Chameleon's Shadow

METROPOLITAN

POLICE

INTERNAL MEMO

To: ACC Clifford Golding From: Det Supt Brian Jones Date: 13 April 2007 Subject: Kevin Atkins inquiry

Sir,

In answer to your question re the likelihood of a single perpetrator, the relevant SOCO preliminary findings from Kevin Atkins’s apartment are as follows. In brief:

No forced entry.

Victim found on his side, dressed in a bathrobe.

Bathrobe pulled up to expose the buttocks.

‘Foreign object’ bruising/lacerations to rectum.

No evidence of sexual intercourse.

Opened, half-consumed bottle of wine in the living room – two cleaned glasses on the draining board in the kitchen.

No useful fingerprints – some accounted for, some unknown.

Frenzied attack to the head – similar weapon used (round-headed blunt instrument).

Subsequent damage to walls and property with same weapon.

No apparent resistance from the victim.

No indication of how the victim was immobilized.

Wallet emptied of cash – no credit cards taken.

Mobile telephone stolen.

Despite 7 April being the probable date of death, FSS have yet to deliver a full report on Atkins. I am also waiting on an update to the psychological profile from Britton’s murder. Meanwhile, the focus of the inquiry team continues to concentrate on the army connection, male prostitutes, methods of contact, stranger sightings in the area and people known to the victims.

I will, of course, keep you updated as information comes in.

With kind regards,

Brian

Detective Superintendent Brian Jones