Sam Mullins

Suddenly, everything was in fast forward. He bought Elaine and Ron the tickets to Canada and all but shoved them out the door before she started to show. Merry Christmas. Goodbye. No time to sell your flat. No time to sell your business. I'll do it. You just need to leave right now. He needed to sell everything as fast as he could.

And they needed to leave town before people started asking questions. He had a pregnant teenager and he needed to find a new place to start over. Like a snake, he needed to shed his skin. And they were gone.

And they needed to leave town before people started asking questions. He had a pregnant teenager and he needed to find a new place to start over. Like a snake, he needed to shed his skin. And they were gone.

With the real Elaine and Ron happily away enjoying the good times in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Albert and Sheena Walker made their debut as husband and wife. Albert was Ronald Platt. And in person, Sheena was no longer Noelle Davis, but Noelle Platt. Although on paper, she was Elaine Boyes. God, this is confusing. Anyway, they were the Platts now.

With the real Elaine and Ron happily away enjoying the good times in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Albert and Sheena Walker made their debut as husband and wife. Albert was Ronald Platt. And in person, Sheena was no longer Noelle Davis, but Noelle Platt. Although on paper, she was Elaine Boyes. God, this is confusing. Anyway, they were the Platts now.

The age gap between the fictional married couple of Elaine and Ron was conspicuous, so they were going to need to bridge the gap with the best tool at their disposal. Tacky dye jobs.

The age gap between the fictional married couple of Elaine and Ron was conspicuous, so they were going to need to bridge the gap with the best tool at their disposal. Tacky dye jobs.

They changed their whole deals. Sheena went blonde, Albert did away with the fancy clothes, they traded in for an older car, and they mostly kept to themselves.

They changed their whole deals. Sheena went blonde, Albert did away with the fancy clothes, they traded in for an older car, and they mostly kept to themselves.

In the year in Devon, a lot happened in their lives. Sheena gave birth to her first child. Albert got a sailboat. And in early 1994, Albert enrolled in a course for, get this, psychology and counseling. And every month, he'd be back in Paula's chair, not mentioning any of it.

In the year in Devon, a lot happened in their lives. Sheena gave birth to her first child. Albert got a sailboat. And in early 1994, Albert enrolled in a course for, get this, psychology and counseling. And every month, he'd be back in Paula's chair, not mentioning any of it.

At the end of the Devon year, Albert had a new plan. He finished his course in counseling and decided to invest in a company called Solutions in Therapy, which was based in Essex. What he liked about Solutions in Therapy was that much like Walker Financial, it would be easy to run and easy to scale. So the fake Platts moved to Essex, Woodham Walter to be specific.

At the end of the Devon year, Albert had a new plan. He finished his course in counseling and decided to invest in a company called Solutions in Therapy, which was based in Essex. What he liked about Solutions in Therapy was that much like Walker Financial, it would be easy to run and easy to scale. So the fake Platts moved to Essex, Woodham Walter to be specific.

Little London Farmhouse on Little London Lane to make a meal of it. It was there that Sheena gave birth to her second child. Albert started his work in solutions and therapy and began pitching people on expanding the operation further. Maybe he could run a new office in Chelmsford, he thought, have his own shop. So he did. And here is where he'd done it.

Little London Farmhouse on Little London Lane to make a meal of it. It was there that Sheena gave birth to her second child. Albert started his work in solutions and therapy and began pitching people on expanding the operation further. Maybe he could run a new office in Chelmsford, he thought, have his own shop. So he did. And here is where he'd done it.

He found a perfect pastoral setting, just a short drive from the office, with a wife and two children. A twisted mirror image of his Canadian life six years earlier. This time, the wife was his daughter. This time, the one-stop financial shop was a one-stop therapy shop. This time, he had millions of dollars. Who knows how long it would have lasted? Who knows if anyone ever would have found them?

He found a perfect pastoral setting, just a short drive from the office, with a wife and two children. A twisted mirror image of his Canadian life six years earlier. This time, the wife was his daughter. This time, the one-stop financial shop was a one-stop therapy shop. This time, he had millions of dollars. Who knows how long it would have lasted? Who knows if anyone ever would have found them?

Who knows how long this sordid tale would have played out if it wasn't for the day that Albert Walker received a letter from Ronald Platt saying that he was done with Canada and was moving back to England for good. There are so many questions about what happened in the final year of Ronald Platt's life. Did he know that Walker had stolen his identity? What did Platt make of Sheena having children?

Who knows how long this sordid tale would have played out if it wasn't for the day that Albert Walker received a letter from Ronald Platt saying that he was done with Canada and was moving back to England for good. There are so many questions about what happened in the final year of Ronald Platt's life. Did he know that Walker had stolen his identity? What did Platt make of Sheena having children?

But the only people who know what happened were Ron and Albert and Sheena. To me, there are a million questions. But to the Devon police, by necessity, there was only ever one. How did Ronald Platt end up at the bottom of the ocean? When they arrested Albert Walker, they had all of their resources on trying to answer this question.