Pippa Fitz-Amobi EPQ 16/09/2017
Production Log – Entry 17
I can’t find anything on Daniel da Silva. Nothing that gives me any further leads. There’s hardly anything to learn from his Facebook profile, other than he got married in September 2011.
But if he was the secret older guy, Andie could have ruined him in two different ways : she could have told his new wife he was cheating and destroyed his marriage, OR she could have filed a police report about statutory rape from two years before. Both circumstances are just rumour at this point but, if true, they certainly would give Daniel a motive for wanting her dead. Andie could have blackmailed him; it’s definitely not out of character for her to have been blackmailing a Da Silva.
There’s nothing about his professional life online either, other than an article written by Stanley Forbes three years ago about a car collision on Hogg Hill that Daniel responded to.
But if Daniel is our killer, I’m thinking he might have disturbed the investigation somehow in his capacity as a police officer. A man on the inside. Perhaps when searching the Bell residence he could have stolen or tampered with any evidence that would lead back to him.
Or his sister?
It’s also worth noting the way he reacted to Ravi asking questions about Sal. Did he shut Ravi down to protect himself?
I’ve looked through all the newspaper reports on Andie’s disappearance again. I’ve stared at pictures of the police searches until it feels like my eyes are growing scratchy little legs to climb out of their sockets and splat against the laptop screen, like grotesque little moths. I don’t recognize Da Silva as any of the investigating officers.
Although there is one picture I’m not sure about. It was taken on the Sunday morning.
There are some police officers in high-vis standing round the front of Andie’s house. One of them is walking through the front door, his back to the camera. His hair colour and length matches Da Silva’s when I cross-reference social media pictures of him from around that
time.
It could be him.
It could be.
On to the list he goes.
