‘Andy Sixsmith disappeared in January 1971. He’d been trying to set up as a rival to the Whadcoats, so everybody assumes they murdered him but no evidence was ever found, and no body, until now.’
‘A-ha, so John Fellowes confessed to the killing and told you how the body had been disposed of, but where do I come in?’
‘It’s not as simple as that. Let me explain.’
‘Of course. Go on.’
‘Fellowes confessed to being there when Sixsmith was killed by the Whadcoats, and to getting rid of the body. He said he was helped by another member of the gang, Victor Hodges. Hodges is still alive and living in Solsbury, which is why I’m on the case.’
‘I see. Is that ghastly man Morden involved as well?’
‘Inspector Morden is in charge of the case.’
De Lacy grimaced but she carried on with her explanation.
‘According to Fellowes, they buried Sixsmith’s body in woodland to the north of London, near a village called Hammondstreet. The area has been developed, but Fellowes was very exact about where the body was buried: alongside a much older lane. The Hertfordshire police dug up the whole area, a trench nearly two hundred yards long and about ten wide. They found a skeleton.’
‘Then I fail to see the difficulty?’
‘It was the wrong skeleton.’
‘Some other gangster?’
‘No. They were the bones of a man who’d been hanged, at least one hundred years ago.’
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