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Erika picked up her phone and then rerabbed his phone and then called in to control, and asked about getting hold of the birth certificate for Jessica Collins She was told that they don’t have access to Irish birth certificates and they would have to wait until 8a until the office is open

‘Shit Are we out on a limb here? Wouldn’t soation was a disaster, and ould anyone think of looking at her birth certificate? When we do we look at Birth and death certificates? Only when there is so on’

‘You think its possible? That Laura was never Jessica Collins sister, she was her mother…’

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Erika and Peterson stayed up until very late, working their way through the case files, and re-visiting witness staterabbed a few hours sleep on the sofa, and then drove to the station first thing in the

They left the flat at the same time, but in separate cars to drive to Broistered by the surprise on the officer stationed outside the flats in the squad car

‘Okay everyone, I want your attention,’ said Erika to her teaated in the incident rooo I put in a request to the Irish records office for a copy of Jessica Collins’ birth certificate We have reason to suspect that Laura Collins wasn’t Jessica’s sister, she was, in fact her mother’

There was silence in the incident room Erika went on to explain their hunch froh for you, I’ it to the printers,’ said John Erika went to the printer at the back of the incident roo and printing Then, very slowly the scan of a birth certificate eible handwriting

‘Yes! Mother is Laura Collins… and father is a Gerry O’Reilly of 4 Dorchester Court, Gallway’

Moss was already at the white board and writing it up ‘Okay we need everything we can get on a Gerry O’Reilly We don’t know the circu, but we have a naed to track doo Gerry O’Reilly’s ere registered to 4 Dorchester Court

‘Father and son, both have the same name,’ said Moss

‘Shit, hoe find out who it was?’