(text-style: "italic")[Disclaimer: Many of the documents featured in this story have been altered.]
(text-style: "smear")[Prologue]
As time runs out for convicted murderer Tracy Lee Housel, it runs out as well for Chattooga County police Colonel John Lee. Two months ago, Housel confessed to Lee something that has haunted him. A one-word answer to an enormous question.
“How many murders have you committed?” Lee asked Housel. It was days before a jury would sentence Housel to death row for the beating of Lawrenceville resident Jean Drew.
“Just give me a number,” Lee insisted.
“Seventeen,” Housel said.
(text-style: "italic")[Seventeen victims]. Fourteen have not been identified. Fourteen families wonder what happened to their sons or daughters, fathers or mothers.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/qKAuALh.jpg" width="900" height="200">
Housel, citing no particular reason, politely refused.
[[The Case Begins]]
(text-style: "smear")[The Beginning]
On Saturday, January 27, 1985, I was sitting at my desk in my office, which also happens to be my humble two-room home, located in a loft on 2nd street in the heart of Aberdeen, Georgia. I was flipping through my notes of a divorce case, the one case I had open at this particularly slow time for business, when I received a visitor. After a knock on the door, in came Dr. Gregory Lester, whose medical practice is situated directly below my headquarters.
“I’m terribly sorry Dr. Lester.”
It was the first time I had seen him since he had hired me to clear his practice’s name of malpractice following the death of a young patient visiting for the flu two months prior. A week ago, one of his associate doctors, Dr. Jan Burden, had been brutally murdered.
“We lost a tremendous doctor and an even better woman.”
“What brings you in today?” I asked.
“It’s about Jan.”
“Have they been talking to Debra?”
Debra Hines was the single mother of Jacob Hines, the six-year-old patient who passed away under Dr. Burden’s watch.
“They have and they’re getting pretty close to convicting her, but I don’t think it was her. We cleaned out her desk last week, and found these letters addressed to Jan during her medical training in England.”
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/9eqvOLF.jpg" width="900" height="400">
(text-style: "italic")[The letter has been added to your inventory]
(set: $letter to 1)
I looked over the letters with astonishment as I asked, “Why in the world was Tracy Lee writing to Jan?”
“I couldn’t tell you. All I know is that they’re both from New Orleans. I just couldn’t stand to see an innocent person put away for this. The sheriff’s office wouldn’t even look at these but you’re the only one I trust with the evidence anyway.”
“Well I’ll see what I can find out”
“Thank you, also the district attorney wants to put away Jan’s murderer Thursday, and Housel is being executed Tuesday, so you may want to hurry and talk to him while you still can.”
“Thanks Dr. Lester. Will do.”
[[Day 1]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 1]
Beginning today, you will have several locations that you can visit and investigate in order to gather evidence and collect information. The evidence that you find will be placed into the inventory at the bottom of each page. Your end goal is to figure out who the true murderer of Jan Burden is, and you will have until Thursday to reach this goal. Your current primary suspect, given the evidence that you have been given, is Tracy Lee.
(text-style: "blur")[Will the evidence you collect from here on out reinforce this? Or will you find something unexpected?]
[[Continue]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Chattooga County Jail]
(if: $visitedjail > 0)[I decide to give the interrogation of Tracy another shot, given that his trial is approaching soon.
[[Interrogation]]]
\(else:)[
“What can you tell me about Tracy Housel?”
Clerk: “Hm, let me see… This is all I have on him.”
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/FXvH1Jd.jpg" width="900" height="1400">
(text-style: "italic")[A copy of the Chattooga Co. Jailer Records has been collected into your inventory]
(set: $jailer to 1)
[[“Could I talk to Tracy Housel?”]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $jail to 1)(text-style: "smear")[The Sheriff's Office]
Detective: “How can I help you, sir?”
(if: $sheriffvisitedalready > 0)["Any new information regarding the case?"
"Didn't I already tell you that we have it taken care of?"
[["I have some information that can help"|information]]]
\(else:)[“Who looks good for the Jan Burden murder?”
“Thanks for the concern I guess but I think we have it taken care of.”
"Could I review the police report for the Jan Burden murder?”
“Be my guest.”
(text-style: "italic")[ Victim lies dead in own home on the floor of bedroom next to bed with a heavy wound on the head. Window broken, could have possibly been used for entry/exit. Blood on floor and headboard. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.]
(text-style: "italic")[You have collected a copy of this police report into your inventory]
(set: $policereportsheriffone to 1)
[[“Could I review the police reports of the three Tracy Housel murders?”]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $sheriffone to 1)(text-style: "smear")[The Home of Hines]
Following a knock on the door, Ms. Hines responds through the mail slot, “What do you want?”
“What can you tell me about the murder of Jan Burden?”
“I can’t tell you anything.”
The mail slot closes shut.
I get the feeling that if I ask too many of the wrong questions, she will ignore me.
[[“Are you familiar with a Dr. Jan Burden?”]]
[[“Were you involved in the murder of Dr. Jan Burden?”]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?”]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $hinesone to 1)
(text-style: "smear")[The Practice]
(if: $visitedmedicalalready > 0)[Another receptionist seems to be working at the desk today. I walk up and start up casual conversation with them before moving onto the topics of my investigation.
“Were Dr. Burden and Dr. Lester having an affair?”
The receptionist stares at you with a surprised expression on her face before finally leaning in to whisper to you.
“Shhh, detective. Well, I mean, yes. The whole office knew it but please keep quiet about it or I could lose my job.”
[[“Oh I’m sorry I didn’t mean to intrude”|nointrusion]]
[[“Well how was that relationship?”|intrusion]]]
\(else:)[I see the receptionist at the desk and walk up to speak to them. After exchanging greetings, I steer the conversation towards my investigation.
“Did Dr. Burden have any enemies?”
“Of course, Debra Hines stood outside our practice for weeks until the police convinced her to go home.”
“Did anything of note happen at work the day Jan was murdered?”
"Not particularly, she saw some patients then she and Dr. Lester were the last to leave. He drove her home because Jan’s husband had taken the car out of town on a business trip.”
“Could I take a look at Dr. Burden’s desk?”
“Go ahead, the offices are in the back and the doctors aren’t in at the moment so here’s the key ring. There are a few different keys on there but it’s the third one.”
(text-style: "italic")[The key ring has been added to your inventory]
(set: $keyring to 1)
Jan’s desk is in the back of the practice next to the back door. All that remains is her desk chair, her desk, and two file cabinets filled with patient information.
After a while of searching through Dr. Burden's stuff for anything related to the case, I end up with nothing but a slightly messier office than before. Finally giving up, I make the decision to leave the office when I notice the door in the back of the practice. If I were to leave through there, I would avoid having to return the key ring. However, do I think that it is something worth keeping?
[[Leave through the back door and keep the key ring.]]
[[Go back to the reception area and return they key ring.]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $lesterone to 1)
(set: $lester to 1)
(text-style: "smear")[Doctor Burden's Home]
The door is answered by Jan’s husband, Dave.
“Hi Mr. Burden, I was wondering if you might have any information I could use for Jan’s case.”
(if: $affair > 0)["Sorry, I have a lot to think about right now.."
It seems that the possibility I brought up the last time I visited has raised many questions in his mind.]
\(else-if: $lesterhome > 0)[“Like I said detective, I wish I did but I really don’t know too much.”
“You said you were in San Francisco for business?”
“Yep, I work in sales so they flew me out to speak with a client”
[[“Had you ever suspected Jan was having an affair?” |affair]]]
\(else:)[“I was in San Francisco for business at the time and it should have been a regular workday for Jan. I came back to a crime scene and my window was broken and my lamp was gone. I’m really sorry detective I wish I could be of more help.”]
(set: $burdenone to 1)
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $burdennextplaceone to 1)]“Be my guest, but the guy’s on death row. He hasn’t been help to any detective who has come through here.”
“How do you know Jan Burden”
“Never heard of her”
“These letters sure make it look like you do”
"Didn’t write ‘em”
“Sure you did! From New Orleans.”
“Don’t remember much from there”
“Did you kill Jan Burden?”
“…”
“So who are the rest of your victims, Mr. Housel?”
“Why don’t you tell me. You’re the detective.”
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $jailnextplaceone to 1)]
(set: $visitedjail to 1)
“Go ahead.”
(set: $sheriffvisitedalready to 1)
(text-style: "italic")[ Victim (clerk) lies dead behind counter of convenience store. Housel caught on camera attempting to punch the clerk before climbing over the counter and strangling the clerk. Housel proceeded to beat the victim long after he was dead. Cause of death: suffocation
Victim found dead behind secluded park bench. Body is badly beaten all over with blood on the bench and on a newspaper sitting on the bench. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.
Three days after a missing person’s report was filed, warehouse security footage reveals Housel dragging blood-dripping body and disposing of it in the Tennessee River.]
(text-style: "italic")[A copy of this police report has been added to your inventory]
(set: $policereportsherifftwo to 1)
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $sheriffnextplaceone to 1)]
“Far too familiar," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I knock again, and she opens it once more.
"What?" she asks, in a rather irritated tone.
[[“Were you involved in the murder of Dr. Jan Burden?” | wereyouinvolved2]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?”]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Come back with a permit," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I knock again, and she opens it once more.
"What?" she asks, in a rather irritated tone.
[[“Are you familiar with a Dr. Jan Burden?” | familiar2]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?”]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
Ms. Hines opens the door slowly and invites me inside.
“So, what happened with Dr. Burden?”
“What happened with her? She killed my son. We came in when Jacob had just caught the flu, and he was fine when they asked me to go to the waiting room. An hour later they tell me that he’s dead. Here’s all I have on it.”
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/qv4vD7H.jpg" width="900" height="250">
(text-style: "italic")[You collect the police report on the involuntary manslaughter into your inventory]
(set: $policereport to 1)
[[“I understand then why the detective would think you a possible suspect for the murder of Dr. Burden”]]
[[“That must make you pretty upset, Ms. Hines. Upset enough to possibly murder her?”]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Come back with a permit," she says before she shuts the slot again.
I try knocking again, but Ms. Hines does not respond. It becomes clear that whatever I tried asking her was not to her liking, and so I decide to take my leave.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $hinesnextplaceone to 1)]“Far too familiar," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I try knocking again, but Ms. Hines does not respond. It becomes clear that whatever I tried asking her was not to her liking, and so I decide to take my leave.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $hinesnextplaceone to 1)]“I mean I guess my son’s death makes me a suspect, but the police have left me alone for a couple weeks now. I was with family in Atlanta when she was murdered.”
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $hinesnextplaceone to 1)]
“Are you serious? You can get the hell out of my house.”
With her expression and tone making it clear that she no longer wants my company, I decide to take her up on that offer and leave.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $hinesnextplaceone to 1)]Unfortunately for the receptionist, I believe that the key ring may come in handy in my continuing investigation, and so I decide to head out through the back door. With my first investigation producing very little evidence aside from a possibly useful tool, I decide to head back home.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $practicenextplaceone to 1)]
(set: $visitedmedicalalready to 1)
I don't believe that they key ring will be all that useful in my continuing investigation, and so I decide to simply do the right thing and return it to the receptionist. With my first investigation producing very little evidence, I decide to head back home.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $practicenextplaceone to 1)]
(set: $visitedmedicalalready to 1)
(set: $keyring to 0)(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 2]
[[Map]]
\(if: $jail > 0)[It is Sunday and the second day of the investigation. Yesterday, you decided to go visit the county jail and talk to Tracy. However, he proved to not be very cooperative, and so you decide that it would be a waste of time to interrogate him again. In addition, Dr. Lester's Practice is closed today. You have time to go to two places today. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office | sherifftwo]]
[[Hines' home | Hinestwo]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home | Burdentwo]]]
\(else-if: $sheriffone > 0)[It is Sunday and the second day of the investigation. Yesterday, you decided to go visit the sheriff's office and were able to obtain some reports regarding the recent murders. You probably don't need to go there again today. In addition, Dr. Lester's Practice is closed today. You have time to go to two places today. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(else-if: $hinesone >0)[It is Sunday and the second day of the investigation. Yesterday, you decided to go visit the home of Mrs. Hines and so you probably don't need to go there again today. In addition, Dr. Lester's Practice is closed today. You have time to go to two places today. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(else-if: $lesterone > 0)[It is Sunday and the second day of the investigation. Yesterday, you decided to go visit Dr. Lester's practice, which is closed today. You have time to go to two places today. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(else-if: $burdenone > 0)[It is Sunday and the second day of the investigation. Yesterday, you decided to go visit the home of Dr. Burden and so you probably don't need to go there again today. In addition, Dr. Lester's Practice is closed today. You have time to go to two places today. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]]
\(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $daytwo to 1)
(text-style: "smear")[The Sheriff's Office]
Detective: “How can I help you, sir?”
(if: $sheriffvisitedalready > 0)["Any new information regarding the case?"
"Didn't I already tell you that we have it taken care of?"
[["I have some information that can help"|information]]]
\(else:)[“Who looks good for the Jan Burden murder?”
“Thanks for the concern I guess but I think we have it taken care of.”
"Could I review the police report for the Jan Burden murder?”
“Be my guest.”
(text-style: "italic")[ Victim lies dead in own home on the floor of bedroom next to bed with a heavy wound on the head. Window broken, could have possibly been used for entry/exit. Blood on floor and headboard. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.]
(text-style: "italic")[You have collected a copy of this police report into your inventory]
(set: $policereportsheriffone to 1)
[[“Could I review the police reports of the three Tracy Housel murders?” | sheriff2 - dialogue]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $sherifftwo to 1)(text-style: "smear")[The Home of Hines]
Following a knock on the door, Ms. Hines responds through the mail slot, “What do you want?”
“What can you tell me about the murder of Jan Burden?”
“I can’t tell you anything.”
The mail slot closes shut.
I get the feeling that if I ask too many of the wrong questions, she will ignore me.
[[“Are you familiar with a Dr. Jan Burden?” | hines2-dialogue1]]
[[“Were you involved in the murder of Dr. Jan Burden?” | hines2-dialogue2]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?” | hines2-dialogue3]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $Hinestwo to 1)
(text-style: "smear")[Doctor Burden's Home]
The door is answered by Jan’s husband, Dave.
“Hi Mr. Burden, I was wondering if you might have any information I could use for Jan’s case.”
(if: $affair > 0)["Sorry, I have a lot to think about right now.."
It seems that the possibility I brought up the last time I visited has raised many questions in his mind.]
\(else-if: $lesterhome > 0)[“Like I said detective, I wish I did but I really don’t know too much.”
“You said you were in San Francisco for business?”
“Yep, I work in sales so they flew me out to speak with a client”
[[“Had you ever suspected Jan was having an affair?” |affair]]]
\(else:)[“I was in San Francisco for business at the time and it should have been a regular workday for Jan. I came back to a crime scene and my window was broken and my lamp was gone. I’m really sorry detective I wish I could be of more help.”]
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $burdentwo to 1)“Go ahead.”
(text-style: "italic")[ Victim (clerk) lies dead behind counter of convenience store. Housel caught on camera attempting to punch the clerk before climbing over the counter and strangling the clerk. Housel proceeded to beat the victim long after he was dead. Cause of death: suffocation
Victim found dead behind secluded park bench. Body is badly beaten all over with blood on the bench and on a newspaper sitting on the bench. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.
Three days after a missing person’s report was filed, warehouse security footage reveals Housel dragging blood-dripping body and disposing of it in the Tennessee River.]
(text-style: "italic")[A copy of this police report has been added to your inventory]
(set: $policereportsherifftwo to 1)
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Far too familiar," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I knock again, and she opens it once more.
"What?" she asks, in a rather irritated tone.
[[“Were you involved in the murder of Dr. Jan Burden?” | hines2-dialogue1-2]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?” | hines2-dialogue3]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Come back with a permit," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I knock again, and she opens it once more.
"What?" she asks, in a rather irritated tone.
[[“Are you familiar with a Dr. Jan Burden?” | hines2dialogue2-2]]
[[“I’m investigating a Dr. Jan Burden and have some questions about your son. May I come in?” | hines2-dialogue3]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
Ms. Hines opens the door slowly and invites me inside.
“So, what happened with Dr. Burden?”
“What happened with her? She killed my son. We came in when Jacob had just caught the flu, and he was fine when they asked me to go to the waiting room. An hour later they tell me that he’s dead. Here’s all I have on it.”
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/qv4vD7H.jpg" width="900" height="250">
(text-style: "italic")[You collect the police report on the involuntary manslaughter into your inventory]
(set: $policereport to 1)
[[“I understand then why the detective would think you a possible suspect for the murder of Dr. Burden” | hines2dialogue3-1]]
[[“That must make you pretty upset, Ms. Hines. Upset enough to possibly murder her?” | hines2dialogue3-2]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Come back with a permit," she says before she shuts the slot again.
I try knocking again, but Ms. Hines does not respond. It becomes clear that whatever I tried asking her was not to her liking, and so I decide to take my leave.
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Far too familiar," I hear her say before the mail slot shuts.
I try knocking again, but Ms. Hines does not respond. It becomes clear that whatever I tried asking her was not to her liking, and so I decide to take my leave.
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“I mean I guess my son’s death makes me a suspect, but the police have left me alone for a couple weeks now. I was with family in Atlanta when she was murdered.”
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Are you serious? You can get the hell out of my house.”
With her expression and tone making it clear that she no longer wants my company, I decide to take her up on that offer and leave.
(if: $test > 0)[Go to [[Day Three]] ]
(else:)[Go to [[the next place]] ]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
You still have time to investigate one more place today. Where would you like to go?
[[Map]]
\(if: $Hinestwo > 0)[ [[ Chattooga County Sheriff Office | sherifftwo]]
[[Burden's home | Burdentwo]]]
\(if: $burdentwo > 0)[ [[ Chattooga County Sheriff Office | sherifftwo]]
[[Hine's home | Hinestwo]]]
\(if: $sherifftwo > 0)[[[Hine's home | Hinestwo]]
[[Burden's home | Burdentwo]]]
\(if: $jailnextplaceone > 0)[[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office | sherifftwo]]
[[Hines' home | Hinestwo]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home | Burdentwo]]]
\(if: $sheriffnextplaceone > 0)[
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(if: $hinesnextplaceone > 0)[
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(if: $practicenextplaceone > 0)[
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(if: $burdennextplaceone > 0)[
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]]
\(if: $lesterhomenextplaceone > 0)[
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]]
\(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $test to 1)(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 3]
[[Map]]
Today is Monday, and the third day of the investigation. You have time to investigate two places today. Dr. Lester's practice is open once again and you also begin considering revisiting some of the places you have already been to.
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $daythree to 1)(text-style: "smear")[The Home of the Lesters]
(if: $lesterhome > 0)[You knock on the door and hear a voice from inside.
“Come on in, it’s open.”
It is Dr. Lester's wife, and she is forearms-deep washing dishes.
“Sorry, detective, Greg isn’t here at the moment”
[[“Ok I’ll be on my way then.” |leavelesterhome]]
[[“I must have just missed him. Hey, do you happen to know anything about Dr. Burden’s murder?”|investigatelesterfurther]]
]
\(else:)[Dr. Lester lets you in with a welcoming expression.
“Hey Detective, how’s the case going?”
[[“So I hear you drove Dr. Burden home the night she was murdered. You just dropped her off and that was it?” |lesterhomeone]] ]
\(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Yep just dropped her off and that was it. I can’t believe that was the last time I would see her.”
“You didn’t notice anyone waiting or hiding around the house?”
“Nope, it looked normal to me. I really should have made sure she got in ok.”
(set: $lesterhome to 1)
\(if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $lesterhomenextplaceone to 1)]I decide to head out of Lester's home, saying goodbye to Mrs. Lester as I do.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(if: $daytwo > 0)[(set: $lesterhomenextplaceone to 1)]“I really don’t know anything, it has seem to be really hard for Gregory though.”
“Have you ever suspected Greg of having an affair?”
“Why, of course I haven’t! Why would you ask?”
She looks at me with a rather disturbed expression, and so I decide to mvoe on from the subject.
“What was Greg up to when Jan was murdered?”
“He was very busy. He got called in for an emergency with one of his patients at the end of the day. He was back around midnight.”
“Greg said he would leave a document for me on his desk, do you mind if I grab it?”
[[“Go ahead, his office is around the corner.”|lesteroffice]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
In his office is a cluttered desk with a computer with papers scattered underneath. Underneath the desk are some filing cabinets and a chest locked by a keypad.
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
I find patient records, utility bills, and a couple of letters.
One envelope in particular catches my eye. It seems to be addressed to Jan Burden's address, but the address is crossed out.
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
The computer has been left on and unlocked, but I don't find very much useful information.
(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Plug the flashdrive in|pluginflashdrive]]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
I find more patient records in the top two cabinets, but the bottom one is locked.
(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Try using the key ring|opencabinet]]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
The chest requires that you enter in a code.
(if: $knocks > 0)[I recall the video I watched earlier when I plugged in the flash drive, and the number of periodic knocks comes to my mind.
[[Try entering in the code|enterinthecode]]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
My interrogation is once again unsuccessful, as Tracy proves to be extremely uncooperative.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
You still have time to investigate one more place today. Where would you like to go?
[[Map]]
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $thenextplacetwo to 1)(text-style: "blurrier")+(text-style:"subscript")[The Aberdeen Anomaly]
(text-style: "blur")[The Aberdeen Anomaly]
(text-style: "blur")+(text-style: "superscript")[By Maddie Glew, Patrick Kelley, Sarah Kate Neel, Louis Zimmermann, and Tony Le]
[[Begin|Introduction]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]
[[Credits]]Mr. Burden looks at me with an expression of surprise and disbelief.
“Wow I don’t know. I really was out of town a lot on business, it could have been possible.”
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $affair to 1)"If you have information regarding the case, make sure that you bring some evidence in to prove it by Thursday."
"Will do."
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
With your questioning finished, the receptionist goes back to work and you take your leave.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
“Ehh well it couldn’t be too good, right? Even though they put Dr. Burden in the back office, the patients could still hear arguing from the waiting room.”
“So you think we could assume that Dr. Lester went back to Dr. Burden’s house that night?”
“Well, yes… But he must have left! Dr. Lester couldn’t hurt a fly!”
With your questioning finished, the receptionist goes back to work and you take your leave.
\(if: $thenextplacefour > 0)[[[Day 6|Day Six]]]
\(else-if: $dayfive > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacefour]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacethree > 0)[[[Day 5 |Day Five]]]
\(else-if: $dayfour > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacethree]]]
\(else-if: $thenextplacetwo > 0)[[[Day 4 |Day Four]]]
\(else-if: $daythree > 0)[[[To the next place |thenextplacetwo]]]
\(else-if: $test > 0)[[[Day 3 |Day Three]]]
\(else-if: $daytwo > 0)[[[To the next place |the next place]]]
\(else:)[[[Day 2 | daytwo]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 4]
[[Map]]
Today is Tuesday, and the fourth day of the investigation. You have time to investigate two places today. Tracy Lee was executed today, and so you will no longer be able to visit him. You have two days left before you need to report your evidence to the sheriff's office.
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $dayfour to 1)<img src="https://i.imgur.com/9eqvOLF.jpg" width="900" height="400">
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)A ring of keys you recieved from the receptionist at Lester's medical practice. You have yet to give them back, and you are hoping that they will be of some use during your investigation.
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)<img src="https://i.imgur.com/qv4vD7H.jpg" width="900" height="250">
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)(text-style: "italic")[ Victim (clerk) lies dead behind counter of convenience store. Housel caught on camera attempting to punch the clerk before climbing over the counter and strangling the clerk. Housel proceeded to beat the victim long after he was dead. Cause of death: suffocation
Victim found dead behind secluded park bench. Body is badly beaten all over with blood on the bench and on a newspaper sitting on the bench. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.
Three days after a missing person’s report was filed, warehouse security footage reveals Housel dragging blood-dripping body and disposing of it in the Tennessee River.]
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)(text-style: "italic")[ Victim lies dead in own home on the floor of bedroom next to bed with a heavy wound on the head. Window broken, could have possibly been used for entry/exit. Blood on floor and headboard. Cause of death: blood forced trauma to the head.]
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)<img src="https://i.imgur.com/FXvH1Jd.jpg" width="900" height="1400">
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 1]
[[Map]]
Today is Saturday, and you only have time to go and investigate one place. Where would you like to go?
[[Chattooga County Jail]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
I try using one of the keys on the key ring to open the bottom cabinet, and it surprisingly works. Inside, I find a flashdrive. Could I possibly plug this into the computer?
(text-style: "italic")[A flashdrive has been placed into your inventory]
(set: $flashdrive to 1)
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
I plug the flash drive in and find a video within its files.
[[Click this if the video does not load |ifvideodoesntload]]
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1r0lplfSvPA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
(set: $knocks to 1)
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Examine the chest|chest]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
Inside, I find a lamp with traces of dried, dark red stains on it. If I had to guess, I would say that it's blood.
(text-style: "italic")[A major clue, a blood-stained lamp, has been added to your inventory]
(set: $lamp to 1)
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
A flash drive that you found within Lester's office.
(if: $knocks > 0)[After watching the video found within the flash drive, you realize that the knocks may actually have some kind of meaning.]
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)Using the knock-based code you interpreted from the video, you were able to open Lester's locked chest. Inside, you found a lamp that appears to be stained with dried blood. Many questions come to mind, but the most important of all is: (text-style: "smear")["Why would Lester have this?"]
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)You still have time to investigate one more place today. Where would you like to go?
[[Map]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $thenextplacethree to 1)(text-style: "smear")+(text-style: "fade-in-out")[Day 5]
[[Map]]
Today is Wednesday, and the fifth day of the investigation. You have time to investigate two places today. Today is the last day that you can visit places to gather evidence and information. Tomorrow, you will be reporting to the sheriff's office to report your conclusion. With that being said, where would you like to start today?
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $dayfive to 1)[[6354|eightfoursixthree]]
[[1337|onethreethreeseven]]
[[4391|fourthreenineone]]
[[7895|seveneightninefive]]
[[1010|onezeroonezero]]The chest doesn't open, indicating that I entered in the wrong code.
[[Try again|enterinthecode]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
The chest doesn't open, indicating that I entered in the wrong code.
[[Try again|enterinthecode]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
The chest doesn't open, indicating that I entered in the wrong code.
[[Try again|enterinthecode]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
The chest doesn't open, indicating that I entered in the wrong code.
[[Try again|enterinthecode]]
[[Look through his papers|lesterfiles]]
[[Look through his computer|computer]]
[[Look through his filing cabinet|lesterfilingcabinet]]
[[Leave|leavelesterhome]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
** KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK **
Dr. Lester: (Says to himself) - "She can’t possibly do this to me. What is she thinking?"
** KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK **
Dr. Lester: “Jan, I know you’re in there. I just want to talk.”
** KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK **
Dr. Lester: “I know you can hear me! What did I do to deserve this from you. I love you.”
** KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK **
Dr. Lester: “Fine. Ignore me now, but you can’t ignore your job. Just know that if I don’t have you, no one will.”
(link-goto: "Return", (history:)'s last)You still have time to investigate one more place today. Where would you like to go? Remember that this is the very last place you will be able to investigate. (text-style: "smear")[Choose carefully.]
[[Map]]
[[Chattooga County Sheriff Office]]
[[Hines' home]]
[[Dr. Lester’s practice]]
[[Dr. Burden’s home]]
(if: $lester > 0)[
[[Dr. Lester's home | lesterhome]]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]]
(set: $thenextplacefour to 1)(text-style: "smear")[Reporting My Conclusions]
It is Thursday morning, and I am at the sheriff's office, preparing to deliver the findings of my investigation.
“Good morning sheriff, I was hired to work on the Jan Burden case, and I have some evidence you may want to present to the district attorney.”
"Let's see what you have then."
(text-style: "italic")[Based on the evidence and information you have collected, who would you like to accuse?]
[[Tracy Lee Housel|tracylee]]
[[Debra Hines|debrahines]]
[[Dave Burden|daveburden]]
[[Gregory Lester|greglester]]
[[Suicide]]
(text-style: "smear")[Inventory]
\(if: $letter > 0)[[[Tracy's Letter|inventoryletter]], ]
\(if: $keyring > 0)[[[Key Ring|inventorykeys]], ]
\(if: $policereport > 0)[[[Manslaughter Police Report|inventorymalpractice]], ]
\(if: $policereportsheriffone > 0)[[[Jan's Police Report|inventoryjanreport]], ]
\(if: $policereportsherifftwo > 0)[[[Victims' Police Report|inventoryvictims]], ]
\(if: $jailer > 0)[[[Chattooga Co. Jailer Records|inventoryjailer]], ]
\(if: $flashdrive > 0)[[[Flashdrive|flashdrive]], ]
\(if: $lamp > 0)[[[Blood-stained Lamp|lamp]]] A convicted serial killer and the very first suspect of your investigation. While he has already been executed, proving him to be the murderer of Burden may prove to bring some closure to those who were close to her.
Unfortunately, you do not have enough evidence to support your accusation, and so your investigation has resulted in (text-style: "smear")[failure.]
[[Try again|Beginning]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]The mother of the child who had been killed in an incident of malpractice by Dr. Jan Burden seems likely.
Unfortunately, you do not have enough evidence to support your accusation, and so your investigation has resulted in (text-style: "smear")[failure.]
[[Try again|Beginning]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]The husband of Jan Burden. According to your investigation, and the letter you recieved at the very beginning of your investigation, it is possible that Jan had been having an affair. Could this have possibly resulted in an unfortunate and rage-driven outcome?
Unfortunately, you do not have enough evidence to support your accusation, and so your investigation has resulted in (text-style: "smear")[failure.]
[[Try again|Beginning]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]A surprising choice, given that Lester was the one who hired you in the first place. However, could it be that this was a ploy to frame someone else as Jan Burden's murderer?
(if: $lamp > 0)[Fortunately, it seems that all of the evidence that you have provided was more than enough to convict Lester as the murderer of Jan Burden. From now on, you'll make sure to keep in mind that the very first suspect you should investigate in a case is the one who reports it. Regardless, congratulations. You have (text-style: "smear")[won!]]
\(else:)[Unfortunately, you do not have enough evidence to support your accusation, and so your investigation has resulted in (text-style: "smear")[failure.]
[[Try again|Beginning]]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]You can't seem to think of any other possibility.
Unfortunately, you do not have enough evidence to support your accusation, and so your investigation has resulted in (text-style: "smear")[failure.]
[[Try again|Beginning]]
(link: "Quit")[<script>window.close()</script>]Sick Inmate Report. Chattooga County Jailer's Records, 1999-2007. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, MS 3469. Box 1, Folder 4.
Involuntary Manslaughter Report. Anthony B. Herbert collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, MS 3421. Box 13, Folder 21a
Empty Envelopes. Tracy Lee Housel papers, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University of Georgia Libraries. MS 3193. Box 1, Folder 1
Death Row Papers. Tracy Lee Housel papers, Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University of Georgia Libraries. MS 3193. Box 1, Folder 1
Drawn Map. Anthony B. Herbert collection, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, MS 3421. Box 13, Folder 6
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