Why haven't the detectives considered connecting the two dots
They have two serious incidents happening on the same night. Theo's murder, and the attack on Sarah/disappearance of Jodie (I actually can't remember if shes reammerged to David and Shona, pretty sure she has)
Realistically, two things like that on the same street at same time, would be being considered as potentially connected by Kit and Lisa, but they haven't even considered it.