Physical Contents

Ashley's Gift

• This was a gift from Reggie to Ashley. Reggie thought Ashley would want us to have it.

• This is a functioning quill pen with a bottle of black ink.

  • Pen and ink was my favorite medium in high school art class...

Controlled Substance Records Materials

• This is a list of pharmacies that distribute fentanyl.

Documentary Materials

• This is a storyboard layout for Harold Richards' documentary video.

• Notice in shot #6, there is a clock in the background reading 10:00.

  • According to Judith's final email to Harold in the email thread, this clock is 2 hours fast meaning it was actually 8:00, not 10:00.
  • This means he was at home, not at the library at the time of Ashley's murder.

Email Thread

• According to Judith's last email to Harold, the clock in the study is 2 hours fast.

Evidence Note

• This is a copy of the note found by Lewis's body at the scene of his death.

Fingerprint Records

• These can be compared to the partial fingerprinted included in Ashley's autopsy report from Episode 2.
• TFC's fingerprints do not match.

Frannie's Key

• This is a lapel pin with CTRL + F on the front.

  • The keyboard shortcut for "FIND".

Frannie's Letter

• We finally get our last coded message at the bottom of this letter.
• All 3 messages are:
  • 🔲 RXM GMSUBPE DSMN PJEIR LCZ
  • ⭐ STGUJ OBE ISPUVG GP SHTFJFH MPSFGX
  • ⚪ RAECVSEXRHSFE IOLFQ LBANSIT MTSHVREECEK FWRZOUMO TBHAIPRPD KWYOHRBD EOJN KALSIHOLSERYOST GHIRFET

Lewis's Autopsy

• The killer also left a partial fingerprint on Lewis's body.
• Unlike Ashley, Lewis was injected with fentanyl while he was still alive.

• All injection marks were made in quick succession.

  • The syringe was stabbed into Lewis's arm multiple times before death, not indicative of routine drug use by Lewis.
  • It would appear the killer was trying to make it look as if Lewis was a druggie, as they had attempted with Ashley's body but producing multiple puncture wounds.
  • Was the killer attempting to frame Lewis as Ashley's killer who then accidentally OD'd?
  • If so, the blunt force trauma to the head kind of negates that approach...

Police Report

• A note was found near Lewis's body regarding a meeting and amount of money.

Reggie's Flower

• This is a gift from Reggie for us helping with the case.
• According to her letter, it is an Aster.

Reggie's Letter

• Reggie fills us in on her fears and gratitude for our involvement in the case.
• She explains a little bit about the gifts that we received.

Sealed Envelope

• Since we're supposed to wait for her word, I wonder if this is in case anything happens to Frannie also...

Digital Contents

Keep Safe Pro Website

• Login: Your personal email address
• Password: REB00T

Suspects

 

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

• Harold Richards
• Kim Barton
• Thomas Ford Cross

 

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

• Judith Richards (eliminated Episode 2)
• Lewis Vanzetti (eliminated Episode 5)
• Sebastian Dyer (eliminated Episode 3)

Events So Far

4:40 PM

• Approximate time of physical altercation between Ashley Mendoza and Judith Richards.

 

6:27 PM

• Harold Richards was at The Canyon VIP Bar with a guest.

 

6:33 PM

• Security broke up an argument between two guests (Sebastian Dyer and Lewis Vanzetti) outside The Canyon.

 

6:58 PM

• Harold Richards sent a text message to Lewis Vanzetti saying that his sitter dropped his kids off at the Steakhouse Lodge Bar & Grill.

 

6:59 PM

• Harold Richards was at the Steakhouse Lodge Bar & Grill with a guest.

 

7:07 PM

• Harold Richards took his two children off Club premises.

 

7:34 PM

• Ashley left a message for Reggie that she would be home late.

 

7:38 PM

• Thomas Ford Cross was at The Canyon VIP Bar.

 

7:45 PM - 8:15 PM

• Time frame of Ashley Mendoza's death.
• Judith Richards in a meeting at the clubhouse.

 

7:49 PM

• Sebastian Dyer sent a wire transfer for $2,500, which had to be done in person.

 

7:54 PM

• Ashley Mendoza's contact arrived at the library but did not meet up with her, and she did not respond.

 

8:00 PM

• Harold Richards was in his study posing for the photo (shot #6) of the documentary.

 

8:10 PM

• Ashley Mendoza's contact left the library.

 

9:00 PM

• Reggie left the country club protest after cleaning up.

 

9:01 PM

• Judith Richards responded to a thread on High Fences.

Goals

Who killed Ashley Mendoza?

• Kim Barton

Log into Ashley's blog to upload evidence.

• In order to do this, we need to decode the 3 messages included in Frannie's letters from Episodes 4, 5, and 6.

  • The instructions are in the sealed envelope.

 

🔲 → Two forward, one back, repeat

• Ashley's "key" is the lapel pin.
• The right "key" is F.
• Two forward from "F" is "H".

 

⭐ → -1 all, then unscramble

• Reggie's flower is an Aster.
• The first and fourth letters are "A" and "E".

 

⚪ → Every other

• The third word on Ashley's gift is "Favorite".
• The last three letters are "ITE".
• Reversing this gives us "ETI".