Maiden Gully

He had told us it was a good idea to do that on public holidays because people were receptive, in a receptive mood, in a relaxed atmosphere.

And Ray had a new lead, Cameron Twining, a potential purchaser of a life insurance policy, a young man who lived in Maiden Gully, about a 20-minute drive from the office.

He had been away in Ballarat on a training course for his employer, Telecom, but he would be back in Bendigo for the Easter long weekend.

I made a phone call on the Monday night.

I went straight to work on my own.

Ray said he did some paperwork in the office where he was the only one there until Graham Jenkin turned up, and they talked about the lead they were going to pursue that day, and it was at that point that Ray realized, he told the detective, that he was missing something.

Ray described it as the details for a quote that he wanted to give the insurance prospect, Cameron Twining, the young bloke west of town at Maiden Gully, basic things, including details of the young bloke's age.

Ray did not specifically say to Blackshaw that he intended to go and knock on Twining's door that Easter Tuesday But by the same token, Ray did not say that he was not going out there either.