0:00:02 > 0:00:06PHONE VIBRATES
0:00:16 > 0:00:19PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING
0:00:25 > 0:00:26What is it?
0:00:35 > 0:00:36I'm on my way.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40HE SIGHS
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The victim's name is Owen Beynon. Lawyer.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49The housekeeper found him this morning.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51You all right?
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Where were you?
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Out, killing myself.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Running.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45HE SNIFFS
0:05:34 > 0:05:37How long have you worked for Mr Beynon?
0:05:37 > 0:05:3916 years.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I look after the house when he's in London.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44That's where he works.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I do the laundry here for him.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52He was just lying there...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- on the floor.- How often does he come back?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59He came when he could.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01This place, it...
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- ..meant a lot to him.- Yes.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Were you expecting him back?
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Not until the weekend.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16He must have arrived late last night. I didn't hear anything.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21He never married?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I never asked him about his private life - it wasn't my business to.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Did he ever bring anyone back to the house?- No.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Who's this?
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Lewis, my son.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Does he live here?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44When it suits him.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Where is he now?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Working.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Over at the church.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Renovations.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I'll need to speak to him.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Owen Beynon was on the 16.43 from Euston, London.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05He arrived into Aber at 21.25,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- caught a taxi from the station, was dropped off at the gate.- Alone?
0:07:08 > 0:07:10According to the taxi driver,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Mr Beynon showed no sign of concern or agitation.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16So, the victim arrives home late, pours himself a whisky
0:07:16 > 0:07:17and goes to bed.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Some time later, he was woken by an intruder.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Do we have a list of what was taken from the house?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25We searched the house, we searched the grounds - as far as we can tell,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27a pair of antique shotguns - nothing else, sir.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Get on to local gun dealers, see if anyone's been approached.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32What else do we know about Owen Beynon?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34We've spoken to the victim's sister,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36she hadn't spoken to Owen in over a year.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40- What about neighbours, associates? - Glyn Powell, neighbouring farmer -
0:07:40 > 0:07:42he did some odd jobs round the estate for some extra cash.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- So he has access?- Yeah.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Do we have an address? - Home and work.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50The Beynons were a big noise in the county -
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Owen and his sister were the last of them.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55You knew him, sir?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59Our paths crossed a few times. His family was well respected.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01What about Owen?
0:08:05 > 0:08:08His death won't go unnoticed.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Glyn Powell.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21We should talk to him.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I know you're under a lot of pressure, Tom.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43If there's anything I can do to help...
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Thank you.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30KNOCK AT DOOR
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Vermin.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Gamekeepers do it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55They shoot them, then hang them up as a warning to poachers.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58PHONE RINGS
0:11:02 > 0:11:03What is it, Lloyd?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06'The missing guns - they're vintage Purdeys.'
0:11:06 > 0:11:09They were recently valued, sir, by local antiques dealer Huw Griffiths.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- 'For how much?'- 80,000, sir.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Whoever stole the guns knew what they were worth, knew what they were looking for.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18FLIES BUZZ
0:11:57 > 0:11:59DOOR OPENS
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Can I help you?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Mr Griffiths?- Yes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13How well do you know Mr Beynon?
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I did some business for him.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I knew what he liked, and I knew when to put a call in.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21When did you last see him?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Oh, er...six months ago?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- When you valued the guns? - The Purdeys, yes.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30Lovely-looking things.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Expensive, too.- Yes, well, depends who's buying.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38We'll need a list of employees, brokers, drivers -
0:12:38 > 0:12:41anyone who might have come into contact with Mr Beynon.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Anyone who would have known about the guns.- Of course.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47HE CHUCKLES
0:12:47 > 0:12:48It's a mantrap.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52These were used right up until the 19th century.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Not lovely, as you can see.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59There's always a market for the curious and the, er... specialist.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33THUD
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Mr Powell.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You're a hard man to find.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I do my best.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Do you know why we're here?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15It's not the news you want, is it?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Did you know Mr Beynon well?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Of course I did.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I've known the family for years.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I've lived in this valley all my life.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Were you and Mr Beynon friends?
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I wouldn't go as far as that. I did a few jobs for him.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35We used to say hello to each other, and then mind our own business.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Foxes.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46They can't get through the fence, so they dig underneath it.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49They're like bloody rats!
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Where were you last night, Mr Powell?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55At home with my wife and daughter.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Esyllt said some shotguns have gone missing.- That's right.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Do you have any idea who might be responsible?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I have an opinion.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Whether you want to listen or not, well, that's up to you.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Oh, we'd be very keen to listen to it, Mr Powell.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Daniel Protheroe.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14You should have a word with him.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18He's been a thorn in the side of this place for years -
0:16:18 > 0:16:20stealing, poaching, running wild.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22He lives at the top of the mountain there with his mother -
0:16:22 > 0:16:26she's not better. Never puts a curb on him.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You know a lot about him, Mr Powell.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29I should.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32My wife, Bethan, was the midwife - she brought him into this world -
0:16:32 > 0:16:34worst thing she ever did.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Foxes, rats, predators...
0:16:42 > 0:16:44..if you don't look after your own,
0:16:44 > 0:16:49they'll come back and take, take, take.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55'Nora Protheroe, the boy's mother.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57'Drugs caution, 1996,
0:16:57 > 0:16:58possession of marijuana.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01'Shoplifting charge the following year, given a few warnings
0:17:01 > 0:17:02'and that was it, sir.'
0:17:02 > 0:17:03What about Daniel?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Plenty of complaints,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08prowling about people's property, poaching, stealing.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Was Owen Beynon one of the complainants?- No.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15See what else you can find out.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17We're on the way to Daniel's house now.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00KNOCK AT DOOR
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Hello!
0:18:04 > 0:18:06KNOCK AT DOOR
0:18:23 > 0:18:25DOOR CREAKS OPEN
0:19:20 > 0:19:23KETTLE WHISTLES
0:20:11 > 0:20:13WIND CHIMES TINKLE
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Nora Protheroe is an epileptic.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39She was in her late 30s.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Social Services confirm that she was
0:21:41 > 0:21:45on their at risk register up until 18 years ago when she had her son.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48She dropped off the radar after that.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I can't find any documents.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55Nothing official, no social security details, birth certificates...
0:21:55 > 0:21:58No record of Daniel existing.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02The electricity was cut off about a year ago.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Why would anybody live like this?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10We need cause and time of death, as quickly as possible.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29I've issued an alert to the public concerning Daniel Protheroe.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Is that wise, sir?
0:23:31 > 0:23:33We've no proof that he's involved with the Beynon case.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35You've no proof that he isn't, either.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41With respect, sir, I should be consulted before those
0:23:41 > 0:23:42kind of decisions are made.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47And until you or the IPCC tell me otherwise, this is my investigation.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48Let me be the judge of that.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Daniel?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Daniel, stop!
0:24:15 > 0:24:16Stop!
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Get off me!
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Who are you? What are you doing here?
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I heard about Daniel's mother.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34You know Daniel?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Where is he?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Branwen Powell.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Glyn Powell's daughter.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'll take her home.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46She just locks herself in her room and shuts the world out.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49Is it true...
0:25:51 > 0:25:53..Nora Protheroe?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59You delivered her baby?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00Yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03What was Nora like?
0:26:06 > 0:26:08She was troubled.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Nora had a tough upbringing...
0:26:13 > 0:26:17..but having the baby seemed to settle her.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19And after that?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Nobody saw her.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26She never left the house?
0:26:32 > 0:26:34What about Daniel?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37What about him?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39How well does he know Branwen?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45What is it?
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Bethan...
0:26:50 > 0:26:53..I really need you to help me.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56SHE SIGHS
0:26:56 > 0:26:58My daughter is...
0:26:58 > 0:27:00headstrong, like her father.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04She doesn't always do what's best for herself.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Meaning what?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Daniel's got a hold on her.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12In what way?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16In the way that men do, sometimes.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21VEHICLE PULLS UP OUTSIDE
0:27:26 > 0:27:28PHONE RINGS
0:27:28 > 0:27:29DS Owens.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39I warned you about that boy!
0:27:40 > 0:27:42You forgot to mention that your daughter
0:27:42 > 0:27:43and Daniel were friends, Mr Powell.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50There's no friendship. It's finished.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Sir, there's been a possible sighting of Daniel Protheroe.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37You took your time.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50That's the third time I'm going to have to replace that.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56It's hard enough making a living up here without all this nonsense!
0:28:58 > 0:28:59The till?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Never went near it.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Batteries he wanted...
0:29:07 > 0:29:09..and sardines -
0:29:09 > 0:29:11tins of the stuff.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15And he ran like a rat when saw me coming back.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Do you have the CCTV footage?
0:29:20 > 0:29:22That's him.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Can you rewind it back a bit?
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Stop it there.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37What happened to his face?
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Well, someone must have given him a hiding. No more than he deserved.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50CAR DOOR SLAMS
0:29:57 > 0:29:58We'll need a copy of that CCTV.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04- It's Lewis, isn't it?- That's right.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09- Ran out of milk?- No.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14There's a meeting.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15About what?
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Pest control.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01SHEEP BLEAT
0:31:08 > 0:31:10CHATTER, DOGS BARK
0:31:20 > 0:31:22GROUP MURMURS AGREEMENT
0:32:00 > 0:32:04There is no evidence that Daniel Protheroe has hurt anyone.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07You need to get your facts straight
0:32:07 > 0:32:09before you do something you might regret.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11The facts? Huh!
0:32:12 > 0:32:14The facts are there for all to see.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17What sort of boy kills his own mother,
0:32:17 > 0:32:18allows her to rot in the house,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21and then carries on as if there's nothing wrong?
0:32:23 > 0:32:25We have a right to defend ourselves.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06You'd better find him, then.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12We intend to.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:33:46 > 0:33:47How did they survive up there?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Just the two of them.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54They must have been completely dependent on each other.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57He loved her.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02He couldn't bear to be without her.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05The radio appeal, there are sightings of Daniel Protheroe
0:34:05 > 0:34:07coming in from all over the county. Dozens of them.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09And they all have to be followed up.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12This is interesting.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14What is it, Lloyd?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18I've been checking through employee records for Huw Griffiths' place.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20He had a delivery driver working with him up until last summer.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Lewis Jones?
0:35:44 > 0:35:47You going somewhere?
0:35:47 > 0:35:48Out. That's all.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04You used to work for Huw Griffiths, didn't you?
0:36:07 > 0:36:08For a bit.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Do you think he had anything to do with what happened to Owen Beynon?
0:36:13 > 0:36:14No.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16They got on, as far as I know.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Everyone knows it was Daniel.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Do they?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Of course they do.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30He was off his head. Always has been.
0:36:31 > 0:36:32He never talked to anyone in school.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36If he bothered coming to school, that is.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Did you ever go up to the house?
0:36:44 > 0:36:45Sometimes.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50As soon as they saw us coming, they'd lock themselves in.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52Why?
0:36:55 > 0:36:56They were scared of you.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03We were just kids.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Just having a bit of fun.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32CAR DOOR CLOSES, ENGINE STARTS
0:37:43 > 0:37:45PHONE RINGS
0:37:50 > 0:37:51Lloyd?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15According to Lloyd, Lewis' alibi stacks up.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17He was out drinking with his mates in Aber.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Having fun.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25We should be out there.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27We have to find Daniel before Glyn and his mob do.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31There's hundreds of acres. We couldn't possibly cover the area.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- We don't have the resources. - So we just do nothing?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- You're not coming in?- No.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02CAR DOOR SLAMS
0:41:13 > 0:41:14DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE
0:41:18 > 0:41:19GUNSHOT
0:41:21 > 0:41:23DOGS BARK IN DISTANCE
0:41:32 > 0:41:34DISTANT VOICES
0:41:37 > 0:41:39WHISTLING
0:41:43 > 0:41:45DISTANT VOICES
0:41:45 > 0:41:46WHISTLING
0:41:55 > 0:41:57DOGS BARK
0:41:58 > 0:42:01DISTANT SHOUTING: "PROTHEROE!"
0:43:41 > 0:43:42Argh!
0:43:54 > 0:43:55BIRDSONG
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Sir?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Look at how it was buried.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59That child was loved.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Tom? Have you spoken to Prosser?
0:45:15 > 0:45:18The IPCC have submitted their report.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22You're in the clear.
0:45:27 > 0:45:28Doesn't feel that way.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Preliminary report from the scene, sir.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22The body was that of an infant male, 18 to 24 months.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25No sign of injury, no broken bones.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28We need a DNA comparison between Nora and the dead child.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30We need to establish time and cause of death
0:46:30 > 0:46:32and when the child was buried.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35- Are there any records of a second child?- No. I checked.
0:46:35 > 0:46:40Nora Protheroe was visited regularly by a health worker until 1999.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Only one pregnancy was ever recorded.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Autopsy report on Nora Protheroe.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51No external injuries or signs of violence.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- She died of natural causes? - Looks that way.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57Most likely she suffered an epileptic fit.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Nora Protheroe.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04A troubled girl, gets pregnant, has a baby,
0:47:04 > 0:47:06lives a life of virtual recluse.
0:47:06 > 0:47:07Why?
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Perhaps she had something to hide.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Daniel didn't report his mother's death
0:47:14 > 0:47:15because she was all he ever had.
0:47:18 > 0:47:19All he ever knew.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23And the only person who ever loved him.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26This boy...
0:47:29 > 0:47:31..is a poacher, a stargazer.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36He's not a killer.
0:47:46 > 0:47:47BIRDSONG
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- I want to talk to your daughter. - I'm not sure. My husband's...
0:48:10 > 0:48:13It's OK, Mam, I want to talk to him.
0:48:13 > 0:48:14On my own.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24I used to see him in school.
0:48:25 > 0:48:26Across the playground.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32And up on the mountain.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37He was the loneliest boy I ever saw.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43All those times I saw him...
0:48:45 > 0:48:46..he never looked back at me.
0:48:48 > 0:48:49So what changed?
0:48:52 > 0:48:53I don't know.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57About...a year ago...
0:48:59 > 0:49:01..it's like he looked up for the first time.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Like he saw me.
0:49:06 > 0:49:07A year ago?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11His mother was dead.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15He was lonely.
0:49:17 > 0:49:18He was reaching out.
0:49:21 > 0:49:22Where is he, Branwen?
0:49:25 > 0:49:26I wish I knew.
0:49:27 > 0:49:29Why does everyone hate him so much?
0:49:29 > 0:49:31They treat him like he's an animal
0:49:31 > 0:49:33just because he's different from them.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Do you know who could've done this to him?
0:49:46 > 0:49:47Who did it, Branwen?
0:49:47 > 0:49:50You have to leave! You can see she's upset!
0:49:56 > 0:49:57(OK.)
0:50:15 > 0:50:18The baby was wrapped in a blanket and plastic.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20But inside, it was wrapped in newspaper.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22The paper underneath the body perished,
0:50:22 > 0:50:25but above the body, a few bits survived.
0:50:25 > 0:50:26Look at this date.
0:50:28 > 0:50:3020th of June, 1999.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34If that was the date of burial,
0:50:34 > 0:50:38it makes the approximate date of birth February 1997.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40The same age as Daniel.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48It doesn't make any sense. There were no other children, right?
0:50:48 > 0:50:50The records confirm that.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54So the little boy we pulled from the ground, who is he?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56I think it's Daniel.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59The child's DNA matches the mother's.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01Confirmation just came through.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05So if the dead child is Daniel Protheroe...
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Who are we chasing?
0:51:10 > 0:51:12BIRDSONG
0:51:40 > 0:51:41Branwen?
0:51:41 > 0:51:42Branwen?
0:51:46 > 0:51:501997, Nora Protheroe has a son, Daniel.
0:51:50 > 0:51:551999, Daniel dies and Nora buries the body in the garden.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57After that, she disappears off the radar.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00Next thing you know, it's 2001,
0:52:00 > 0:52:04and Nora enrols her child at Coed-y-Fedw Primary School,
0:52:04 > 0:52:06and that boy is also called Daniel.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08They tested Daniel's toothbrush from the house.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11The DNA results confirmed there is no familial match
0:52:11 > 0:52:13between Nora Protheroe and the boy she enrolled at school.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15So, who...
0:52:17 > 0:52:19..is this?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24We've been through every database, local and national,
0:52:24 > 0:52:27searching for any missing or abducted children.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30We extended the age range in case we're wrong about the timeline.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33There are no unsolved disappearances of any boy of that age at that time.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37But a child doesn't just disappear like that, unnoticed.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40There's media coverage, grieving parents. Look!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48This...is the important timeline.
0:52:48 > 0:52:521999-2001. Please, check again.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07What is it?
0:53:09 > 0:53:11Tom?
0:53:21 > 0:53:22What's the latest?
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- We're still looking for Daniel Protheroe, sir.- Is he our killer?
0:53:25 > 0:53:26In my opinion, no, he's not.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Then why are we pursuing him?
0:53:28 > 0:53:31To save him from the ones who think that he is, sir.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- And Owen Beynon?- We're still pursuing all possible leads, sir.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43He was very well connected, Tom.
0:53:43 > 0:53:45I need results.
0:53:45 > 0:53:46Well, I'm doing my best, sir.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51You can tell that to the IPCC next time.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22We were looking for a missing child, not a dead one!
0:54:22 > 0:54:26April, 1999, a child disappears in the sand dunes at Ynyslas.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29His name was Aled Roberts. He was three years old.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31The area was searched, but the boy was never found.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34It was presumed that he drowned at sea.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35The body was never recovered.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51This is the same boy.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53This is Daniel.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56I was part of the team that searched Ynyslas.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57I'd only been in uniform two years.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00I remember what the mother said now at the press conference.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03"One minute he was laughing, the next he was gone."
0:55:03 > 0:55:06In 2006, the child was legally declared dead.
0:55:06 > 0:55:07The case officially remains open,
0:55:07 > 0:55:10but with no evidence of foul play, it hasn't been reviewed in years.
0:55:10 > 0:55:12Why didn't he come up on the database?
0:55:12 > 0:55:13It hadn't been updated properly.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15- Why didn't you remember? - He was presumed dead!
0:55:18 > 0:55:19Have we got an address for the parents?
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- I don't think we should speak to them.- Their child is still alive!
0:55:22 > 0:55:25As far as the family is concerned, their son is dead.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30You're not listening to me!
0:55:30 > 0:55:32We should contact Social Services.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35We don't know their situation, what the consequences might be.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36They deserve to know!
0:55:36 > 0:55:41- Yes, of course they deserve to know, but there's a way of doing things. - They shouldn't have to wait!
0:55:41 > 0:55:43- Tom!- Objection noted, Mared.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01KNOCK AT DOOR
0:56:01 > 0:56:03FOOTSTEPS DESCEND STAIRCASE
0:56:11 > 0:56:12FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:56:15 > 0:56:16Ayesha?
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Well, we have...
0:56:23 > 0:56:26..reason to believe that your son, um...
0:56:28 > 0:56:30..Aled...
0:56:33 > 0:56:34..is still alive.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40A young man we have come into contact with...
0:56:40 > 0:56:42No, you've made a mistake.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49- I know this is difficult. - You've no idea.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59Is Aled's father home?
0:57:00 > 0:57:03- Mrs Roberts? - We're no longer together.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06I'm sorry.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10Is there a way that we could contact him?
0:57:10 > 0:57:11How do you know it's Aled?
0:57:16 > 0:57:17- Um...- Circumstances are...
0:57:20 > 0:57:22..difficult.
0:57:22 > 0:57:23Difficult?
0:57:25 > 0:57:28He's a suspect in a crime.
0:57:36 > 0:57:37SHE SIGHS
0:57:38 > 0:57:40After all these years,
0:57:40 > 0:57:43you come here and tell me you've found my son?
0:57:43 > 0:57:46That this criminal is Aled?
0:57:49 > 0:57:50My son is dead.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55He drowned 16 years ago.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59Mami!
0:58:02 > 0:58:03I want you to leave.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Now.
0:58:08 > 0:58:09Please.
0:58:45 > 0:58:48Eluned Roberts lost her child, and we just made it worse.
0:58:50 > 0:58:52There's a way of going about this job, procedure.
0:58:52 > 0:58:55Things happen in a particular way for a reason.
0:58:58 > 0:59:01We should have prepared her. Given her a chance to take it in.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04- OK, Mared, I get it.- Do you?
0:59:04 > 0:59:07We've got a dead man in the mortuary, a dead mother and child,
0:59:07 > 0:59:09and a boy who's running for his life on a mountain.
0:59:09 > 0:59:12- We need professional focus!- You'd know all about that, wouldn't you?
0:59:12 > 0:59:15- Excuse me?- You spend more time here than you do with your own daughter!
0:59:20 > 0:59:21Mared...
0:59:25 > 0:59:26I'm sorry.
0:59:35 > 0:59:36I love my daughter.
0:59:49 > 0:59:50SHE SIGHS
1:00:03 > 1:00:05DOOR OPENS
1:00:07 > 1:00:09I stick my neck out for you, Tom.
1:00:09 > 1:00:11Time and time again.
1:00:15 > 1:00:16I know.
1:00:19 > 1:00:20You deserve better.
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Where are you going?
1:00:27 > 1:00:29To do my job.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31You?
1:01:16 > 1:01:17KNOCKS AT DOOR
1:01:18 > 1:01:21I thought I told you to stay away.
1:01:21 > 1:01:22I want to talk to Branwen.
1:01:22 > 1:01:26She's already told you everything she knows about Daniel Protheroe.
1:01:26 > 1:01:27She has nothing more to say.
1:01:27 > 1:01:29She could help. She's the only one who knows him.
1:01:29 > 1:01:31I don't want my daughter involved in this any more,
1:01:31 > 1:01:34any more than she already is. He's trouble!
1:01:34 > 1:01:36Is this you speaking, or your husband?
1:01:36 > 1:01:40My husband is right. He's brought us nothing but grief!
1:01:43 > 1:01:45It was Glyn who beat him, wasn't it?
1:01:45 > 1:01:46Bethan?
1:01:52 > 1:01:54Bethan...
1:01:55 > 1:01:57If you had a child that was in trouble, you'd want to know
1:01:57 > 1:02:00somebody was looking out for them, wouldn't you?
1:02:01 > 1:02:04Nora's child is in trouble.
1:02:06 > 1:02:08I don't know what you're on about.
1:02:08 > 1:02:11Daniel is out there on the mountain on his own.
1:02:11 > 1:02:13He's scared.
1:02:13 > 1:02:15His mother is dead, he needs someone to look after him.
1:02:15 > 1:02:17And I need the truth, Bethan!
1:02:22 > 1:02:24It was Glyn who beat him, wasn't it?
1:02:26 > 1:02:30Glyn caught him outside Branwen's window.
1:02:30 > 1:02:32And he taught him a lesson?
1:02:32 > 1:02:33- Yes?- Yes.
1:02:33 > 1:02:36SHE SOBS
1:02:36 > 1:02:39He told him he'd kill him if he ever came back.
1:02:39 > 1:02:41SHE SOBS
1:02:53 > 1:02:55Glyn was brought up in a different time.
1:02:57 > 1:03:00He finds it hard to connect with her.
1:03:04 > 1:03:06But he doesn't mean any harm.
1:03:07 > 1:03:09He loves his daughter.
1:03:09 > 1:03:11BANGING UPSTAIRS
1:03:11 > 1:03:13Branwen?
1:04:45 > 1:04:48We have no reason to believe that Daniel would harm your daughter.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54If you'd done your job...
1:04:54 > 1:04:56it would never have come to this.
1:04:56 > 1:04:58You should be out there, looking for her.
1:05:17 > 1:05:19ENGINE STARTS
1:07:07 > 1:07:09For years...
1:07:09 > 1:07:11I wouldn't let myself believe he'd drowned.
1:07:14 > 1:07:17Did everything I could to convince myself that...
1:07:19 > 1:07:20..he might come back to me one day.
1:07:23 > 1:07:25But in the end...
1:07:27 > 1:07:29..we had to accept that he'd gone.
1:07:32 > 1:07:34So that I could breathe again.
1:07:54 > 1:07:56I felt like I was letting him down.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59Giving up on him.
1:08:01 > 1:08:05But at the same time, I owed it to my little boy to keep going.
1:08:07 > 1:08:09To carry on, to live again.
1:08:13 > 1:08:15But I never forgot him.
1:08:20 > 1:08:21He was my son.
1:08:27 > 1:08:29I want to see my son.
1:08:49 > 1:08:50Plas Bach. Now.
1:08:53 > 1:08:55You coming?
1:09:44 > 1:09:47Why didn't you tell us that Plas Bach was being sold?
1:09:50 > 1:09:53You didn't ask. I didn't think it was important.
1:09:53 > 1:09:56How could it not be important? It changes everything.
1:09:57 > 1:10:01- No.- You were going to lose your home, Esyllt.
1:10:02 > 1:10:04- It may not have come to that. - I've checked your bank details.
1:10:04 > 1:10:07I know you have nothing. All you have is this roof above your head.
1:10:07 > 1:10:08How are you going to cope?
1:10:10 > 1:10:12After all the years of service,
1:10:12 > 1:10:14don't you feel betrayed by Owen Beynon?
1:10:24 > 1:10:26When were you first told?
1:10:28 > 1:10:29Esyllt?
1:10:32 > 1:10:34A month ago.
1:10:36 > 1:10:38Who else knew?
1:10:40 > 1:10:42- Nobody.- Esyllt.
1:10:46 > 1:10:47Who knew?
1:10:56 > 1:10:58Lewis is a good boy.
1:11:46 > 1:11:48DOOR SQUEAKS
1:13:09 > 1:13:11CAR APPROACHES
1:14:03 > 1:14:05Where did you go after drinking in Aber?
1:14:08 > 1:14:10I told you, I slept in the truck.
1:14:10 > 1:14:12And the next morning you woke up and went straight to work?
1:14:14 > 1:14:15Yes.
1:14:16 > 1:14:18And it was your mother who told you about Owen's death?
1:14:20 > 1:14:22You must have been very upset.
1:14:24 > 1:14:25I was.
1:14:26 > 1:14:28He was like a father to you, wasn't he?
1:14:31 > 1:14:32Wasn't he?
1:14:34 > 1:14:36It doesn't make any sense.
1:14:37 > 1:14:40Why would somebody kill an innocent man like that
1:14:40 > 1:14:43in cold blood in his own home?
1:14:43 > 1:14:45A man who never hurt anyone. A kind man.
1:14:45 > 1:14:48A man that always looked after you and you mother, always made sure
1:14:48 > 1:14:51that you had a roof over your heads, that you'd never go without.
1:14:51 > 1:14:54Who'd kill a man like that?
1:15:00 > 1:15:01I don't know.
1:15:01 > 1:15:05Oh, I think you do, Lewis. And I think your mother does, too.
1:15:05 > 1:15:06Doesn't she?
1:15:06 > 1:15:09I think she's known since the morning it happened.
1:15:09 > 1:15:10Since she asked you to look her in the eye
1:15:10 > 1:15:12and promise her you had nothing to do with it.
1:15:12 > 1:15:14But you couldn't, could you, Lewis?
1:15:14 > 1:15:16- Because you stole the guns to help her.- No.
1:15:16 > 1:15:18- Because you love her, Lewis, and she loves you.- No.
1:15:18 > 1:15:21And when you found out that he was leaving her with nothing
1:15:21 > 1:15:23after she gave her life to him, you lost your temper.
1:15:23 > 1:15:25You got angry.
1:15:25 > 1:15:26He was going to throw her out
1:15:26 > 1:15:29on the street, humiliate her, treat her like a dog.
1:15:29 > 1:15:31And you're not going to let anybody do that to your mother,
1:15:31 > 1:15:35- are you, Lewis? So what did you do? What did you do, Lewis?- I hit him!
1:15:47 > 1:15:50You knew we'd already checked the estate, didn't you?
1:15:51 > 1:15:54So you hid the guns in the one place you knew we'd already looked.
1:15:58 > 1:16:00I did it for my mother.
1:16:04 > 1:16:05I did it for her.
1:16:12 > 1:16:14He came downstairs...
1:16:17 > 1:16:18Caught me with the guns.
1:16:22 > 1:16:24He told me to put them back.
1:16:27 > 1:16:29He made me feel small.
1:16:33 > 1:16:34Like a little boy.
1:16:37 > 1:16:38And he turned...
1:16:40 > 1:16:42..to walk out the door.
1:16:50 > 1:16:52Wasn't supposed to be there.
1:17:16 > 1:17:18THUNDER ROLLS
1:19:26 > 1:19:28SHE SOBS
1:19:29 > 1:19:32Police! Police!
1:19:37 > 1:19:41Sir! We got a call from Branwen Powell. They've caught Daniel.
1:20:02 > 1:20:04HE LAUGHS
1:21:13 > 1:21:14Hmm?
1:22:14 > 1:22:18- Put it down, Glyn.- You keep away from me.- Daniel hasn't hurt anyone.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21- He killed his own mother. - No, he didn't.
1:22:21 > 1:22:23And he didn't kill Owen Beynon, either.
1:22:23 > 1:22:25Well, he knows where my Branwen is.
1:22:25 > 1:22:28Branwen is here.
1:22:28 > 1:22:30CAR DOOR OPENS
1:23:24 > 1:23:25Argh!
1:23:25 > 1:23:27Tom! No!
1:23:27 > 1:23:29- Let it go! - GUNSHOT
1:23:30 > 1:23:33GLYN GASPS
1:23:38 > 1:23:41GLYN COUGHS
1:23:47 > 1:23:49He's just a boy, Glyn.
1:23:52 > 1:23:54You don't know anything about him.
1:24:26 > 1:24:28GLYN SOBS
1:24:56 > 1:24:58Does Daniel know?
1:25:15 > 1:25:16You ready?
1:25:38 > 1:25:40SEAGULLS CALL