's all over the press so maybe morag borrowed a gun off her brother and took a
20:19pot
20:19shot at vorland sir she's here again the mother miss vorland the vulture has landed oh dear god
20:36thanks for coming in clear we appreciate your help i wanted to tell you before
20:42her but i was scared i understand just take your time i did meet up with elaine the week before
20:54she
20:54disappeared she was worried about her safety she was scared someone was going to hurt her did she
21:03mention her name morag someone so why was she scared of this morag
21:12claire we can't protect you unless we know who's behind this elaine told me that morag had
21:20sexually assaulted her it was after some party elaine was thinking about going to the police but
21:27she was worried about the consequences
21:29so she went to you for a reading she wanted to know she was going to be at risk
21:35yes when you predicted she would be just fine
21:39why didn't you tell us about this earlier oh she couldn't do that could she
21:43that would mean admitting she got it wrong that would damage her professional reputation
21:47no psychic is 100 accurate only god is divine oh stop hiding behind all that hokey cokey shite
21:55you've been leading us a merry dance haven't you what's the real story of that white van
21:59i saw it in a vision i wanted to help elaine you got her killed that's what you believe
22:05is that you think elaine's dead yes do you know it's a crime to withhold information
22:33she's here
22:37she says she's in a white cart
22:44she's been left there to rot
22:49she's begging me to find her
22:55clear
23:00clear
23:06i know where she is
23:45okay sir we're done here
23:47yeah we're finished here too complete waste of police time
23:51do you want to move to location please sure i'll see you there
24:01okay
24:20she's here i can feel it
24:25okay
24:42dci buck come in
25:08i'm deeply sorry for your loss
25:13maybe if you'd listen to claire earlier we would have found her alive
25:26two main injuries to the head this smaller one here possibly a fall this large laceration a heavy downward blow
25:35from a blunt instrument but neither one killed her cause of death was drowning
25:39do you know if she was conscious
25:41lungs are hyperinflated and filler of her water so it's more than likely elaine was a strong girl
25:46should have gone down fighting no one would have heard her out there any indications to the weapon
25:53i've covered
25:53i've covered
25:54i've covered these from her scalp
25:56paint fragments and they contain carbon fibre
25:59so we're not talking about a piece of two by four
26:01no
26:02you're looking for something a little less run-of-the-mill
26:05no
26:05the major wound has a pronounced curvature to it
26:08something with a leading edge
26:11like a hockey stick
26:16look i'm not happy about this nobody's asking you to be happy
26:19you're assisting us with a murder inquiry now open it
26:26thank you
26:40we found the body morag
26:44he's dead
26:47no
26:50please no
26:52and we know your brother supplied you with a gun
26:55what gun
26:56the one you used in clear vorland
26:59i don't know anything about that
27:03you people are full of tricks
27:06twisting the truth and turning everything upside down
27:10well that's rich coming from you
27:12morag the wise mother figure who looks after all the little lambs
27:18we know you sexually assaulted elaine donahoe
27:21a witness has come forward
27:23you came on to her after a hockey party she wasn't interested
27:27but you wouldn't take no for an answer you got violent
27:29there was nothing malicious about it
27:33we'd all had a few too many to drink
27:35is that your defense
27:38it was nothing like that
27:42elaine
27:45she didn't seem to mind
27:46what at first
27:49your anger stayed with you didn't it
27:51boiling round and round seen her every day at lectures on the hockey pitch
28:01you played hockey with her the night she disappeared
28:06i'm showing the suspect production 1b
28:09a molitor zx 400 hockey stick
28:13you snapped that night
28:15you went after elaine and you beat her senseless with this
28:19i don't use that type of stick
28:22it was found in your locker how did it get there
28:27i use this lasinger
28:29i always have
28:32means motive and opportunity jackie will sweat a confession out of her
28:37not that hockey sticks not hers
28:38she'd be easy enough to verify we can check with her friends
28:41come on out
28:42i'll come with you
28:43no you don't
28:45you go and bring in jamie sheera
28:46we'll play brother against sister see who squeals first
28:51what is it sir
28:53how did vorland know about that white van
28:56she was tipped off from beyond the grave
28:58or maybe she just got lucky you know white vans are fairly common
29:01statistically it's a pretty good bet
29:03yeah but what are the odds of finding a body in a white cart
29:06there's no way you would get that lucky
29:08where is she getting her stuff from
29:10maybe you need to be a wee bit more open-minded boss
29:13what do you mean by that
29:15oh psychics have been known to help in murder cases
29:18vorland helped us find elaine
29:20maybe she really can commune with the dead
29:22that one was a bloody 40 if ever i saw one
29:27there you go sir enjoy the show thank you
29:50who knows
29:59everything's going to be fine
30:02you look great
30:31thank you so much for coming today
30:39and for all the flowers and the messages of support i am so grateful
30:45i can't really talk about the attempt in my life but
30:49someone must have been looking out for me
30:55i can really feel the energy in here today
31:01a house fire
31:04i can see a house fire
31:06can someone take this in the middle
31:09aye over here
31:11i'm speaking to a mother figure
31:14a woman who was a great rock to you while she was alive
31:18your grandmother
31:22possibly an aunt
31:25her name begins with an f
31:27nah i don't know
31:28sorry it's the letter next to it
31:30it's a g
31:32h i
31:33j k
31:35i'm sorry sir could you sit down please i'll come back to you
31:37i sense a dark
31:40or amongst us
31:42someone who's came here today to cause trouble
31:45someone who mocks us
31:49even as he needs my help
31:53there's a spirit here who wants to talk to you
31:58all right
31:59who would that be
32:02your father
32:04andrew says
32:05he's sorry for taking his own life
32:08but it was his decision
32:09you couldn't have done anything more to save him
32:13your daddy caused you so much pain in your life
32:17but not just a suicide
32:22he beat you
32:24when you were a little boy
32:29that's why you pushed him away
32:31but it wasn't him
32:33it was the demon in the bottle
32:35he can't move on
32:37because of the guilt
32:39your daddy's
32:41begging your forgiveness
32:58death
32:58hi there
32:59do you uh sell these hockey sticks
33:03we don't normally stop that model
33:05it's the best part of 200 quid
33:08the students here would rather spend their money on beer and gear
33:12i did sell one of them last week
33:14really
33:15yeah i had to get it as a special order
33:17and do you remember who bought it
33:20normal looking
33:22middle-aged
33:23was it a man or a woman
33:24definitely a bloke
33:26do you recognize him
33:28yeah
33:31is that him
33:34yeah that's the guy
33:36great thanks
33:47do you recognize this mr donahall
33:58yes
34:00we have a till receipt
34:02says you bought it with your credit card
34:05that's correct
34:06i bought it for elaine for her birthday
34:09this is elaine stick
34:11yes
34:12so she would have had it with her the night she was abducted
34:15i would have thought so
34:20well we're uh
34:22we're sorry to have troubled you
34:25but why did you bring it here
34:30this stick was used in the attack on your daughter
34:35and you needed us to identify it
34:38well we we didn't know that it was elaine's until just now
34:41but you knew i bought it
34:47i would never harm my child
34:49no matter what
34:52you tell me this was used to kill my elaine
34:56it was a present
34:58i bought it i don't deny it
35:01but to do what you suggest
35:06so whoever kidnapped elaine took her hockey stick and battered her with it
35:10maybe this murder wasn't premeditated
35:12maybe the killer only meant to kidnap her
35:14unless he or she wanted us to think that
35:17so how did the hockey stick end up in morag's locker
35:20a kid could pick that lock sir
35:21what you think morag was framed
35:23our one suspect with a cast iron motive
35:26elaine had enough in sheara to send her to jail
35:28now she's involved in this somewhere
35:30let's give her both barrels again
35:31socos have just found a gun
35:33in a bin around the corner from the theater
35:35and jamie sheara's prints are all over it
35:41i'm not saying anything to you release my sister
35:44she's got nothing to do with this
35:46this sibling loyalty just blows me away
35:50sadly morag's still the number one suspect in a murder inquiry
35:54unless you can tell us anything different
35:57elaine donohoe
35:58remember her
36:00like i told you the last time
36:02i never met a girl
36:06you're gonna have to do better than that jamie
36:08we know you like guns
36:11what about hockey sticks
36:13what bit did you like best jamie
36:16caving her head in
36:17or watching her struggle as you held her under the water
36:23screw you
36:26we found the gun jamie
36:29you left us a nice fat thumbprint
36:38look your brother's prints were all over the gun
36:40why didn't you just admit you hired him to kill vorland
36:43i had never even heard of her until all of this
36:46you killed elaine then when vorland started blabbing you had to shut her up
36:49i can't believe that this is happening
36:51well you better believe it sweetheart because unless you start telling the truth
36:54things are only going to get worse for you
36:55can you see how this looks morag
36:57you haven't even given us an alibi for the night elaine went missing
37:01where were you
37:03okay
37:05i was using morag's van to move some shooters about
37:09they were in the van the night it was stolen
37:12morag went nuts when she found out
37:15she made me spend all night trying to find it
37:19we were together when that girl was abducted
37:21so it couldn't have been her
37:23that's neat isn't it
37:24you give your sister an alibi she gives you one
37:28she couldn't have killed elaine you were a million miles away from the theater the night vorland
37:32got shot
37:33whoever stole morag's van was the one pulling the trigger
37:37not me
37:41charging i haven't committed any crime
37:43a vanload of guns don't think the courts will see it that way
37:46i hadn't converted any of those guns yet
37:49we only fire blanks
37:53you're not set up to fire live rounds
38:01we're gonna have to let morag go
38:04probably the sexual assault in the lane
38:05the only person that could corroborate that's lying in the mortuary
38:20forland is walking off the stage she's hit she falls but nobody saw her getting shot
38:27so what are you saying that she got lucky
38:29i mean by all accounts she was covered in blood
38:31yeah but she wasn't all that keen on having a look at her was she
38:34the paramedic dressed in the back of the ambulance she didn't go to the hospital
38:39so there were blood spots here yeah spots no flex no splash marks so the bullet hits her her head
38:48goes back maybe she spins around and the blood goes not in a neat little puddle like this
38:55now jamie said that his guns hadn't been converted to fire live rounds so
38:59how come vorland managed to get shot
39:02i think it's time we tried a wee bit of witchery of her own
39:06so how can i help a witness has come forward he says he saw the van the night after elaine
39:12was abducted
39:14where exactly was this we've narrowed it down to a one mile radius now it'll take us a few days
39:20to search all the lockups and garages in the area now we're pretty damn certain we'll find the van
39:24but we're hoping that you might be able to help us narrow down the grid tomorrow morning if that's
39:30okay we want to put you in a car with the guy who saw the van retrace his steps from
39:35the pub just
39:35see if it sparks anything that isn't the way i work we have to get closure for elaine's family
39:42if you could just see your way to helping us just one last time i can't promise anything claire i
39:50believe you can find morag's van remember i've seen you in action on stage i know what you're capable of
40:04if you're right it's both of them it's one rabbit's run
40:25surprise to see me mr donahoe you've got a bloody answer how dare you come here i know you've been
40:32pulling the strings on this from the start bigoted idiot could only have been you i told
40:47a lien about genie and his record and his bloody guns and she passed that on to you and you
40:53used
40:53that to set the cops on me not only are you a deviant you're a stupid one at heart
41:19so much as i would like to see you behind bars morag i wouldn't murder my own daughter to get
41:26the job done
41:30i loved elaine
41:37my daughter never told us anything about you or your brother the only person elaine confided in was claire
42:12you're taking it for a wee spin
42:16i i had a vision i saw this building bollocks you stole the van you murdered elaine donahoe and
42:25your friend morag sheera also you could fulfill your own prophecy instead of come back to her
42:30that's not true we checked your box office receipts your show was in trouble the theater was going to
42:35pull the plugs and now you're rolling in it i've got to hand it to you you're some piece of
42:41work
42:41so what did you cut yourself with in the theater a razor piece of glass
42:47the kidnap was kieran's idea he persuaded me to go along with it you promised me you wouldn't hurt her
42:54kieran but when elaine saw his face that's a lie it was her idea all along i hit her once
43:00but i
43:00couldn't go through with it it was claire that drowned her i believe you son i don't think you've
43:05got the imagination for this level of deception but you you're a past master you con people every night
43:13get back it's okay kieran we know she pushed you into it don't make matters worse give it up son
43:24the guns are fake just like your girlfriend i might have used a blanket at the theater
43:28but this is the real deal you don't want to do that be careful sir back off we know all
43:35about that gun
43:36it's one of jb's here as you found it in the van
43:53thank you gents
44:05how did you know it would blow up in his hand i didn't well the middle of night might have
44:09killed
44:10me you never tell me these damn things
44:22what you said about my father
44:26how did you know
44:29his death was in the papers he must have done your homework on me
44:34i don't remember reading anywhere that he used to beat you your father has suffered enough let him
44:41move on i may be a lot of things but i'm no fraud
45:02i don't know
45:02i don't know
45:02i don't know
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