Timeline
Persons of interest
Physical evidence
JAMES HALLOWAY — DECEASED
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Timeline
Thursday morning — Unknown. Realtor visit? Legal filing?Thursday afternoon — Halloway home. Discovers theft. Calls police. Speaks to Lena.
Thursday night — Unknown.
Friday morning — Halloway found dead. Ruled suicide.
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The desk, from memory — cleared space in the center, papers still organized around the edges, the lawyer's letter on top of the stack.
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Person of Interest
Unknown client
Someone filed a formal legal claim on the manuscript before the theft was reported.
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Person of Interest
Diane Ashford (realtor?)
Business card in Halloway's foyer.
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The manuscript (absent) — Della Mercer's original composition notes. Authenticated. Significant enough for a legal claim and a newsletter announcement. Gone.
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The lawyer's letter — Law firm letterhead. Formal ownership claim. Date on letterhead — before the theft was reported?
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THE CONSERVATORY NEWSLETTER
Public. Named Halloway, named the manuscript, announced auditions for a student ensemble to perform the recovered works. Anyone with a Google alert could have seen it.
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The business card — Cream card stock. Diane Ashford Realty. Console table, foyer. Under a grocery receipt.
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Who?
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Why was she there?
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Who is the client behind the lawyer's letter? When exactly was it filed? Why was Diane Ashford in the building? If the manuscript was stolen Thursday and he was dead by Friday — was he killed because of what he knew, or what he had?
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Murder BoardEpisode 1 — The Card Game
The Board So Far
Four objects, no connections, and one conviction: the timing is wrong.
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Evidence
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