9th March 1972
We got a search warrant and took the house in Cowley apart. Johns and I finally found the boy's body in a big wooden trunk in the loft. The man that Ian had been going to see there claims that he'd died in an accident - which I suppose may have been true - and he hid the body because he was afraid of not being believed. I suspect he may be right about that. Murdishaw is certainly planning to have him charged with murder and the jury will most likely agree wth that.
