From Harris, he had a brief discussion with Taff when he arrived, and they had an appointment at Chelmsford Head Post Office at 10.30am so left the scene with Detective Chief Inspector JONES at
9.34am. Great detective work of a major crime scene and I I must apologise looks like Taffs cameo was 34mins and not 30 mins.
Chief Sup Harris and Dr Craig designated the soc murder/suicide based on decades of experience.
DCI Jones was one of the last officers to arrive at soc. He checked all the windows were secured from within and made various notes in his pocket book about the soc all of which supported murder/suicide.
The post mortems supported murder/suicide.
Soc officers, under the supervision of DC Cook: DS Davidson, DC Hammersley and DC Bird captured all relevant evidence at the soc: extensive photography, casings, exited bullets, casings, samples of blood stains to carpets and wallpaper. (As DC Hammersley told the court at trial nothing of evidential value was lost).
All supported murder/suicide.
A review was instructed. This was undertaken by Det Sup Kenneally. He too came to the conclusion of murder/suicide.
It was murder/suicide until DS Jones conspired with the relatives to get the ball rolling on 5 x murders.