Should this be merged with Alex Drake? See also - Alex Drake Detective Inspector Alex Drake (née Price) (1973-2008) was a detective and police psychologist of an unspecified division of the Metropolitan Police Service in 2008. While living in London with her only daughter Molly, DI Drake was studying and analysing the psychological evaluation and death of former Greater Manchester Police Officer DCI Sam Tyler. After being shot by criminal Arthur Layton, Alex woke up in 1981, and seemed to continue Sam's 'fantasies'.