Lily's own brother, Alan O'Shea, is one of them.

Uh, well, definitely Alan O'Shea, her son, yeah.

I mean, his behavior's not consistent with, um, in my opinion, with, uh, you know, um, with the son of a, of a mother that's gone missing.

When I spoke to Brett Devine, he remembered the case with great clarity.

Yeah, my section was responsible for the investigation and, and his arrest for some, um, fairly horrific crimes.

So he spent a long time in prison and, uh, since then, yeah, he's, he's been, uh, transferred to Western Australia.

It's a question that's also shared by Detective Senior Sergeant Brett Devine.

Yeah, well, with any investigation, uh, in particular missing people, like the first twenty-four, forty-eight hours is really crucial from an investigator's point of view.

Um, you know, a lot of potential evidence can be lost with time.

Um, so why it took him, uh, I think it was actually longer than nine days.

I think it was, um, the thirteenth of January, two thousand and six, he went to the Atherton Police Station, reported her missing.

Why it took him that long to report his mother missing, I, I don't know.

It's not something that I would do, but, um, I guess you've gotta look at the type of person that he is.

A.

To this day, Allen has never agreed to talk to police.

Brett Devine's my name.

I'm a detective senior sergeant.

Uh, I'm currently attached to the Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch in Queensland.

Uh, I commenced carriage of this investigation in around, um, April, May of 2006 from memory.

So Brett, was Allen helpful at the coroner's inquest?

Uh, well, in a word, no. Um, at the time, uh, prior to the inquest, he was served with a summons to appear and give evidence.

Uh, at the time of the inquest, he couldn't be located and, and a, uh, warrant was issued by the coroner for his arrest.