IC - 22 - Chez Zero - Kris and Jocelyn

[Mr. Handy]

"Thank you," says Jocelyn, following her upstairs. She glances over at Kris, allowing him to answer the question, as he is actually with the police.

[Mephistophilis]

The stairs finish at a narrow landing and a half open door indicates that the bathroom is at the top of the stairs. Turning back towards the front of the house there is a bedroom evident straight ahead but Allen's mother opens a door to the right and lets Jocelyn and Kris enter.

There's a pretty small looking double bed, the bedclothes are flowery and old fashioned looking. Against one wall is a freestanding pine wardrobe, and there's a matching chest of drawers and beside cabinet. There's a beaten up looking wooden chair in the corner with various items of clothing draped over it. A few free weights sit on the floor.

A plain wooden cross hangs on one wall and a wooden framed oval mirror on another. On the bedside table is a Bible, there's a rough looking cardboard bookmark poking out the top, the verse of Exodus marked comes as no surprise.

All in all the room is surprisingly clutter free, it is hard to believe anyone really lived here.

[Philulhu]

Kris looked around carefully, searching methodically, starting at the door and making his way around the room. He looked over to Allen’s mother and said, ”It seems that something isn’t as it should be at the church. Did you ever go there?”

Kris will open drawers and check underneath, look behind the mirror, check pockets, etc.

[Mephistophilis]

Kris searches all over the room, checking behind the mirror, in and under the drawers, and in the pockets of the clothes thrown over the chair.

I think a Spot Hidden would be useful here

Allen's mother replies, 'Well, the Church of the Passover Angel isn't exactly the Church of England. I'm Pentecostal myself but I found the Reverend Balfour a bit much. All that end of the world next week stuff. But Johnny seemed to believe it, and he really turned his life around so there must be the touch of Jesus in them.'

[Mr. Handy]

Jocelyn also searches the room, being sure to check under the mattress and under the bed, knowing where the usual hiding places are. "We should also check the toilet, considering," she says to Kris.

Spot Hidden roll (60% skill) searching Johnny's room:
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[Philulhu]

(40%) 1d100

”Did you ever meet, Rachael, Mrs Allen?” asked Kris. ”What did she look like?”

[Mephistophilis]

Despite searching thoroughly Kris finds nothing of use. It looks to him like Johnny Zero has deliberately cleared out anything that could incriminate him or connect him to anyone else.

Jocelyn continues to talk to Allen's mother as she walks into the bathroom and removes the lid from the cistern.

'I'm not Mrs Allen, not anymore, you can call me Joyce, Joyce Williams.'

Her hunch pays off, there's something wrapped in a plastic bag. Opening it up she finds a Nokia 6610 'brick' mobile phone.

'What's that?' asks Joyce, 'Oh no, that doesn't look good.'

The phone turns on and indicates there's no SIM. Shaking out the plastic bag a SIM card falls out onto the floor.

'Maybe there will be a number for Rachel?' she asks hopefully. 'I've met her a few times, like I said, she's a white girl, mid-twenties, brown hair, pretty, now what did she say she does, a teacher was it? Yes, I think she said she was a teacher. That would fit, because she seemed very sensible.'

[Philulhu]

Kris glanced at Jocelyn. The name didn’t mean anything to him so he hoped it would be a lead. “Is there a number for this ‘Rachel’?” he asked. “We may be able to trace it.”

[Mr. Handy]

Jocelyn carefully picks up the SIM card and inserts it into the phone, then checks to see what numbers are stored. "Whoever's numbers are on here, they'll be important," says Jocelyn.

Rachel is one of Johnny's friends from the church.

[Philulhu]

I got that bit

I just wasn’t sure if Rachel was a name we had come across earlier in the investigation.

[Mephistophilis]

Jocelyn inserts the SIM card. There's no PIN surprisingly. She can find only a handful of numbers, first names only, listed alphabetically they are:

• David
• John
• Louise
• Phil
• Rachel
• Sarah
• Steve
• Winston
• Zac

All numbers are UK mobile phone numbers.

[Philulhu]

“Let’s try and run those numbers through the PNC and see if we get any matches,” said Kris.

[Mr. Handy]

"Good idea," says Jocelyn. "They may be able to tie these numbers to full names and addresses."

[Philulhu]

Pulling out his own phone, Kris put in a call to the control room. ”Can you run these numbers for me? I need names and addresses, please. Start with Rachel first, then the others. Some of the names may be alibis.”

[Mr. Handy]

"We can leave Zac for last," says Jocelyn. "We already have his information, but it will pay to check anyway in case we learn something new."

[Mephistophilis]

The control room gets back to Kris within a few minutes. 'The David number is a pre-pay, we've got no details on that, same with Winston and Zac. John is John Balfour, it's the number we already have for him. Same with Sarah, that's Sarah Balfour. Louise is listed as a Louise Hayman, address in London but she's not on the PNC, no convictions. Phil is James Williams, Wycombe address, nothing on the PNC except a speeding caution. Rachel is Rachel Johnson, also Wycombe, nothing on her. Then there's Steve, Steve Brown, address in London, got some convictions for drug possession and dealing about ten years ago.'

[Mr. Handy]

"We should visit Rachel first after we're done here," says Jocelyn. "She's local, so we'll want to talk to her before we head to London."

[Philulhu]

”Agreed,” said Kris. Speaking to control, he said, ”Can we get local units to check out the London addresses, to see if we can find Johnny there?”

[Mephistophilis]

The control room agrees to contact the Metropolitan Police to ask for their officers to investigate the addresses for Louise Hayman and Steve Brown.

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Jocelyn's phone rings, it's Simon.

[Mr. Handy]

"Hi, Simon," says Jocelyn when she answers the phone. "We've found a few leads, but let's hear what you've got first."