Forensics reveal that Rebus's DNA doesn't match that at the Spaven crime scene, ending the inquiry. Geddes' daughter sends Rebus a note from her father, written before his death. Geddes wrote that he had served in the army with Spaven, where he suspected him of murdering a prostitute in Kampong. Later, in the Bible John inquiry, Geddes was on the tail of a man called Ray Sloane, but he got away due to Spaven's lack of co-operation. Geddes also swears that he didn't plant the handbag.