Vera

Come on guys, that's it, breaks over.

Bobby!

Come here!

Bobby!

Dog Walker found her an hour ago.

Oh, well that makes more sense,

I thought you said the victim had a dog.

Sorry, phone signal's terrible,

I was at the base of the cliff.

So where'd this dog Walker find her?

Bottom of the steps.

We got an ID?

Yeah, we just found a bag, Elizabeth Swann,

mid-forties, teacher.

She was wearing a wedding ring, so presumably married.

Looks like she fell down them.

Fell? Or was she pushed?

Well, steps are steep, been raining nonstop,

they'd have been slippy.

Hmm.

-Oh! -Oh!

Oh, you wasn't joking when you said it was slippy.

Bet mr cheerful loved all that rain.

Well, I hope you can give us something useful Malcolm,

not just excuses.

You do realise the rain will have washed away

most of the forensic evidence don't you?

Oh, well, I wouldn't have thought you'd let a bit of

bad weather put you off, pet.

She's been dead 12 to 18 hours sometime between 8:00 am

and 2:00 pm yesterday.

Can you tell us how she died?

Well, the marks on her face suggest to me

that it was face down for a start.

So are you saying somebody turned her over?

If I knew that right now,

I would have told you, wouldn't I?

She has considerable bruising, her hands show

significant signs of injury.

She was obviously trying to protect herself as she fell,

but as yet I haven't determined precise cause of death.

Can you tell if she was pushed?

Not yet, I should be able to establish that

when I get to examine her more closely in the lab.

Was there any forensic evidence at all?

After 16 hours of rain and force 8 gales-

oh, all right Malcolm, we all know there was a storm!

Private, isn't it?

No one would know you were here.

Right, come on.

Do we have an address for the family?

Yeah, it's a farm, just outside of brignall.

Okay, thank you.

Elizabeth Swann was a deputy head at wellstead academy,

which is about three miles away from where she was found.

So what was a teacher doing taking a long walk

at 11:00 am on a school day, hmm?

Go on after him.

What?

You like running, go on.

Hello?

What do you want?

I'm sorry love, i'm dci. Vera stanhope,

northumberland and city police.

I'm here about Elizabeth Swann.

What's happened?

Do you need Phil?

Phil? Is that a husband?

He's my son.

Well then Mrs. Swann,

I'm afraid I have bad news.

The kids loved her, they'll be devastated.

Couldn't move for chocolate at the end of term.

Your son was in the army?

That's where he met lizzy.

She were teaching at the forces school.

When did he leave?

About seven years ago.

He got injured.

What's happened?

Did she fall?

Phil.

Dci stanhope, I am so sorry about your wife, Mr. Swann.

We don't know exactly what happened,

but we do believe she might not have been alone.

So someone pushed her?

Nope, I'm not saying that it could have been an accident.

We're looking at all possibilities.

Well, what did you think when she didn't

come home yesterday?

What?

Yesterday?

She died, yesterday.

Neither of you noticed?

It was just me and Phil,

we were flat out.

You didn't notice Mr. Swann?

I'm in the spare room.

I'm usually asleep by the time she comes home.

It's easier.

So, she was alone all night?

Now, can you think of anyone at all

who might've wanted to hurt her?

No, no, no, everybody loved her.

And is it significant where she was found,

wellstead point?

I don't know.

She used to like to go for a run before school,

you know, she'd go there and back.

She wouldn't have been running.

She had her car.

Her car?

Do you recognise this keyring mr Swann?

That's lizzy's, car keys are missing.

I need to tell the girls.

The girls?

My daughters.

They're in newcastle, fern's a live-in nanny there.

Zara's been staying with her since Saturday.

Go on, we can send a car to pick them up.

You don't tell 'em,

I need to tell 'em.

We need to be together, excuse me.

Now, is it all right if I take a look upstairs, pet?

Car's not been seen.

What do you make of them not sleeping together?

Well, it makes sense if he needs his sleep.

His clothes are still here.

Well, get forensics onto that laptop.

Girls, come to me.

Lets just leave 'em too it.

Oh, dad!

I know.

Come on.

I can't take it in, poor lizzy.

Were you close?

She was one of my best friends,

we met at our last school and came here to turn it round.

She was,

-she was amazing. -Mm, aye.

Her family must be devastated.

I had no idea she was suicidal.

Suicidal?

I,

I just,

you said she was found at the bottom of wellstead point,

with her suspension i-

oh, she'd been suspended?

When did that happen?

Three days ago, Monday.

Did someone do this to her?

And why would you ask that?

There had been an issue.

What sort of issue?

She suspected one of the parents of hurting their child.

I was away.

Lizzy reported it last Friday to social services.

They started an investigation over the weekend.

That sounds like she was just doing her job.

Not exactly.

The father came in on Monday, he was furious, livid.

After he left, I spoke to lizzy,

she hadn't been accurate with what she had said

to social services.

How do you mean?

She'd misrepresented what the child had said

and taken no written records.

So you suspended her?

Yes.

Why was she so hasty?

Because she was worried about Omar.

She said she didn't care she'd done it the wrong way,

but she had to do something.

Well, I think you better give us this dads name, love.

If you wait five minutes, you can meet him.

Did you score any goals tonight?

Ah, bet you did.

Mr Hassan?

Yes.

We're from northumberland city police,

can we have a word?

Go, go, go -come with me.

We're here to investigate the death of Elizabeth Swann.

The death?

That's horrible.

We hear the two of you had words

at the start of this week.

I feel terrible about that now.

And I was upset about Omar.

I don't blame Mrs. Swann, she was just doing her job.

When d'ya last see her?

Not since Monday.

Listen, I need to take Omar somewhere,

I promised I'd take him straight after school.

And where would that be?

To his mom's grave to lay some flowers.

Oh, I'm sorry about that, love.

Well, we won't stop ya, but we will be in touch.

I am sorry about Mrs. Swann.

The body of Elizabeth Swann, known as lizzy, aged 42,