Forensics

S01E02 A teenage girl is dropped back at her family home at around 6pm on a Saturday evening after an overnight visit to a friend’s house. Her mum was away visiting relatives; her sister is due back home at 8am the next morning. She texts her sister to let her know she is safely home and spends the evening texting friends until just after 10pm. This is the last time anyone ever hears from 15-year-old Marie Davis. When her sister comes home the next morning the house is locked, tidy and Marie’s bed is unslept in. Marie is now a missing person’s case. Detective inspector Virginia le Bas has being doing the job for enough decades to have learnt to trust her instincts. There was something about this case, and right from the start Detective le Bas treated it seriously, putting resources and police onto the search and investigation. She knew that if Marie walked in the door at any minute she’d be in trouble for the amount of resources she was putting into a missing person’s case so early on. But the voice of experience was telling her there was something far darker at play than a teenager simply having wandered off. A few items appear missing from the Davis home; a green bag thought to contain Marie’s wallet and cell phone and a duvet and wool mattress cover are missing from the bed in the spare room. Police, family and friends rapidly begin extensive searches in areas Marie used to frequent. Officers search over 12km of a remote river area north of the family home. The night she went missing there were reports of noises and disturbances along this area, but it is known as a site locals often gather on Saturday nights.