The detective in charge of the Bogle-Chandler case, Bateman was nicknamed "The Father Confesser" because so many criminals felt the urge to confess to him. Those who knew him personally described him as as a cautious and careful man, thorough and not prone to leaping to conclusions. According to the crime reporter Bill Jenkings, Bateman was convinced that Bogle and Chandler had died as the result of a practical joke gone wrong, probably involving dog-worming tablets. Bateman never publicly named who he suspected of having played this practical joke, but according to Jenkings he said: "Whatever my reputation I will stake it on the belief that it was a prank and I reckon I know who perpetrated the ghastly joke, but I could never prove it in court - my evidence is circumstantial."⁵