Page 89 of Murder in the Family

BLACK FRAME, TEXT APPEARS, with VOICEOVER – narrator (female)

On the night of October 3, 2003, the brutally beaten body of a young man was found in the garden of his wife’s London townhouse.

For the past twenty years, everyone – including his family and law enforcement – thought the man’s name was Luke Ryder.

But thanks to our investigations, we’ve now proved, conclusively, that this was not his real name.

‘Luke Ryder’ was living a lie.

FADE OUT

CUT TO: Studio. The team are sitting round the table. They’re dressed differently from last time: time has passed.

HUGO FRASER

Well, I think we can all agree that was one hell of a revelation last time, Bill.

MITCHELL CLARKE

Yeah, you certainly keptthatone under your hat.

BILL SERAFINI

(laughing)

Sorry, guys.

ALAN CANNING

So are you going to tell us who ‘Luke Ryder’ actually was?

BILL SERAFINI

(turning to the board and starting to pin up mug shots)

There were five Westerners on that bus that day, three of whom died. Those five people were the real Luke Ryder, a Brit called Joe McGrath, two Dutch girls called Famke Meijer and Marit Reitsema, and our guy—

(tapping the first photo)

An American, a man by the name of Eric Dwight Fulton. A native of North Birmingham, Alabama, born on 11th March 1966.

(It takes a moment for this to sink in.)

LAILA FURNESS

But that would have made him at least ten years older than the real Luke—

BILL SERAFINI

Eleven, actually, but yes.

JJ NORTON

Hang on, so you’re saying the bloke who married Caroline Howard wasn’t Luke Ryder at all, but someoneeleven years older?

(sits back)

I’m amazed he could pull that off. And that no one around him ever suspected.

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