0:00:02 > 0:00:04THUNDER
0:00:50 > 0:00:51HE CRIES OUT
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Cease fire! Cease fire!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:02:02 > 0:02:05POLICEMAN TALKS INDISTINCTLY
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Stay put, lads. I'll come back to you.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Police liaison called it in.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Tactical night manoeuvres.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Lance Corporal Mervyn Rogers.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21A lance corporal on recruit training?
0:02:21 > 0:02:23No, he wasn't part of the exercise.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26He just got in the way, unfortunately.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Apparently, it was an accident.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31He's wearing civvies, so he's off-duty.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Christ, he's just a kid.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36And killed only a few hundred yards from home.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39What was the target, Charlie?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Right. Damn near impossible to tell who fired the fatal shot.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50All right.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Well...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- There's no exit wound.- Mm-mm.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Single entrance wound to the anterior chest.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07There's no evidence of sooting, or gunpowder tattooing.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12He was shot from a distance.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15It looks pretty straightforward.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20According to the recruits, he died a few minutes after midnight.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22His family have been informed.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Right.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Think they might be able to use some of your bedside manner.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39THEY KNOCK ON DOOR
0:03:47 > 0:03:49He must have been out running.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53He used to do that when he couldn't sleep.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You'll stay here until your Ben gets home, all right?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Ben - your husband?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03He's away on a training op.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Mrs Rogers, I know how hard this must be for you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Please know you have our deepest sympathies.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Yes. It's best you rest for a few days.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15If there's anything we can do, don't hesitate to ask.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18I'll organise her leave from payroll.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I run the admin office on base. Daisy lives next door.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28I just want to know why this happened to my son.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30THUNDER CLAPS
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I can't believe that took all night.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40That's the military, Charlie. That is the military.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Accidentally shot.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47By one of his own, no less.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Still, they followed the book to the letter, though.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Safety officers at hand. They notified the military police.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Nothing else anyone could have done.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01SIREN STARTS
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Where do you think you're going? Give me your keys.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Do you even have a licence?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Stand there.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Walter Johns, West Ballarat.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Hello, Walter. That's dangerous driving.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Driving in excess of 35mph, above the speed limit.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- No rego plates.- Charlie?
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Stay there.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Look.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33I was meeting a girl after work.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35What time was this?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Around 11:30.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And then?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43I rode my bike. Took the scenic route through a paddock.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Some idiot had left his car running.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- So you stole it?- Yeah.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Thought it'd impress her.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Turn up in a nice car.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55So you spend the rest of the night joyriding, do you?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Tell me, what line of work are you in?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- I'm a logger.- Logger.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Right.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09So, this, then? Much need for a bayonet in your line of work?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Where... - We found it, Walter, in your car.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Well, it's not mine.- Then you tell us whose it is, then.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23I don't know. The car? Whatever you found in it, it wasn't me.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Check the rego.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Walter, that doesn't mean you didn't commit the crime.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Just means you stole someone's car to commit the crime.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- Are you having a lend?- Tell me about the paddock where you found the car.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Dunnstown, off Old Melbourne Road.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47This would be where the car was when it stopped.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yeah. Yeah, we're still searching for the owner.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51No luck as yet.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53If the car was left running
0:07:53 > 0:07:58and someone was trying to dispose of a body, I mean...
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Yeah, you wouldn't choose here.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02You'd be digging for days.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05And another thing - this bicycle Walter claims he was riding...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I know, no sign of it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Good. You're here. - Good morning, Alice.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- This rug... - Alice, call me old-fashioned.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Out of respect, don't you think we should start with the body first?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Why? He's not going to get any more dead.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33From this amount of blood,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35the police are aware that someone has died.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The size of the red blood cells and the absence of any nucleation
0:08:37 > 0:08:40suggest it's human.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Yes, and trace evidence tells us someone was wrapped up in it.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Corpus delicti - without a body,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48a certain amount of evidence is needed to prove possible murder.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Which, as of this moment, we don't have.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Exsanguination goes on the report.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Alice, look here - these burn marks seem quite fresh.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Perhaps the owner of the rug is a smoker.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Possibly.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03And the blood is congealed down here.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06I'll perform blood typing and toxicology tests.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- Now, your corporal Rogers.- Ah.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14The bullet missed the heart but clipped the aorta above the valve.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Most of the bleeding was internal.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20So, the bullet hits his left side
0:09:20 > 0:09:21as he's running.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Interesting.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'll run his bloods, too, then, shall I?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Yes. Alice, look here.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35There's a smear of blood across the right shoulder,
0:09:35 > 0:09:36well away from the wound.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Perhaps his hands were bloody and he touched his shirt.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- There's one more thing.- Yes?
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- The bayonet you found in the car. - Ah!
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I see.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58At some point, this bayonet,
0:09:58 > 0:10:01which our boy in lock-up says wasn't his,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04was in fact covered in blood.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Well, no surprises there. What about Rogers?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Anything we can give their investigating officer?
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Nothing much at this stage.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17However, we can tell him the boy was sober.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Got the feeling the department was wishing he wasn't.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Yes, it would certainly clear the military of any wrongdoing.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The army's asked for a full report.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33KNOCK ON DOOR
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Come.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Major.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45You must be the Chief Superintendent.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- Major Derek Alderton. - Frank Carlyle.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53And Lucien.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55A trip to Ballarat wouldn't be complete.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Derek, it's been a while.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Take a seat.- Thank you.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Autopsy report on Corporal Rogers.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- Was he drunk?- No.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07That's a pity.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10So, all he was guilty of was being stupid enough
0:11:10 > 0:11:12to run in front of a live fire exercise.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Well, stupidity's not something we can test for.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18You already have.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- KNOCK ON DOOR - Enter.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Corporal Rogers' uniform, sir. - Thank you, Kelly.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34So, a midnight training exercise.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Well, you both know the object is to simulate an emergency scenario.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- Well, it worked. - Unlike your safety procedures.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46I'm writing a report. You're welcome to read it once it's complete.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Look, let's be frank, gentlemen.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53This was just a mistake, an accident, pure and simple.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54And the possible safety breach?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56We'll explore thoroughly.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Right now the army's main priority is men and material -
0:12:01 > 0:12:03limiting damage to morale,
0:12:03 > 0:12:05which is why I'm here.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09That, and to check current procedures,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12make sure this never happens again.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Let's assume I know how to proceed.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Such a pity, isn't it?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23All that potential gone to waste.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35So, you two.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Yes, we served together.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40So he's a mate of yours, then.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Not any more.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Yes, I can see why.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46DOOR OPENS
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Jean, it's me. I'm sorry, I'm heading straight back out again.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Just dropping my bag off.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53Yes, I know.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01She'll be hungry.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Mai Lin.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06Yes, of course. I...
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Thank you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19It's beautiful.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Yes, it is.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25You know...
0:13:26 > 0:13:29..it didn't feel like home when I came back.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Not at first.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35But now...
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Now you can't imagine living anywhere else, can you?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Roast beef and tomato chutney.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Your favourite.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Well, some things never change.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Jean, she knows you well.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I thought that I would see you for breakfast,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04but she told me that you were with the police again this morning.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Yes. Yes.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09We're looking into a missing person case.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14I didn't ever think you would dedicate yourself to anything more
0:14:14 > 0:14:16than you did the army.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It's all right, Lucien.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I understand.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24What you're doing is important.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29And so are you.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37All these years...
0:14:38 > 0:14:41..I was afraid that...
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- No, it...- What?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Mai Lin, it's all right. Afraid of what?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52I was afraid you'd forgotten me.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57No.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Never.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Not for a single second.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Chutney.- Oh, dear.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Hang on a moment.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Allow me.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Thank you.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26'All right, Charlie,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29'no-one's telling us where this car came from.'
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Perhaps it's time we asked the car itself.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I don't really speak automobile, Doc.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38That's very funny, Charlie.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Now...
0:15:40 > 0:15:43there was a sticky substance on the rug.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Of course, I just assumed it was coagulated blood
0:15:47 > 0:15:50but I think we'll find it is in fact...
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- Pine.- Tree sap.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Well, that narrows it down.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00We're looking for a tree in Ballarat.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01Hang on, Charlie.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Young Walter works as a logger, does he not?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06You think...
0:16:06 > 0:16:09He might be able to help us
0:16:09 > 0:16:12find a pine needle in a haystack, what do you think?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17What if it wasn't Walter Johns, Doc?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Well, Charlie, he was, quite literally,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24caught holding what we think could be a murder weapon.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Still, if it wasn't him, who else could it be?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Who else indeed?
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Well, whoever it was, Charlie, they've driven in here...
0:16:37 > 0:16:39..continued down here,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41but they've stopped here.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44And, Charlie,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47would you say that's a drag mark?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Definitely.- Yes.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50And look...
0:16:52 > 0:16:55..it continues along down here...
0:16:57 > 0:16:58..and ends...
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Charlie!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Late 20s.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Rigor mortis has passed.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16No... Significant decomposition.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Estimated time of death...
0:17:20 > 0:17:22..around 24 hours ago.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The edges of the wounds here and here
0:17:25 > 0:17:29are consistent with the triangular cross-sections on the bayonet.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Her blood type matches what we found on the bayonet
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and on the rug as well.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Right.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Anything else?
0:17:38 > 0:17:40She had penicillin in her system.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Right.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46What were you being treated for?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Doctor?- Mm?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It looks like a telephone number
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and there's a name.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Yes.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Yes, hello. I was wondering, could I speak with Beverly, please?
0:18:15 > 0:18:16I see.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Thank you, yes, I'll call back in the morning.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26That was a cleaner.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Apparently, everyone's gone home for the day.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Gone home? From where?
0:18:33 > 0:18:34The Ballarat Courier?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38Yeah. Let's ring them in the morning and find out who Beverly is.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41In the meantime, we may already have a suspect in our Jane Doe case.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- He's the owner of the FX Holden. - Right.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- Why don't you take a lead on this one?- Yes, sir.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Lieutenant Keith Marling Ellis. 9th CVR, Central Victorian Regiment.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Yes, you're stationed at the military base.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01That's right.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Is this about my stolen car?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I'm hoping it hasn't been damaged at all.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08I put a lot of work into that vehicle.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Do you know this woman?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16No.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Where were you last night?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Laverton, on training for the past week.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Lieutenant, it was your car
0:19:27 > 0:19:29that transported this woman's dead body
0:19:29 > 0:19:32to a nearby forest last night.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35There's a group of us on base -
0:19:35 > 0:19:38we all share our cars.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Share everything.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You're saying anyone could have easily taken off with it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Because when we found it,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48it had no rego plates,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51and the boot was covered top to bottom in blood.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I took the plates off last week,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56so I could reroll and rechrome the bumpers.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59But I don't know anything about any blood.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Where were you between nine o'clock and midnight last night, Lieutenant?
0:20:06 > 0:20:07Finished rifle training,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10had dinner about 8:00, a nightcap,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13went to sleep about 9:30, maybe 10.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Well, Laverton's only an hour and a half away.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19What are you getting at, Sergeant?
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Actually, why am I talking to you
0:20:23 > 0:20:25and not to your superior officer?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31All right, then, Lieutenant.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36So, you were in barracks.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- No, a civilian house. - Not another soul around.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- No.- So no-one can vouch for you between 9:00 and midnight, then?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49No.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50No.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Didn't think so.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Major.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Chief Superintendent.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03I believe you're holding one of my men.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05We are. Lieutenant Keith Ellis.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08We were hoping with your permission we may see his service records.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I'm sure you would but the answer is no.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13We can lodge a request with the DoD.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16You can, and the answer will still be no.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You're questioning him over a civilian matter.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22When it becomes a matter for the military, then we can talk.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- Derek, what brings you here? - I want Ellis released. Now.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Yes, but that's not really your call, is it?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Unfortunately, Major, I can hold Lieutenant Ellis
0:21:34 > 0:21:35for up to 24 hours without charge.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I'm well aware of what you can and can't do, Mr Carlyle.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- But this... - This is a civilian matter.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43When it does become a matter for the military, well...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Chief Superintendent.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Major.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Not going to be able to hold him off forever.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01What other news from the day?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04The woman's last meal. We examined the contents of her stomach...
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Do we have to hear about that right now?- You did ask.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09For what it's worth, a shiitake mushroom -
0:22:09 > 0:22:10swallowed whole.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14The only Asian restaurant in Ballarat is The Golden Crown.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Mrs Gladys Cook.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25She's a regular.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27How did this happen?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31That's what we're trying to determine, Mr Tan.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33When did you last see her?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37The night before last.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39She ate quickly, said that she was meeting a friend.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Right. You seem to remember an awful lot about...
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I remember because I offered to drive her there.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I see.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50What time did you leave with her?
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Around 9:30.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Mm-mm. So you were close friends, then.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I dropped her off.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Then I drove straight back to work.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05My 12-year-old daughter came with us.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08She'll be at the restaurant after school,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10if you're planning on interrogating her, too.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Sorry, Mr Tan.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Where exactly did you take her?
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Seeing how the other half live, doctor?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Maybe.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11What exactly are the other half doing?
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Payroll.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15She needed a distraction.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17I'd have thought you'd be with the others right now,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19interrogating my husband.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- You're Joyce...- Ellis, that's right.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26So, what did Keith do now?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Something to do with that bloody car he loves so much?
0:24:28 > 0:24:32His car wasn't borrowed this time, Mrs Ellis, it was stolen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34I'm guessing it's usually parked by your quarters.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Behind them, yes.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You didn't see anything, hear anything?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Not a thing.- Right.
0:24:41 > 0:24:47Um, Mrs Ellis, do you know a woman by the name of Gladys Cook?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Was...was that who you found in the forest?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Yes. Was she a friend?
0:24:56 > 0:24:58She worked in the mailroom.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I hadn't seen her since she left the base six months ago.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04None of us had. We all used to be quite close.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06She and her husband...
0:25:06 > 0:25:09They're separated now. He took a posting interstate.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11I see.
0:25:11 > 0:25:17Your husband, Keith, told the police he didn't know Gladys.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22He...he would have lied, because...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27..whatever he and Gladys got up to, we dealt with it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I see.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34You'll have to excuse me - we're all knocking off early today,
0:25:34 > 0:25:35meeting our husbands for a drink.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Of course. Mrs Ellis - Joyce - one last thing, if I may.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42You help with recruiting women to work on the base, yes?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I do. Why do you ask?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49We're looking for a woman by the name of Beverly.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Beverly Alison, maybe.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55She works in the laundry with Kelly.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Is she working today? - No, it's her day off.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Joyce, tell me, do you think you could possibly help me...
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Lucien.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Do you have a moment?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15So, Mai Lin's alive.
0:26:18 > 0:26:23That war just keeps throwing us surprises, doesn't it?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Quite.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28She enjoying Ballarat?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Well, she doesn't really know anyone here.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32She knows you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38My wife was missing for longer than we were married. Let's just say...
0:26:39 > 0:26:41..I got used to my situation.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Well, now you don't have to.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48You should take some time off, Lucien.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Instead of loitering around my base, harassing my staff.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55I'm trying to find Beverly Alison.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Due back at work tomorrow, apparently.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00She's a solid link to Gladys Cook,
0:27:00 > 0:27:04whose murder, I believe, is connected to your base somehow.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Do you remember the last time we saw each other?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Men marching through the streets of Ballarat.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Soldiers, all of whom were once part of something
0:27:20 > 0:27:22much bigger than themselves.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26All marching in unison.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29Relying on the man next to them to keep them in line.
0:27:33 > 0:27:34Yes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39All blindly following orders
0:27:39 > 0:27:43without ever stopping to consider the consequences.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47You know, I'm beginning to see a bit of a pattern in you, Lucien.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52How so? You're hiding, aren't you?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55You've made a job for yourself
0:27:55 > 0:27:58unravelling the mysteries of missing women.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05Finding my wife...
0:28:06 > 0:28:08..was never a job.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Derek.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24KNOCK ON DOOR
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Just a minute.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Please, come in.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39You didn't have to come all this way just to drop those off.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41I wanted to say thank you,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43and to return your plates.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45They're the doctor's plates.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Yes, but I know how you take care of him.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51These things are important to you.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58And I wanted to tell you that I understand.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02I know how difficult my arrival must have been.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04He seems...
0:29:07 > 0:29:09He seems very happy here.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Well, you're his wife,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16and that's all there is to it.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26So, Lucien told me that he and the police
0:29:26 > 0:29:28were investigating a missing woman.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Yes, they are.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32He spoke to you about that?
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Yes, I think.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36I think perhaps he wanted to talk.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Yes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41That sounds like him.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47- Thank you.- No need.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- Excuse me?- Open bar.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Mrs Forsyth over there's insisted on paying for everyone.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54How lovely. Thank you so much.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00I see the Chief Superintendent has released Keith Ellis, then.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Not before he got a confession out of him, though.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05He admitted that he was sleeping with the victim.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- Yes, so I heard.- From who?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- Mrs Ellis.- Doctor.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Here to pay your respects?
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Sergeant Davis and I are, yes.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19That's very kind of you. I'm sure the family will appreciate it.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22They're about to start. Doctor?
0:30:22 > 0:30:26Mrs Forsyth, thank you so much for the drinks.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29That's ever so generous of you. You're quite welcome.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Mrs Ellis there - Joyce -
0:30:34 > 0:30:37was quite close to Gladys Cook, too, apparently,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40as were Daisy and Ben.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44If I may, everybody, a toast.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46To Merv.
0:30:48 > 0:30:49ALL: To Merv.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54I imagine that's Kelly's husband.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Yes, Daniel Forsyth.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59They all live on the base.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Are we sure that's Kelly's husband?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Yes. He seems quite...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10close with Mrs Ellis, doesn't he?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Gentlemen.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Friend of the deceased, were you?
0:31:15 > 0:31:18- Something like that. - Like what exactly?
0:31:20 > 0:31:23A few days ago, I received a message at work.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27A woman claiming to have a story about the Ballarat military base.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- She left a number for me to call. - And?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33And I've been calling nonstop - no answer.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I figured if she was from the base,
0:31:36 > 0:31:38she might see me here, maybe approach me.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41If this woman is so eager to talk,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44why do you suppose she's not answering the telephone?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46People want to report something, they get nervous.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49They change their mind. It happens all the time.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Or she can't answer the telephone.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58The woman who was murdered.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Gladys Cook lived on base six months ago.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06You didn't think to bring this to the attention of the police.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09It wasn't a police matter until three seconds ago.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I'm going to need that number. I'll check the phone book here.
0:32:15 > 0:32:16The number, please, Miss Anderson.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19You know I'm not on the payroll at the station, right?
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- I don't have to tell you anything. - Now!
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Thank you.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32So what am I missing?
0:32:35 > 0:32:38The night Merv Rogers died,
0:32:38 > 0:32:40he'd gone for a run around the base.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Nothing unusual according to his mother, Daisy, over there.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46And?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51He was wearing trousers and a smart shirt, not exactly...
0:32:57 > 0:32:59And quite frankly,
0:32:59 > 0:33:04of all places to run and exercise on base, why there?
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Through trees, in the dark, on uneven ground.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10That's a good point.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Do you want another? - I'd love one.
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Oi! I'm not going to tell you again.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Stop coming around the wrong side of the bar!
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Rose! You followed me.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21When you ducked out of the pub I figured you were on to something.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24You really shouldn't be out here doing this sort of thing alone.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I'm not alone, am I?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Listen, sometimes journalists think
0:34:31 > 0:34:34the story is more important than their own safety - it's not.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Trust me, I know. - I'll be careful, then.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39So, what are we looking for, Nancy Drew?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Come on.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45It seems strange to me
0:34:45 > 0:34:50that Rogers was running so close to the fence.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Damn thing's been cut.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Rose, he wasn't out for a late-night run,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07he was running back on to base from the outside.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09What was Rogers doing outside the camp?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- There's only one way to find out. - Where are you going?
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Alderson doesn't want me on the base
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and he doesn't want us seeing Ellis's service records.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24That's army property.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Always lovely chatting with you, Rose.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Sir! I'm going to ask you to put your hands up
0:36:24 > 0:36:26and turn around.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33There's really no need for that, Private.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I have my identification right here in my jacket pocket.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37I'm Doctor Lucien Blake,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Ballarat police surgeon.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Now, what say we lower that weapon of yours, mm?
0:36:46 > 0:36:50- Lucien, where have you been? - Just dealing with some paperwork.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51- The hospital called for you. - Oh, they did?
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Yes. Alice has been in touch with Gladys Cook's current doctor.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Oh, thank you. Anything of interest?
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Gladys presented with a venereal disease.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Ah! Which explains the penicillin.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Gladys's doctor is here in town?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Yes. He has her records dated back over a year.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19I see. Now, why wouldn't she see the military doctor
0:37:19 > 0:37:20if she lived on base?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Lucien, I just dropped a domino under there.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Oh. Ah, yes.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30- There we are. - Thank you.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32How are things at the base?
0:37:34 > 0:37:39Um, Jean, would you mind if I just had a bit of a...
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Not at all. I'm losing anyway.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Let's imagine, just for a moment,
0:37:44 > 0:37:47this domino represents Keith Ellis.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53Now, Joyce Ellis was, of course, intimate with her husband.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Gladys Cook was having an affair with Keith.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02She was?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03Oh, yes.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05And we discovered just this afternoon
0:38:05 > 0:38:09that it's highly likely that Joyce was, shall we say,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14quite familiar with a chap called Forsyth, Daniel Forsyth,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16who is an officer on base.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21Now, Daniel is married to Kelly.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27Kelly, it would appear, may well be involved
0:38:27 > 0:38:29with Ben Rogers.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34Ben, of course, is Daisy's husband.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36How do you like them apples?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39So, they were all stepping out together.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41How do they keep it from each other?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Maybe they don't.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Hang on. Are you telling me that...
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Yes!
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I think they're a community of couples
0:38:55 > 0:38:59who all enjoy each other's, shall we say...
0:39:00 > 0:39:03...company, consensually.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Right. So when Keith Ellis said they share everything...
0:39:07 > 0:39:10He meant it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13And I think Gladys Cook and this Beverly woman are involved too.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Beverly Alison. We're off to interview her now.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Frank, promiscuity within the base
0:39:19 > 0:39:22poses a serious security problem for the military.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23Maybe that's why Alderton's here.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27And of course there's Corporal Rogers.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Who we know is connected to the hole in the fence that you found.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Yes. You know, I think we've been looking at this all wrong.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37These are the questions we should be asking.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40One, why was he sneaking back onto base so late at night?
0:39:40 > 0:39:43And two, what the hell was he doing outside in the first place?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Well, I think there's only one person I could ask right now.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53You're suggesting that Rogers was involved in the death of Gladys Cook?
0:39:53 > 0:39:57Rogers was sneaking back onto base through a hole in the fence
0:39:57 > 0:39:58the night Gladys Cook died.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02The vehicle that was dumped we now know belongs to Lieutenant Ellis.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06He managed to drive Ellis's car off the base without being seen.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08We think he may have distracted the sentry on duty
0:40:08 > 0:40:11by throwing a rock through the window.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Kelly, we're after Beverly Alison.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16She's not here today.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19She should be, she clocked on at 8:00.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Oh, she went home sick.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Right. Thank you.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29We'll need to be informed when Beverly does return to work.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Your police surgeon was here yesterday, drinking on the job.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34And?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37And I believe it was Blake who found that hole in the wire
0:40:37 > 0:40:40before he was caught trespassing on military property.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45If he's found on this base again without my permission...
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- You'll have him arrested. - No.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50I may just have him shot.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54You deal with your men, Chief Superintendent.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57And I'll deal with mine.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Good day to you.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Um, I'm actually here to find out a little bit more about Gladys Cook.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I figured it wasn't for the biscuits.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Yeah, I know you have a doctor here on base,
0:41:25 > 0:41:29but Gladys chose to visit a doctor in town.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yes?
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Well, apparently, the last time the military doctor saw her,
0:41:38 > 0:41:43he recommended she see someone at the special clinic
0:41:43 > 0:41:46at Ballarat Hospital.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50He made that same recommendation to other women on base too.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Whatever happened to doctor/patient confidentiality?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56No names were mentioned, Joyce.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I'm assuming you're all presenting with the same symptoms.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10This was never easy to talk about but...
0:42:10 > 0:42:12this really needs to be addressed.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23When Keith came home from Korea,
0:42:23 > 0:42:27he told me about this... activity.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Out there, they weren't too sure of a tomorrow,
0:42:32 > 0:42:35so the men would...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38...give their wives to fellow soldiers.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41That way if anything should happen
0:42:41 > 0:42:44there would always be someone to take care of us.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46That's how it all started.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Didn't take long for it to become normal
0:42:49 > 0:42:51within our own little group.
0:42:51 > 0:42:57It's a kind of love when love isn't around.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Yes.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04But you weren't happy with this, were you?
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Of course we weren't happy with it.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Every marriage comes at a cost, Dr Blake.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16That's very true.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19And Gladys...
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Gladys was part of this.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26Until she and her husband separated. We never saw her again after that.
0:43:29 > 0:43:31The women confirmed they'd been...
0:43:32 > 0:43:34..indulging in partner swapping.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Gladys was part of it.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39And they just...
0:43:40 > 0:43:42...gave you this information, did they?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Well, I am a doctor.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Updated autopsy report,
0:43:48 > 0:43:50confirming the presence of Gladys Cook's blood
0:43:50 > 0:43:53on Merv Rogers' clothing.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55Well, it's cut and dried, then.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Frank, I...
0:43:58 > 0:44:01I still don't think Merv killed Gladys.
0:44:01 > 0:44:02What was his motive?
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Crime of passion, for one.
0:44:05 > 0:44:08Numerous sexual dalliances going on on the base,
0:44:08 > 0:44:10and the victim's blood on his shirt.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12What more do you want?
0:44:16 > 0:44:18- Doc.- Yes?
0:44:18 > 0:44:20A recruit came forward earlier,
0:44:20 > 0:44:24saying they served Rogers at the officers' mess at half past nine.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Half past nine, Charlie. Let's think about this.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Merv kills her,
0:44:35 > 0:44:37transports and buries the body,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39then makes his way back to base.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41- All within... - All within a couple of hours.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44Really?
0:44:46 > 0:44:48Two hours, start to finish.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51Now, let's say it took him half an hour to kill Gladys
0:44:51 > 0:44:53and drag her body to the car.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55And drive off the base without being seen.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57Exactly, let's go.
0:45:05 > 0:45:09Right, Charlie, we know Corporal Rogers buried the body over there.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12How long would that take? Half an hour? An hour?
0:45:12 > 0:45:14I'll meet you halfway and say 45 minutes.
0:45:14 > 0:45:15But that would mean
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- he'd only have half an hour to get back to the base.- Exactly.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Not looking very probable, is it?
0:45:23 > 0:45:26All right. He parks the car, gets out,
0:45:26 > 0:45:29looks for a suitable place to hide the evidence.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31He leaves the knife and the rug in the car,
0:45:31 > 0:45:33which is when Walter and his girlfriend steal it.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36Yes. By now it would be a quarter to 12.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38There's a slim chance
0:45:38 > 0:45:41that if he ran back to base - and I mean RAN -
0:45:41 > 0:45:43he might just make it in time, but...
0:45:43 > 0:45:44There's no way he'd find any time
0:45:44 > 0:45:47to clean up the scene of the crime after killing Gladys.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51So, either Rogers didn't do it...
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Or... Or he wasn't working alone.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59What happened?
0:45:59 > 0:46:01- I'm going to wash up. - Right you are, Charlie.
0:46:01 > 0:46:08Well, Carlyle is about to posthumously charge Corporal Rogers
0:46:08 > 0:46:11with Gladys Cook's murder, but you know what?
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I don't think he killed her.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18- Anyhow, I should wash up too. - How is Mai Lin?
0:46:20 > 0:46:24Um, well, she's, um...
0:46:26 > 0:46:28You know, she's adjusting.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Um...
0:46:31 > 0:46:35She's never been anywhere quite like Ballarat before.
0:46:35 > 0:46:36Must be so difficult for her.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- Yes. - After everything's that's happened.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Must be awful to be so alone.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46And to be so dependent on people you barely know.
0:46:48 > 0:46:49Lucien?
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Sorry, Jean.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Something you said just now.
0:46:55 > 0:46:57These army wives...
0:46:57 > 0:47:01They say Gladys left their group. I'm starting to wonder.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08Look, the husband's gone. She has to move off base. She's all alone.
0:47:08 > 0:47:13Why would her friends just cut her off?
0:47:13 > 0:47:16She'd be devastated.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20Maybe Gladys was back on base to get revenge.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Maybe.
0:47:26 > 0:47:27Maybe she'd become a threat.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Does anyone else know about the promiscuity within the group?
0:47:30 > 0:47:34- Beverly Alison might. - The woman you can't find.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38Lucien, officers have just got back
0:47:38 > 0:47:40from Beverly Alison's listed address.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42It's an empty block.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45They're checking for another address or a postal box.
0:47:45 > 0:47:50Right. If Beverly knew Gladys, she could be in real danger.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Have you checked the lieutenant's alibi or any of the husbands'?
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Yes, they all check out. All except for Ellis's.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59Still to find anyone who can confirm his story?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01Right. Service records?
0:48:01 > 0:48:02No, no luck yet.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05We have heard some scuttlebutt from a few men at the base
0:48:05 > 0:48:08suggesting the lieutenant has been warned before for roughing up women.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11- Charming. - They're also saying
0:48:11 > 0:48:15Gladys Cook tried to enter the base several times a month or two ago.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18I'll give you one guess the CO was who personally threw her out.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20- Keith Ellis. - Mm.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24All of this officially makes Beverly a missing person,
0:48:24 > 0:48:28which, of course, is exactly what Gladys was until she wasn't.
0:48:28 > 0:48:33Frank, are these Ellis's licence plates?
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Charlie found them at the base. Why?
0:48:35 > 0:48:39If he was so attached to his car,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43he might have come up with a playful nickname for it...
0:48:43 > 0:48:47..inspired by the registration plates.
0:48:47 > 0:48:48Beverly.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58I-I don't understand.
0:48:58 > 0:49:03Mrs Rogers, we believe Gladys Cook was killed here on the base
0:49:03 > 0:49:06and Merv was enlisted to help remove the body.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08Using Keith's car.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Merv was familiar with it. He'd driven it before.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Isn't that right, Joyce?
0:49:13 > 0:49:16What, you think that I...
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Gladys is my friend.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Was your friend, Mrs Ellis.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23She was on the base that night
0:49:23 > 0:49:25because she was about to go to the Courier
0:49:25 > 0:49:27with your group's little secret.
0:49:29 > 0:49:34- You know?- About your little arrangement? Yes, we do.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37But that's not what Gladys was going to report to the Courier.
0:49:37 > 0:49:42You all wanted some kind of payback
0:49:42 > 0:49:45for what your husbands and the Army had put you through.
0:49:45 > 0:49:51So, you created a female employee out of thin air.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Gave her a job in the laundry.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56The laundry, perfect.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59She'd rarely be seen, if at all,
0:49:59 > 0:50:01and of course you pay her a wage.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04But you did make one mistake.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07You named her after one thing your husband loved more than you.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09His car, Beverly.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14Major Alderton, just thinking out loud here -
0:50:14 > 0:50:15military funds missing?
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Quite a substantial amount, actually.
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Yes.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Impossible to do on your own,
0:50:24 > 0:50:29but Daisy in payroll, Gladys in the mailroom,
0:50:29 > 0:50:30Kelly working in the laundry -
0:50:30 > 0:50:33it was easy enough to maintain the illusion.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Beverly was just one of many created identities.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43And this brilliant idea,
0:50:44 > 0:50:48was all yours, wasn't it, Mrs Ellis?
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Even if any of this was true,
0:50:54 > 0:50:58I don't see how this proves I killed Gladys.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02The rug used to transport Gladys's body
0:51:02 > 0:51:04had cigarette burns all over it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10Fine, except the rug I own, you're all standing on it.
0:51:13 > 0:51:16The rug used to transport Gladys's body...
0:51:19 > 0:51:21had circular imprints on it.
0:51:21 > 0:51:26Clearly, your lovely coffee table here has square legs.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28So, would you mind terribly
0:51:28 > 0:51:32if we had a look inside your place, Mrs Rogers?
0:51:39 > 0:51:41What really happened, Daisy...
0:51:42 > 0:51:45..when Merv arrived and saw that you'd killed Gladys?
0:51:48 > 0:51:49No.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53He was disciplined, well-trained.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55He would have sprung into action to try and help you.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Gladys came here because she was scared of Joyce.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05You all were. She was desperate.
0:52:05 > 0:52:10She probably thought, of all the women, she could talk to you.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13Of course Gladys could ruin everything for all of you.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16Please, I...
0:52:16 > 0:52:18You argued.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19And then when she threatened you,
0:52:19 > 0:52:24you stabbed her to death right here, right where I'm standing now.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29The burn marks on the rug. Cigarettes?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34No. I think you burnt whatever evidence
0:52:34 > 0:52:38Gladys brought with her that night.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Payroll ledgers.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51But they're gone.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53It's all gone.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Ah, but it's not, Daisy.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03This was delivered to the Ballarat Courier earlier today.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Sent by a Beverly Alison.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11Gladys must have written up a copy and posted it to them
0:53:11 > 0:53:13before she came here.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Before she came here to ask for her share of the money.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22You see, this was never about the sex,
0:53:22 > 0:53:25or the love,
0:53:25 > 0:53:28it was all about the money.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Money and power.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34Taking back some sort of control in your lives.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37And your son was shot
0:53:37 > 0:53:40because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, Daisy.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44And he was only there because you implicated him
0:53:44 > 0:53:46in the murder of Gladys Cook.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48I didn't mean to.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52I just want my son back.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I heard Daisy Rogers killed Gladys Cook.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- Uh-huh. - So it's true?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- It sounds like you already know. - What was her motive?
0:54:13 > 0:54:17Does it have anything to do with why Mrs Cook called me?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20You're not going to give me anything
0:54:20 > 0:54:22after I told you about the package she sent to the Courier.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Which you opened up and read first.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29Why? So it all ends up in tomorrow's paper?
0:54:29 > 0:54:31- You were right, you know? - About what?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33You're not on the payroll at the station.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44So she's confessed.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47Yes. Well, Joyce Ellis was the ringleader,
0:54:47 > 0:54:49but Daisy Rogers admitted to the rest.
0:54:50 > 0:54:55Now the army can focus on what's really important in this whole disaster -
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- the bloody paperwork.- Ha!
0:54:57 > 0:54:59You ever miss it?
0:55:01 > 0:55:04No. No, not any more.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Do you?
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Not at all.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11You know, you're still going to have to deal with the top brass
0:55:11 > 0:55:13for a while longer, I'm afraid.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17You do know he was in town before the incident.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22- Major. - Gentlemen.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27Just thought I'd drop by to make sure we're all on the same page
0:55:27 > 0:55:32and to confirm that Corporal Rogers is to be posthumously charged.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Yes, he is, as an accessory to murder.
0:55:35 > 0:55:36Excuse me.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39Thank you, Superintendent.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46Derek, you already knew about the money laundering, didn't you?
0:55:46 > 0:55:48We knew that funds were trickling out.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51We just didn't know how or by whom.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55- The police could've helped you.- And they did.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59No-one had connected the money laundering to these three women
0:55:59 > 0:56:00until you came along.
0:56:03 > 0:56:04Priceless.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06I was working for you the whole time.
0:56:06 > 0:56:10You don't like it when things land in your lap, do you, Lucien?
0:56:10 > 0:56:13You prefer an obstacle.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17So I thought I'd throw you a little challenge.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23Why are you really here, Derek?
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Good afternoon, Lucien.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
0:56:42 > 0:56:43It's over?
0:56:45 > 0:56:50Chief Superintendent Carlyle insisted I go home and relax.
0:56:50 > 0:56:54Well, after all those late nights I'm not surprised.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Things can get back to normal now, I suppose.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Jean...
0:57:05 > 0:57:09..I'm sorry if you've been feeling a bit...
0:57:09 > 0:57:11..in the dark with everything.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Something of an understatement, I know.
0:57:18 > 0:57:19I want you...
0:57:20 > 0:57:26I want you to know you're not losing anything.
0:57:26 > 0:57:27I promise you.
0:57:29 > 0:57:30Mai Lin and I...
0:57:33 > 0:57:35It's just not the same as it was.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38It really isn't.
0:57:40 > 0:57:41But a big part of it is.
0:57:41 > 0:57:47That kind of love, it never really goes away, does it?
0:57:47 > 0:57:50And I want you to know I understand that.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59She's your priority now.