22-year-old Agnes Akom has been reported missing, but whatbegins as a search for a missing person develops into somethingpotentially far more serious. Agnes has not been seen for eightdays and her usually extensive use of social media has stoppedcompletely. As fears for her safety increase, her case ispassed from local police to the Specialist Crime Unit whohandle the Met's most complex crimes.Agnes' last known sightingis on Cricklewood High Street in north west London. CCTV fromthe area shows her getting into a silver car registered to a66-year-old man, Neculai Paizan.Investigations into Paizanreveal he owns a storage container on an industrial estate, itis immediately searched, but Agnes is not there. However,detectives discover a CCTV camera pointing at the entrance tothe container. As they begin watching footage from the day shedisappeared, they make a worrying discovery, Agnes can beseen walking into the container with Paizan, but three hourslater Paizan walks out alone.When Paizan is brought in forquestioning, he admits going into the container with Agnes butclaims they came out together 20 minutes later, directlycontradicting the evidence from the CCTV. As forensicexamination of the container reveals traces of blood,detectives must now try to discover where Agnes' body is.
