The Buckingham Murders (2023) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Ishpreet was adopted by Daljeet and Preeti Kohli, which became a crucial detail in the investigation. His adoptive status raised questions about family history and hidden tensions that would later reveal significant motives. The adoption was never fully explained within the family, creating a layer of secrecy that Preeti would later exploit.

Foreshadowing: The adoption is mentioned early during Jass's interviews with the Kohli parents, setting the stage for later revelations about family dynamics.

• adoption
• kohli family
• ishpreet
• motive
• family secrets

Naved claimed Saquib killed Ishpreet in a violent burst of rage tied to the drug trade, as Ishpreet had been delivering drugs. However, this story was later revealed to be a fabrication orchestrated by Naved and Patel. Saquib later confessed to having an altercation with Ishpreet but insisted he did not kill him.

Foreshadowing: The initial arrest of Saquib seemed to resolve the case quickly, but Jass's skepticism about the official story proved justified.

• saquib
• ishpreet
• drug trade
• murder
• arrest

Patel's sister was in a coma due to drugs supplied by Saquib. This personal connection created intense bias and motivated Patel to orchestrate a false confession to protect Saquib while appearing to solve the case. Additionally, Naved (the Imam's son) was in a romantic relationship with Saquib, and Patel struck a deal with Naved to testify falsely in exchange for Saquib's release.

Foreshadowing: Patel's early ties to the Kohli family and his unusual pressure on the investigation hinted at hidden allegiances.

• patel
• naved
• saquib
• corruption
• complicity

Patel shot and killed himself when Jass confronted Miller with the truth about his deception. After Naved admitted to the deal with Patel to falsify testimony, and Jass exposed the conspiracy, Patel faced professional ruin and criminal charges. The combination of his sister's coma (caused by Saquib's drugs), his involvement in the cover-up, and being exposed led him to take his own life.

Foreshadowing: Patel's defensive behavior throughout the investigation and his taunt toward Jass about her son's death revealed mounting internal pressure.

• patel
• suicide
• miller
• exposed
• confession

Preeti was the mastermind behind Ishpreet's disappearance and had manipulated Prithvi into killing the boy. Her motive was to escape her abusive marriage to Daljeet. By orchestrating Ishpreet's death and subsequently manipulating Daljeet into killing Prithvi (who she had set up to take the blame), Preeti planned to free herself from the abusive relationship while making it appear as though both deaths were unrelated crimes committed by others.

Foreshadowing: Preeti's seemingly cooperative demeanor during interviews masked her orchestration of events, and her manipulation of both Prithvi and Daljeet became clear only through evidence discovery.

• preeti
• orchestrator
• abuse
• murder plot
• manipulation

Daljeet murdered Prithvi in a fit of rage after witnessing him making inappropriate advances toward Preeti. This violent outburst was triggered by a combination of factors: Daljeet's volatile temperament, his knowledge of his own infidelity (having an affair with Indrani), and the mounting pressures of his failing transport business and financial troubles.

Foreshadowing: Prithvi's pressuring of Preeti and Daljeet's increasingly unstable behavior were established earlier in the investigation.

• daljeet
• prithvi
• murder
• abuse
• jealousy

After Jass punched Patel following his taunt about her son's death, Miller removed her from the case and assigned her to a desk job. However, her personal grief and determination to find the truth drove her to continue investigating secretly. Her own unresolved trauma from losing her child to a drug-addicted shooter made her particularly invested in uncovering the real truth behind Ishpreet's death.

Foreshadowing: Jass's emotional reaction to Patel's taunt revealed how deeply her personal loss affected her judgment and resolve.

• jass
• investigation
• removed
• persistence
• grief

Daljeet became the prime suspect after Saquib was released. His financial troubles were significant, his transport business was failing and he had taken out a large life insurance policy on Ishpreet. Additionally, he was having an affair with Indrani Rai and had a volatile, abusive relationship with Preeti. These factors provided clear financial and personal motives for wanting Ishpreet dead.

Foreshadowing: The timeline reveals Daljeet's financial decline and the discovery of the life insurance policy occurred before his arrest.

• daljeet
• suspect
• insurance
• financial trouble
• motive

Jass visited Saquib in prison because she remained unconvinced by the official narrative that he had killed Ishpreet. While working at a desk job, she had discovered that Patel's sister was in a coma due to drugs supplied by Saquib, which deepened the web of potential motives and conflicts. Her persistent questioning led Saquib to reveal that Naved and Saquib were lovers and that Patel had orchestrated the false testimony.

Foreshadowing: Jass's refusal to accept the easy answer and her independent research into Patel's background led to the prison visit.

• jass
• prison
• saquib
• confession
• truth

Ishpreet was revealed to have been dealing drugs, using a burner phone for his operations. The police discovered this after finding the burner phone and Ishpreet's missing backpack during a search of Prithvi's house. This involvement in the drug trade was what initially connected him to Saquib in the investigation, though the true circumstances of his death were far more complex.

Foreshadowing: Early in the investigation, references to drug activity in the area and connections to Patel family history hinted at Ishpreet's involvement.

• ishpreet
• drugs
• burner phone
• dealing
• evidence

Even after solving the Ishpreet case and uncovering the truth, Jass remains emotionally scarred and unable to find closure for her own son's death. Her son was killed by a drug-addicted shooter, a crime that apparently went unsolved or unpunished. The resolution of Ishpreet's case brought professional victory but no personal healing, as the circumstances of her son's death remain an open wound she continues to carry.

Foreshadowing: Jass's personal loss is established in the opening scenes and drives her emotional involvement throughout the investigation.

• jass
• closure
• grief
• son
• emotional ending

Daljeet Kohli exhibited a volatile, abusive personality toward his wife Preeti throughout their marriage. His abuse was fueled by multiple factors: his affair with Indrani Rai, financial stress from his failing business, and a generally violent temperament. This abusive behavior ultimately became a key motivating factor for Preeti's elaborate plot to escape the marriage by orchestrating multiple murders.

Foreshadowing: Early interviews with Preeti and observations of family dynamics revealed the troubled nature of the Kohli marriage.

• daljeet
• abuse
• preeti
• marriage
• dynamics