Page 9 of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Yes of course. Enquiries will be made because, if the missing person has run away, they are likely to be hiding out with a person close to them.

Pip:

And at what point in a missing persons case do police accept they are looking for a body?

Angela:

Well, timewise, it’s not . . . Oh, Pippa, I have to go. Sorry, I’ve been called into my meeting.

Pip:

Oh, OK, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me.