ITV The Hack 's Dave Cook connection to phone hacking and what happened to himITV's new series, The Hack, follows two major crimes including the unsolved Daniel Morgan murder from 1987. The programme examines the News of the World phone hacking controversy from the early 2000s, while simultaneously exploring the unresolved Daniel Morgan killing dating back to 1987. ‌But who exactly is former Met Police Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook? She was married to Detective Chief Superintendent Dave Cook during the re-opened investigation of the 1987 Daniel Morgan murder case. ‌In 2002, Dave Cook appeared on Crimewatch to appeal for information about the unsolved Daniel Morgan case.