Physical Contents

Ami Letter

• Ami informs us of how to access her files on Michelle's website.
• This is the letter Michelle received asking for her services.

Autopsy

• Okay, now I am starting to understand why this is a suspected murder instead of an obvious open-and-shut animal attack.

• In the "circumstantial summary", the ME states: "The postmortem injuries obscure the specific circumstances of the fatality, but are consistent with scavenging behaviors of animals known in the area the decedent was found."

  • Any injuries caused by a murder would have been decimated and covered up by scavenging animals.

Bear Claw

• This was discovered in the lab tent at the campsite.

Department Newsletter

• This newsletter sports an article of the planned expedition to find the "ghost lynx".

• Zombie Fungus and Other Entomopathogenic Parasites!!

  • Where the hell was this class when I was taking college courses?!

Field Interviews

Conrad Wildingham

• An hour or so of stretching?

  • Jeez-uz.

• Conrad mentions an eagle's nest Toby was interested in being to the southeast of the camp.

Emma Marie Clarkson

• Emma claims she accompanied Rusty to check on a trap.

• She also mentions the eagle's nest Toby was interested in.

  • The body was found west of the camp.

Lillian Walker

• Lillian also went off by herself after dinner/sundown. Even though she knew they were not to go off alone.

• She knew that Toby had gone off on his own too. Or did he? Maybe they went off together...

Nigel Ricci

• Nigel is the only expedition member to not have a bad thing to say about Toby.

• He says he heard rustling sounds coming from another tent and just assumed it was Conrad doing his exercises.

  • Could this have been a struggle between Toby and his killer?

Rusty Tudlik

• Rusty accounts for being the one to realize Toby was missing at "curfew" and how he alerted the ranger station.

• According to Rusty, Toby was inexperienced in comparison to the rest of the expedition members.

Incident Area Sketch

• This shows the approximation of locations.

  • Why were the compass and medallion on opposite sides of the camp yet so far from the mirror and body?
  • Did Toby lose them as he was hiking?

Incident Report

• We can start building a timeline from this document.
• Ranger Beth Fleming observed that it appeared the body was dragged to the cave entrance, and that the cause of death was a bear attack as there were bear tracks and bear scat nearby.
• Along with a destroyed camera, shredded granola bar wrapper, and flashlight, Toby's backpack was found 2 yards from his body.

• The backpack contained:

  • a wallet
  • lanyard and attached keychain
  • multitool (which we received)
  • camera lens
  • compass
  • Moon Summit wildlife guide (which we received)
  • Moon Summit Region 3A map
  • functional walkie-talkie

Multitool

• This was found in Toby Mendia's backpack.

Photograph

• This is a photograph of the victim, Toby Mendia, postmortem.

PI Letter

• Michelle has created a new shared desktop for us and is assigning assignments this time around.
• Ooh, DeviantTracker Pro... Wonder what upgrades that program has been given.
• She gives us a semi-tutorial of how to navigate the website.

Wildlife Guide

• We are provided a website in this booklet.
• It also doubles as a place to keep our notes throughout this season.

Digital Contents

Moon Summit Case Website

• Password: XNYL01

• Michelle has really kicked this website up compared to her website for Charles MacDonagh in Class of '98.
• This is where we can access files that Michelle uploads as well as Ami's university portal.

Whitlock University Portal

• Username: atakahashi

• Password: orcinus92

• Ami provides us with a supply list of what was issued to the expedition team.

• Note that the tactical knife measures 5" long.

  • This is the depth of the lung wound noted in the autopsy report.

Moon Summit National Park Website

• A lot of this information is also included in the wildlife guide.

• We can learn a little bit about the park and which areas are more prominent to have certain types of animals.

  • Region 3A (Echo Cavern) has a grizzly bear habitat.
  • Region 1C (West Edge Cliff) holds the eagle's nest Toby was supposedly interested in photographing.

Suspects

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

• Conrad Wildingham
• Emma Clarkson
• Lillian Walker
• Nigel Ricci
• Russell Tudlik

Events So Far

8:00 PM

• Expedition team at dinner.

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

• Toby Mendia left the campsite for unknown reasons.
• Rusty Tudlik checked on a trap east of the camp.
• Lillian Walker left the campsite alone to take "documentary photographs".
• Emma Clarkson accompanied Rusty Tudlik in checking his trap.

Goals