Physical Contents

Combination Lock

• This item was placed in the high school time capsule by Charlie.
• It was used for his high school locker.

• On the time capsule worksheet, Charlie says one of his biggest goals in high school was to find a new password other than his birthday.

  • His birthday is March 22.
  • This is the password for the lock, as well as the password for the locked flash drive files.

Flash Drive

• This flash drive has a folder labeled "reference".
• It includes 4 password-protected files (one PDF, three pics).

• On the time capsule worksheet, Charlie says one of his biggest goals in high school was to find a new password other than his birthday.

  • His birthday is March 22.
  • This is the password for the files, as well as the combination lock.

 

log.pdf

• Unlocking the PDF file reveals journal-type entries from Charlie.

  • Seems Charlie had his suspicions of his wife having an affair.
  • He went through her phone and took screenshots of text messages.

 

texts1.jpg

• This is another QWERTY cipher. It can be plugged into the automatic decoder on Michelle's DeviantTracker.

• Once decoded, the messages read:

  • N: Are you up?
  • Sarah: No.
  • Sarah: ... Yes.
  • N: Room booked for Friday evening.
  • N: I've missed you.
  • Sarah: Can't go a week without me, can you?
  • N: Shush.
  • N: Just be there.
  • Sarah: Count on it.

 

texts2.jpg

• This is another QWERTY cipher. It can be plugged into the automatic decoder on Michelle's DeviantTracker.

• Once decoded, the messages read:

  • N: I'll be in town next week for work.
  • Sarah: Oh thank God.
  • Sarah: Wait, shit. Maggie has a school thing next weekend. I have to make her costume.
  • N: Bring the supplies by my room and I'll help.
  • N: The story I'm covering should be a breeze.
  • N: We can watch terrible daytime television and have a cheeky drink or three.
  • Sarah: You're a dream.
  • N: Love you too.

 

texts3-1.jpg

• This is another QWERTY cipher. It can be plugged into the automatic decoder on Michelle's DeviantTracker.

• Once decoded, the messages read:

  • N: Well that sucked.
  • Sarah: Careful.
  • N: Fine.
  • N: Seeing you and Charlie together...
  • Sarah: I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
  • Sarah: Running into you was a complete accident.
  • N: I know. But I don't want to feel like that ever again.
  • N: I'm buying the tickets soon.
  • Sarah: You always say that.

 

texts3-2.jpg

• This is another QWERTY cipher. It can be plugged into the automatic decoder on Michelle's DeviantTracker.

• Once decoded, the messages read:

  • Sarah: We talked about waiting until we had jobs lined up.
  • N: I can't live in limbo anymore.
  • Sarah: The time still isn't right.
  • Sarah: Taking Maggie away from Charlie... He's still a huge part of our lives.
  • N: He won't be forever.
  • Sarah: Okay, we're not talking about this anymore.
  • Sarah: I'll call you tomorrow. Take some time to cool off.

Hacky Sack

• This item was placed in the high school time capsule by Charlie.

Letter from Private Investigator

• Michelle found a flash drive and sent it to us without trying to crack the password herself?

Newspaper Clipping 1

• This article reports that Charlie's gravestone was vandalized. Specifically, the "Beloved Husband".

  • This had to have been done by either Sarah or Neeta.

Newspaper Clipping 2

• Wow. They arrested Gavin for his little stunt of dosing Charlie's drink with diazepam at the reunion.
• Holy shit! Up to 50 years for all the stuff he could be charged for!

Pawn Shop Record

• This shows that someone else bought Charlie's ring after he pawned it.

  • Why would a person buy someone else's high school ring...?

Time Capsule Photo

• Why is everyone so somber?

  • Especially Aura. She looks like she's hiding something...
  • How about the obsession just oozing out of Robyn's pores as she locks her gaze on Charlie.

Time Capsule Worksheet

• This item was placed in the high school time capsule by Charlie.

Vandalism Incident Report

• This is the report that was filed when Charlie's car was vandalized.

• This clarifies that what was written was actually:

  • "WILL C U SOON" - one word written on each one of the 4 doors.

• There is no mention of the dent, so that must have happened prior to the spray painting.

• There were two other incidents of similar vandalism.

  • "DREAMS LAST SO LONG"
  • "EVEN AFTER UR GONE"

Vandalism Photo

• This depicts the vandalism on Charlie's car from a few years back noted in Michelle's letter.

  • What does "Will C" mean?
  • Michelle stated that the vandalisms around town are few and far between.
  • Could this and the vandalism of Charlie's headstone have been done by the same person?

Digital Contents

MacDonagh Case Website

DeviantTracker

• Username: grayinvestigations

• Password: foghorn1212

 

DeviantTracker → Audio → Anemone

• Password: BRL071

 

• Even with headphones, buds in both ears, and volume all the way up, it is very hard to decipher the audio in the clips.

  • At certain points, I heard what sounded like dripping water, a woman gasping, something being dragged across something, a woman's haggard breathing, and music, but mostly silence like these were butt-dials...
  • The song is "You Were Meant for Me" by Jewel. This was on Robyn's love mix to Charlie in high school...

 

DeviantTracker → Images → Crane

• Password: NSR011

 

• This was posted the day after Charlie's car was vandalized.

• It was posted by Robyn.

  • Was she responsible for all the vandalism work back then? How about now, with Charlie's gravestone?
  • The ring on Robyn's finger can be deduced to be Charlie's. So she is the one who bought it after he pawned it.
  • She's still jealous of him after all this time? Wow, I did not see this one coming at all. I thought I had it nailed down, but this evidence is damning when there is nothing against Neeta except for her initial. She probably was having an affair with Sarah, but she was not the one to kill Charlie.

Suspects

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

• Neeta Patel
• Robyn Dupre

 

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

• Antonio Villar (eliminated Episode 4)
• Arthur Hughes (eliminated Episode 3)
• Aura McBride (eliminated Episode 1)
• Gavin Nash (eliminated Episode 5)
• Nicholas Matsoukas (eliminated Episode 5)
• Sarah MacDonagh (eliminated Episode 2)
• Susan Li (eliminated Episode 4)

Events So Far

6:00 PM

• High school reunion started.

 

8:15 PM

• Approximate time that Gavin Nash dosed Charles MacDonagh's drink with valium.

 

8:40 PM

• High school reunion ended.

 

8:55 PM

• Gavin Nash stepped into janitor closet with Jenny Crane to get busy.
• *Time is approximate; Gavin thinks they went in a little before 9:00 PM.

 

9:00 PM

• Antonio Villar left the reunion and sat in the parking lot for a bit. He may or may not have seen Charles MacDonagh drive off with someone.

 

9:10 PM

• Susan Li called her lawyer. They spoke for a half-hour or so.

 

9:12 PM

• Order was placed by Sarah MacDonagh for delivery at Pizza & Subs located on Willow Ln.

 

9:22 PM

• Arthur Hughes posted his blog and karaoke video.

 

9:35 PM - 9:40 PM

• Estimated time of death of Charles MacDonagh verified by Dr. Kara Duncan.
• *In real life, TOD can only be narrowed down to a range of hours, not exact minutes.

 

9:40 PM

• Approximate time Gavin Nash arrived at his hotel.

 

9:42 PM

• Time on wall clock in Aura McBride's pic of "cleaning up after the reunion" posted on social media.
• Nicholas Matsoukas was at Manifest Destiki. Or at least his credit card was.

 

9:45 PM

• Aura McBride claimed to have finished cleaning up after the reunion a little after this time.
• Susan Li called Aura McBride. Aura did not answer.

 

10:00 PM

• Arthur Hughes arrived at the bar shortly after this time. Antonio Villar was the only other alumni there.

 

10:10 PM

• Robyn Dupre arrived at Dimitri's, followed by Gavin Nash and Neeta Patel.

 

10:15 PM

• Aura McBride came upon the scene of the crime and discovered Charles MacDonagh's body.

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