Sam Mullins

David Davis? Frank furrowed his brow. He'd never heard of a David Davis. And he said, oh, no, Ron Platt lives next door. I beg your pardon? The man in that house right there? In the address that David Davis said was his house? To you? He's called Ron Platt? That was the spark. Redmond took a second to process what he just heard. Suddenly, this routine visit felt ominous. Ronald Platt is dead.

David Davis? Frank furrowed his brow. He'd never heard of a David Davis. And he said, oh, no, Ron Platt lives next door. I beg your pardon? The man in that house right there? In the address that David Davis said was his house? To you? He's called Ron Platt? That was the spark. Redmond took a second to process what he just heard. Suddenly, this routine visit felt ominous. Ronald Platt is dead.

But Davis is Platt? So Platt is alive? And living here next to this platonic couple? Redmond needed to find out more.

But Davis is Platt? So Platt is alive? And living here next to this platonic couple? Redmond needed to find out more.

As Redmond stands on the exact stoop with my producer Alex today, at the same crooked cottage with the same wooden door, retracing the steps he took nearly 30 years earlier, all of a sudden, a man peers out from the side door of the house, suspicious as to why we're staring at his property, armed with a microphone.

As Redmond stands on the exact stoop with my producer Alex today, at the same crooked cottage with the same wooden door, retracing the steps he took nearly 30 years earlier, all of a sudden, a man peers out from the side door of the house, suspicious as to why we're staring at his property, armed with a microphone.

They'd lived there for about a year. Oh, and one more thing, they had a boat.

They'd lived there for about a year. Oh, and one more thing, they had a boat.

After chatting for a fair while, Redmond stood up and asked if they would be so kind as to keep this conversation just between the three of them and made his way back to his car, dizzy.

After chatting for a fair while, Redmond stood up and asked if they would be so kind as to keep this conversation just between the three of them and made his way back to his car, dizzy.

Redmond drove the new car straight back to the station in Chelmsford because he knew two detectives in Devon who needed to hear about this.

Redmond drove the new car straight back to the station in Chelmsford because he knew two detectives in Devon who needed to hear about this.

Clenahan waved over MacDonald and told him that the neighbours in Woodham Walter know David Davis as Ron Platt.

Clenahan waved over MacDonald and told him that the neighbours in Woodham Walter know David Davis as Ron Platt.

They knew immediately that this was something they were going to need to bring to the boss.

They knew immediately that this was something they were going to need to bring to the boss.

Sinkhog finally relented. And after he absorbed the information, he had a plan. He said, we need to learn everything we can about the man living in that house. And we need to do it discreetly.

Sinkhog finally relented. And after he absorbed the information, he had a plan. He said, we need to learn everything we can about the man living in that house. And we need to do it discreetly.

Coming up on Sea of Lies, we meet the one person who knows both Ronald Platts.

Coming up on Sea of Lies, we meet the one person who knows both Ronald Platts.