"John Hayward,in evidence,said that when he examined some of Jeremy Bamber's clothing several weeks after the killings he had found spots of blood on the sleeve of one of his jackets and also on a bathrobe.Blood was also found on the passenger seat of Bamber's car. Although he'd carried out tests,Mr. Hayward said he was only able to establish that the blood on the clothing was human".
(Blood Relations Chapter 31)
How did Jeremy come by these specks of blood? Were they his own as he struggled with Nevill in the kitchen for control of the gun,a struggle Nevill was bound to lose with lead pellets already lodged in his head from an encounter upstairs. Did Jeremy run a bath at Goldhanger after returning from his deadly mission and soak away the tension before his telephone call to Police,or was the robe hanging up on a door or in a closet and Jeremy's hands brushed against it as he scrubbed the evidence away? Did Nevill and June recognize their attacker that morning,did Jeremy speak or was he mute,did he make an attempt to disguise his voice or was it raised in fury as he remonstrated with parents who had controlled his life down to the finest detail and had driven away Sue as she felt she was unwanted,the stress of which led to her miscarriages. Was June oblivious of the intruder or did she finally realize how her son had repaid her as she worked her way,part paralysed to the door jamb,where she was exterminated by one last shot between the eyes,as Jeremy could finally look at her as equals and need no longer avert his gaze. Was the backspatter the source of the blood as Jeremy crept into the twins room like a cat and pumped five shots into one body and three in the other,as one infant was sucking his thumb as surrogate,he too feeling the lovelessness of this Georgian edifice as Jeremy had done himself of yesteryear,but who now no longer questioned,who no longer cared, but vowed to be hands-on,the master of his own destiny,whilst the tractor could rust among the coarse barley bristles and Jeremy felt only freedom,freedom, as he pedalled along the sea wall,feeling only the fresh ,cool salt wind against the contours of his face..