On the 11th April, 2016, 48-year-old Darren 'Macky' McMinn went missing – last seen at a pub in Bromley Cross, Bolton Lancashire. The local police became involved when notified by his distressed family. Because McMinn was a drug user, detectives ordered multiple raids to be carried out on McMinn’s associates. During this, a mobile phone was uncovered with text messages and phone calls that linked McMinn's phone to one in the possession of his drug supplier, Candido 'Candy' Periera , sent on the day Pereira went missing.
Raiding Periera's house was inconclusive, but Periera was cuffed and sent back to the police station for further interrogation. According to BBC Two's documentary: The Detectives-Murder on the Streets (episode 2), Specialist Interview Advisor Roy Storey said, "What you do tend to find is the people who give us full accounts are usually innocent people." This implied that Storey thought Pereira's seemingly credible answers and mannerisms appeared genuine. SIA Roy Storey also added, "He comes across as telling the truth to me, he doesn't come across as a particularly hard
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Although not visible to the bare eye, the Forensic Investigators used a liquid called Luminol, which (when mixed with appropriate oxidising agents) can exhibit chemiluminescence. In this case, blood traces glowed blue. More blood was discovered inside Periera's car boot. DCI Sarah Jones, head detective in this investigation, was sent the pictures and decided not to expose their recently found evidence because she wished for Periera to confess himself. Another interview took place but Periera resumed lying about incidents. When the blood stains from under the carpet came back from the lab, it unveiled that it did belong to Darren McMinn. DCI Sarah Jones said, "You don't guide the story, the story takes you." The investigation hinged solely around the blood