Shortly before Kiri (played Felicia Mukasa) is due to be adopted by the Warner family, she is permitted an unsupervised visit with her biological grandparents.
However, during the visit Kiri goes missing and is later found strangled with the blame squarely put on her social worker Miriam Grayson (Sarah Lancashire), who organised the meeting.
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Kiri will continue with episode two tonight as the four-part story written by Jack Thorne explores what happened on that tragic day and consequences on the adults involved in her life.
Ahead of episode two, we’ve put together a list of all the suspects from the Channel 4 show.
Nate Akindele
The key suspect is Nate Akindele (Paapa Essiedu), Kiri’s estranged father recently got out of prison and met her on the day she was killed.
Nate was the last person to have seen her alive before she went missing and was murdered.
Also, he’s been kept away from Kiri by the authorities and her biological grandparents, which sounds like it could be for a good reason.
Simon Warner
Kiri’s teenage foster brother Simon Warner (Finn Bennett) seems pretty shady too and was calmly smoking cigarettes as he watched a search party frantically looking for the schoolgirl.
He clearly seems unhappy about something, which could be his parents’ desire to adopt another child and the feeling that he’s not good enough for them.
There was a sense of underlying jealousy when Simon spoke about his mother loving Kiri more than her own biological son. Where was he when Kiri went missing on that day?
Tobi Akindele
Biological grandfather Tobi Akindele (Lucian Msamati) deeply cares about Kiri and is devastated when he finds out what’s happened to her.
However, he falls under suspicion because he allowed Nate to see her – in clear breach of guidelines and it ultimately led to her death. Has he been complicit in her murder?
A trailer from the end of the first episode revealed that Tobi is not as squeaky clean as he first seems.
Alice Warner
Foster mother Alice Warner (Lia Williams) claims to love Kiri even more than the child’s biological family but is there something sinister at play here?
Again, from the teaser preview aired last week, Alice has her own secrets and even her marriage could be in turmoil.
Jim Warner
Kiri’s foster father Jim Warner (Steven Mackintosh) again seems fairly benevolent but does he have some skeletons hidden in his cupboard?
Rochelle
Kiri’s grandmother Rochelle (Andi Osho) is another potential suspect, she was the one who convinced Tobi to allow Nate to see Kiri.
What are Rochelle’s motives and what has she got to gain from Kiri’s death?
Other suspects
Could the killer be someone completely unknown to any of the families? Could Kiri have been murdered by a sex offender living in the local area?
Kiri continues on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.
