Currently on Off the Record...

Frannie was able to learn more about the Copper Cliffs car crash and confirm that Angel Silva is now going by the name of Sebastian Dyer. However, after posting an update to Ashley's blog, she was contacted by the killer!

Now that Frannie knows she is getting closer to the truth, she must continue eliminating suspects before the killer eliminates her.

Hints

Campaign Money Statements

• The time stamps listed for the campaign money statements are listed numerically. How might those numbers correspond to time?
• Each campaign money statement is from the week of Ashley's murder. How might the time stamp numbers correspond to a day of the week? What might the other numbers be referring to?
• Time has been written right to left with the leftmost numbers corresponding to milliseconds.
• One set of statements includes content that has been imprinted and redacted. How might one manipulate the document to see the redacted words?

Hidden Note

• This note contains several misspelled words. How might those words form a secret message?
• In Episode 1, Ashley's notebook mentioned several ciphers and how to decode them. Does this one seem familiar?

Logging On

• Check Frannie's letter for the specific task Frannie assigns you. Frannie asks you to eliminate an innocent suspect. Sending the person's full name to Frannie through the messaging feature on keep-safe-pro.com will advance the story and complete this objective.
• The password for the KeepSafe Pro app is HARDWAR3.

Suspect Elimination

• In Episode 2, Ashley's autopsy revealed that she was killed between 7:45 PM and 8:15 PM on a Wednesday. How might this information be useful in eliminating a suspect?
• Each campaign money statement lists all the transactions made by each respective campaign on the week of Ashley's murder. Both include time stamps. How might this information be useful in eliminating a suspect?
• In her emails, Judith mentions that all wire transfers over $2000 must be completed in person. How might this information be useful in eliminating a suspect?
• The recording transcripts include conversations about transactions from and between multiple people. How might identifying each speaker be useful in eliminating a suspect?
• The recording transcripts reference transactions made on the week Ashley was murdered. How might this information be useful in eliminating a suspect?

Reveals

Campaign Money Statements

• The time stamps listed for the campaign money statements are listed numerically. Starting from the right and moving to the left, the numbers correspond to the day of the week, hour, minute, second, and millisecond of each transaction.
• The handwritten notes on the TFC campaign money statements have been redacted, but the text can still be read by examining the impressions on the back of the page made by the pen.

Frannie's Letter

• You might have noticed that Frannie has encoded information in a note at the end of her letter. You can't solve this yet, so hold on to Frannie's letter for now. The time to solve this puzzle will come in a later episode.

Hidden Note

• This note contains several misspelled words. In order to find the coded message, the incorrect letters must be broken out and then replaced with what would be the correct spelling.

• Ashley -

  Veing ovetly cautious but let's change time and locale. Old spot not quyet enough. Been feelimg on edfe. Lybrary meetimg rooms are jood for orivate convefsatiun. Let's muve there dor tonight.

• The following words are spelled incorrectly:

  • Veing
  • ovetly
  • quyet
  • feelimg
  • edfe
  • Lybrary
  • meetimg
  • jood
  • orivate
  • convefsatiun
  • muve
  • dor
• Replacing each incorrect letter with its correct spelling reveals the letters B-R-I-N-G-I-N-G-P-R-O-O-F.

• The hidden message is "bringing proof".

Suspect Elimination

• Ashley was killed between 7:45 PM and 8:15 PM on a Wednesday night. Looking through the campaign money statements and cross-referencing with the recording transcripts, it is revealed that Sebastian made an in-person wire transfer of $2500 to his family around 7:50 PM on the night Ashley was killed, proving his innocence.
• To complete the episode, type "Sebastian Dyer" in a message to Frannie through the messaging feature on keep-safe-pro.com.

Hidden Text

TFC Campaign Money Statements

• The following notes have all been redacted. However, the impression of the pen can still be read on the back of the page:

  • Beside a Transaction of $2,500.00 at 410:32:49:19:03

    • family

  • Beside a Transaction of $3,543.17 at 051:21:32:17:04

    • special treatment

  • Beside a Transaction of $69,000.00 at 443:19:18:10:05

    • BO from V donation

  • Beside a Transaction of $15,000.00 at 391:53:00:15:05

    • charity

  • Beside a Transaction of $877.82 at 576:18:32:23:07

    • campaign event

Transcripts

Frannie's Letter

Page 1 → In the Middle of Paragraph 2

• /spy robot

Page 1 → Below Paragraph 2

• I'm Big Sister now

Page 1 → Beside Paragraph 4

• They work afternoons at the Community Chest. Don't tell anyone about this.

Page 1 → Below Final Paragraph

• Keep-safe-pro-com

Page 1 → Below "Frannie"

• P.S. Just in case - hang on to this!

Page 1 → Beneath "Frannie"

• [square symbol]
• RXM GMSUBPE DSMN PJEIR LCZ

Recording Transcripts

Top of Page 2 → Frannie's Handwriting

• I remember this! It was me and Kim and it was super awk!

Reggie's Letter

Dear Detective,

Thank you for everything you've done. Knowing we're on the path to finding Ash's killer means a lot. I hate to think that whoever did this gets to walk around and enjoy their day while my parents can hardly leave the house and Ashley is buried in the dirt. Someone needs to be held accountable.

I asked Frannie to move in with me until this is all over. When she got that threat, there was no way I was going to let what happened to Ash happen to her, too. Ashley was in over her head, despite all her precautions, and it cost us everything. I should've made sure she was safe. We need to admit the danger is real and act accordingly. We need to look out for each other.

Having Frannie here has been a great incentive to get myself together. It's easier to get up and make breakfast when there's someone to share it with. Frannie's a good roommate, but it's not the same as having Ash here. I'd never complain about another dirty coffee cup or early morning workout video if I could have Ash back. But having something to focus on gets me through the day. Frannie and I have been organizing Ashley's papers to make sure we're not overlooking any clues.

About what I'm sending you: I work part-time at the Community Chest, and when Frannie brought home those bank statements, something clicked. I found a corresponding version from that week "lying around" for you.

I also found this pill case on Ashley's desk. Ashley wasn't on any medications, and it was sitting next to her "to investigate" pile on her desk, so there's gotta be something to it. I'm sending it along with the few things in that pile. Thanks for taking care of her stuff.

Keep at it, Detective. We're going to get whoever did this.

Truly,

Reggie

Unfinished Article

• Who E̵l̵s̵e̵ Was There?
  The Truth.

• Outline

  • Intro:

    • CC Crash is town legend

      • Memorial

      • Reference to driver's ed course

      • Tease: someone at the preceding event (charity auction) knows the truth

    • truth has never been told

    • real perpetrator got off scot-free

    • innocent man paid the price

    • police cover up

    • the corruption has permeated the town

  • Official version recap:

    • only witnesses were HR and LV

      • left charity date auction at CCCC

        • had their "dates with them

        • LV was drunk

          • Lots of witnesses

        • HR still let him drive

      • LV lost control, crashed into tree (ponderosa pine)

        • women in back seats didn't have seat belts on, died

      • LV served 10 years

      • police narrative supports this, case closed

  • The truth

    • anonymous source

      • confirms drinking

      • check out auction location at CCCC