Detectives Callie Pritchard and Nikesh Ready continue to hear from Lucy Phelps about her missing husband and son. Is she telling the truth? Let us know what you think.
Useful vocabulary from this episode:
paperwork
reports and other documents that people prepare and create as part of their job
state of mind
how someone is feeling and behaving at a particular time
forensic
detailed scientific methods used to solve a crime
Scooby Doo
fictional cartoon dog, famous for solving crimes
dungarees
clothing item consisting of trousers and a piece of cloth covering the chest, held up by straps over the shoulders
AWOL
missing (from the military acronym – absent without official leave)
heading
going in the direction of
synced
(informal for ‘synchronised’) data that identical is in more than one place
hooded
clothing item with a hood
running around in circles
wasting time with no final result
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