Teri blinks a few times. ‘I thought you wanted to ask me questions about Kate?’
‘And I’ll get to that. But firstly, I want to ask you about these gloves. Why would they have traces of Mr Price’s blood on them?’
Teri’s face twitches. ‘I have no idea. They were brand new when I used them. I saw Kate open the packet.’
‘We also found your hair in his mouth. How do you explain that?’
‘My hair?’
‘Yes.’
‘That’s not possible.’
‘Were you lovers?’
‘Yes! You know that. He was leaving her for me. She must have found out and killed him.’
‘So how do you explain your hair in his mouth?’
‘I don’t! It’s not mine! I haven’t seen him since he left London. I hadn’t seen him for weeks, and then I thought he was in Zurich.’
‘We also found a broken fingernail belonging to you trapped in his polo shirt.’
‘A broken fingernail?’
‘Yes.’
‘Mine?’
‘Yes.’
‘That’s not possible. I just told you. I haven’t seen Max. I’ve had nothing to do with him for weeks. She did it. She put him in that freezer.’
‘What about this note, here?’ He taps the bag. ‘Is it yours?’
Teri looks visibly shaken. She swallows. ‘Yes. I mean, he gave it to me.’
‘We found it in the shorts he was wearing.’
She shakes her head. ‘That makes no sense. He gave it to me. I still have it. It’s in my house.’
‘So you don’t know how it ended up in his pocket?’
‘No.’
‘We found the key to the padlock that opens the freezer on a shelf in the garage, hidden behind a toolbox. Your prints were on it.’
‘My prints?’ Teri tries to think. ‘It was on the floor. I picked it up. I gave it back to her.’
‘Who?’
‘Kate.’
‘Mrs Price says she had no idea the freezer was locked. She says she’s never seen the key.’
‘She’s lying!’
‘Do you recognise this?’ He slides another evidence bag towards her. It contains a flattened, slightly crumpled receipt.
