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We can confirm that this apparent suicide closely resembles those of Sir Jeffrey Patterson and
James Phillimore. In the light of this, these incidents are now being treated as linked. The
investigation is ongoing but Detective Inspector Lestrade will take questions now.
REPORTER 1: Detective Inspector, how can suicides be linked?
LESTRADE: Well, they all took the same poison; um, they were all found in places they had no
reason to be; none of them had shown any prior indication of ...
REPORTER 1 (interrupting): But you can’t have serial suicides.
LESTRADE: Well, apparently you can.
REPORTER 2: These three people: there’s nothing that links them?
LESTRADE: There’s no link been found yet, but we’re looking for it. There has to be one.
(Everybody’s mobile phone trills a text alert simultaneously. As they look at their phones, each
message reads:

Wrong!

Donovan looks at the same message on her own phone.)
DONOVAN: If you’ve all got texts, please ignore them.
REPORTER 1: Just says, ‘Wrong’.
DONOVAN: Yeah, well, just ignore that. Okay, if there are no more questions for Detective
Inspector Lestrade, I’m going to bring this session to an end.
REPORTER 2: But if they’re suicides, what are you investigating?
LESTRADE: As I say, these ... these suicides are clearly linked. Um, it’s an ... it’s an unusual
situation. We’ve got our best people investigating ...
(Everybody’s mobile trills another text alert and again each message reads:

Wrong!

REPORTER 1: Says, ‘Wrong’ again.
(Lestrade looks despairingly at Sally.)
DONOVAN (to the reporters): One more question.
REPORTER 3: Is there any chance that these are murders, and if they are, is this the work of a
serial killer?
LESTRADE: I ... I know that you like writing about these, but these do appear to be suicides.
We know the difference. The, um, the poison was clearly self-administered.
REPORTER 3: Yes, but if they are murders, how do people keep themselves safe?
LESTRADE: Well, don’t commit suicide.
(The reporter looks at him in shock. Donovan covers her mouth and murmurs a warning.)
DONOVAN: “Daily Mail.”
(Lestrade grimaces and looks at the reporters again.)
LESTRADE: Obviously this is a frightening time for people, but all anyone has to do is exercise
reasonable precautions. We are all as safe as we want to be.
(Again the mobiles trill their text alerts, and once more each message reads:

Wrong!

But Lestrade’s phone takes a moment longer to alert him to a text and when he looks at it, the
message reads:

You know where
to find me.
SH

Looking exasperated, he puts the phone into his pocket and looks at the reporters as he stands
up.)
LESTRADE: Thank you.

Shortly afterwards, he and Donovan are walking through the offices of New Scotland Yard.
DONOVAN: You’ve got to stop him doing that. He’s making us look like idiots.
LESTRADE: Well, if you can tell me how he does it, I’ll stop him.

Transcripts by Ariane DeVere (arianedevere@livejournal.com)